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DMR repeater page can be found at https:// | DMR repeater page can be found at https:// | ||
- | === What is DMR? === | + | ===== What is DMR? ===== |
Please read the document [[http:// | Please read the document [[http:// | ||
- | DMR is particularly challenging for Hams as it is digital technology playing in an analog world. Hams are used to just dialing in a frequency, tone, and offset and being able to get on a repeater. This his not how DMR works. DMR was designed for the commercial and government world, and with the next generation of DMR hitting the market, the older generation equipment is flooding the secondary market and being snapped up by Hams. It used to be cost prohibitive to purchase DMR radios, but there are plenty of discount radios being brought to market now. DMR requires a "code plug", which is essentially a memory of the radio' | + | DMR is particularly challenging for Hams as it is digital technology playing in an analog world. Hams are used to just dialing in a frequency, tone, and offset and being able to get on a repeater. This is not how DMR works. DMR was designed for the commercial and government world, and with the next generation of DMR hitting the market, the older generation equipment is flooding the secondary market and being snapped up by Hams. It used to be cost-prohibitive to purchase DMR radios, but there are plenty of discount radios being brought to market now. DMR requires a "code plug", which is essentially a memory of the radio' |
There is a lot of peer pressure within the Ham community for new Hams coming into DMR to learn how to create their own code plugs. To create one, the Ham needs to know the repeater' | There is a lot of peer pressure within the Ham community for new Hams coming into DMR to learn how to create their own code plugs. To create one, the Ham needs to know the repeater' |