March 30th: DMR University

The Hudson Valley of New York has recently become a hot bed for modern physical and digital destinations of interest to the amateur radio community.

DMR has permanently changed the way amateur radio operators approach local communication through repeaters, hotspots and direct communications.

As the highest growth digital voice technology today, please join Lenny N2LEN along with other local "DMR Experts" on Saturday March 30th at Greene County Emergency Services located
at 25 Volunteer Drive, Cairo NY 12413.

DMR University will be taking place in the main conference room downstairs.

The agenda is as follows:

9:00 AM - Morning Session

• Introductions and brief history of DMR
• Overview of current Digital Voice Modes
• How DMR is Unique: C-bridge, Brandmeister, TGIF networks
• Hotspots/MMDVM: Shark RF Openspot2, Zumspot, Jumbospot, etc...
• Overview of Current DMR Radios
• Anatomy of a DMR Repeater
• Introduction to Talkgroups
• Understanding Zones, Contact Lists, & RX Groups
• Scan Lists
• DMR Etiquette: How to act on the DMR network

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

• Bring your own food or visit a nearby restaurant

           

Afternoon Session

• How to Build a Codeplug
• Hand's On Programming Exercises

Len kindly asks that those interested in attending to reserve a seat in advance and to bring a laptop for programming, your radio, any programming cable you may have, and have a copy of the Programming Software you use installed on the laptop. 

However, do not worry if you do not have a DMR radio or laptop, there will be some radios for you to experiment with. 

Important: To reserve a seat, please email Len at n2len@aol.com

If you haven't already done so, please go to Register here for your DMR ID# and obtain a DMR ID number. (https://www.radioid.net/register#!)