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Ham Radio Workbench Podcast


This podcast is your bi-weekly deep dive on making, DIY, electronics, and technical topics of interest to the ham radio operator. Join your hosts George KJ6VU and Jeremy KF7IJZ as they discuss current developments in ham radio while introducing listeners to a plethora of topics and skills such as test equipment, 3D Printing, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and more.

Mar 13, 2018

DMR Basics part 1

To mark the launch of the BayNet Brandmeister Talk Group 31075, Kirk Smith K6RCT (Operator of the K6DOA DMR Repeater in SLO) joins us to talk Digital Mobile Radio, or DMR.  DMR is a digital radio standard developed for use in commercial radio applications.  Because of its commercial background, there are several operating and technological concepts that are unique to DMR that differ from what we are used to in other Amateur Digital Voice modes such as DSTAR and Yaesu System Fusion.  In part one of this two part series, Kirk walks us through these fundamental DMR terms and concepts. In part two, we will talk about Brandmeister, cBridges topics and radio gear.

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Kirk Smith - K6RCT

Twitter - https://twitter.com/k6rct

DMR of Anarchy Network - http://www.dmrofanarchy.org/

EEVblog - Weller vs Hakko Comparison - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlKg6rSMPEs

KF7IJZ’s Demonstration of what happens when you charge and discharge a battery at the same time (Kirchoff’s Current Law) - https://youtu.be/uA_WEykbGE4

Anytone TERMIN-8R - https://anytonetech.com/TERMN-8R

Anytone AT-868UV Dual Band DMR Handheld Radio - http://www.grapevineamateurradio.com/store/?model_number=AT-868UV

Remote Repeater Site Monitoring Episode - http://hamradioworkbench.com/hrwb017-remote-repeater-site-monitoring

MTR-2000 Repeater - https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_xl/products/two-way-radios-business/infrastructure/base-stations-and-repeaters/mtr2000.html#tabproductinfo

http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/mtr2k/mtr-index.html

Connect Systems DMR Radios - http://www.connectsystems.com/amateur.html

DMR Marc - http://www.dmr-marc.net/

cBridge - https://rayfield.net/c-bridge

Brandmeister - https://brandmeister.network/

MD-380 Hacked Firmware MD380 Tools - http://md380.tools/

Comparison of Import DMR Radio Features - https://radiosification.blogspot.com/2017/11/comparison-of-dmr-radios.html

Register for a DMR ID - https://www.dmr-marc.net/cgi-bin/trbo-database/register.cgi

DMR for Dummies! - http://www.dmrfordummies.com/

Brandmeister Network Hoseline (listen to traffic online)- https://hose.brandmeister.network/