WEEKLY UPDATES
Please review the list of weekly updates and select the week you would like to reviewDOCUMENTS
| DOCUMENT | DMR | DMR: Note and Tricks | |
| DOCUMENT | DMR | DMR: CONFIG hotspot multi networks | |
| DOCUMENT | DMR | DMR: Writing your first AT-D878UV CodePlug | |
| DOCUMENT | DMR | DMR: Writing your first AT-D878UV CodePlug | |
| DOCUMENT | DIGITAL | Remote Operating with Raspberry-Pi | |
| DOCUMENT | Amateur Licence Plate | ||
| DOCUMENT | ARRL | ARRL Frequency Chart | |
| DOCUMENT | COMM | AUXCOM field guide | |
| DOCUMENT | BAND-PLAN | Band Plan by ICOM | |
| DOCUMENT | ANTENNA | Basic Antennas | |
| DOCUMENT | POWER | Battery Info | |
| DOCUMENT | Bird Model 4391A | ||
| DOCUMENT | GOVERNANCE | BRARA: Bylaws | |
| DOCUMENT | GOVERNANCE | BRARA: Ham Shack Key Rules | |
| DOCUMENT | COAX | Coax Comarison | |
| DOCUMENT | DIGITAL | Digital Mode Frequencies | |
| DOCUMENT | DMR | DMR FAQ | |
| DOCUMENT | GOVERNANCE | Facility Request Details | |
| DOCUMENT | ARRL | FEMA - ARRL | |
| DOCUMENT | DIGITAL | FT8: Avoiding Harmonics and Audio Settings | |
| DOCUMENT | DIGITAL | HF: Getting Started JT65 | |
| DOCUMENT | DIGITAL | HF: JT54 setup | |
| DOCUMENT | GOVERNANCE | DIGITAL | MEMBER Application |
| DOCUMENT | GOVERNANCE | MEMBER Login instructions | |
| DOCUMENT | GOVERNANCE | MEMBER Profile instrutions | |
| DOCUMENT | NETS | NETS: DMR FL Tech Net Script | |
| DOCUMENT | NETS | NETS: HF Net Listing (excel) | |
| DOCUMENT | NETS | NETS: Local Area Nets | |
| DOCUMENT | NETS | NETS: Net Control Log | |
| DOCUMENT | NETS | NETS: SEFL NBEMS script | |
| DOCUMENT | NETS | NETS: Voice Comm Net Script | |
| DOCUMENT | PROCEDURAL | Q Signals | |
| DOCUMENT | GUIDE | Radio Detection App Guiude | |
| DOCUMENT | GUIDE | RFI Ham Guide | |
| DOCUMENT | GUIDE | ROHN 25 Guying | |
| DOCUMENT | PROCEDURAL | SC-1 Station Console | |
| DOCUMENT | PROCEDURAL | Station Protection | |
| DOCUMENT | GUIDE | Titan DX Manual | |
| DOCUMENT | LICENCING | TRAINING: Extra class / Free Laurel Testing | |
| DOCUMENT | GUIDE | Yaesu Digital Comm Guide | |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YAESU VX-8GR HH USER MANUAL | |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ALPHA | 76-EXTRA |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ALPHA | 76A PRESETS |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | AMPS | AL-82 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | AMPS | AL-82-METER |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | AMPS | Ameritron ALS 600 Amp |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | AMPS | CLIPPERTON-L |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | AMPS | MT-3000A |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | AMPS | SB-200 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | AnyTone | AT-D868 User Guide |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-2100H |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-271A |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-471A |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-706 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-718 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-7600 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-7600 SVC |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | ICOM | IC-820H |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | KENWOOD | TM-V71A |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | KENWOOD | TR-751 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | KENWOOD | TS-940 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | Tytera | Tyt-MD-UV380 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YEASU | FL-7000 |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YEASU | FT-1000MP |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YEASU | FT-1000MP SVC |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YEASU | FT-480R |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YEASU | FT-780R |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YEASU | FT-857 SVC |
| MANUAL | Transceiver | YEASU | FT-897D |
| MANUAL | Antennas | HY-GAIN | ROTATER |
| MANUAL | Antennas | HY-GAIN | TAILTWISTER |
| MANUAL | Antennas | M2 | 2M12 |
| MANUAL | Antennas | M2 | 440-18 |
| MANUAL | Antennas | OTHER | CUSH CRAFT CR-5 |
| MANUAL | Antennas | OTHER | DX 7580FX VA |
| MANUAL | Antennas | OTHER | GAP EAGLE DX |
| MANUAL | Antennas | OTHER | Wilson System 40 Manual |
| MANUAL | Other | METER | BIRD 4391 Meter Manual |
| MANUAL | Other | METER | Heathkit Solid State DIP Meter |
| MANUAL | Other | METER | Simpson 269 User manual |
| MANUAL | Other | METER | Simpson Model 260 Volt-OHM meter |
| MANUAL | Other | METER | Time Domain Reflectometer |
| MANUAL | Other | METER | Triplett 863 R Manual |
| MANUAL | Other | MISC | Easy-Link PLUS Repeater |
| MANUAL | Other | MISC | Motorola Analyzer R2001a |
| MANUAL | Other | MISC | ROHN 25 Guying |
| MANUAL | Other | MISC | SignaLink USB Digital Interface |
| MANUAL | Other | MISC | Station Protection |
| MANUAL | Other | MISC | Yaesu SC-1 Station Console Manual |
| MANUAL | Other | TUNER | DAIWA CNA 2002 Tuner |
| MANUAL | Other | TUNER | LDG YT 100 Auto Tuner |
| MANUAL | Other | TUNER | MFJ-986 Tuner Manual |
LINKS
PHOTOS
CLICK for PHOTOSSTATIONS
| HF RM | STATION-1 | IC-7600 | Available | STEPPER, vertical, fan dipole | CLICK |
| HF RM | STATION-1 | AL-82 amp | Available | 1.5kW amp Repaired | CLICK |
| HF RM | STATION-2 | OPEN | Available | No transceiver at this station | |
| HF RM | STATION-3 | IC-7600 | Available | All modes, fan dipole | CLICK |
| UHF RM | STATION-4 | IC-7300 | Available | On Fan Dipole or disk cone | CLICK |
| UHF RM | STATION-5 | IC-910 | Available | On VHF/UHF beam, 100w amp | CLICK |
| UHF RM | STATION-6-A | FT-1000MP | Available | BSQ-terminated folded dipole | CLICK |
| UHF RM | STATION-6-B | IC-718 | Available | BSQ-terminated folded dipole See John.C N1QFH FMI | CLICK |
| UHF RM | STATION-7 | FT-897 | Not Connected | Dedicated PC / SignaLink | CLICK |
ANTENNAS
| ANTENNAS | LOCATION | DESCRIPTION | STATUS | USED BY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SteppIR | HF Tower | 3 element trombone, on rotor | Available | STATION-1 STATION-3 |
| Vertical | Ground | 50 ft | Available | STATION-1 STATION-3 |
| Flagg | HF Tower | Receive Flag Antenna | Unavailable | STATION-1 STATION-3 |
| 6m Beam | HF Tower | 6 elements | Available | STATION-1 STATION-3 |
| Inverted L long wire | HF Tower | 160m from HF tower to trees outside campus | Available | STATION-1 STATION-3 |
| Disk Cone | UHF/VHF Tower | omnidirectional vertically polarized | Available | STATION-4 |
| UHF/VHF Beam | UHF/VHF Tower | 6 element beam | Available | STATION-5 |
| Terminated Folded Dipole | UHF/VHF Tower | B-Square Engineering 124 ft | Available | STATION-6-A STATION-6-B |
| 32 ft Fan dipole | On parameter fence | 32 ft FDP, multiband capability | Available | STATION-4 |
| 64 ft Fan dipole | UHF/VHF Tower | 64 ft FDP, multiband capability | Available | STATION-1 STATION-3 |
| 2m/70cm dual band vertical | Vertical pole secured to shack | 5 ft dual-band vertical | Available | 2M ANALOG RADIO 70CM DMR RADIO |
NETS
Look at REPEATERS tab for Net frequencies
Click for Other DMR NETS Click for FL HF Nets| Monthly | 11:00am | EcComm | 145.29 / 110.9 | BRARA | SIMPLEX EXERCISE |
| Daily | Anytime | DMR | TG-31362 TG-444 CB | NY METRO | NY DMR Metro |
| Daily | 06.00pm | ANALOG | 146.610 | SEFTN | SEFL Traffic Net |
| Sun | 05.00pm | DMR | TG-310 | DMR | TAC-310 Net |
| Sun | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 147.285 | WARC | SlowScan |
| Sun | 07.00pm | DMR | TG-311037 SE FL | BRARA | SEFL DMR Tech CLICK FMI |
| Mon | 07.00pm | ANALOG | 145.290 | BRARA | Voice Comm |
| Mon | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 145.290 | BRARA | SE FL NBEMS |
| Mon | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 442.875+ CC1 TS2 | BRARA TG-311037 | BrainWaves |
| Mon | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 147.285 | WARC | Emergency Net |
| Mon | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 146.550 Simplex | GCARC | Knights of Rd Table |
| Mon | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-3106 | CALF PAPA | PAPA Round Table |
| Tue | 05.00pm | DMR | TG-3148 | Texas | Texas Tech Net |
| Tue | 07.00pm | ANALOG | 470.400 | CERT | CERT Plan A |
| Tue | 07.00pm | ANALOG | 146.670 | WPBARG | AREC / WR4AKX |
| Tue | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 145.290 | CERT | CERT Plan B |
| Tue | 08.00pm | ANALOG | 146.625 | JTRG | Rag Chew Net |
| Tue | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-3142 | PA | PA Statewide |
| Tue | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-3150 | VT | VT Statewide CAN-TURBO |
| Tue | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-31630 | MA | North Star Digital |
| Tue | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-31328 | SNARS | SNARS Net |
| Tue | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-3142 | PA | PA Statewide Net |
| Tue | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-3118 | Indiana | DMR Indiana Statewide |
| Tue | 09.00pm | ANALOG | 444.850 | KA4EPS | CO Astronomy |
| Tue | 09.00pm | DMR | TG-31630 | NY | DMR Hudson Valley Tech Net |
| Wed | 05.15pm | ANALOG | 147.225 444.650 | CERT EOA SOUTH | PCB CERT NET USES CROSS BAND REPEATER |
| Wed | 07.00pm | ANALOG | 147.045 | PWARC | PBC ARES |
| Wed | 07.00pm | DMR | TG-3 | DMR-MARC | NA Tech Brandmeister |
| Wed | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 147.285 | WARC | Tech Net Analog |
| Wed | 07.30pm | DMR | TG-9 TG-3149803 | WARC after analog | Tech Net |
| Wed | 08.30pm | DMR | TG-3139 | OH | OH Statewide |
| Wed | 09.00pm | DMR | TG-3 | NA | NA Tech Net |
| Wed | 10.00pm | DMR | TG-93 | NA | NA Tech Net |
| Thu | 07.00pm | ANALOG | 146.610 | GCARC | Fun Net |
| Thu | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 147.210 | N4QRY | Cooper Net 2nd/4th Thur |
| Thu | 08.20pm | DMR ANALOG | VAR FREQ | W4NQR.net | NotQwightRightNet |
| Fri | 07.00pm | ANALOG | 146.610 | GCARC | BC Emer Prep |
| Fri | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 146.670 | PWARC | SATERN Net POSTPONED |
| Fri | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 146.670 | PWARC | Survival Net |
| Fri | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-3147 | TN | TN TDARG |
| Fri | 08.30pm | DMR | TG-31665 | DMRMaster TGIF_Network | TGIF Net |
| Sat | 12.00pm | DMR | TG-1 | DMR-MARC | WW Brandmeister |
| Sat | 03.25pm | ANALOG | 444.325 | WARC | Scott Net |
| Sat | 07.00pm | ANALOG | 146.670 | PWARC | Part 1 News / Info |
| Sat | 07.30pm | ANALOG | 146.670 | PWARC | Part 2 TWIAR Played |
| Sat | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-310035 | GCARC | KnowItAllNet |
| Sat | 09.00pm | DMR | TG-91 | BMR | WW Net |
| Sun | 07.30pm | DMR | TG-3119 | Iowa Statewide | Iowa Statewide Net |
| Wed | 05.30pm | DMR | TG-3148 | Texas | Texas Statewide Net |
| Wed | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-92 | Europe | EU Net |
| Wed | 08.30pm | DMR | TG-3139 | Ohio | Ohio Statewide Net |
| Wed | 08.00pm | DMR | TG-3 | North America | NA Tech Net |
| Wed | 09.00pm | DMR | TG-93 | North America | NA Tech Net |
| Thu | 05.00pm | DMR | TG-3121 | Kentucky | Kentucky Net |
| Thu | 05.00pm | DMR | TG-3154 | West Virginia | West VA Service Net |
| Thu | 07.00pm | DMR | TG-31063 | NorCal | NorCal |
| Thu | 07.00pm | DMR | TG-3105 | Arkansas | Arkansas Net |
| Thu | 07.30pm | DMR | TG-31089 | Hytera | Hytera USA |
| Fri | 09.00pm | DMR | TG-3147 | Tenn | Tenn Statewide |
| Fri | 08.30pm | DMR | TG-31665 | FL | TGIF Net |
| Sat | 09.00am | DMR | TG-91 | Worldwide | BM Worldwide Net |
| Sat | 11.00am | DMR | TG-1 | Worldwide | DMR WW Net |
| Sat | 06.00pm | DMR | TS-2 TG-2 | GCARC | KnowItAll Net |
REPEATERS
| BRARA N4BRF Boca Raton | 145.29(-) PL 110.9 | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
| BRARA N4BRF | 826953 | Node | IP | ECHOLINK |
| BRARA N4BRF Brandmeister | 442.875(+) CC-1 | 70cm | UHF | DMR |
| BRARA N4BRF Brandmeister | TS-2 TG-311037 | TG | IP | DMR |
| BRARA N4BRF | TS-2 TG-1 AND 9 | TG | IP | DMR |
| BRARA N4BRF APRS Packet | 144.390 | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
| NR4P Boynton Beach CERT-EOA X-BAND | 147.225(+) PL107.2 444.650(+) PL127.3 | 2m 70cm | VHF UHF | ANALOG |
| N4DES Boca Raton | 442.000(+) CC-8 | 70cm | UHF | DMR |
| DMR Track TyNet | TG-31489 | TG | IP | DMR |
| WPBARG WR4AKX | 146.67(-) PL 110.9 | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
| WPBARG AG4BV | 444.325(+) PL 179.9 | 70cm | UHF | ANALOG |
| GCARC Brandmeister | TG-311037 BRARA TG-310035 GCARA | TG | IP | DMR |
| GCARC | 443.3500(+) CC-11 | 70cm | UHF | DMR |
| GCARC Fusion | 442.20(+) PL 110.9 | 70cm | UHF | ANALOG |
| GCARC W4BUG | 442.50(+) PL 110.9 | 70cm | UHF | ANALOG |
| GCARC W4BUG | 146.61(-) PL 110.9 | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
| GCARC W4BUG | 146.82(-) PL 110.9 | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
| GCARC Fusion | 145.34(-) PL 110.9 | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
| K4WRC Wellington Brandmeister | TG-311037 BRARA TG-310035 GCARA TG-3149803 WARC | TG | IP | DMR |
| K4WRC Wellington | 145.19(-) CC-2 | 2m | VHF | DMR |
| Palm West ARC | 147.045(+) PL-110.9 443.975(+) PL-110.9 | 2m 70cm | VHF UHF | ANALOG |
| W4JUP Jupiter Tequesta RG | 146.625(-) PL 110.9 | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
| KA4EPS LakeWorth | 444.85(+) PL 110.9 | 70cm | UHF | ANALOG |
| N4RQY Davie | 147.21(+) PL OPEN | 2m | VHF | ANALOG |
DMR TOPICS
| 406 | OPEN SRC SQ RADIO - RADIODY GT877, BOUFANG 1801 | FYI | |
| 405 | RUN HS OFF CELL FON LINITED, DOES NOT LEAVE HS ON, DO YOU NEED TO BE CONN OVERNMIGHT? | COMPLETE | ON WEBSITE SEARCH BLOG FOR DMR AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN ONE OR TWO POSTINGS |
