Hi,
My name is RobertI' m fairly new to digital amateur radio. I was first licensed as a Novice years ago. I upgraded to General Class and afterward to Extra Class. I've done work in my club as VE.
Since I have a background in IT with a number of years as a sys. admin., digital amateur radio caught my interest.
My first digital radio was Kenwood D74. I love that radio, however being tied to a local repeater is pretty confining so I obtained and set up my own repeater, a mmdvm hotspot using pi-star. And now I have added a Radioddity GD77 to my growing collection of digital gear. I'm interested in learning more about both D-STAR and DMR and in sharing the experience with my local club members who mostly use D-STAR for emergency communications (EC). Although I'm CERT trained for disaster work, there is much more to digital radio besides EC. I like not having to deal with QRN, QSB and QRM.
73,
Robert, KY4RG
Hello from Georgia
Re: Hello from Georgia
Hi Robert
Due to licenseing problems, all copies of the firmware had to be removed a few days ago.
I think some people have developed a work around so that the firmware can still be obtained. See
https://www.opengd77.com/viewtopic.php? ... ram#p14394
Due to licenseing problems, all copies of the firmware had to be removed a few days ago.
I think some people have developed a work around so that the firmware can still be obtained. See
https://www.opengd77.com/viewtopic.php? ... ram#p14394
Re: Hello from Georgia
Hi David,
It's nice to meet you. Thanks for welcoming me aboard.
I've been a ham for 43 years. I have been off and on the air. Mostly hf and more recently vhf and uhf. My old General class call sign was N4LPQ. Perhaps we had a QSO in the past.
I was looking forward to using DMR with my hotspot but it seems licensing problems have recently gotten in the way. I'm sure a resolution will be forthcoming. Howevver I found a solution thanks to a fellow opengd77 ham. My radio is a birthday present from my XYL so I'm honor bound to wait until my birthday next week to use it.
73,
Robert, KY4RG
It's nice to meet you. Thanks for welcoming me aboard.
I've been a ham for 43 years. I have been off and on the air. Mostly hf and more recently vhf and uhf. My old General class call sign was N4LPQ. Perhaps we had a QSO in the past.
I was looking forward to using DMR with my hotspot but it seems licensing problems have recently gotten in the way. I'm sure a resolution will be forthcoming. Howevver I found a solution thanks to a fellow opengd77 ham. My radio is a birthday present from my XYL so I'm honor bound to wait until my birthday next week to use it.
73,
Robert, KY4RG