Hams in the greater Toronto and Montreal areas have reason to celebrate today with the debut of BrandMeister Network connected DMR repeaters in both of these cities, including VE3YYZ in downtown Toronto and VE2REX in Covey Hill, about 60km south of Montreal. These repeaters will operate from marquee locations that …
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New talkgroups available for Canadian DMR users
Great news for Canadian DMR users! Today, DMR-MARC Canada, which operates the largest DMR network in Canada, announced three new talkgroups available for all connected repeaters to make user of to enhance their DMR experience. These new talkgroups include: User Activated English 1 talkgroup (timeslot 1, talkgroup #113) User Activated …
Read More »Canadian c-Bridge moves to the cloud
Ham radio DMR in Canada just took a giant leap forward! On March 25th, DMR-MARC Canada announced the launch of a new virtual version of its CAN-TRBO c-Bridge, which now operates from the cloud on a server in a high availability commercial data centre in Montreal. Prior to this, …
Read More »Introducing “TAC 310”: Ham Radio’s New All-Digital Sked
One of the great things about ham radio Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) repeater networks is their ability to reach lots of other users all over the world with the simple push of a button. But what if you just want to make contact with one other user with the same …
Read More »Digital Mobile Radio Launches in Ottawa, Canadian Hams Rejoice
Canadian ham radio operators are celebrating the launch of a Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) ham radio repeater in their nations capital today. The new DMR repeater, which operates under the call sign VA3RFT, officially came on-line on November 5, 2013 and provides hams in the Ottawa area with full access …
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