| 404 | AT 686 PLUS GPS OFF BY 3 HOURS | COMPLETE | SHOWS 5PM EARLIER, CK TIME ZONE SETTINGS, AF4FA-CLOCK IS NOT GPS CLOCK, NEED TO SET IN FIRMWARE, SET TIME ZONE, WHEN FW UPDATE, UPDATE THE ZONE THEN |
| 403 | WHEN LAYDOWN TYT390 RECYCLES | COMPLETE | N2ELG-REMOVED BATT AND REINSERT |
| 402 | MY PISTAR IS BLINK FAST RED AND STATUS IS STARTED, STAY LIKE THIS | COMPLETE | TRY ETHERNET CABLE CONNECTION, REPLACE CARD, USE 5 W PWR SOURCE,N1QFH-ADD WIFE CONN DETAILS |
| 401 | 3 DIFF HOTSPOTS IN 3 LOCATION WITH BMR ON SAME SEC CODE ESIDD, USE ONE AT AT TIME, WANT HT PGMR TO TALK TO ALL OF HS, LIKE 3 REPEATERS, AFTER 2 WEEKS, HS NOT REGONIZED, HAS TO RECONFIG, THESE ARE 100'S MILES APART, SHOULD LOOK LIKE SAME HOT EVEN WITH DIFFERENT DEVICE, ONLY 1 IS POWERED UP AT A TIME, WHY | COMPLETE | N2ELG-IF NEAR, NEED "-EXT" ID, TO AVOID COLLISION, IF ON ALL SAME TIME, CAN ONLY BE 1 ADDRESS ASUNIQUE TO ENSURE DIFF DEVICES. THERE MAY BE UPDATES PENDING. AF4FA-ALL 3 CAN BE CONFIGURED AS SAME, NEED SSID AND PW ETC. CHECK IP ACCESSABLILITY. TOM WILL KEEP US UPDATED, DO NOT CONN TO 5G HS, MOST PI-0 USE 2.4G, |
| 400 | PURCHASED 1701 AND LOADED GD77, DOES IT NEED DIFF CHIP? | COMPLETE | KO4DJG-AFTER FR UPDATED, ACCESS SATLITE NEEDS TO ADD LAT AND LONG, ENTER MANUALLY, XREF WITH KEPLERS, RADIO DOES NOT TRACK TIME, NOT BUILT IN CLOCK, WILL NEED TO ENTER TIME, N2ELG-ADVISED AGAINST INSTALLLING FW GIVEN IT MAY BREAK THE RADIO |
| 399 | OPEN GD77 FW TESTED SAT TRACKING FEATURE WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO AO-91, WORKS WELL | FYI | N2ELG-ALSO WORKS ON BAUFANG |
| 398 | HOW TO INCREASEE NUMBER OF LINES SEEN ON PI-STAR | COMPLETE | The list of calls is limited by design due to the amount of resources it takes to process the logs to generate the pages. In time I will be replacing the dashboard with a system that will use much less resource and then there will be much wider limits on the number of rows that can be displayed. Andy andy@mw0mwz.co.uk |
| 397 | IS THERE RADIO THAT HANDLES MULT DIGITAL MODES | COMPLETE | N8JUC-PISTAR CAN DO IT BUT NOT RADIO;KK4YG-USES ALINKO TO CONN YSF GATEWAY AND DMR |
| 396 | YEASEU CROSS MODE DMR TO FUSION; SHOULD FUSION RPT BE TS-1 OR TS2? | COMPLETE | KK4GUB-HH AND MOBILE, MAY NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHJING, WAS DONE VIA BMR, HOTSPOT RADIO HANDLES BOTH, WA2CLP-HIS CROSS OVER TO WI DMR AND FUSION, TS-2 IS LOCAL, ELSE USE TS-1, FUSION NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TS, KK3W-ON PIOSTAR HAVE DMR2ISS, FUSION NOT USE TS, ONPISTAR TO ISS BRIDGE FOR FUSION, NEED TO CONGIF TG, TOM-WAS BAD IMAGE BY HRO AND GET NOEW IMAGE |
| 395 | WHAT KINDS OF PI-STARS ARE PEOPLE BUYING | OPEN | N2ELG-MMDVM WITH PISTAR CASE, JUMBO AND SHARK, ASSUME RUN ALL SAME PI OS, KK4GUB-POPULAR IS PISTAR-0 INEXPENSIVE, LARGER PI3, JUMPO AND SHARK ARE SIMILAR, WB4TM-PI-0 SELL 10$ NOW 50$,THERE IS PI QUAD PROCESSOR, 10$ TO 200$, KK4GUB-KITS NEED PI-0 WITH CASE AND DISPLAY, ADA-FRUIT.COM TO BUY ITEMS |
| 394 | C-BRIDGE VS BMR, HOW TO GET TG OFF CB RPTR THAT IS ACCURATE, WHAT ARE PURPOSES OF USING C-BRIDGE | OPEN | N2ELG-IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREA SO RPTR IS NOT TIED UP; N1QFH - RPTRBOOK; DMARC-HAS RPTR MICLUR ;NQFH-USE RADIO.NET MAP TO SEE DMR RPTRS AND LIST OF TGS |
| 393 | HOW TO CLEAR HOTSPOT ADDR LIKE CAMPGROUND, HOTEL ETC | COMPLETE | AF4FA-CONN TO FON, MAY WANT TO RENATE, USE CABLE DIR TO PISTAR, USE IP AND MAC TO CONN, AFTER REBOOT LOOK AT IP ADDRESS FOR CAMPGRD AND USE IP ADDRESS TO GET TO PISTAR |
| 391 | IF 2 PISTART IN HOUSE, KEEP ONE ON, DO UPDATES, THEN PWR UP 2ND AND APPLY UPDATES TO 2ND PISTAR | FYI | HAVE TO MANAGE GOOKMARK IE IP ADDRESS, N2ELG-RENAME PISTAR OR DEFINE IP ON ROUTER SET RESERVATION-IP AND MAC ADDR |
| 391 | UPDATED TIPS DOC | FYI | |
| 390 | USING IOS OF DROID STAR-DMR STILL TRYING TO CONNECT, ANYONE HAD SUCCESS WITH THIS | COMPLETE | N2ELG-TRY CAN OR MEX SERVER, DROID IS FUSSY WITH SERVERS USED, MAY BE REJECTED,WX9CAH-HAD SAME ISSUE, ONLINE USTUBE HOW TO DO VOCODER, TESTED ON ANDRIOD FON, 2 VARIATIONS OF DROIDSTAR PGM, CODEC MAY NEED TO BE APPROPROIATE MATCH, SENT VID TO N1QFH, https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGmtFHJwPCNkQlWfZfkHJllcxGb?projector=1 N2ELG-APPEARS DUDESTAR SERVERS NOT ALLOWING DATA TO PASS WB4TM-DROID STAR HAD TO REMOVE CODEC ANOTHER VER VIA GETHUB AND CAN GET IT AN ADD TO FON, END FEB ATT WAS GOING TO KILL 3G/4G AND CAUSES DROIDSTAR TO FAIL. AF4FA-CONN DUDESTART HAVE TO USE SERVER OUTSIDE USA, EG MEXICO, WILL WORK OK, |
| 389 | ANYTONE 878-PLUS/APRS, BLUETOOTH WILL TEST AND ADVISE | FYI | WILL SEND RADIO DOC AND EXPERIENCE WITH IMPORTING ANOTHER CP FROM DIFF RADIO NEED TO READ CP FIRST BEFORE PROCEEDING |
| 388 | DOWNLOAD NETLOGGER WHAT STATION LOGGED ON, | COMPLETE | INSTALLED AND WORKING NORMALLY |
| 387 | HOTSPOT GROUP CALL TO ANOTHER GROUP CALL, HE SENT DOC. | COMPLETE | |
| 386 | ANYTONE CANNOT GET IT TO CONNECT TO STATIC TG, HOW TO SOLVE THIS? | COMPLETE | N2ELG-4000 IS GROUP, CALL, WB4T,-KILLED STATIC TG SOLVED PROBLEM, REASON TO STATIC IS TO HEAR ANY TRAFFIC ON THAT TG, NEED TO TXM TO KDEEP CONN |
| 385 | WITH MIKE ELE RETIREING, WILL ROGER BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYTONE UPDATES? | COMPLETE | AF4FA-PROBABLY NOT BUT WILL CHECK, AL WILL CHECK INTO THIS. USE YOUTUBE TO VIEW HOW-TOS |
| 384 | IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO HAVE RADIO USING HOTSPOT STAY CONNECTED TO AVOID TIMEOUTS AND HAVING TO KEYUP FOR 0.5 SEC TO STAY CONNECTED | COMPLETE | N2ELG-CREATE STATIC TG, NEET TO GO TO BMR TO ADD TO USERID, ADDED TO PISTAR STATIC TG |
| 383 | AMBI 3000 STICK-DIFFERENT VERSION, IS THERE MORE RECENT VERSION? CONCERNED WITH CHIP IN DEVICE | CLOSED | KO4DJG-BLUEDV TO ACCESS, DID NOT BUY IT WB4TM-HIS CHIP WORKS FINE. |
| 382 | DROID STAR UPDATE VOCODER NOT WORK NORMALLY ON UPDATES | OPEN | N2ELG-SET TO CANDAIAN SERVER, MAY BE BLOCKED |
| 381 | WILL CUSTOM PISTAR BE AFFECTED BY UPDATE | COMPLETE | AF4FA-ADJ FILES ETC, UPDATES AND FILE AFFECTED WILL OVERRIDE CHANGES, TRY TO AVOID CUSTOM ESP IF AUTO UPDATE SET. KK4BUG-WISE TO DOWN LOAD MAKE DUP OF SD CARD AND TEST WITH 2ND CARD |
| 380 | DMR: pistar update and upgrade: From ADMIN > SSH access > login > sudo pistar-update Let it run to update FW and dashboard | FYI | C/O AL AF4FA DASHBOARD, BINARIES, KERNAL, S/B ON PISTAR 4.1.6 AND DASHBOARD 20211111 KERNAL 5.1.60+ |
| 379 | CAN BMR BE USED CREATED TO DOWNLOAD TO RADIOS ONLY USER DB NET CHANGES, ONLY THOSE CHANGED OR ADDED | OPEN | N2ELG-ADD TO SUGGESTION |
| 378 | HOW TO GET ARPR -SENDS GPRS VIA REPEATER. DOES BMR FOLLOW RADIO / DMR ID? | COMPLETE | AF4FA-DO HAVE HOTSPOT> YES, CRT TG 310999 PRIVATE CALL FOR SENDING APRS INFO SO WILL SHOW UP ON FY CRT CHANNEL ON HOTSPOT WITH THAT TG THAT WILL SEND, NEED GPS TURNED ON IN RADIO, IF KEY UP WILL SEND LAT/LONG. HAVE TO USE HOTSPOT NOT REPEATERS BECAUSE WILL NOT ACCEPT IT. KK4GUB-SEND AS PRIVATE CALL IF APRS. RVC APRS NEW VER OF ANYTONE 878 UV 2 WILL TMT AS WELL. KO4DJG-SENDS GPRS VIA REPEATER. DOES BMR FOLLOW RADIO / DMR ID? HAVE TO DISCONNECT 4000 GRP CALL TO MAKE IT WORK WHEN SWITCH RPTR AND HOTSPOT |
| 377 | 2 HSPOTS, TEXT BETWEEN 2 HSPOTS, WORKS LIKE DYNAMIC, ON BMR, BOTH RADIO HAVE TO BE PTT LAUNCHED TO KNOW WHERE TO SENT RESPONSE TO DMR ID, DO XBANDING DEPENDING ON RADIO, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SIMPLEX RADIO TO RADIO AS TEXT MSG. QUESTION: CAN SEND TEST MSG TO 2 USERS AS PRIVATE? | COMPLETE | KK4YG-DOES WORK, MAY HAVE WRITE UP ON IT, WOULD BE PRIVATE CALL, DEPENDS ON RADIO, KK4YG-SELECT MOTROLLA SEND TO ANOTHER BMR NETWORK, NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS COMPATIBLE, KK4GUB WILL DOCUMENT, KK4GUB-DMR WILL CONVERT PROTOCOL TO ANOTHER FOR TEXT, HAVE TO BE COMPATIBABLE, NEED TO TELL BMR WHAT RADIO USER HAS IN SELF CARE OF BMR, CHOOSE RADIO |
| 376 | DROID STAR LATEST UPDATE REQ AUTHOR FIND VO CODER TO PLUGIN, NOT SURE IF ITS AN ISSUE. HAS ANYONE UPDATE DS IN PAST WEEK AND STILL WORKING | COMPLETE | N2ELG-VOCODER IS PRIOROTY AND HAVE TO PURCHASE IT, VOCODER DIGITIZES VOICE, PATTERN IDEA AND HAS RIGHTS TO IT, NEED LICENCE TO USE IT, HELPFUL HINTS-MAY MATCH DEVICE, NEED TO KNOW CAPABILITY, WRITES TO REGISTERS IN PROCESSOR, DROID MAY LOSE VOCODER, COULD BUY CHIP WITH VOCODER AS CLIENT, AF4FA-MAY SAY NO VOCODER, WILL PROMOT TO GET VOCODER WHERE TO GETHUB HOW TO GET IT, WAS REMOVED FOR UNKNOWN REASON,K8BQ-AMBI IS PRIORITY NEED TO MEET STD AND NOT VOILATE THEN USE IT, KK4BUB-S/BE OK TO INSTALL ON DEVICE |
| 375 | AT 686-2 HS, HOW TO GET HS SETUP TO COMM MAKE PRIVATE CALL TO MB, DO NEED 2 IP ON EACH HS, BOTH RUNNING, ANYTONE CAN USE 2 DIFF DMR ID, HOW TO CHANGE CHANNEL, USE OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SETTING, OPERATE AT SAME TIME, SETUP BMR GROUP (HOW IT WORKS), USE HS AS VOTER/REPEATER | COMPLETE | AF4FA-ON DIFF FREQ, 2 DIFF DMR ID, SET AS PRIVATE USE, WILL NEED TO 2 FREQ CODEPLUG AVOID LOOPING IF SAME FEWS, BM FOLKS MAY REMOVE YOU, KD9JBT-2 DRM ID, USE DIFF FREQ TO AVOID LOOPING, AF4FA-MENU SETTING TO ID, SELECT ID TO USE, WB4TM-USE DROID STAR, K4PMD-USE PRIVATE CALL, NOT GROUP, LIKE TUNNEL THRY SYSTEM,AF4FA-SET CHANNEL AS PRIVATE AND TG WITH YOUR TG NUMBER, FOR EACH PERSON,BMR CAN CRT TEMP TG BETWEEN 2 STATIONS |
| 374 | PISTAR UPDATES DB 20211021 FW 4.1.63 | FYI | |
| 373 | IF PUT 2M ANT, CAN HE USE IT TO GET ON DMR TECH NET | COMPLETE | N2ELG-USE WELL 145.19 DBR TG-311037,K8LAZ-IS BMR GETTING OVERLOADED, MANY STATIONS DROPPED, GIVEN JOTA. |
| 372 | HOW TO VALIDATE CHANNEL ADDED REPEATER IF NOT IN GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF REPEATER | COMPLETE | N2ELG-DRIVE TO RPTR, KK3W-SET HS TO FREQ AND TG LIKE ON RPTR,AF4FA-RPTR BK NEEDS TO BE ACCURATE, SOME NOT ACCURATE,WB4TM-SET 1 HS LIKE RPTR AND 2ND LIKE HS AND ASK FOR LOCAL ASSISTANCE |
| 371 | AS TRAVEL HOW TO GET ALL REPEATER FOR STATE TO GET CODEPLUG BY STATE BY ZONE | COMPLETE | AF4FA - BMR ONLY IN FACEBOOOK BY STATE ACCESS FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/335468753629329, look for N1XTK files and download from MENU and FILES, WB4TM-CONSIDER CHGE WW VIA EXCEL TO LOCAL 2 THEN LOAD CPS |
| 370 | HAD BAD HAT ON PISTAR AND UNSOLDERED AND INSTALLED NEW AND IT WORKED | COMPLETE | IS HARDWARE ISSUE, KO4DJG-UPDATED FIRMWARE ON HAT, SHOULD THAT BE DONE, DOES NOT DO AUTOMATICALLY, HAS TO BE MANUAL, AF4FA-DOES NOT GET UPDATED OFTEN, 1.4.16 TO 1.5.2, KEEP AS IS IF WORKING OK ,KK3W-FIND ACT FREQ OFFSET AND NEED TO ADJUST HAS DEVIATION, WILL AFFECT LOST PACKETS, |
| 369 | PROCEDURE-DIFF TG ON RPTR AND WHAT TS USED NOT PART OF MAIN GRP, ARE THERE ANY STANDARDS | COMPLETE | N2ELG-CBRIDGE OWNER DEFINED, AF4FA-BMR TS-1 ALL DYNAMIC TG, TS-2 IS FIXED LOCAT TG-2, 9 (NOT TO IP), UP TO RPTR OWNER, K9LAZ-RPTR TIED IN BMD OR MARK PLUS NETWORK, |
| 368 | INSTALL SCRIPT ON PISTAR, LASTQSL APP ON GETHUB USING SSH FORM TERMINAL, MONITORS PISTAR AND GIVES LAST QSO NAME OF CALLSIGN AND QTH AND TALKER ALIAS, DOES NOT REPLACE DASHBOARD, TEXT BASED | FYI | FEEDBACK-SSH INTO PISTAR CMD LINE RUN IT ON GET HUB, 3 LINES IN CMD WILL PUSH SCRIPT AND RUN ANYTIME WANT, CAN ASJUST FONT, ATTRIBUTES, CMD LINE DRIVEN, N8JUC-GOT TO STATE AND FIND RPTR GROUPS |
| 367 | HOW TO SEE CHECK IN STATIONS AND STATS WHEN NOT USING HOTSPOT | COMPLETE | BMR CAN MONITOR, WB4TM-DROIDSTAR CAN DROP YOU IF SWITCH BETWEEN APPS,KO4DJG-MONITOR LASTSQL APP CMD LINE BASE INTO PISTAR, CAN CONFIG EG LAST 40 CK IN STATION ETC, WB4TM-NETSCRAPER, |
| 366 | WHY DOES TYT380 RECYCLE ITSELF | COMPLETE | WB4TM-CP REMOTE KILL TURNED OFF WITH CERTAIN CODE? KK4GUB-MEM HOLE, (MEM LEAK) |
| 365 | RFinder B1 HT Radio, Android DMR and FM RADIO THAT IS CODELESS DMR RADIO, WHAT IS FEEDBACK ON THIS INVESTMENT | OPEN | N2ELG-FON OBSOLETE IN 2 YEARS, KD4ASM-ARNOLD WON AT VIRT HAMFEST |
| 364 | OPER SMS FROM ANYTONE 878 AND SEND TO CELL FON, TRIED MULTI RPTS TURN ON AND OFF GPRS, NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEND, NEED SSID ON 878 TO SEND BACK TO FON, SEND FON TO RADIO. CAN SEND TO CELL AND RCV FROM CELL | OPEN | KK4YG-RADIO TO RADIO WAS OK, HAD NOT TRIED APRS TO FON, MAY NEED GATEWAY, KK3W-HAS DONE IT, SEND SMS VIA GATEWAY TO FON, WILL SEND TO N1QFH, KK3W-NOT SURE IF SMS GATEWAY IS WORKING, TRIED TO 201 AREA CODE, WILL KEEP TRYING |
| 363 | ON MY PI-STAR, LAST WEEK I DID AN UPGRADE AND UPDATE BUT I'M STILL AT 4.1.5 AND 20210721. KERNEL IS 5.10.60+ WHAT DID I DO WRONG | COMPLETE | AF4FA-ALL OK, CK PISTAR.UK/UPDATES AND PGMS WHEN DO SSH AND SUDO COMMAND UPDTE LOOKS TO LYNX UPDATES |
| 362 | DROID IOS IFON VERSION - WHO IS USING IT AND KNOWLEDGE ON THOSE ON NET | COMPLETE | WB4TM-IOS PRODUCT NEEDS TESTLITE AND ACCPT PUB EMAIL IS IN BETA TO BE RELEASED SOON, NO NEG ISSUES KK4YG-HAS ON HIS WORK FON WORKS FINE, NEED TO ACTIVATE K4PMD-WILL ADD YOUTUBE VID ON GROUPS.IO BRARA |
| 361 | GCARG VIRT RM WON BOB DMR RFINDER B1 RADIO | FYI | |
| 360 | HOW TO SETUP RADIO TO JOIN IN DMR NET | COMPLETE | N1QFH-PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NEW TECH AND NEW HAMS TO DMR AS BASELINE, ALSO DO ZOOM SESSIONS,WB4TM-PURCHASED BRIDGECOM ED ON DMR FOR 100$, SPECIAL IN CLASS IS BEING OFFERED |
| 359 | CAN SETUP HOTSOPT WITH DUAL RADIO FREQ AND BANDS CAN USE FOR MULTIPLE DIG MODES EG FUSION AND DMR AT SAME TIME, | COMPLETE | N2ELG-NEED TO SET TIME TO JUMP BETWEEN DIG MODES, KK3W-DOES THIS, DMR AND FUSION DSTAR ON A FEW TG, WORKS FINE |
| 358 | ANYTONE 578 MOD - ASKS FOR DATE/TIME WHEN PWR UP, WHY, RECENT ISSUE. | OPEN | KO4DJG-PWR OFF ON HIS, DID NOT HAVE THAT ISSUE, MAYBE SETTING OR CPS, FIX-IN MENU WHERE GPS TURNED OFF, STILL HAD TO ENTER TIME, THERE MAY BE BATTERY IN RADIO; SEEMS TO BE CLOCK BATTERY |
| 357 | OPEN GD77 WILL IT WORK ON BF1701, HOW TO REDEEM USE OF BF1802 WITH GPS, IS IT A CLONE | OPEN | OPEN GD77 WORKS 1801 BUT NOT ON 1701 |
| 356 | UPGRADED NEW SW NEXON SUPP ON HS PERSON | COMPLETE | AF4FA-ON PI CONFIG PG AT BOTT MMDVMM IS SET BOX TO ENTER DISPLAY TYPE, WHAT ARE SETTINGS: NEXON, MODEM, ONLDS-L3, REDOWNLOAD NEXON BOARD WITH CONFIG CREATED FOR HIGH SPEED THAT IS AVAILABLE, DEPENDS ON HOW BOARD WAS PROGRAMMED |
