This section talks about amateur radio equipment, activities, and people.
I get a lot of people asking me about Motorola or Hytera radio. It seems like some of them think they want the commercial radio and are looking for support in that decision. For most people I don’t think a commercial radio is a good choice…except in a few cases. The biggest case is for […]
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) has made a request of amateurs world wide. Recently there has been a DMR signal QRM’ing the AO-92 uplink on 435.350 or close by. Hotspots, repeaters, terrestrial simplex (anything not satellite related) should not be in 145.800 – 146.00 or 435.000 – 438.000. These frequencies are dedicated to satellite […]
I recently came across this list of P25 talkgroups. Share it with others, please.
AnyTone has released new firmware for the D868. This new version, 2.32, allows users to send GPS location data to Brandmeister who will then forward it to APRS.fi. This is a big deal.
Hytera notified it’s dealers about some updates that are coming soon. I will post again when the firmware is available.
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