[TheList] DMR Radio - Wellington

Fri Aug 14 22:54:55 AEST 2020

Thanks All!

Some awesome information there, so it's great to get some feedback.
I've got a codeplug which I downloaded off the AREC website. [developed I think by ZL2RSA], and I've been having some good discussions on the ZL TG about some of this stuff as well.

My confusion came from the fact that the codeplug included Talkgroups such as:
EU Eng TG23, French TG11, German TG4, NAmerica TG3, QLD AU TG5054, Spanish TG14 etc, but none of these TG's are carried on my local Wellington repeater (or any other ZL-TRBO repeater I've seen across NZ).

I'm guessing these were loaded on the codeplug specifically for use with Hotspots...
I'm in the Market to buy a hotspot, does anyone have any reccomendations (or possibly one sitting around they'd like to sell me?).

I've also noticed my reception on DMR seems to be much worse, than it does with Analogue.
I can get through to Hawkins Hill quite nicely on my budget little Baofeng Radio, but seem to struggle from the same location on my AnyTone when using DMR.

Thanks all for your help!
Dan
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From: Paul Miller <zl2bez at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2020 12:20 AM
To: Dan Nitschke <dan.nitschke at outlook.com>
Subject: Re: [TheList] DMR Radio - Wellington

Hi Dan,

DMR is a push to talk radio network. Unlike the cellphone network. DMR network repeaters do not put out a continuous signal.

That is why you will see no signal, when the DMR network is not active.

This site will explain the basics of the NZ DMR network.

http://arec.info/arec-dmr-network/

This site will enable you to download a file for the D878 which has all the talkgroups and zones already constructed and ready to go.

http://arec.info/downloads/

You will have to manually insert your DMR ID: 5300228 into the file, to get on the DMR radio network.

As well as the ZL-TRBO site, which shows network activity: http://trbo.arec.info:42420/MinimalNetwatch

there is another part of the ZL-TRBO site, that shows the network in action: http://trbo.arec.info:42420/PeerWatchFrame

On the ZL and ZK talkgroups you would activate all DMR repeaters in the NZ network.

On the Local talkgroups only a sub set of DMR repeaters are activated.

This image of the Peer Watch web page shows the DMR repeater groupings and the local talkgroup associations.

The example shows someone using  the Local-NI talkgroup on ZL2KB - Kapiti in green and the associated repeaters in red.

That's why you can't hear Local-NI talkgroup activity on ZL2WA-Wellington, Wrights Hill.

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Regarding internet connected hotspots/MMDMV devices. They will connect you to ZL and ZK talkgroups on the ZL-TRBO DMR radio network.

The Local, WW, WWE and DMR+ talkgroups on hotsport/MMDVMs are NOT connected to the ZL-TRBO DMR radio network

73 Paul ZL2BEZ

On 14/08/20 8:47 pm, Dan Nitschke wrote:
Hi Listers!

I've finally made the leap into DMR radio, and have bought an AnyTone D878.
I see we have a repeater here in Wellington on Hawkins Hill. I can connect to this repeater (success tone when hitting PTT). The radio should have a function where it sees digital repeaters 'in range', but mine always shows 'no signal' - even though I can key into the repeater.  I guess I must just be on the cusp of range from Hawkins Hill where I am...

A couple questions, I see the below talkgroups are loaded on the ZL-TRBO Wellington Repeater: ZL, ZK, LCL, WW, WWE and some DMR+.

  *   Are these zones/talkgroups always on or are they PTT activated?
  *   Who manages which Talkgroups are linked to this repeater?
  *   I can see on the control centre people chatting on other groups which aren't on this repeater (ie. Local-NI, Worldwide-CORE).
     *   How do I reach these?

Has anyone had experience with setting up RaspberryPi hotspots, and which Talkgroups can you link to these?

Cheers!
Dan

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