| 355 | HAS HS INSTALLED CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING ON IT, IS ON VER 4 | OPEN | N2ELG-NEED CORRECT TG 311037, ALSO USE TG9990 PVT, CK CP AND TS, NEEDS TO BE ON VER 4, AF4FA-BURN NEW IMAGE TO SC CARD AND USE VER 4, VER3 NO LONGER SUPPORTED, N1QFH-GO TO BLOG AND SEARCH ON DMR TO FIND STEP-BY-STEP |
| 354 | HS ISSUE-LATEST SW SHOW CALLSIGN OR NOT GET IT LOOKED UP, MANUL UPD HS HAS HIS NEW CALLSIGN, FOR 50 PCT WILL SHOW CALLSIGN WITH DMR ID, DOES NOT SHOW ALL DATA FOR EACH PERSON ON HS WHICH HS BRAND? | OPEN | AF4FA-LATEST USER DB IS DOWNLOADED, IF JUST ID, ITS NOT DOWNLOADED YET, TRANSMIT TALKER ALISAS WILL SHOW ON PISTAR, TALKER ALIAS NEEDS TO BE SET, N8JUC-WEB DASHBOARD CK IT, CK PISTART CONFIG DISP TYPE MATCH ONE USES USE G4KLX, |
| 353 | PI-STAR CONN ISSUE-PUT IN WRONG RADIO IN BMR IN SELFCARE, ACCESS DENIED WILL BE GIVEN, NEED MOTO SELECTED | FMI | |
| 352 | I USE A WON10 PC, FOR TYT UV380 WHEN CONN USB TO COMPUTER AND RUN CPS, I GET ERROR THAT ITS NOT RECOGNIZED OR NOT CONNECTED | COMPLETE | N2ELG-DOWNLOAD DRIVERS FOR TYT CONNECTOR, ENSURE THE CORD IS CORRECT,WB4TM-CBL BFNG ANYTONE ALMOST SAME ONCE WILL WORK AND ANOTHER WILL NOT, LABEL CABLES, KO4UJP-MARK ON CABLES, AF4FA-CBL DIFF ANYTONE AND TYT CHIP IS IN RADIO, OTHERS ARE IN CBL,N8JUC-PLUG IN PC AND IT SHOULD INSTALL DRIVER, NOT IN RADIO, PC WILL TRY TO DOWNLOAD DRIVER |
| 351 | Radioddity "OPENGD77.COM" UPLOAD NEW FIRMWARE AND IT ALSO HAD CPS, BESURE TO BACKUP BEFORE UPDATES OF FW OR CP | COMPLETE | AF4FA-DOW FM ALLOW TO BRCST TALKER ALIAS? ITS SHOWING HOTSPOT DATA TO DISPLAY OF RADIO. WB4TM-DOWS IT SUPP CLONE OF 1704 OR 1801 |
| 350 | CAN TAKE BKUP OF PI-ZERO SIMPLEX AND USE TO UPLOAD TO DUAL BAND PI-3 | OPEN | AF4FA-WIRE CHGS, PI4 DESIGNED FOR OTHER APPS NOT RADIO HAT |
| 349 | deoidstar 878 use to look at local rptrs, droid use to ck into nets, any benefit to get hotspot? | COMPLETE | N2ELG-GET BM CONN AF4FA-ds on fon conn data or wifi need conn some place, if droidstar can use hs to same wifi can do more than droidstar BLUEDTV FOR WIN NEED MD300 STICK PURCHASED |
| 348 | WHEN PISTAR NOT SHOWING IN WIFI LIST | COMPLETE | AF4FA - GOTO CONFIG WA3SIMPLICAN FILE COPY TO ROOT OR MEM CARD, NEED SSID ID AND PW |
| 347 | PURCHASED HS (STM NO NAME) NOT BEEN ABLE GET IT TO WORK PROPERLY, CAN SOMEONE SUPPORT HIM | OPEN | RESTORE SOMEONES BACKUP |
| 346 | STATIONS DROP OFF, DO STATIONS NEED TO REKEY TO STAY ACTIVE | OPEN | N2ELG-MAY BE SETTING IN GATEWAY ACTIVITY, STATIONS CAN HEAR AND IT AFFECT DSDKBOARD |
| 345 | NEW KERNAL | FYI | SSH SUDO PISTAR-UPDATE REBOOT |
| 344 | WHY IS PISTAR DROPPING STATIONS FROM DASHBOARD | OPEN | N2ELG-LIMITED DEFINED LIST LINES,N1QFH-MAY BE COMMAND TO MMDVM TO SET THIS TO CUSTOM LINES OF GATEWAY ACTIVITY |
| 343 | BRIDGE NEW HOTSPOT LOTS OF CAPABILITIES, EXPENSIVE JUMPSPOT NEED FEEDBACK | OPEN | |
| 342 | IS IT BETTER TO KEEP HOTSPOT UP ALL THE TIME AND IS THERE A BURNOUT FACTOR | OPEN | N2ELG-KEEPS ON WHEN IN USE. |
| 341 | DUDE STAR: HOW TO GET DMR LIST OF NAMES AND TOWNS ETC TO APPEAR | OPEN | AF4FA-ON SETTINGS PAGE BOTTOM TO DOWNLOAD UPDATE HOST UPDATE AND ID FILES, THESE ARE AFTER MIC GAIN, GO TO LOG AND DMRID.DAT IS DOWNLOAD FILE |
| 340 | ANY NEW DMR RPTRS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY | OPEN | |
| 339 | CALLSIGN, DMRID NOT SHOWING ON PI-STAR DEVICE | OPEN | AF4FA-SETTINGS |
| 338 | WHAT TECH NETS DO PEOPLE JOIN | COMPLETE | KO4DJG-NORTHSTAR TUE 8PM TG-31630 |
| 337 | NEW DMR RADIOTY GT77 HT NICE FIRMWARE OPEN GD77, HAD COPYRIGHT ISSUES, THERE IS SOLUTION | FYI | AUTHOR REWROTE CODE AND NO COPYWITE ISSUES NOW FOR GD77 FW, VERY EASY TO CHANGE TG AND MIN PROGRAMMING |
| 336 | HOW TO GET LOCAL HIGHT ACTIVITY BY TG | OPEN | KO4DJG-BM DATA VIS, SUB CAT, SEARCH BY TG, STATS, USE CVS TO FILTER |
| 335 | HOW TO HANDLE DMR FREQ/REPEATERS WHEN TRAVELING IN NEW ENGLAND, WHAT ARE ACTIVE TG, REPRATERS, | CLOSE | AF4FA-CBRIDGE MAY BE CLOSED TO DIRRECT TG'S LIKE 311037, USE LOCAL CLUBS CP, WEB TOOLD LIKE BRANDMEISTER MAPPING, RADIO REPEATERS AND SEARCH BY STATE |
| 334 | ANY DMR MONITOR ONLY | OPEN | W4BFL-HOSELINE TURNED OFF PER ABUSE |
| 333 | LICW DMR TG TGIF - HOW TO CONN TO THAT TG AND SERVER | OPEN | AF4FA - CHG CODEPLIUG AND CHG PISTAR TO TGIF NETWORK, N2ELG-REDTORE FROM BACKUP, AF4FA-CHG PISTAR VHG DMR GATEWAY, ADD PARMS IN EXPERT MODE AND ADD REWRITE RULES BY LEADING DIGITS TO CORRECT MASTER, DEPEND ON TG FOR 3 DIFF MASTER DIFF LDEADING DIGIT WILL DIRECT MASTER SERVER, TG MAY BE UPTO 7 DIGITS LONG, MAKE THENM 8 DIGITS WITH PADDED 0 DIGITS TO TG0000320 PI-START ROUTS TO DMRPLUS, AS EXAMPLE, MAY NEED REWRITE RULES ON EXPERT MODE, RADIO AND CP ARE DPOING ALL THJE WORK |
| 332 | WHERE DOES NAME COME FROM ON PI-STAR WHEN XMIT | COMPLETE | AF4FA-DOWNLOADED FROM WEBFL-WILL RESEARCH RPTR, COMES FROM BRANDMEISTYER SERVER AS DOWNLOAD TO BE RESIDENT ON PISTAR AS NET CHANGE AF4FA-Here is the line from the hot spot boot up showing the loading of the DMR id's to the program and the location of the file. I: 2021-06-16 16:33:51.554 Loaded 198149 IDs to lookup table - /usr/local/etc/DMRIds.dat N1QFH-PWR OFF/ON HOTSPOT, ON HOTSPOT GOTO ADMIN LIVE LOG, AT BOTTOM FIND DOWNLOAD LOG |
| 331 | QUERY: DECOM 3102 BMR SVR? | FYI | DECOMMISION 3101 DEC 1 2021, NEW SERVER 3103 IN CHICAGO, SEARCH BMD 3101, WHY? NON GI VEN |
| 330 | WHERE TO GET REDUCE USER DB | FYI | NEDECN.ORG KD2OFD: AMATEURRADIO .DIGITAL TO REDUCE USER DB |
| 329 | DMR CLASS | FYI | DISCUSSED WHAT TO COVER |
| 328 | STATIC TG, HAVE TO KEY ANYTONE WHY HAVE TO KEY UP | COMPLETE | AF4FA-MAY NOT HAVE API KEY SETUP IN HOTSPOT SETUP |
| 327 | NEED DMR PRIMER | COMPLETE | WILL CALL N1QFH, WILL POST AF4FA DOCS |
| 326 | how to downsize userdb in file going to tyy390 uhf with tytools | COMPLETE | N1QFH-USE OF TYT USERDB EDITOR MD380DE.exe TO CULL OUT IDS IN BIN FILE |
| 325 | What would it take to update pi-0 to better pi | COMPLETE | PI-54, NEED TO MAKE SURE PINS ARE SAME, AF4FA-TO 3DB BOARD, GPIO PINS ARE DIFERRENT THAN MODEM BOARDS, MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH POWER, 3DBPLUS BOARD $35, KO4ECG-ADAFRUIT.COM |
| 324 | PM on radios air blow out, etc | COMPLETE | N2ELG-BLOW OUT HEAT SYNC, W4BFL-NOT ON FAN DIRECTLY CAN DAMAGE IT, HOLD FAN SO IT DOWN NOT SPIN,STAY AWAY FROM LCD |
| 323 | STEP HOW UPDATE USER DB TYT-UV380 NON-GPS, DOES NEED FW OR USE DB | COMPLETE | N1QFH-RUN SQL TO TRIM, AF4FA-CONFIRM, USE TYTTOOLS (NEW AND OLD), KD4V-TOOLS N4TSC: CLICK TYT EXE UTIL OPEN BUT DOWN LOAD USER DB, CLICK LATED USER DB FILE, CLICK FLASH |
| 322 | HOW CAN STATION BE XMIT ON RPTR AND ANOTHER STATION ON PISTAR AND BOTH CAN BE HEARD AT SAME TIME | COMPLETE | KO4XL - HOME TG-311037 THE PATH MAY BE CAUSING BUSY ON RPTR AND BOTH CAN BE HEARS, AF4FA - MAY BE RPTR WILL TAKE CONTROL OVER PISTAR, DEPENDS ON BMR |
| 321 | SAW UPDATE IN PI-STAR, CLONE, MIXED UP CARD, HOW TO RESTORE DATA, CAN XMT BUT NOT RCV, HOW GOT INTO DELIMA, WHAT ARE STEPS TO AVOID, HOW TO HANDLE DEPRECIATED FIELDS, JP ANDC US COUNTRY: ON BMR OR PISTAR | OPEN | BACKUP AND MAKE VERSIONS, KO4XL - 2 CARDS USE BKUP, USE CARD 1 OLD VER, USE 2ND WITH NEW CARD AND HAVE ALL SETTINGS BETWEEN CARDS. BACKUP EARLY AND OFTEN AND BEFORE FIRMWARE UPDATES, AF4FA - COMPARE NEW AND OLD SETTINGS, NEW SETTING AT CSS TOOL WHAT LOOKUP SERVICE TO USE change JP to US access config>expert>wifo ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1 ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1 country=US |
| 320 | recent pistart update: | FYI | 12-mar linix and new features, setting up for future dashboard update, will not use id for masters, goto gonfig exper top rt ssh into pistar system, userid and pw, end cmd line rw, if sudo reboot, relog into pistar, sudo pistar -update when it done, sudo reboot, click config, scroll to mmdvm host gen config radio pipe not changed, sys time zone us/ny, dmr master read bm3102, APPLY CHANGES, GO TO ADMIN, PG, control pistar via remote control user can access via radio or phone, etc, netwk status is added yellow |
| 319 | There was a large update to the Linux part of the Pi-Star and the dashboard part. The new linux kernal is now 5-10-17-v7+ and the pi-star dashboard is now 20210305. | OPEN | CONFIG EXPERT, SUIDO PISTAR-UPDATE, THEN DO UPGRADE |
| 318 | HOTSPOT IN PUBLIC MODE WITHOUT ACCESS TO DMR LIST, THIS COULD PARTICIPATE IN NETWORK LOOPS | OPEN | W4BFL-CONFIG, ACCESS LIST |
| 317 | HOW TO TAKE APART TYT 380UV, SPEAKER NOW WORKING ON RADIO | COMPLETE | N2ELG-USE SPEAKER MIC, |
| 316 | ISSUE WITH PLUGGING CABLE INTO RADIO AND PGM CODEPLUG WITH WIN7 | COMPLETE | AF4FA: DIRECTOR DRIVERS NEEDED, USING ZIP FILE, FIND DRIVER AND DIR INSIDE ZIP FILE, KO4DJG - MANUAL SELECT COM PORT IF ON WIN7, AF4FA - CPS PGM NEED MANUAL SEL COM PORT |
| 315 | CAN DUDE RUN ON LINXU | FYI | WUNTU, HAS TO BE COMPILED |
| 314 | DROID STAR | FYI | CAN DOWNLOAD AND RUN ON ANDROID |
| 313 | WHERE TO GET LATEST DUDE STAR EXE (NOT THE CODE) | COMPLETE | AF4FA - GAVE LATEST URL |
| 312 | HOW TO HELP PEOPLE WITH CODEPLUG, FIRMWARE, TECH SUPPORT | WIP | ZOOM, TEAMVIEWER, MAIL RADIOS, AF4FA: SETUP ZOOM MEETING FOR THIS GROUP, SMALL CLASS, KD2OFD : IMPORT PIECES OF THE CODEPLUG, CONTACT MANAGER |
| 311 | DUDE STAR ISSUES, UPDATED DMR ID FILE, IT CRASHED, CLEANED UP, WHERE IT KEEPS USER INFO | COMPLETE | NEEDED TO RELOAD NEW DUDE STAR, IS LOG AVAILABLE FEB 4 HAS LOG PATH, USER ID IS IN CONFIG FOLDER, APP DIR IS HIDDEN AND YOU HAVE TO UNHIDE |
| 310 | HOW TO PROGRAN DYNAMIC TG ON FACE OF RADIO | COMPLETE | VIA MENU AND FOLLOW OPTIONS |
| 309 | DOES HAVE CODEPLUG FOR 578 | COMPLETE | N2ELG: IS SETUP LIKE ANYTONE |
| 308 | WHAT IS PURPOSE OF TG-2 AND 9, HOW AND WHEN USED | COMPLETE | N2ELG: ON BRARA REPEATER TG-2 TS-1 IS LOCAL LOCAL REPEATER NOT ON IP, TG-9 -TG-2 IS FOR LINKED REPEATER VIA IP |
| 307 | recent pi-star: GPS use demo and explained | FYI | Q n A on use, the Lat/Long are sticky |
| 306 | What is starting (hailing) 2m DMR simplex starting freq | COMPLETE | KO4DJG: 145.510 N2ELG: LOOK AT BAND PLAN, N2ELG: ADMIT CRITERIA WILL PREVENT DOUBLING |
| 305 | best freq for simplex and setting up the TG correctly, which band 2m or 70cm has best distance coverage | COMPLETE | KO4DJG - (2m) 145.510, 145.790, (70cm) 441.000, 446.075, 446.500, 443.450 (settings) TS-1 TG-99 N1QFH: have codeplug tested, PC and cords, all adaptors and connectors ready to use AF4FA: concern about band limitations Rob: TG-99 is for simplex |
| 304 | Does anyone know of a radio that is suitable for DMR that will work and be controlled by RigPi? | OPEN | Most VHF/UHF FM transceivers don’t support CAT control with a few exceptions mentioned in past posts to the group. When you add DMR capability the choices get small or none existent. It’s possible that you might find a solution in commercial radios intended for remote operation but then you have the issue of support in Hamlib. Perhaps you can scan the list of supported radios in Hamlib and check the radios specs. There are Fusion and D-Star capabilities in some HF/VHF/UHF multi-mode radios (the FT-991A with System Fusion comes to mind) or you may be able to use a DMR “dongle” with one of those type radios. Perry K4PWO Peter KG4VIQ Tonight we were looking for an answer about a device called a “RigPi.” It appears there is a website by those who build hardware around a fork of PiStar. The website is https://rigpi.net and hopefully this answers the question. |
| 303 | What are some of the most active TG's so operators may listen and participate? is there a day and time that is best to join? | COMPLETE | TAC 310 311, PETE: TG-3100 US PABLO TG-91 ANY COUNTRY DX CRAIG: BM LAST HEARD, TG-31656 US PETE: HOSELINE WAS BEING ABUSED PAUL: TG-93 US TG-325 UK |
| 302 | Learning of DudeStar® on our DMR® Tech Net and the success people are having, I decided to give it a try. I've successfully installed and tested DudeStar on Windows 10®. Running the single executable, pre-compiled for Windows® 7/10 Latest binary build, likely I'm missing something. Can the settings be saved? I find the need to reenter my callsign and DMR ID each time the executable is loaded. DudeStar® for Linux I will compile the source from Github /the Linux version and try running it customized for the Raspberry Pi® 3B + and 64bit Pi 4 8MB using Rasbian™ 64 development image. The plan is to use a USB Mic and either a Bluetooth Speaker or maybe utilize the audio jack. Let you know how that goes. If anyone has already compiled from the source, please do share what you have learned. | FYI | USE GROUPS.IO DMR LINK TO GET THE PROCESS FOR LINYX |
| 301 | ON DUDESTAR TOOK 3 TRIES TO GET IT WORKING | COMPLETE | NEEDED NEW VERSION, DISCONNECTED, RECONNECTED PETE: BMR DUDE STAR ACTS LIKE REPEATER, 15 MIN LIMIT, USE TG-4000 TO DISCONNECT THEN ADD TG YOU WANT |
| 300 | HOW SOLID FAU TO REPEATER IS DMR SIG, ANY METRICS AVAILABLE, SEEK W4BFL FOR DEMO | COMPLETE | W4BFL-CAN GET SIG, SOME OTHER INFO, IS VERY SOLID, STABLE |
| 299 | MULTI-NET CONFIG | COMPLETE | AL WILL SEND PISTAR AND KX4ZU ADD MORE CAPABILITY ON CROSS-OVER |
| 298 | CODEC GAIN ON DUDE | COMPLETE | N1QFH SET GAIN TO 0.8, N2ELG SUGGEST TEST ON BRAINWAVES, HE SET IN MIDDLE, W4ED, SET MIC ADJ TO MAKE LESS SENSATIVE NOT TO OVERDRIVE , ADJUST MIC AND VOL ON SLIDE BAR ON UI |
| 297 | HOW TO INCREATE VOL ON DUDE | COMPLETE | Power on radio |
| 296 | HOW TO DOWNLOAD DUDESTAR | FYI | URL TO DOWNLOAD https://github.com/nostar/dudestar/releases |
| 295 | CAST = 0 WHAT IS THAT USED FOR IN ADMIN MMDVM, | COMPLETE | N2ELG: COULD BE SCREEN, WD2E: OLED, 2ND FROM BOTTOM IS SCREEN, KO4DJG - WAS USED ON OLDER VERSION PISTAR |
| 294 | what is daemon ON PISTAR | COMPLETE | W1CY: 1 RUN IN run in BK-GRD 0 NON BKGRD LOAD WHEN NEEDED SERVERS THAT START UP A PWR UP |
| 293 | CAN LOGON VIA SSH TO SEE IF CAN XMT ON AOTHER BAND | COMPLETE | AL4FA; DEPENDSO N HAT WHICH TELL WHAT ITS CONFIG FOR 2M,440, NOT NOT BE ABLE TO QRY, HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF BOARD N2ELG; TYPE WHAT IS ON BOARD TO SEE WHAT IS IN CASE ON DEVICE TO FIND DETAILS OF DEVICE |
