A "TECH NET" concerning *"Getting Started with" * Digital Modes / DMR /YSF /P25 /DSTAR /NXDN using MMDVM and bridging these to ALLSTAR To be held on the Allstar Network at* * *8:30 pm esdst / 00:30 utc - TUES JUNE 19, 2018* *Please connect 15 minutes or more in advance for audio checks and the like.** * ** _*Guest Speakers N4IRS Steve & N4IRR Mike of the dev crew at DVswitch/Allstar*_ Introductions to the digital radio field of /software/hardware and relationship/connectivity with Allstar software And as much Q & A at the end as we can sneak in. "Round-table" discussion to follow after the net. To help split the 'potential' bandwidth demands, Those _west of the Mississippi_, please connect on *29993* AND_OHIO only_ on *49999* And the rest _east of the Mississippi_ on *29999* So we don't possibly get overwhelmed with personal node streams. Echolink nodes *KB8JNM-L ( 155783 )* *east* & *KB8JNM-R ( 804396 ) west* both available *Please connect 15 minutes or more in advance for audio checks and the like.** * *I am looking for someone that can take copy of web links/info mentioned during the net * *to be posted somewhere afterwards and a back-up net control to standby. Please contact by reply to this msg. * _Please forward/distribute this email to interested party's !_ _Plans to have a follow-up net/round-table next month in July are in the works._ *Any last minute/after net info will be posted at __www.29999.link* If you are intending to use DMR, you will need a DMR ID. Current confusion on this and a low availibility of numbers to issue seem to be a problem we 'may' address during the net. *Some quick reference links: */(just a 'starter' reference)/ *Getting started cheap hardware: (not endorsing anything) * *MMDVM:** * https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=dmr+hotspot&LH_BIN=1 https://www.ebay.com/itm/UHF-VHF-MMDVM-hotspot-OLED-Antenna-Case-Support-P25... --------- *Pi* (make sure you are getting one that fits your hardware/software needs) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-Pi-3-Model-B-ARM-Cortex-A53-CPU-1-2GHz-64... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-Pi-Zero-V1-3-W-1GHz-512MB-Integrat-WiFi-B... --------- *Pi-Star: *https://www.pistar.uk/downloads/ --------- *Most Common 'good' starter radio DMR-UHF:* https://www.ebay.com/itm/TYT-MD-380-UHF-Analog-Digital-Tier-II-DMR-DMR-Radio... Latest Software for the MD380: http://www.tyt888.com/?mod=download ------------- *Code Plug Data :* http://arrl-ohio.org/digital/digital.html - /(for the state of Ohio):/ https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/feature_search.php?state_id=42&type=D... https://dmrtexas.net/ ------------- *DVswitch - *dv gateway for allstar* * https://dvswitch.groups.io/g/main/wiki/Home* * https://dvswitch.groups.io/g/main/topics* * https://dvswitch.groups.io/g/main/topic/updated_dvswitch_repository/18971786...