With competition heating up in the DMR market, RCA removes the covers from its new PRODIGI™ line of value priced DMR radios, featuring a weatherproof design and an industry leading 4-year warranty. On July 30th, RCA Communication Systems announced the launch of its new PRODIGI™ line of value priced DMR …
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Digital Mobile Radio Newbies Night
Interested in learning more about DMR, but would like to talk to someone first? Have a new DMR radio and want to learn more about using it? Then join us for a coffee (or a cola) and lots of DMR conversation during DMR Newbies Night! We’ll have lots of DMR …
Read More »FCC officially gives the green light to DMR for US hams
On June 9th, the US Federal Communications Commission, commonly known as the FCC, officially approved the use of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), the modulation type used by Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), for ham radio use. In FCC Decision FCC 14-74 issued on June 9, 2014, the FCC outlined its …
Read More »Raffle winners take home new DMR radios from Dayton Hamvention 2014
Saturday May 18th was a joyous day for several hams that visited the DMR-MARC booth at Dayton Hamvention 2014, as they each walked away with a brand new DMR radio. Visitors to the DMR-MARC booth were invited to enter the draw for four Motorola MOTOTRBO CM300d and CM200d mobile DMR …
Read More »DMR-MARC announces DMR development environment for ham experimenters
On April 18th, DMR-MARC, announced the launch of a new DMR development environment called the “DMR Sandbox” for anyone wishing to develop new features or applications specifically for ham radio DMR use. This is an important step for DMR-MARC and the ham radio DMR community as a whole, as it …
Read More »First DMR net using the Ontario provincial talkgroup to debut on April 13th
The Essex County DMR Society will be launching a Sunday night DMR net using the Ontario provincial talkgroup starting on April 13th at 9:00pm ET. With astounding growth in DMR across Ontario, the hams in Essex County decided to begin a DMR version of their longstanding VHF net, the Essex …
Read More »Announcing the TAC 310 Net: A New Take on Connecting Hams Digitally
Please join us for the first ever “TAC 310 Net“, a new weekly 1-hour net using the newly created DMR “TAC 310” talk group starting on Sunday April 6th @ 2000 ET & 1700 PT (Monday April 7th @ 0000 UTC). This net will be available on all TAC 310 …
Read More »Survey Results – 2014 Ham Radio Digital Voice Survey
In effort to understand how the ham radio community is currently using digital voice modes or their willingness to use them, a short survey was put together and made it available to the ham community on March 21, 2014. Survey Methodology The following methodology was used in carrying out the …
Read More »Hong Kong Hams Host Digital Mobile Radio Demystified Presentation
On March 25th, the Hong Kong Police Information Technology Society (HKPITS) hosted guest speaker Don Trynor, VA3XFT, for an evening discussion about Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) and how it’s revolutionizing ham radio around the world. With over 100 licensed ham members, the HKPITS subsidiary, the Hong Kong People Radio Club …
Read More »2014 Ham Radio Digital Voice Survey
In effort to understand how the ham radio community is currently using digital voice modes or their willingness to use them, we have put together a short survey, which will take about 5 minutes to complete. Your participation is important and the results will be published for all to see …
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