| 292 | Ports on HS HDMI otg micro conn, how to config for direct ethernet router | COMPLETE | N2ELG: if use proper kernal, will conn automatically. KO4DJG: ethernet adapber needs to be compatible with raspberry pi, on pi-zero, use micro port closes to HDMI port, power on one that is furthest from HDMI, go into pistar config, drop. Disable, s/b auto |
| 291 | WHAT IS BEST RADIO TO ACCESS DMR AND USE OF QUAD-NET | COMPLETE | N2ELG: TYT, ANYTONE, AF4FA; CONSIDER WHAT DOMINATE DIGITAL IN USE IN YOUR LOCAL KM4UJP: KX4XU: ALINCO DJ-MD5TGP |
| 290 | HOT TO STOP RADIO FROM LOOPING | COMPLETE | AF4FA: HS AND REPEATER CAN CAUSE LOOPING KX4ZU: COULD HAVE CALLSIGN APPEAR WHEN BM NOT DROPPING, USES LAST CALLSING AND MAY NOT BE STATION CAUSING ISSUE |
| 289 | How to setup BM hotspot account | COMPLETE | https://news.brandmeister.network/hotspot-security-password-now-required-for-connections-to-us-masters/ |
| 288 | use UDB thumb amb3000 use blue dv software, connect mmdvm conn hat to to usb cord allows amb3000 chip to work | COMPLETE | KK4YG: IT WORKS FOR HIM, IS USEFUL, http://www.pa7lim.nl/ambepage/ AF4FA: HAD COMMENTS ON CABLE AND CABLE FOR PISTAR TO CONN TO MASTER K4PMD: ADDED COMMENTS ON MIC AND SPEAKER USE |
| 287 | does anytone have limit on size of user.db | COMPLETE | AF4FA: at HOLD 200K, new user has 185k, 13Meg, has another 20 ids, close to 16Meg can handle |
| 286 | if never update pi-star, what are risks | COMPLETE | N2ELG: getting bugs fixed AF4FA: MAY MAKE DEVICES UNSTABLE EF USER PW ON BMD |
| 285 | when plug in cable for tyt | COMPLETE | N2EGL-download drivers, may have to delete, uninstall, reinstall AF2FA-need to have radio powered up and plugged into PC, turn radio to signal with no activity could damage chip, gprs/aprs make sure to turn it off |
| 284 | on bmr website when using last heard, saw station ck into net, drop ptt, but bmr still had them recoring as if ptt was depressed and they were transmitting | COMPLETE | EG W1ENG NOW SHOW 204 SEC BUT HIS IS NOT TRANSMITTING pi-star dashboard shows w1eng transmit and drop off it also occured using n1qfh w4bfl: retain last call then clears, may be browser issue and cache refresh af4fa: may be how long ago it was heard |
| 283 | When I see the green light on my tyt380 lite up but there is no audio, and i'm on a repeater like the brara bmr machine TG-311037 TS-2, does that mean someone may be on ts-1 or ts-2 with a different tg than what i'm listening to? | COMPLETE | K8BQ: TRAFFIC IS BEING SEND TO AND FROM REPEATER, ITS BUSY W4BFL: LINKED TO TG NO VOICE OR TRAFFIC ITS STILL LITE N2ELG: S/B NO IMPACT, BOTH TS 1 AND 2 WILL OPERATE TOGETHER |
| 282 | Caller alias explain bmr does it work on BRARA and how it works | COMPLETE | KO4DJG: bmr alway set thru network can sent thru rpts or hotspot, rcvr radio has to be config to talker alias. have to examine settings what to show on display W4BFL-FUNCT OF NETWORK WHAT RPTR SEE BRARA WILL WORK ON LOCAL AND RPTR |
| 281 | IS DSTAR A DYING MODE | COMPLETE | CAN RUN MULT MODES, HOSPITAL HAVE DSTAR, ALL OF GA IS IS USING DSTAR |
| 280 | USE OF BLUTOOTH MIC-LIKES DISLIKES, ISSSUES, RESOLUTIONS | COMPLETE | WM4E-878 BLU N CAR, SET APPLET GAIN, WORKS OUT WELL, USING PTT, PAIR TO EAR PIECE AND MONITORS, IS PART OF THE RADIO; KO4DJG-USES BT CONN HEADSET AND MIC, GOOD AUDIO, TINYSIGN FON CALL RCVR TO RADIO TIO BT RADIO FOR SLOW SCAN, DIGITAL |
| 279 | bmr rptr ts-2 is by admin and 2,9 and ts1 is up to open, what tg's are on ts2 | COMPLETE | N2ELG / AF4FA- FOR BRARA BMR TG-2,9, 311027 ON TS-2, TS-1 USE FOR ANYONE TO USE AS DYNAMIC TG |
| 278 | TG-310999 is private call to report GPS info | FYI | There is a Parrot on TG-9990 or TG-310997 on either TS which you can use to check your audio into the system. If you have GPS in your radio set the GPS TG to 310999 and you would enable the GPS in the channel. The GPS should be set to 60 seconds or more and then will send your position to the APRS whenever you talk on the channel that it is enabled on. |
| 277 | tg-9990 private but did not work on brara rptr, tg-31000 worked as grp call | COMPLETE | may be global issue, AL AF4FA works OK, rptr KO4DJG TS-1 TG-9990 private worked ok |
| 276 | On website 2 LINKS Repeater Status Health Check | FYI | |
| 275 | BM hoseline broken or down | COMPLETE | n1elg - has been offline, was abused |
| 274 | pi sw admin, under power what are impacts | COMPLETE | n1elg-control shutdown is preferred |
| 273 | Entering a Talkgroup on a DMR radio from the front panel. | FYI | if you go into the Code Plug on a AnyTone Radio, there is a setting “Manual Dial Talk Group Hold Time, which by default is set to 5 Seconds. If you change it to 30 Minutes, you can then Press and Hold the Zero Key on the keyboard and it will allow you to enter a talk group of 7 digits and change the radio to Group Call. This is a Temporary Change and does not get written to the radios code plug. When the radio is powered off and back on, its gone. |
| 272 | chirp-how to set sql and tone and how rptr handles | COMPLETE | AF4FA - use where many rptrs on near freq set tone-sql, no near rptrs, use tone is all that is needed |
| 271 | Download api bmr mgr drop qsl,drop dyn, act reflector, how do determine what reflector to unlink, the api is on bmr site, dro[p qso vs drop dyanmic | COMPLETE | AF4FA - drop all act dynamic, see on far rt click all, try dropping qso, if tmt tg-4000 will unlink from where you are |
| 269 | when scan channels no one on it seems | COMPLETE | k4pmd: use tg-3100 n1qfh: not as busy, use tg-310 ko4djg: tg-3100 us more usable than tg-310 |
| 268 | best practices when connecting pistar to wifi | COMPLETE | N2ELG conn somethng else using ssid and pw diff channel on wifi may help |
| 267 | can DMR be running on pistar in parrell with DSTAR | COMPLETE | need to set timers to respond to each mode, hang time to 20sec for response, at end will go into listen mode to listen for either mode, use TG4000 to disconnect in DMR to go to DSTAR, not sure if also tru for START how to disconnect |
| 266 | How to turn on talker alias | COMPLETE | AF4FA - USES DMR ID INTO PKT SO ANY RADIO WHIO HAS IT ENABLES S/B ABLE TO SEE NAME AND ID EVEN IF NO CONTACTS, MOTOROLO DOES NOT HANDLE PROPERLY |
| 265 | Different Color Code | FYI | This terminology was introduced by Anytone and then by Baofeng for programming code plugs. Prior to that, the commercial radio suppliers (Motorola and Hytera), just called the Admit Criteria as "Color Code" or "Color Code Free". Originally, the recommendation was to set all "channels" or talk groups with a specific color code for admittance or access to the repeater. So then the confusion began. Many code plugs were created with "Different Color Code" and the radios worked...mostly. Then, recent Firmware upgrades have changed the rules and now, the more logical "Same Color Code" tag is needed to minimize issues like "Unknown IPSC ..." displays on the Netwatch. |
| 264 | hotspot required rcv/tmt freq, is there freq to use? | COMPLETE | With the advent of hotspots for digital modes such as the sharkrf OpenSpot and DVMega, finding an open frequency has become an issue. Many of the frequencies I've seen on the brandmeister network for hotspots are between 432-433MHz (the weak signal portion of the band) or between 435.0 and 438.0 MHz. BRARA uses 434.300 |
| 263 | how are pi-stars used at repeater sites | COMPLETE | AF4FA - rather than use controller use dual radio modem, one as rcv and one txt acts as bridge, instead using ant, hardware carrier into pistar, acts as rptr controller, K4PMD-duplex setting 2m and 7cm separation is enuf to avoid duplexer, related to dynamic TG. |
| 262 | how do i know if i have pi-0 | COMPLETE | access pi-star and it will show platform such as pi-zero w with fw version |
| 261 | tried to conn pistar dir to router via mini to cat5, did not work, is there test to do in pistart that it will work this way | COMPLETE | STD USB2 MICRO USB PORT ABAPTER TO ETHERNET NEED CIRCURITY, HAPPENS AT OPERATING SYSTEM MICRO USB TO ETHERNET, REMOVE ALL WIFI CONNECTION, BACKUP FIRST BEFORE DOING THIS |
| 260 | how to delete all wifi in pistar if bad password | COMPLETE | AF4FA: download pi-star.uk wifi builder, add country, ssid, pw, sub query, will create config file in download dir and copy to root of pistar |
| 259 | I am trying to access the DMR network but I am not sure what settings I need to enable in my open spot three | OPEN | |
| 258 | GPS TO APRS | COMPLETE | SENDS CODEPLUG WITH INFO |
| 257 | PI-STAR UPDATE LYNX UPDT | COMPLETE | EXPERT > ssh access > SUDO PISTAR-UPDATE |
| 256 | SO FL DMR TG TGIF TG=5000561 | FYI | PART OF TGIF |
| 255 | HOW DO I KNOW IF MY FIRMWARE IS UP TO DATE | COMPLETE | expert > ssh access to see kernal info |
| 254 | NEW PI-STAR UPDATE 2020-7-06 fw 4.1.2 | FYI | sign into to pistar, access config > expert > ssh access > logon in again > in cmd prompt enter sudo pistar-update, after done enter sudo reboot |
| 253 | conn to new router and pistar | COMPLETE | need to add new network and pw |
| 252 | does dmr simplex QSO as 1 or 2 pts PH or DIG? | COMPLETE | K8BW - arrl says it PH |
| 251 | what happens when plug in hdmi monitor to pistar port? | COMPLETE | W4BFL need graphs installed in os |
| 250 | can pi-start handle multipe digital modes as same time? | COMPLETE | af4fa: yes adjust wait times, enable other modes, |
| 249 | NEW ANYTONE FIRMWARE | FYI | For the 878 http://www.wouxun.us/category.php?category_id=93 for the 578 http://www.wouxun.us/category.php?category_id=94 |
| 248 | 2020 FD DMR SPX 441.0000 TS-1 TG-99 | FYI | |
| 247 | can aprs msgs be sent to dmr rpts like brara machne? | COMPLETE | af4fa: depends on codeplug, reach out to jeff.s and jerry.z, APRS.FI, cbridge have to define tg, most do not, bmr do allow it, al could get it wo work fine and metar KK6YG: pgm radio need addtl channel bmr need sprecifc group to use, setup bmr account, add callsign-1 on aprs map |
| 246 | What's up with these 4000 instrusions with hotspots? They show up randomly while using a hotspot, nullifying the signals from a talkgroup that you're talking with | COMPLETE | AF4FA: 4k disconn from pistar, also disconnect with repeater, if used as group call every one sees it and that may be root cause, 4000 has to be private call |
| 245 | present pi-star updates | FYI | |
| 244 | explained DV switch | FYI | link - ea3ihi.es, ea5gvk-dmr.zigor.es |
| 243 | PI-START CAN YOU EXPLAIN CPU LOAD VAR - 0.87 / 1.29 / 1.3 | COMPLETE | 5 min averages |
| 242 | CAN UPGRATE PI ZERO TO PI-4? AND HOW (Pi) Zero W Rev 1.1 (512MB), can a new pistrar be ordered with pi4, what are pro/con | COMPLETE | can solder to same pins, need lates 4.x.x. os, need 3amp board |
| 241 | pistart temp: 45.5øC / 113.9øF, HOW TO COOL? | COMPLETE | KO4DJG: CAN GO UP TO 80DEG C |
| 240 | hotspot would not connect to any of the 3 US Brandmeister Servers. This problem occurred before the update, which he did thinking that might be the issue. Upon further probing, he also connects to Brandmeister via DV Switch, and the servers may be interpreting that as 2 connected hotspots etc. He will see what happens in 24 hours. | COMPLETE | only pistar 3102 on, hs pw rejected, QWICK XIT BURSTS WILL LOCK OUT AF4FA - if key up now audio 3 times in row, master bmr will know you out for an hour, go to diff master for 1 hour then go back to 3102 |
| 239 | I've got a MMDVM Hotspot, and had it working fine through my Xfinity network and router. I am using an Ailuance HD-1. All of a sudden, it no longer works. It appears through the Pi-Star dashboard, that am connecting to sites, but I never get any audio back, from Parrot, or hear anyone else on any sites. I can see data bits going each way. I can connect to my Sprint phone as a hotspot, and everything works fine. I have tried completely turning off the Xfinity router firewall, and that doesn't help. I am using the latest 4.10 software. I'd appreciate any suggestions, | OPEN | N2ELG: PARROT BMR WD2B: GO TO DM PW |
| 238 | given my pi-star uses a pi zero, can i upgrade / replace the zero with a pi 4b (50$)? HOW, ISSUES? | COMPLETE | AF4FA: all OS can run on it, may need to soldering work, modem board may be plug/play, 3.4 on lynx wj will not work need to use 4.1 on lynx Debian bus pi board 3 and 4. need to burn new sd-mini if pi-0 ver 3 |
| 237 | Public Wifi Access w//NO Mobile Phone been living in a hotel A quick short term fix was to use mobile hotspot mode in windows 10 to share the hotel wifi. get around the captive portal this way with many smart devices. Not the most ideal for those of us who try not to tie our machines up with a lot of mult tasks. Shared Bandwidth through laptop then can become an issue as well, so beware what you put through it if you can, put google smart assistants on networks this way as well because they too have issues with captive portals. | FYI | |
| 236 | Jumbospot based hotspot had been running continuously for weeks without problems begun hanging most nights trying out various configuration changes without success logged in via SSH and got a "disk full" error message referring to "/var/log" "auth.log" file had grown to fill the entire "/var/log" partition hotspot was under continual attack from the internet bots flooding it with login attempts network is behind a commercial grade firewall | FYI | had enabled public SSH access pi-star software sends uPNP requests to the network firewall to open up ports turned off the public SSH access tightened up the rules in the main firewall run for several days "/var/log" partition has plenty of free space uPNP can be handy but big security vulnerability |
| 235 | Why does pistart hold last TG's | COMPLETE | AF4FA - is setup static TG will keep it; W4JEW - undoc auto-static by default, no way to override, can remove it |
| 234 | GA statewide DMR net wed 8pm TG-3113 | FYI | |
| 233 | Just an FYI TG 3136 TS2 is available for hotspots now IPSC2-Can-Trbo. This is New York Statewide and its connected to all the NY cBridges and BM. | FYI | |
