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Kenwood DMR and the use with Hamradio HOT-SPOTS

Thread starter kd4efm
Start date Jun 22, 2018

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kd4efm

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Jun 22, 2018

PLEASE SHARE ON FB, PI-STAR, WHATCHAMACALIT, where ever there is use of the kenwoods with
DMR hotspots. Thanks.

Okay, after battles and scraps, I want to pass along the follow:

1 Please refer to NXDNINFO.COM | NXDN CAI and its application to Amateur Radio for OFFICIAL NXDN happenings on the commercial equipment
Side of the NXDN WORLD WIDE NETWORK, NXDNRadio.com The Amateur's Reference for NXDN is defunct and all attempts to
Raise w2bui have failed. Unknown if he is a silent key or not. No one can confirm.
Also my name is Evans, not the minion Kevin.

2 Kenwood DMR with Dual Slot Direct Mode (the latest of most DMR releases) DOES NOT WORK
WITH ANY HOTSPOTS IN SIMPLEX MODE. Do not use it until the creators find a way to incorporate it
Into the software. TURN IT OFF. This reverts to the old style of single time slot use.