Re: DMR
By: Bob Seaborn to David Westphalen on Sun Nov 19 2017 01:58 pm
> >>
> >> .....Bob, VE5XEF
> > ok this may be a very dumb question but here goes... What exactly
> > hotsopt for? Advantages? Used for? etc.
> Simply put, it's a personal, usually run in simplex mode, repeater.
> you to operate in digital mode, d-star, fusion, dmr, etc, when there
> local repeaters available, or when you don't want to link the local
> elsewhere and inconvenience other local hams.
> For example, in Saskatoon, we have one D-STAR repeater, fully linked
> outside world, one fusion repeater, which is only occasionally linke
> DMR repeater. In fact the nearest, and only DMR repeater in Saskatc
> couple of hundred miles away, well out of range. Yet, with a hotspo
> full access to all three modes of digital service, which I fully mak
> fwiw, I have two hotspots, both use a stubby UHF antenna, approx 6"
> and have a TX power of approx 10mw, so they're easily used indoors,
> range of a few blocks.
> For D-STAR, try googling for dstar commander (one example), or DV4MI
> covers all three modes I've referred to, plus others.
> Most cost $100-$150 plus a Raspberry Pi, some others can cost double
> more, and don't require a Pi. The DV4Mini, for exmple costs around
> plugs into a USB port on a Windows computer, or a Pi.
> Hope this helps
> .....Bob
well i guess ill look into getting one. price is a bit high though.
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