| 232 | is there TG for HF spotting | COMPLETE | DX LINK TG-31777 DX-LINK http://wiki.tgif.network/index.php?title=WORLD_WIDE_DX-LINK_SYSTEM https://www.qsl.net/k2hze/ |
| 231 | BrandMeister Manager: | COMPLETE | AF4FA ADJUSTED TG |
| 230 | pi-star does not have details on screen instandby after update, pwr and temp increased after update | COMPLETE | may be result of new firmware |
| 229 | How to increase or decrease number of station seen in dsdhboard | FYI | This mod doesn't do everything you ask for, but it's a step in the right direction: Log into SSH and run the following commands: rpi-rw sudo sed -i 's/($i <= 19)/($i <= 29)/g' /var/www/dashboard/mmdvmhost/lh.php rpi-ro Change the value "29" to whatever you like (but keep it within reason). It will increase the depth of your browser window as a result, but hey, you can scroll the window up and down. Keep in mind: this "fix" is temporary - a future system update/upgrade may unwind this patch, so you'll have to rerun the commands above. MarkKN2TOD |
| 228 | pi-star ho to upgrade regular release | fyi | Updating the Pi-Star system to the new system by creating a new SD card First thing to do is to save your current configuration by logging into your pi-star and going to configuration and the backup/restore and click on download configuration. This will create a zip file needed later. Bring up your web browser and go to www.pistar.uk On the left side near the bottom hover over downloads then click on Download Pi-star then click on bottom one (Pi-Star_RP1_V4.1.0-26-Mar-2020.zip) and download it (save the file) If you need the SD CARD FORMATTER program Bring up your web browser and enter in the search box sd card formatter pick the first entry and download the zip file unzip it and install the program If you need the IMAGE INSTALLER program Bring up your web browser and enter in the search box balenaetcher pick the first entry and download the exe file Install the program If you would rather use a different IMAGE INSTALLER Bring up your web browser and enter in the search box w32diskimager pick the first entry and download the exe file Install the program After you have done all the above Insert your sd card into a holder and insert it into the computer Make sure you write down the drive letter assigned to it. Click on the sd card formetter and enter the drive letter associated to the SD card and format it. Unzip the pi-star file and save it to the desktop now click on the IMAGER program you chose and again make sure the drive letter is correct. Select the .img file you unzipped and write it to the SD card. After the write is complete copy your saved configuration zip file from your old pistar to the base directory of the sd card. You are now ready to insert the SD card into your Pi-Star hotspot and turn it on to automatically expand the system files and reapply your configuration. This will take a couple of minutes to do and then you can log into the Pi-Star and do an update to get current by going to configuration then expert then SSH access. Enter pi-star then the password(raspberry). Then enter sudo pistar-update and after that completes enter sudo-pistar-upgrade. After this is done type exit to leave the SSH. If you had changed the password you can now reset it by going to configuration and entering your own password. |
| 227 | how to use freq to change offset (is it acceptable to adjust rcv and xmt to factor in tcxo | COMPLETE | use mdvm cal to adjust ber, done'd mess with if ber is low enough |
| 226 | NYMETRO DMR TECT NETS | OPEN | NY4Z: TUE 8PM 31360 BMR |
| 225 | what are pro con to upgrade pistar to 4.1.1 | COMPLETE | af4fa try it if like, made corrections to features, such as adjust diff swap between modes, fix dashboard, updated lynx os, |
| 224 | if update pistart to 4.1.1 can i use old backups to restore or will they damage the firmware | COMPLETE | s/b be able to use old backups password is reset if custom set it |
| 223 | mf9600 tool to unlock radio xmt 150-170 | FYI | |
| 222 | Pistar 4.1.1 update process | COMPLETE | 1. IF VER 4.1.0 DASHBOARD > CONFIG > EXPETR > UPDATE UPGRADE, DONE 2. DOWN LOAD IMAGE AND BURN IMAGE URL PISTAR.UK > DOWNLOADS > IMAGES > MORE RECENT, UNZIP OR ETCHER TO NEW SD CARD, THEN DO STEP-1 |
| 221 | Anytone has firmware updates | FYI | |
| 220 | VT DMR Tech net Tue 8pm TG-3150 | FYI | |
| 219 | is there a way to make TYT-9600 switch to use one band and back to two band like the anytone can do | OPEN | USE ONE ZONE WITH ONE BAND, SUBMIT REQUEST TO ADDRESS TO PISTART.UK, N2ELG: set both bands to same channel will solve the problem |
| 218 | on pistar dashboard what is local rf traffic, explain how used, when to use it and when not. explain some other data items on the dahsboard | COMPLETE | used for repeater connectivity and activity, why tcxo is 14m: oscellator freq on dv mega board, is crystal |
| 217 | TG310/311 UNAVAIL DUE TO SERVER RECONFIG | FYI | |
| 216 | pi-start updates | COMPLETE | SEE AL4FA FOR DETAILS |
| 215 | new contact mgr 2.66d | FYI | |
| 214 | pi-star not pwr up after conn to router usb mini, was working for pas 2 weeks | COMPLETE | |
| 213 | On your Anytone radio, handheld or portable, hold the ?0? key down, you can enter in any talk group, pressing the ?#?key will toggle between Private and Group. Once you select the talk group key the radio to talk on that talk group. In the event the talk group does not hold, you may need to make changes to the code plug in the CPS, in Optional settings, Digital Func change the top four fields to IIfnite | FYI | |
| 212 | how to hard wire pistart to modem via cat or usb mini | COMPLETE | |
| 211 | anytone has new firmware for 868 | FYI | |
| 210 | Does the MD390 use the same software as the MD380? If so what is the best place to download? | COMPLETE | |
| 209 | I've noticed, especially with the small JumboSpot style hotspots, that the WiFi connection between the Raspberry Pi and the local WiFi router can be interfered with by a handheld radio's UHF RF. This is likely de-sense. | FYI | |
| 208 | I'm looking for a reasonably easy way to explore talk groups that are not yet programmed into my radio. A digital equivalent of "tuning around the band." I'm particularly interested in international communication. | COMPLETE | n2elg: TYTOOLS tg an be entered, promicious mode for Tg on repeater. AF4FA use brandmeister to watch TG's |
| 207 | can multiple digital modes be simutanuous operated (dmr, fusion etc) | COMPLETE | AL: via config can set other modes on, be careful pf various timers recommend 20 sec to hold |
| 206 | best practice to push tyttools | COMPLETE | kd4z has upgraded tools try it |
| 205 | my pi-star took several retries to boot up, any idea why or how to gather diagnostics? | COMPLETE | reset sc card, scan sc card if file corrupt by imm shutdown, reformat sc andredurn card and reinstall card, card may have so many writes allowed, make copy of card, |
| 204 | I was running Pi-Star 3.4.17 and upgraded to 4.1.0. Several times when I transmit, Pi-Star seems to hang. By that I mean watching the dashboard, I see my radio but when I quit transmitting, my radio on the dashboard continues to show Red TX. This blocks the hotspot from receiving anything. Never had the issue with 3.4.17 | COMPLETE | AF4FA - CHANGED FROM 20 SEC TO 3 SEC TO UNKEY RAPIDLY |
| 203 | JumboSpot MMDVM D-Star/DMR/C4FM/P25/NXDN Hotspot Pi-Star | FYI | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBDqPFzDH5g&feature=youtu.be |
| 202 | HS conn to modem but not to comcast | COMPLETE | pw had uppercase and neded to adjust radio id on pistar |
| 201 | anytone - how to enable dynamic TGs | COMPLETE | AF4FA: WIP PI-STAR ONLY ON ADMIN KEY, KM4UJP: SETUP ON DM WEBSITE, KO4XL: ADMIN IN STAR CAN ADD STATIC TG, NEED TO MOD GROUP ID, AF4FA: NEED TO HAVE API KEY, ADD TO CONFIG IN PISTAR TO ADD DEL STATIC TG, |
| 200 | pi-star 4.1 general release per af4fa 1. logon to pi-star as admin 2. click on expert mode 3. click update 4. click upgrade | FYI | RELEASE CANDIDATE VERSION |
| 199 | I had trouble with my jumbo spot. The ber was set on 0. I changed it to -4.75. When I keyed the mike before it was above 2.7 and breaking up. Now, after the change it was .3 to point 4. I could bring it down but I will leave it alone for now. | COMPLETE | IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BER (BIT ERROR RATE) THE BIT ERROR ADJUSTMENT CAN VARY ON DIFFERENT HOT SPOT AND RADIO PAIRINGS. I HAVE SET YOUR BIT ERROR RATE TO A MIDDLE RANGE> YOU STILL MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME MINOR TWEEKS TO GET A BER LOWER THAN 1%. (ON FUSION IT IS NORMAL TO HAVE A MUCH HIGHER BER) FIRST DETERMINE YOUR BER WITH THE RADIO YOU ARE USING.THERE IS REAL TIME BER RATE READING ON YOUR DISPLAY. IT IS NORMAL TO BOUNCE AROUND.YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE AVERAGE ON THE PI-STAR DASHBOARD. IF YOUR BER IS ABOVE 1% FOLLOW THESE STEPS>>>> 1. OPEN UP PI-STAR DASHBOARD. 2. HIT CONFIGURATION TAB AT TOP OF DASHBOARD (USER IS pi-star PASSWORD IS raspberry). 3. HIT EXPERT TAB AT TOP OF DASHBOARD. 3. HIT MMDVMHost TAB AT TOP OF DASHBOARD. 4. GO DOWN TO THE 7th FIELD. IT IS CALLED Modem. 5. GO TO THE 6th SETTING. IT IS CALLED RX OFFSET. ( THE SETTING SHOWED IS WHAT I SET IT TO BE). 6. GO UP AND DOWN BY STEPS OF 100 SO IF I PUT -475 TRY -375 AND HIT APPLY CHANGES. 7. GO BACK AND KEY RADIO AND SEE WHAT THE BER IS. IF IT IS HIGHER GO THE OTHER WAY FROM -475 to -575. 8. REPEAT THIS PROCESS UNTILL YOU GET THE LOWEST BER RATE. 9. YOU CAN FINE TUNE BY LOWERING THE STEPS FROM 100 TO 50 TO 25. NOTE: THIS CAN ALSO BE DONE FROM THE NEXTION SCREEN ON THE LINKS PAGE UNDER RX OFFSET. 73 ROBERT K4WZV |
| 198 | When I switch to a different network, TGIF or Brandmeister, the network I switch to appears on my Pi_star Dashboard and my Hot Spot. However when I transmit my hot spot and Pi-Star show me transmitting but I am not actually connected to the network I switched to. To get connected I have to go back into configuration/DMR configuration and hit Apply Settings once again and then I am connected as expected. This started happening about a month ago on both of my hot spots. I did complete reinstalls of Pi-Star on both spots but the problem still exist. I know I am not the only one having this problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. | OPEN | UPDATE: The problem is being caused by the HOT SPOT SECURITY being turned on in selfcare in BM. I had everything setup with Hot Spot Security and password set in both selfcare and my hot spot. Well I turned off Hot Spot Security in BM selfcare and now everything works as expected. I switch to BM and hit apply setting and I connect as expected. Don't know if the problem with Hot Spot Security is with Pi-Star or BM. |
| 197 | how do you use hs dynamic programming eg TG and TS? | COMPLETE | AF4FA - ON HS SIMPLEX ALL IS ON TS2 BMR RPT WILL REDIRECT TO CORRECT TS GOING TO, DYNAMIC CAN GO TO ANY TG USE PRIVATE 4000 TO DISCONN AND THEN GO TO NEXT TARGET TG |
| 196 | anytone has 3 hi pitch beep / tone, when release ptt and someone else keys up, not all the time, | COMPLETE | n2elg - adjust in general, tabs on tones |
| 195 | how to connect with NE ECCOM group via DMR-MARC Canada/Can-Trbo want to join VT TG-3150. | COMPLETE | Under DMR+ Network Options, options line enter talkgroups TS1_1=302;TS2_1=3029;TS2_2=3181;TS2_3=3150 Check the IPSC2-CAN-TRBO web page: http://207.35.36.178/ and select the 'Service' tab on the left margin - this should display your settings relative to others. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwHMPmVqWFcHNgwDxbTdspmJBzp?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 accesspi expeet and add ip to tell pi that that address exists |
| 194 | Kenwood DMR NX-1000: any pro / con | OPEN | https://www.sci2way.com/collections/2-way-radios/products/nx-1000-series-radios |
| 193 | What is a trunked radio system | OPEN | A trunked radio system is a digital two-way radio system that uses a digital control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of users. In a half-duplex land mobile radio system a group of users with portable two-way radios communicate over a single shared radio channel, with one user at a time talking. FMI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunked_radio_system |
| 192 | DMR requires specialist test equipment | FYI | Not entirely true, your existing analogue Communications Analyser can still be used to test MOTOTRBO radios. The radios have a built-in Test Mode, which allow you to perform all the necessary tests in analogue mode on predefined frequencies. For details about the radios? RF Test Mode, refer to the relevant Basic Service Manual. Similarly, your existing power/SWR meter can still be used to check antennas ? simply put the radio into Test Mode and check the forward and reflected power there. The power or SWR can also be checked while the radio is in digital mode, however some meters will only show half the true power because of the TDMA transmission. Some power meters will give erroneous readings (needle will jump around) and therefore the antenna should be checked in analogue mode. |
| 191 | Setting up a MOTOTRBO system is complicated | COMPLETE | No, setting up a MOTOTRBO system is just as difficult as setting up an analogue system. There is the MOTOTRBO System Planner; Motorola Solutions training and (of course) this Blog and my YouTube channel. |
| 190 | DMR is owned by Motorola | COMPLETE | DMR is a standard produced by ETSI. Motorola, along with a number of other companies (who also produce DMR equipment) were contributors to the standard but Motorola does not own the standard. MOTOTRBO is DMR but that is as far as it goes. The manufacturers of DMR equipment however, have agreed to use the ABME2+ vocoder algorithm from DVSI Inc. - ABME2+ is licensed by DVSI Inc. |
