Recent content by Dan

https://michiganonedmrtech.net/well-be-discussing-codeplug-best-practices-for-organizing-your-channels-zones-talkgroups-on-monday-march-31/

This is a great ready explaining the structure of talk groups - https://wiki.brandmeister.network/index.php/United_States_of_America

If you're at all interested in a DMR hotspot, go read this link put together by my friend Jarrod, KQ4TAY - https://jarrodandrews.com/construct-a-raspberry-pi-wpsd-hotspot/. And if you're still trying to figure out DMR, go read this link: https://manual.wpsd.radio/zero_hero/anytone_878/. I'll...

What? Doesn't everyone do ham radio vacations? :)

lol, still working on it.

Made some improvements to my Wildtrax today. I’m a ham radio geek and have mounted a couple of radios in the truck, yet it’s super important that the truck not look like a radio wagon… you know the type, the one that rolls down the road with 17 antennas hanging off of every surface. You can...

Yeah, I keep saying that I’m gonna double-down and get to know how DMR works. I have the Anytone and I like it well enough, but - man - the programming of that radio is a bear. I am using the RT systems software and started with Hubie’s code plug, but I need to customize it and make it mine.

See attached presentation.

Yeah, for sure, I've got a compulsive "buy a new radio" thing going on here. I bought a Yaesu 991A a few years ago - just to try something new. I've had a FT-897 for years and liked it very much. I figured I'd like the 991A even more better. Sadly, I never grew to love that radio. It's very...

Spent more than I wanted to for the hardware - about $500, but selected the 50 gigs for $50/month plan. I can turn it on and off if needed but at $50 I’ll probably just keep it on unless I get stupid with consumption. My primary purpose was to bring the internet with me when I’m doing ham radio...

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL48JZWhCJoH3tAAmUbP9_zeeKsk_vUSS-&si=GDV3Z0RfIc-6icg8

I’ve watched a lot of POTA videos and I see guys with really modest equipment/antennas setting up and, shazam, dozens of contacts in an hour or two. Yeah, that’s not happening for me. I’ve tried to activate a couple of parks four or five times and while I’ve made contacts, I’m definitely the...