A bit of background, been a licensed amateur since 2016, technician.
When I first got licensed, I used DMR, with the help of another ham who gave me a codeplug to program my MD and Motorola radios.
I then moved on to Yaesu Fusion, something I was able to understand better, had no real problems programming the radios and understanding how it worked.
Since then, I moved away from ham radio and dedicated myself to listening.
I'm big into scanning and now interested in DMR, specifically Amateur DMR, and want to understand more about how it operates.
My question deals with DMR repeaters and connectivity.
I know that in the YSF world, if a repeater owner has their gear connected to a Wires-X node, I can program my radio to that repeater and use the Wires-X function to choose a "room" anywhere in the YSF system and talk at will.
But, in the DMR world, that doesn't seem to be the case?
So, if I were to get a DMR rig, program my local repeater frequencies, would I be able to "dial in" any talkgroup and talk there?
Is it dependent upon what specific DMR network the repeater owner is subscribed to, i.e., DMR-MARC or Brandmeister, etc.?
I see some local repeaters not having any talkgroups, just TS/CC info while others do specify actual talkgroup info in addition to the former.
This leads me to believe I've got some leeway into what talkgroup I want to use for a given repeater/system combination?
When I first got licensed, I used DMR, with the help of another ham who gave me a codeplug to program my MD and Motorola radios.
I then moved on to Yaesu Fusion, something I was able to understand better, had no real problems programming the radios and understanding how it worked.
Since then, I moved away from ham radio and dedicated myself to listening.
I'm big into scanning and now interested in DMR, specifically Amateur DMR, and want to understand more about how it operates.
My question deals with DMR repeaters and connectivity.
I know that in the YSF world, if a repeater owner has their gear connected to a Wires-X node, I can program my radio to that repeater and use the Wires-X function to choose a "room" anywhere in the YSF system and talk at will.
But, in the DMR world, that doesn't seem to be the case?
So, if I were to get a DMR rig, program my local repeater frequencies, would I be able to "dial in" any talkgroup and talk there?
Is it dependent upon what specific DMR network the repeater owner is subscribed to, i.e., DMR-MARC or Brandmeister, etc.?
I see some local repeaters not having any talkgroups, just TS/CC info while others do specify actual talkgroup info in addition to the former.
This leads me to believe I've got some leeway into what talkgroup I want to use for a given repeater/system combination?