| 189 | You can have multiple repeaters on the same frequency pair (just use different colour codes) | FYI | DMR is not the magic bullet. The inability of operating two repeaters on the same frequency has nothing to do with DMR but is rather down to plain physics of RF. If two repeaters have overlapping coverage, they should use different frequencies. If there is a small amount of overlap, and the area where the overlap occurs is of little consequence (i.e. on a mountaintop where few/no users go), then the two sites can be segregated by colour code. Remember that in the area where the radio will either miss calls or produce garbled audio, if it receives two signals at the same time (a.k.a. doubling). At least one manufacturer produces DMR infrastructure, which apparently supports simulcast operation but this is beyond the scope of this Blog. |
| 188 | Switching to DMR will eliminate or suppress interference | FYI | DMR is not the magic bullet. If you are experiencing (or are perhaps causing) interference in analogue mode, you will still have interference (intermodulation) in digital mode. The only thing that will change is the symptom: interference in digital mode sounds different to interference in analogue mode. |
| 187 | Switching to DMR will increase coverage | FYI | Although the Forward Error Correction in MOTOTRBO radios, will increase the readability of received transmissions in weak signal conditions, there will be no improvement in coverage compared to analogue. |
| 186 | Switching to DMR is difficult to implement | FYI | Since the MOTOTRBO radios and repeaters support dual mode (analogue and digital) operation, the process of migrating customers from a purely analogue system, to a purely MOTOTRBO system, is uncomplicated. The rollover to digital can be implemented in phases and can be completed with virtually no disruption to communications. Also, since MOTOTRBO uses existing PMR frequencies, no new spectrum licences are required (only a change to the ITU modulation code) and the existing RF infrastructure (i.e. filtering and antennas) can be reused. |
| 185 | Myths about DMR (MOTOTRBO): DMR is not compatible with analogue | COMPLETE | Simply not true, Motorola has a number of solutions which allow analogue and MOTOTRBO radio to interoperate and, in some cases, use the same system. MOTOTRBO radios have the ability to scan an analogue and digital channel for activity ? this ensures the radio user does not miss any calls on either system. MOTOTRBO repeaters can be configured to operate in Dynamic Mixed Mode (DMM) which allows the repeater to switch between analogue and digital, depending on what signal has been received. A number of Motorola Application Partners have easy to use solutions which allow the interconnection of almost any communication system, to a MOTOTRBO system. |
| 184 | Difference between DMR Tier 1, DMR Tier 2 | COMPLETE | And it has 3 different DMR standards: DMR Tier 1, DMR Tier 2, DMR Tier 3. Today we are going to say the difference between DMR Tier 1 and Tier 2. DMR Tier 1 features: 1.It uses 446 MHz frequency band in Europe and US,licence free band. 2. ETSI specification defines two time slots in 12.5 KHz channels as per TDMA structure. 3. The DMR Tier-1 devices transmit maximum power of 0.5Watt. It mean the power limit to 0.5W. 4. Works in Direct Mode (Radio-to-Radio). 5. Tier 1 DMR devices are best for individuals, recreation, small retail, or other situations that do not require wide area coverage. DMR Tier 2 features: 1. It uses 66 to 960 MHz frequency band. License Need. 2. This licenced band is used for mobile phones and conventional radio systems. 3. DMR Tier-2 is direct replacement for analog conventional radio. 4. This mode can use repeater to extend the radio coverage. 5. This mode is used for high power transmission devices. So Tier 1 and Tier 2 radios actually should be able to talk to each other fine if you put them on the same frequency but because tier 1 radios are only able to work on the pmr446 frequencies you have to program your tier 2 radios to work on the same frequencies to be cable to talk to a tier 1 radio. |
| 183 | How can I check if the Australian Brandmeister DMR server is down?...Is there a URL I can check?....I am using a Jumbospot MMDVM from Ebay | COMPLETE | David GM8ARV: The IP address I have is 125.63.63.112. I can PING that, but on the Web I get an error page: http://125.63.63.112/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi |
| 182 | how do you use PI-STAR REMOTE | COMPLETE | see above |
| 181 | How do you find the IP address to access pistar remotely | COMPLETE | see above |
| 180 | Any way of accessing the pistar dashboard when im away from home? | COMPLETE | W4NQR: chrome remote desktop access pc from remote, use chrome pw KM4UJP: confirmed, WA4VNV: crt audio drivers? TeamViewer RF access following: https://forum.pistar.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1346 |
| 179 | radiodity dmr cp ch metro could not hear them, rcv grp, did not, | COMPLETE | |
| 178 | Tired of a 20mw hotspot that only working in the same room. Want to use your hotspot around town, this is the unit for you. This mmdvm hotspot will run conventional CLI mmdvm or Pi-Star. This mmdvm is presently configured running Pi-Star on a 25w Motorola M10 single channel UHF radio. The M10 is of the Motorola Radius GM300 family. No hacking in the radio as all necessary connections are on the accessory connector. The mmdvm hotspot is plug and play presently on 438.1125 at 20w output. If you are going to monitor very busy TG's you may want to put some air on the heatsink. I will provide a Clicks-On switch with the sale to control a fan. This mmdvm became surplus when I purchased a MTR2k mmdvm board for my MTR2000's and was in service until I swapped it out. Includes: Motorola M10 UHF Mobile Radio ZUM Radio mmdvm ver 1.01 with necessary cables and connectors Raspberry Pi 8GB SDcard - With Pi-Star installed Clicks-On switch $270 Shipped - CONUS | FYI | |
| 177 | Using Pi-Star 4.1.0-RC8 with MMDVM_HS on a Pi 3 Model B and an AnyTone UV878 Plus. I have tweaked txoffset and rxoffset as well as txpower - however the best BER I seem to get on TX is 0.4% Are there other settings I should be adjusting? I'd like to get to 0.0 BER if possible. | COMPLETE | The setting I gave you for the tx and rx offset were only to get you in range, take them up or down by 5 and watch the change, I have a Tytera MD 380 and Yaesu FT70 D that will only get my ber low by adjusting only the rx offset. The lowest ber I can get on the FT 70 D is .01 and the Tytera .02. Play with it and see if theres an improvement, if not change it by 10 either direction, get it to the lowest and adjust by 1 until you determine the lowest possible ber. No 2 radios are as like as you would expect them to be, the 130 was a starting point. Best of luck Rick N9UMJ, AF4FA: 0.4 IS VERY GOOD NOT WORY ABOUT IT, IS LIKE SWR OF 1.0 OR LESS THAN 1.0 |
| 176 | I often find myself stuck in a TG with a long conversation with no breaks between folks chatting. I try to sneak a Disconnect in but generally end up TX-ing in the same talk group. Is there a setting in Pi-Star that decreases the time when the last signal is received and when I can issue a disconnect? I though that RF / Net Hangtime might be the answer but was not sure about changing those. | COMPLETE | AF4FA: BM CONFIG NEAR TOP MMDVM CONFIG DMR MODE SET TO BEYND, RF HAND TIME AND NET HAND TIME CAN BE ADJUSTED, 20S EACH BECASE IF HAVE MULTIPLE MODES NEED HIGH ENOUGH SO SO NOT SWITCH MODES, IF ONLY IS DMR CHANGE RF HAND AND NET HAND TO LOWER LEVELS EG RF = 3S AND NET HANG TIME 4SEC, GOES TO LISTEN MODE AND GET N BEFORE OTHER PERSON PICKS UP. ALLOWS TO RESPONSE QUICKER |
| 175 | how to keep current version of cps to match firmware and radio | COMPLETE | AF4FA: HE USES SAVE CP NAME IT WITH MODEL,VER OF CPS, DATE, |
| 174 | how to change mic level on tyt | COMPLETE | USE CPS 1.41 for uhs tyt radio, on right is drop down with mic level setting |
| 173 | If DMR is so great, why aren?t Kenwood, Yaesu, and Icom on board? | FYI | "Yaesu has alluded to plans to enter the Amateur DMR market on their website and Kenwood has announced DMR models for Europe. K8BQ - STD IN EU AND PROP RTS HAS LAWSUITS, HYTERA VS MOTO" |
| 172 | Can you have a hotspot running at your home qth and have another one running at an away location. I just set up a second hotspot and can't seem to get it to communicate with the network. My hotspot at home is working fine. | COMPLETE | I have multiple RF Shark openSPOT devices running at various locations (homes and auto). With hotspots one normally enters their personal DMR ID (e.g. 3125039). However, do NOT put the exact same DMR ID into multiple hotspots that are on the network simultaneously. To differentiate, add a two-digit suffix number to the ID to make them unique (e.g. 312503901, 312503902, etc.). This will avoid network issues with having the same ID on from multiple active hotspots. Hope this helps, Barry Baines, WD4ASW (Keller, TX) in pistar go to DMR ESSID: set dmrid and use drop down seq id |
| 171 | tyt380/9600 - how to turn down tone vol | COMPLETE | AF4FA - USE CPS TYT UHF 380 1.41 |
| 170 | in uv380 how to turn tones on/off unkey green lit there is no tone, how do you add tone | COMPLETE | in cp access general and secton on tones and adjust to it fit your needs |
| 169 | 2 tg come up at same on repeater | COMPLETE | FIFO, WAIT 5 SEC |
| 168 | WA2VNV looking to borrow the CS-7xx programming cable | COMPLETE | |
| 167 | on anytone ex d868 how do you mute the bottom vfo like the tyt-uv380 does? | COMPLETE | P1-DEACTIVE VFO, |
| 166 | FYI: AURSINC Vector Network Analyzer 50KHz -900MHz HF VHF UHF Antenna Analyzer Measuring S Parameters, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio, Phase, Delay, Smith Chart | FYI | good device on amazon |
| 165 | if forget pi-start password how do you rediscover or reset? | COMPLETE | AF4FA: reburn image |
| 164 | tyt-2017 any suggestions on firmware and codeplug updates? | COMPLETE | AF4FA-UV380 W/GPV AND VOCODER TYT888.COM CONTACT LIST IN TYT SENT TEXT MSG TO CHINA AND GOT RESP WITH SITE TO DOWNLOAD FIRMWARE UV380 GPS HAD IT BUILT IN IT, WAS NOT IN TYT SITE. GO TO TYT AND ASK QUESTION AND GET RESP IN FEW WEEKS. LINK WAS SENT TO DOWNLOAD. |
| 163 | is there a longer last battery pack for the TYT, Anytones, etc that could give over 3k mAh | COMPLETE | battery guy at hamcaton https://batteriesamerica.com/ |
| 162 | pro/com of nagoya ant vs anytone mfg ant | COMPLETE | NOT MUCH DIFF, WATCH OUT FOR KNOCK OFF NAGOYA, LONGER IS BETTER |
| 161 | for anytone, the orange panic button, who's using it and how | COMPLETE | af4fa: man down button,pf3 key monitor, short and long press |
| 160 | regardless of HH, always send tg-4000 | COMPLETE | will free up by timeout, avoid hearing 2 TGs |
| 159 | how to migrate tyt380 to anytone 868 | OPEN | need to keep script |
| 158 | pi-star pw how discover/recover | COMPLETE | |
| 157 | review how to get pi-star update to 4.0 | OPEN | |
| 156 | hamcartion review | OPEN | purchases, dmr related, learnings |
| 155 | all differrent cps and addaptors, unque issues | OPEN | |
| 154 | issue with anytone 878/578 using aprs and gps, not able to get it working | OPEN | |
| 153 | TYT 9600 ISSUE, sent to USA locked, need file to unlock, | COMPLETE | |
| 152 | has anyone using a kenwood speaker mic had any issues with any of the common radios we use for DMR etc? | COMPLETE | suggestions? n2elf - icon jack has narrow fit, some non-branded, af4fa - suggest ck impedance for mic, some 600 low some 5k makes difference, 8ohm or 4ohm speaker, match to radio, when using parrot 9990 is private not group, and 31000, |
| 151 | has anyone had an issue with TYT9600 freezing up and how resoved, what was root cause | COMPLETE | N2ELG had new cp and parm issue new firmware did not support, used old cp for anytone resolved it, MAY HAVE BEEN REPLATED TO POWER |
| 150 | Does anyone use bluetooth to connect mic/headset and what kinds of issues arose if any | OPEN | can only bond one item to car, n2elg, kk4yk also uses bt, AF4FA 2 vwrsions had earlier versions |
| 149 | user dropped AnyTone, hit floor on mic jack with mic in it, does not work, possible broken internal part, what is best next step to fix? | OPEN | no good solution |
| 148 | explain Rob.A issue with AnyTine and possible solution with varicode | WIP | could be locked, chip vocoder issues needs updates in special sequence, Al said FCC is cracking down on radios, out of band, can find freq limits by menu > settings > device info, scroll to band limits |
| 147 | pro con conn pi-star via usb direct to wifi | OPEN | could desens rf |
| 146 | Scan Lists Scan Lists are not required for radio operation but are nice for scanner like functionality across repeater time slots and frequencies. Channels have to be established first before it can be added. Scan Lists can contain analog channels too. | OPEN | |
| 145 | what are pro and con for adding individuals dmr id vs user.db to contacts | OPEN | designed orig comm use, limit user list, |
| 144 | in codeplug for a given dmr channel there is a setting called "in call criteria" with options of 1. always 2. follow admid criteria 3. tx interrupt how is this used and what are problems it may cause | OPEN | tx interrupt not sure how used https://www.jeffreykopcak.com/2017/06/11/dmr-in-amateur-radio-programming-a-code-plug/ |
| 143 | what is difference between jumbo HS and regular pistar | COMPLETE | AF4FA: refers to modem board which creates the system |
| 142 | anytone 578 with codeplug triband 2m 220 440 do not update firmware by user, re: need code by fcc c/o dealer, | OPEN | RE: 220 IS BEING LIMITED BY FCC |
| 141 | radios compared on website | OPEN | https://brara.org/documents/general/DMR/DMR-RadiosCompared.pdf |
| 140 | on anytone, what is vocode, purpose, how to update and how used | COMPLETE | |
| 139 | how to use contact manager, when and why | COMPLETE | N2ELG-SW DIFFERENT FOR EACH RADIO, HAS DIFFERENT FUNCTION OTHER CPS DOES NOT HAVE, EG SORT CHANNELS, ZONES, CONTACTS, ETC |
