Today, I was appointed as the new web master of the Indiana Repeater Council website.  I’ve been working on this off and on over the last few months, but could not officially do anything until the appointment was well….  official! We hope that the new website will go live around the first of the year. …

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We’ve finally found a good file management system for use on our website. The Crossroads DMR Codeplug Repository is now live: http://www.crossroadsdmr.org/?page_id=298 We’re going to take a different approach to how code plugs are provided. Instead of providing a single code plug with what we think you might want or arranged how we want, we’re …

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As word continues to spread about the proper use of the wide-area calling talk groups (Worldwide, Worldwide English, North America, etc.) utilization of the PTT activated talk groups have increased. The idea is to make your contact on one of the wide-area TG’s then move off to a PTT activated talkgroup in order to carry …

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Well, there went October…. I continued my work with the various DSTAR Raspberry Pi images and have settled on the Maryland DSTAR Image as they are the only ones who support the dual-band DVMega board out of the box.  While dual-band, the board shares it’s serial interface, so only one band is usable at a …

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This evening the following upgrades were installed to the NF9K Indianapolis DMR Repeater: Installation of a Henry Amplifier for 100W output with 20W drive Changed out duplexers Swapped out the Verizon internet hardware     Before After

I’ve done some experimentation in the past with a DVAP DSTAR Hotspot running on a Raspberry Pi.  Prior to my latest vacation in the Gatlinburg, TN area, I wanted to play around with another setup.  I borrowed a hotspot setup still based around the Raspberry Pi, but using the DV Mega Board instead of the …

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This evening the following tasks were accomplished: 1). Firmware upgrade to R02.40.12 2). Installation of EID (license) for OTAP (over-the-air-programming) 3). Frequency change from 441.025 to 442.450 4). Retuning of the duplexers 5). Identified and remediated a bad hardline connector that was causing SWR issues. Repeater is back up and running! More on OTAP coming …

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The Indianapolis NF9K Repeater will be changing frequencies. We received the official coordination from the IRC at the end of June. Due to my trip to Spain as well as the need to coordinate on-site resources, we’re just now getting this done. Old Frequency: 441.025+ New Frequency: 442.450+ All other aspects (color code, talk groups …

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Apologies for the lack of updates over the last few weeks.  I’ve spent two weeks in Madrid, Spain for work, came back to work on standing up the Monrovia DMR repeater, which of course facilitated code plug updates, etc.  Here’s a short update on what’s cooking, with more to follow.   I picked up a …

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The Repeater Page has been updated to include information on my newest DMR repeater.  We’ve been working on this for a few weeks now and are happy that everything is finally complete.   Hendricks County is a bit of an RF enigma due to the terrain.  There are parts of the county, around Mooresville for instance, …

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