Today I connect to a hotspot with the 3 most comment digital modes in Ham Radio, which are DMR, DSTAR and YSF (Yaesu System Fusion) and let you, the audience, listen to each one. We will talk about the differences, my preferences, and my recommendations for you. Be sure to support my sponsors, who make…
The Icom IC-705 operates DSTAR but with the Openspot3 running cross mode, you can basically work any digital voice mode that you want to. Today I am going to setup the Icom IC-705 and connect it to the Openspot3 running cross mode, and talk into both the TGIF Network and the Brandmeister Network. IC705: https://tinyurl.com/y2jucw6b…
As we’ve suspected for some time now, Icom was working on a new HT for their line-up, now dubbed the Icom ID-52A/E for USA and Europe. This is just an announcement and an article that I found, more to come later on when Icom releases more news. QRP Blog Article: https://qrpblog.com/2020/08/icom-id-52-vhf-uhf-d-star-handheld-announced Icom Japan website: https://www.icomjapan.com/news/3074…
Join Bob, K6UDA, and I as we talk about How To Get Started with DSTAR – Bob has lots of experience with using DSTAR radios, repeaters and hotspots, and I am planning to learn a few things myself.. Hope to see you on the Livestream Livestream starts at 7pm CDT on Sunday June 7th at…
A new device to the market that just started shipping this month is the openSPOT3 MMDV-type DV device from SharkRF. The original openSPOT and newer openSPOT2 were very hot items in the market for a long time, and are still used today by many ham radio operators. Enter the new version, the openSPOT3, which incorporates…
A great new hotspot for digital voice modes on Ham Radio from Robert, K4WZV. For purchase options, contact K4WZV – good on QRZ.com Be sure to subscribe for more Ham Radio videos: https://goo.gl/6hjh2J If you want to support me, follow my Patreon link: https://goo.gl/FkESU6 Be sure to support my sponsors, who make this series…
Since my first video on the DXmini Hotspot for DMR / Fusion / DSTAR, there have been some updates to Pi-star itself, and some firmware updates to the screens on these terrific devices. Visit https://dxmini.com for hotspot info Gaming Power Bank: https://peepsquare.com/products/gamingpowerbank Be sure to subscribe for more Ham Radio video: https://goo.gl/6hjh2J If you…
I’ve been looking forward to getting some time to play around with, and program, one of these Bridgecom Repeaters, and now is that time. This will be the first episode in a small series, where I show the many features of the repeater, and what it can be used for. This will also be my…
The DXMini hotspot – both a simplex model and a full duplex model, that allows 2-timeslots to operate on DMR – review and setup. This is another great, very well-made and constructed, hotspot for multi-mode digital voice on the various networks for Amateur Radio. These hotspots have a very solid, laser-cut metal case, and come…
SharkRF openSPOT2 Most folks who know about DMR or DSTAR or YSFG hotspots have heard about, or probably own, the SharkRF Openspot. This was a very versatile plug-n-play hotspot from SharkRF out of Estonia for a couple of years. The only draw-back to it was the fact that it was Ethernet only and didn’t come…