| 138 | ask wel 145.19 cc-2 dmr trustee if they could use 3102 server | OPEN | |
| 137 | new openspot3 | COMPLETE | https://www.sharkrf.com/products/openspot3/ |
| 136 | What tools and technoques to slim down user database | OPEN | use excel, https://github.com/dmr-database |
| 135 | CPS - who need assistance | OPEN | if on our rptr use ts-2 tg-311037, all others use ts-1 |
| 134 | TyTools status | COMPLETE | unpredictable firmware on UHF radios only |
| 133 | 2-pistar, 3-md380, one radio does not rcv, pi did not work, | OPEN | validate 1.freq, 2. wifi ip/pw 3. power sequence then send n1qfh backup of pi-star https://confluence.brandmeister.network/display/BRAN/Voice+message+User+blocked |
| 132 | with IP outage like what happened tonight, any way to discover root cause, how to get 3102 server status | OPEN | http://74.91.114.19/status/status.htm http://74.91.114.19/status/list.htm |
| 131 | explain use of tactical tape measure antenna and use of coounterpoise wire aka tigertail | COMPLETE | https://hackaday.com/2014/02/08/improve-your-ht-ham-radio-by-adding-a-counterpoise-antenna-wire/ https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MLQRJR3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
| 130 | given qst article, what doing to harden repeater sites? | COMPLETE | |
| 129 | how to make pistar private | COMPLETE | add to website |
| 128 | given DMARC/cbridge machines, on the BRARA DMR brandmeister repeater does it matter what TS is used when on a shared TG? example differrenced between using TS-1 and TS-2 TG-311037 on GCARA brandmeister repeater | COMPLETE | LO-TS2 eg 311037 TS-1 everything else guideline BMR: LO TS-2 suggest operators TS-311037 all others TS-1 |
| 127 | contacts talker alias anytone enabled get name and dmr id | COMPLETE | https://wiki.brandmeister.network/index.php/Talker_Alias on tyt380 ty tools only can it be set |
| 126 | NY-metro now has TG311037 as TS1 BRARA bmr its TS2, explain | COMPLETE | |
| 125 | discuss speciality TG: TG-4000: disconnect, TG-5000 for pistar status | OPEN | http://mrickey.com/2018/02/using-dmr-reflectors-on-brandmeister/ There are also two special id?s on either side of the reflector range that must be sent as private calls: 4000 ? Issuing a private call to 4000 will disconnect a reflector 5000 ? Issuing a private call to 5000 will tell you which reflector is connector (or none) |
| 124 | can the pistar dsdhboard show the name associated withe the TG | OPEN | submit to pi-start.uk; KN4YRM - built javascript plugin to chrome console, lynix, |
| 123 | How do you change rooms on your radio when busy.. for example I'm connected to 91 and want to change to 235 everytime I ptt I cannot get in time to change before more traffic on 91? | OPEN | Get a duplex hotspot, ensure everyoe waits 3-5 sec between PTT, turn radio off or remove antanna, shot down hs |
| 122 | is there way to associate TG to name | OPEN | SEND REQ TO PISTAR DEVELOPERS |
| 121 | pistar expeet mmdvm host, dmrnetwork, jitter, dflt 306, what is it? what happens when change it? | COMPLETE | conn radio and wifi, full capacity, recommend leave it as-is, how link connects, automted, noon change need by operator, google network jitter |
| 120 | Pistar, mobile, near windsheild on car, using cell tmobile wifi, parrot not repeating, ssid and pw, no special char on ssid or pw | COMPLETE | ext antenna, ssid and pw, no special char on ssid or pw, check which devices connected, PING DEVICE, do speed test and use cable conn to pistar, NEED PARROT USING TG9990 AS PRIVATE, TG31000 NEEDS TO BE PUBLIC |
| 119 | AnyTone 868 - any improved rubber duck to give better performance on vhf side | OPEN | jay uses tactical antenna, bernie uses vhf due to hills, 868 and 878 vhf std rub dck, do not want to be sticking out, |
| 118 | What is correct way to request a c-bridge owner to add a TG and what type of info needs to be provided? Is there a timeframe in which to expect such request to be completed or rejected? | OPEN | bernie: what type of cbridge, good process, tg, ts, group, ptt or fulltime, done in a few days, if does not carry, if need to get from bm rpts may take longer (few weeks) |
| 117 | What are some best practices when going in lengthy trip with wifi connected to hotspot and radio connected to hotspot? what TG do you tend to use, why? have you had any power issues when on such a trip? has anyone built a codeplug just to be used for lengthy trips and what kinds of TG did you define for use? | OPEN | |
| 116 | PROMISICOUS,SCAN,REVERSE-HOW USED ON ANYTONE AND TYT RADIOS, HOW TO USE | OPEN | N2ELG-PROM LISTEN TO FREQ AD ANY TG,WB4TM-ANYTONE878-GOTO PROM MODE SINGLE OR DUAL, DUAL HEAR ALL TRAFFIC ON REPEATER, SINGLE WILLHEAR ONLY TG SELECTED, REV CHGS TXT AND RCV SWAPS, |
| 115 | ty weaver site is down, how can get dmr tg, flash tool | OPEN | FROM W4AEQ - NO UPDATE,MAY BE TIMING, |
| 114 | hs mmdvm hat on pi, build 2nd 2 ant duplex, why need this, | COMPLETE | |
| 113 | new tg-3010 all mode | COMPLETE | all modes tg |
| 112 | Shark open spot in effort to keep cost down from 200$ on one type and 300$ for another, can run just dmr with just mmdvm hat only | OPEN | buildig project and assemble, use ebay, amazon buy boards, careful of immitations, get the real thing not a clone of pi-star for example, have QA issues, may be better to invest a bit more $$ to ensure quality functioning hotspot, leave it on overnight to auto firmware updates, several updates are now pending, v 4.1.x to lynix os, latest is 20191112 |
| 111 | better way to pi config or ADMIN psudo opti | COMPLETE | AF4FA: UPD EXPEET MODE SSH - UPDATE PI BINARIES, IF PSUDO UPD BINARIES AND LYNIX OS BINARIES, LEAVE ON OVER NITE WILL AUTO UPDATE |
| 110 | Is there anyone currenly using tytools application to download and push firmware to a tyt380 uhf radio? | COMPLETE | jay has it |
| 109 | if a HS pistar sc mini card becomes corrupt and makes the pistar not work properly, can it be recreated and fixed and how? can a properly working pi sc card be copied to another and how? | COMPLETE | win not like lynx, lowlvl copy, sec to sec, how to regen card, 1.8 rpi image, flash sd, down orig rpi image england, pistar website 600m zip file, unzip, 1.8g image 2 pgms 1.card formatter clean out emty pgm etcher or win32 img pgm, then disk imager, saved config copy zip to base folder of card, will expand card will unzip config file and reset all, dwn etcher for win or lynx both do same thing, then flash it, there r videos on this process, search for sd card formatter, use full format not qwk, will take upto 1 hr, |
| 108 | How to set mic gain, set to 2 on anytone | COMPLETE | kd4hgr - adjust in CP or hot mic |
| 107 | tgif network - explain why only that server is used to hear tgif net | COMPLETE | feeds can be turned on and off, cut feed off to bm at that time, |
| 106 | MD380 HS RASB LOT OF ISSUES-IS THERE ANITHER MMDVM HS? | COMPLETE | RP0 TO ANOTHER: AF4FA, IF UPDT GO RP3A MODEL,5K MEM, IS COOLER RUNNING FOR PISTAR, IF MOD HAT PIN MATCH,W/NOT MATTER |
| 105 | Can I listen on BM or another different DMR server server | COMPLETE | yes, set it on HS and any server, tgif may not be bm server or they are using their gateway and may not be on bm or cbridge. |
| 104 | Using HS, repeater ediquet, can connect to any TG? | COMPLETE | |
| 103 | It seems like the protocol if one just wants to listen is to key up the channel. When people do this I see their ID and callsign on my pistar dashboard. Is that fine, or technically must one verbally announce their callsign? | COMPLETE | |
| 102 | If I go to the published lists of brandmeister talk groups, I didn't see the net # listed. Are there such things as unlisted talk groups? Is there some authority where talk groups need to be registered? | COMPLETE | Bernie said bm does assign TG, they are the authority, local rptr tg such as IDs may not be in that db, can use tg on any bm rptr and not listed. use another tg to test before officially use a number. |
| 101 | I have the Anytone 878 & MMDVM hat on a raspberry pi. My understanding is I have to key up a channel and the hotspot just listens to that one channel. So is there anyway to scan? | CLOSED | KA8EOA: Use scan list on repeater, add static TG use prommiscous to 2 TS, AF4FA: add Tg to pi-star on admin static list |
| 100 | Has anyone updated AnyTone updated FW 878? | OPEN | May want not update and let it shake out look at bridgecom website |
| 99 | Not able to hear conversation on hose line or on phone | COMPLETE | same issue with iphone, should we let someone know aka NY folks, N2ELG-HOISELINE AUDIO DISABLED DUE TO BANDWIDE CONSUMPTION |
| 98 | why not hearing people when they do quick PTT | COMPLETE | w4aeq - if hs need to do disconnect, if in middle of conversation, tg will show up when it mapps through |
| 97 | Not seeing user info on lastheard | OPEN | consider looking at settings of what to show for user info |
| 96 | Jumbo HS: any reason to update version pistar | OPEN | need |
| 95 | What is good way to convert TYT codeplug to AnyTone | COMPLETE | N2ELG-USE CONTACT MANAGER TO INPORT AND EXPORT; PUSH COMTACTS TO EXCEL CVS FILE; AEF4FA-CM IS BEST WAY, CONVERT ZONES WILL BE ISSUE, MAY BE MANUAL, OPTIONAL SETTING TOTALLY DIFFERENT;K9LZ-SW TOOL COMES WITH ANYTONE TO OFF LOAD CONTENT TO EXCEL FILES (CONTACTS, ZONES, ETC) USES EXCEL TO DELETE CONTACTS NOT NEEDECTO GET UNDER 200K bridgecom on youtube Link should be https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5JzbaXRst_EPZIH1UrXJew/videos BY Harry KC1TN need blank CP, import CSV and adjust |
| 94 | What is proper editick to access TG on repeater, hotspot, etc | COMPLETE | NEED MORE DETAILS |
| 93 | From promicious mode on anytone, how to see TG of conversation when scanning | COMPLETE | AF4FA: prom does not do much for you, when scan will stop on chan looking for, if in certain rptr and TG it will stop |
| 92 | When can TalkAround be used, how is it used, why, and why not use it? | OPEN | https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/dmr-repeater-talk-around.352432/ |
| 91 | Does anyone have a a hyteria HH, discuss how they handled the codeplug, and share any other info | OPEN | |
| 90 | How will users know when to use net new TG | OPEN | TG 311037 TS2 |
| 89 | can auto power down and start | COMPLETE | auto not able to restart, in lynix use cron seq to power down and up |
| 88 | on pistar what is tcxo of 14mhz | COMPLETE | crystal occloator, 12mhz osclator, 14 more stable, prefered over 12mhz, fw is firmware |
| 87 | The only thing I know about that is on an Anytone 878 there is a setting in the CPS program under digital settings called talk alias where you can turn on the feature and select what to display. | COMPLETE | |
| 86 | Loc TG 2 or 9 in IP, TS1 | COMPLETE | |
| 85 | K5PRY update - callsign updated, tyt TOOLS HAS old callsigns not updated as needed, Al advised these db owners to fix, no update from these db owners yet | COMPLETE | |
| 84 | Message: AMP?U25D Connected to an AnyTone AT-D868UV. 5w input setting. Dual-Band MFJ Yagi. Supposed to support DMR. Can listen, but when I try to transmit, there is a short attempt (light blinks), then no output. If I continue to hold PTT, fast flashing light on AMP?U25D. | WIP | |
| 83 | NY METRO | COMPLETE | TG 31362 (Brandmeister) or TG 444 |
| 82 | Make HS conned via USB and lots of issues resolved | COMPLETE | dongle to micro usb rj 45 e |
| 81 | Price differences on 50$ HS and 250$ open spot? | COMPLETE | Jumbo Spot no issues, make diff modem board, chinese not as good board, need to id where to buy good jumbo spot, based on pi processor aka raspberry pi board gtio connn to ready in place to make it plug and play, be careful of screen placement, modem and pi go together make hs, |
| 80 | Anyone use VOX tyt380 in codeplug? | WIP | |
| 79 | User DB findings KB5PRY / K5PRY | COMPLETE | |
| 78 | How to get parts for anytone ant that broke | COMPLETE | 868 ANYTONE, pin in sma conn stick up broke, mike ele to resolve, send guts of radio, not able to use, took female ant sewing t pin to cut approx 1/16 loger than depth into slot, workes fine, bridgecom website REFERED PARTS SUPPLIER, WAS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS RADIO |
| 77 | How to get UDB for moto radio (NY4Z) | WIP | RESEARCH |
| 76 | Problem After transmitting the master comes with the message "User blocked" Solution This happens due to the loop protector or due to manual blocking on the master The blocks from the loop protection will lift one hour after it was added | COMPLETE | |
| 75 | get error issues with git failing to update your pistar | FYI | PROCEDURE WRITE UP ON BLOG, IF HAD THIS ISSUE IS POSTED |
| 74 | Using DMR TYT radio, how to see reverse when going to repeater | COMPLETE | USE REVERSE IN CODEPLUG |
| 73 | ON TRNSMIT SEE ID UNKNOWN, WHY, HOW FIX ON TYT MD9600, MD 380UV | OPEN | N2ELG-FLAW IN FW, ADD SELF TO CONTACTS |
| 72 | How to Fix Hotspot Power Savings setting | OPEN | |
| 71 | Hotspot Offset Calibration (fixing BER) | FYI | AF4FA-LARGE BER, SAID THERE IS PROCEDURE IN PISTAR SYS MMDVM AND CALIBRATE PGM TO FOLLOW UP |
| 70 | BrandMeister Hotspot Security - explain why needed and how to implement | FYI | N2ELG-BM REQ IT,AF4FA-FYI, PROCESS IS ON BLOG |
| 69 | Can the mini sd card be cloned to use on another pi-star | COMPLETE | sector copy tool, cloneZilla with lynix, Win32DiskImager create iso/idg file of entire card to clone |
| 68 | DV2 MEGA LARGER HAT CAN ADD RESET BUTTON | COMPLETE | AF4FA-DV MEGA CAN PUSH RESET, IS FYI THERE IS BUTTON TO RESET |
| 67 | Al reports that you need to update your PI-STAR if you are using the 3D Plus Board to version 4 Release candidate 4 also that there are Updates to the P25 Voices. He suggests a weekly running of the UPDATE from the browser to have the latest firmware. | COMPLETE | do weekly update, some do just before net, lynix kernel updates, may have to run multiple times, |
