Repeaters

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 …

Within days of the recent announcement that some innovative hams had reverse engineered or “hacked” the TYT MD-380 DMR radio, new experimental firmware has surfaced that will allow this wildly popular radio to function as a DMR scanner. DON’T MISS: Hams hack $110 DMR radio to allow support for D-STAR, …

One of the great things about hams is their ability to find solutions to almost any communications related problem. This has been proven once again with a recent announcement that some resourceful hams, which included Patrick, W7PCH and Christiane, DD4CR, have reverse engineered or “hacked” one of the most popular …

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 …

JVCKENWOOD USA announced a full line of Kenwood DMR radios with the introduction of the TK-D240V/D340V VHF/UHF digital portable radios and the TK-D740HV/D840HU VHF/UHF digital mobile radios. These radios operate using DMR Tier II, which specifies a 2-slot TDMA protocol in 12.5 kHz channels, satisfying both ETSI and TIA specifications. In …

Great news for digitally connect hams in the great Toronto area! Today, VA3XPR launches an all-digital repeater using Yaesu’s System Fusion FDMA C4FM digital technology in the downtown Toronto area. This repeater is open to any ham radio operator who owns any one of Yaesu’s System Fusion radios, such as …

It started out as any other Monday morning would for a retired broadcast industry professional – up by 7:30am, catch-up on the latest ham radio news on-line over coffee and then off to the shack to see how the 20 metre band was shaping up for the day. But today …

The Motorola MOTOTRBO SL 7550 or is the most compact addition to Motorola’s MOTOTRBO line of DMR radios. This unit is slim and lightweight, making it ultraportable and a great shirt pocket radio for the ham that only needs low power operation. At the time of this review, the ham …

The Hytera PD782/G is a commercial grade mid-tier DMR portable radio being offered by Hytera Communications, a Chinese manufacturer of communications equipment. This unit packs many features that hams will find valuable, including a colour LCD display, loud crisp audio, solid construction, 1,024 channels and front keypad programmability (aka FPP). This …

The Connect Systems CS750/751 (UHF/VHF) is a budget DMR portable radio targeted toward the ham radio community and is the successor model to the popular Connect Systems CS700/701. While this unit is nearly identical to the CS700, it does have some notable upgrades, including capacity for up to 2,000 channels …