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    DMR is fine by me.

    Yep, the Scott Zimmerman board is an upgrade to the MMDVM ZUM board I used back in 2016, because the ZUM board needed to sit on an Arduino Due board (to do the digital conversion and controller) and also a Raspberry Pi to connect to the internet and set up the MMDVM board. Interestingly, he has...
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    DMR is fine by me.

    short answer... two mobile radios (in this case, two Motorola GM300s), a duplexer, and a Scott Zimmerman STM-32 board http://www.repeater-builder.com/products/stm32-dvm.html There are settings/jumper adjustments, etc. you must do for the particular radios you use, and you have to tune/adjust...
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    DMR is fine by me.

    I hope your replacement radios work well. I have been impressed with my 578s and run them in my vehicles. They are easy to deal with in the vehicle, with the programmable buttons on the face plate, and the useful functions on the microphone (I really like the dedicated zone buttons on the mic...
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    DMR is fine by me.

    I’m guessing you purchased your radios through Bridgecom, since you said you opened a trouble ticket with them. Did your radio not come with the latest firmware and baseband versions??? I bought my two 578s through Ed @Anytone.us (aka Importcommunications and Wouxun.us). I have been dealing...
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    DMR is fine by me.

    I will be interested to hear the outcome of your problem. I have not found any discussion of bricking the 578 online, so I am hopeful you can resolve your issue easily.
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    DMR is fine by me.

    Did you recover from this yet? Did you reinitialize the radio after the firmware update by holding the P2 button and the channel selector button while powering up the radio ? It should have a screen prompt asking if you want to initialize. You may try to reinstall the firmware if it failed the...
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    DMR is fine by me.

    All the 587s are capable of full Xmit on all three bands. It is simply a software configuration. I haven’t dealt with it in about 6 months, so I would have to refresh my memory. If you have problems, let me know, but the AT_Options app should get you there. I am on firmware 1.09N. Go to...
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    DMR is fine by me.

    You will need a small application to change to mode 14. It’s called AT_Options. Look here for info...http://members.optuszoo.com.au/jason.reilly1/578mods.htm#BandError Also, if you have programmed your radios already, the current code plug may not be recognized when you open up the radio for...
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    DMR is fine by me.

    Both my Anytone 578s are fully opened 136-174/220-225/400-520 (mode 14). I have both a DMR repeater at my house and a GMRS repeater, and I don’t want to deal with separate radios for both (and sorry to those who get butt-hurt over that, but I have news for you...the FCC doesn’t give a f*ck about...
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    Mike's Electronics

    There have been several threads about the status of Mike’s Radio Repair, and many people are understandably concerned about sending radios to Mike, when they can’t have communication with him directly, either by email or phone. I have had some people ask me for his contact info, but when I told...
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    How I became a ham

    I also was intrigued with radio as a child. I enjoyed spinning the dial of the AM radio and hearing far away stations, and then being able to play with a shortwave radio and hearing signals from other countries. Of course, this was the early 1960s and we were all still pretty naive, so this...
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    DMR Crap

    I’ve been doing the digital VOIP crap for 5 years. If you have any questions about how to configure or program your sh^t, I will be glad to answer any question I can. I have a YSF Reflector and a couple of talk groups, if you want to talk via VOIP. I can provide those details.
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    Should I buy a DMR Radio?

    Yep, no more antennas up in the air, only a “QRP” rig connected to a wire running around the room for listening, and a few portable HF antennas (mostly the Chameleon stuff) for operating outdoors...when the spirit moves me (more so for when society collapses totally, and I must have emcomms)...
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    Should I buy a DMR Radio?

    If you are a ham that is missing the traffic on your local repeaters, and is not interested in operating, or can’t operate, an HF station, then you might find DMR or VOIP operation ok. If you only enjoy rag chewing on the ham bands (especially V/UHF repeaters) and are NOT so much interested in...
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    Using a wireless mic on my new President Lincoln II Plus

    My BC906W worked with the President Lincoln II + and I was able to hear the receive audio through the speakermic and transmit, although I found the transmit audio to be a bit light, since I am used to running Astatic 575 mics on my radios (I only run SSB). As for the price...yikes !!! I just...
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    Using a wireless mic on my new President Lincoln II Plus

    The President Lincoln II+ supplies 13v to pin 6. The Uniden 980 supplies around 8v to pin 6. This voltage powers the wireless microphone cradle. I have used the BC906W mic with the Lincoln II+, but I have mostly just used it to listen, but it does work. I can’t say if the voltage difference...
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    BaoFengs: amazing, or a sham?

    TYT TH-9000D Make sure you look for the UHF model. They have several different bands (VHF, 220, UHF)
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    Yaesu FT-897d VHF UHF RX Problem

    A friend had the same problem with his 897. I think it was a ceramic filter that went bad. Do a google search on that issue.
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    10 meter band 1955

    I used to do 6 meter AM on a Lafayette HA-460. I had a few nice QSOs on 50.400 during e-skip openings, and a couple of us used to have a Sunday morning ragchew on 50.400. To their credit, there are some hams local to the region that are doing this now. One area club has a 10m AM net during the...
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    10 meter band 1955

    Yep, The Phil-Mont Radio club is in my area (S.E. Pennsylvania). I have seen this old film before (it’s on their website), and love the boat anchors and the tanks (radios and automobiles). Too bad hams don’t really use 10m for mobile use these days. Guess they don’t like those longer antennas...