| 66 | Does anyone know how to use FLASH TOOLS 1.08 with CSV database? It does not appear to reduce the size of the database, so the assumption is that you might have to manually prune the database before loading. | COMPLETE | use excel, sql tools, new england website has it trimmed, |
| 65 | Can you enter Freq, Talk Group, Color Code from the radio console on the TYT 380 A: Yes thru the Flash Tools Program Radio and 9990 Code | COMPLETE | |
| 64 | Set timeout to 5 10 from 20 to ensure keyup is enabled sooner | COMPLETE | HS ONLY METHOD CONN USE IS DIGITAL ONE TYPE, TIME OUTS SET 20 RF 20 LISTEN, WAIT TO CLEAUP, NET SET TO 5 SEC OTHERS SET TO 20 |
| 63 | any limit to user in user db? | COMPLETE | ANYTONE, FW INC 200K, LIBRAOFFICE, neelg: need to ensure firmware is current which affects space userdb consumes, |
| 62 | MD380 uhf new sw 1.05 to 1.08 what are differences, no info, file system is different | COMPLETE | ty weaver updated to 200k |
| 61 | what are some of the nagging issues with programming DMR radios? | COMPLETE | remember type, steps, relearn, be in front of radio, version match radio, |
| 60 | what are good mobile dmr radios on market and why? | COMPLETE | |
| 59 | what mobile dmr radio would recommend | COMPLETE | TYT9600, MOTRO,CS800,ANYTONE, |
| 58 | feasibility of placing pistar in radio eg tyt380 | COMPLETE | not done yet AF4FA; NOT PRACTIVAL KO4DJG: N60 BLUDV KO4OQI: DUAL BAND SMART OTHER DIG-ICOM,YEASU, |
| 57 | is there a way to boost the router, wifi signal to pistar to improve the connection | COMPLETE | get it closer, get hi-gain ant, reflector ant, 3rd firmware to manage power in router, wifi extenders, conn to 2.5 (pi-0) or 5.0 (pi-2 or 5), can set up 2 ssids |
| 56 | generic tg such as tg310 | COMPLETE | |
| 55 | green light out timer | COMPLETE | |
| 54 | on dashboard have noticed loss above 0% packets drop, how is this resolved | COMPLETE | |
| 53 | request NCS to have checkins state their radio being used | COMPLETE | |
| 52 | Does anyone have experience using DMR simplex and the line of sight range simplex experiences for DMR frequencies? | COMPLETE | |
| 51 | Some owners of Anytone have experienced screen failure, any comments? | COMPLETE | no one had this occur |
| 50 | What is best pistart server to use | COMPLETE | 3021-CAN 3101-NY BETTER 3102-TX 3108-GA xprmtl |
| 49 | What is the best process to follow to see the coverage area for a mobile DMR station can reliably hear and recieve any other DMR station using a given DMR repeater | COMPLETE | |
| 48 | For any digital channel such as DMR, what should the squelch be set and why? | COMPLETE | zero |
| 47 | On a TYT380 given just the analog channels, is there a way to scan just those analog channels and how might it be configured in the codeplug? How start the scan? will affect battery, how is it different than promisious? | COMPLETE | on ch, id scan, add scan group, start: set to key assignment, promisious sits on dmr freq for activity |
| 46 | On MD-9600 mobile rig, the default is to display the channel frequency. How is this changed to display the channel name? | COMPLETE | |
| 45 | For the GCARC DMR repeater are there any known blind spots to the repeater and where might it be located? | COMPLETE | use par31 to test coverage |
| 44 | When operating DMR simplex, what is the best freq to use and what is the general coverage distance when using 5w HH? | COMPLETE | TG-99 CC-1 145.5100 145.7900 433.4500 441.0000 446.0750 446.5000 |
| 43 | Some users of the GCARC DMR repeater near delray have reported not being able to hit the dmr machine well. One day I traveled in a radious pattern north of the repeater using TG 31000 to echo back to me my voice report so as to confirm accuracy of this report. The users are correct there is a northern limit near Atlantic ave in Delray with pockets working well and others not so well. Any time I was able to transmit on a hight spot or on a railroad crossing it seems to work fine. The quesion is is there a better less time consuming way to confirm the coverage pattern? | COMPLETE | |
| 42 | Can someone explain in laymens terms how a pi-star is contructed and how it fits together, what the costs are, level of expertese to assemble | COMPLETE | |
| 41 | On TYT MD3xx when using a pistart why are both TS1 and TS2 involked but only TS2 is used? Are other radios able to configure this TS setting? What are advanatages and disadvanatages? | COMPLETE | KI8A |
| 40 | When a person is transmissing and another station hits the PTT, might the digital packet be interrupted and what are the side affects? | COMPLETE | KI8A, ir rptr will not accept call N2ELG - depends codeplug settings (force mode) AF4FA admit criteria determines this if on pistar, keep to always and server will deterine, if simplex use always else use channel free Admit Criteria This determines when you are allowed to transmit. The options are: Color Code (preferred) - Allows you to transmit only when the time slot is available. Channel Free - Allows you to transmit when the channel is clear, however there may be someone using the same time slot. Always (impolite) - This allows you to transmit even if there is another QSO on a different time slot. This would interrupt the current QSO. The only time 'Always' should be used is if on a simplex channel or in the analog mode. |
| 39 | When using pistar and a disconnect is performed from an active TG, when does it take affect and why? | COMPLETE | when go to next tg and hit ptt it takes affect |
| 38 | What is needed to have a pi-star configured using duplex such as 2 antennas, how far apart should these antenna be from each other, why and what are the advantages? | COMPLETE | KI8A, no good answer af4fa: dual bands, https://www.amazon.com/Antenna-Duplex-Module-Hotspot-D-Star/dp/B07KPZVD7F https://www.rogerclark.net/dmr-mmdvm-duplex-hotspot/ N2ELG - need 2 HATS for 2 freqs, KO4DJG - pro: disconn tg due to 2 freq n2elg - may be 70cm and 2m, may need to be seperated by 6in, setup as repeater af4fa - sep ant most of board are close, sep freq for in and out, use 2 radios with 2 diff TS, create repeater for local use |
| 37 | When traveling in a car, where is the best place to place the hotspot and why? | COMPLETE | KI8A |
| 36 | When using a pistar can it be configured to connect to a 2m RF DMR radio? Why or why not? | COMPLETE | there are dual band board, have to check - af4fa |
| 35 | When on the fringe of hitting a DMR repeater, the machie can be chachuncked with a valid DMR return tone. The problem is the voice packes are compromised. Without getting closer to the repeater is there a way to improve the voice packets to the repoeater cush as power or antenna height to help ensure the packets make it to the repeater? | COMPLETE | |
| 34 | When listening to a station via a hotspot/pistar for example, the volume is much louder than when another station is using RF to a repeater. Is there some way to reduce the audio for those hotspot station when listening without affecting the RF stations using the DMR repeaters? | COMPLETE | TY offers change to UHF 380/380 AF4FA: anytone, cps opt settings ctrol vol level min max, and mic gain |
| 33 | if a pistar shows loss, when and what action should be taken? | COMPLETE | N2ELG-adjust settings, AF4FA - dashboard in loss column, station to rptr, rptr and IP, or station and pistar, latency issue, BER bit error rate station and hoysdpot too much of decrepancy of radio and pistar ssh > mmdvmcal (see BLOG) to figure correct offset to adjust freq to get BER down |
| 32 | When should a pistar firmware be updated and when not? | COMPLETE | N2ELG does weekly, N1QFH when hears others update firmware, leaves it on 24-7, KO4DJG - update pi daily, upgrade pi os on demand, AF4FA - update binaries on demand lynx, update 1st and upgrade pi eg 4,1,2 to 4,1,3, if go from v4 to v5 need to reburn new sd card, depend on level of complexity |
| 31 | How do you set talker alias to include your qth like is seen on a pistar group activity? | COMPLETE | The only thing I know about that is on an Anytone 878 there is a setting in the CPS program under digital settings called talk alias where you can turn on the feature and select what to display. - af4fa al |
| 30 | If a pistar does not power up properly, after how long should it be retried and what are some factors to consider if it does not power up properly? | COMPLETE | unplug, wait 30 sec, give caps time to drain, try reseet mini card, then take apart and reassumble due to oxidation, if not properly shutdown, can create sw in middle of update, could corrupt download, issue pistar shutdown command, setup remote access to add channel shutdown to that shutdown channel, it will logiocally shutdown, or on pi atar go to admin and shutdown, wait 30 sec before close |
| 29 | Is there a limit as to how long a pistar should be powered up and why? | COMPLETE | updates occur late at nite, lyniux and pi ic binaries, leave on once per week per nite, |
| 28 | When should a person access the pistar settings and configurations and why and at what risk? | COMPLETE | |
| 27 | How often should the pistar be backup and where should this backup be saved? | COMPLETE | |
| 26 | On a pistar why is ts1 disabled and ts2 enabled and can it use any cc beside 1? | COMPLETE | |
| 25 | How are modes linked together such as DMR, echolink, Dstar, fusion, and other modes such as use TG31010 | COMPLETE | tg 31010 |
| 24 | If people are on a pistart / hotspot defined tg such as 3112529, why might they not be heard on a brandmeister RF repeater using the same tg? | COMPLETE | |
| 23 | On a pi-star, why is it a good idea to disconnect after going to a different TG? | COMPLETE | |
| 22 | Looking at what Hyteria is proposing for new capabilities such as Full Duplex Call in RMO, Advanced Back-to-back Connection, Optimized Push-to-talk buffering, and maybe expanded TS from 2 to many, what might be some new cababilities for the amateur DMR radios coming in the next few years? | COMPLETE | |
| 21 | When will we be trying to use the text messaging capability of DMR? How might it be used? What are its limitations? What are some best practices for DMR text messaging? | COMPLETE | |
| 20 | Does anyone have expeience with the Kennwood TK-D240V/D340V VHF/UHF DMR radios? | COMPLETE | |
| 19 | What are some nice features of a DMR mobile radio that the handheld DMR radios do not have? | COMPLETE | power siurce, rf power, antenna, |
| 18 | Is there a way to add the NOAA weather , maratine, fire rescue, PD, airport frequencies such as wx 162.55 to a TYT md380 UHF / or UV? | COMPLETE | |
| 17 | What is process to convert a TYT UV-MD380 to AnyTone AT-D868UV codeplug? What issues do you run into and how to resolve? is codeplug cross compatible? | COMPLETE | read rtfm manual |
| 16 | Can the TYT UV380 dynamically have a TG entered if it does not exist in the codeplug | COMPLETE | |
| 15 | MD390 not working properly to pi-star but works normaly when open repeater direct. | COMPLETE | |
| 14 | When using my pi-star / raspberry pi ,the usb is plugged into my splitter as a power source and the splitter is connected to my PC port. when doing this, the pi-star fails to fully start normally where the dmr display is showing. I have tried with success to conect hte usb power cable to a portable rechargable power device and the pi-star starts up normally and behaves normally. Any explaination why and how to have the PC power used? | COMPLETE | USE DEDICATED PWR |
| 13 | When connected to a local DMR repeater, often the green light stays lit for 5 to 8 seconds and I cannot tranmist until the light is off. When using a hotspot, I do not have this long latency and i can transmit almost immdeiatly. Can you explain what needs to change to impeove this latency? | COMPLETE | RPTR SETTINGS |
| 12 | When digital packets are lost in transmissions, what tools can be used to discover root cause and what can be done to help reduce packet loss? | COMPLETE | |
| 11 | Can you explain Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) aka Tine Slots (TS) and how it impacts transmisions and reception and delay in using PTT. How can i expect to get tac311 in repeater that has local priority? | COMPLETE | 30ms packets metadata alternate,4ms blurp to sync radios, |
| 10 | When looking at handeld DMR radios AnyTone, TYT, ConnectSystems, etc, compare number of zones, channels per zone, ease of use, programming compatibality, quality, price, audio and rank these in order of best radio. | COMPLETE | |
| 9 | Discussed pistar, top-hat, best supplier, assembly | COMPLETE | |
| 8 | Explain PTT on TG for RF vs hotspot | COMPLETE | |
| 7 | Given that I'm using our BRARA codeplug, how can i dynamically load a TG such as 3119999? | COMPLETE | crt ch with tg ## tg grn key ppt once |
| 6 | If station A and B both are uisng TS-2 and TG TAC-311, can they have a QSO? And why? If most other codeplugs use TS-1 for TAC-311 will stations on TS2 be able to hear them? Please explain answer. | COMPLETE | |
| 5 | DMR repeater behaving differnet while mobile for TG to TG. Example: using my Favorites zone on TYT MD390 UHV as mobile, I was able to hit GCARC Pomp 443.35Mh on TG-310035 with normal results. My QTH at the time was Lake Ida and Congress in Delray Beach FL. When I changed to TG-3112529 on same machine, it was not able to hit the machine, I did not change my location, was in my car. When I go to my QTH where my antenna is 40 ft high, this did not occur, I had normal results on both. And when I was using my pi-star / hotspot, hitting TG310025 and 3112529 worked normally. Can you offer an explanation? | COMPLETE | |
| 4 | Explain pro con of c-bridge vs brandmeister, costs, tech support needed, stability, ease of use, future use and where the trend is moving | COMPLETE | panel discussion? |
| 3 | Discuss how scan and promiscuous works, pro and con, affects on radio | COMPLETE | |
| 2 | Is it possible a DMR repeater would encrypt to avoid people monitoring? What are ramifications? | COMPLETE | OFF BBOARD |
| 1 | Discussion on using DMR outside the US | COMPLETE |
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