We’re on Brandmeister talk group 3126 statewide Michigan for the DMR Tech Net on Monday, May 20th from 7:30pm ET – 8:30pm ET.
Join us Monday as we discuss the recently concluded Dayton Hamvention.
Tom N8TJ, Chuck N8XCM, John N8NMG, and Dana KCØMYP attended and we’ll hear their thoughts.
We’d like to hear from you with your comments if you attended, or did so in a previous year.
Join us as we demystify and have fun with DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) every Monday night!
You can always chat with the DMR Tech Net team on TGIF talk group 31268, the DMR Tech Net channel or Brandmeister talk group 31266, the Michigan Nets channel.
If you have a comment or a DMR topic idea for the DMR Tech Net, please share it with any of us. Send an email to: steve@dmrtechnet.net, stan@dmrtechnet.net, tom@dmrtechnet.net, dana@dmrtechnet.net, brian@dmrtechnet.net, or brad@dmrtechnet.net.
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Here are the Michigan DMR nets we know about. Please join in & participate on them.
Saturday:
- 7:00pm Arrow DMR Net on BrandMeister talk group 3126
- 7:30pm DMR Trivia Net on TGIF talk group 31268
Sunday:
- 6:30pm UP (Upper Peninsula) Net on BrandMeister talk group 31268
Monday:
- 7:30pm DMR Tech Net on BrandMeister talk group 3126
- 8:30pm Michigan One DMR Net on BrandMeister talk group 3126
The DMR Tech Net team is helping Dustin N8RMA with NCS duties on the Michigan One DMR net on Monday nights. If you would like to help out with our schedule of Net Control Station operators, send an email to dana@dmrtechnet.net. Here’s the upcoming list of substitute NCS’:
- May 20 Brad KE8WNV
- May 27 Dana KCØMYP (Yes, it’s Memorial Day and we will have both the DMR Tech Net & Michigan One DMR Net running)
- June 3 Steve KC8WXM
- June 10 Dustin N8RMA
https://www.michiganonedmr.net/
The DMR Tech Net team is branching out with a monthly show called DMR Tech Net TV on Zoom the third Tuesday of each month from 8pm-9pm ET
- We have Steve Miller KC1AWV and Ed Wilson N2XDD to discuss the M17 Network Project & the WPSD Pi-Star hotspot interface tomorrow night, May 21st
- Click the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84447664395?pwd=djZMbFZaWVRkRDRudkRFeWc2WWV4UT09 to join the DMR Tech Net TV Zoom meeting on Tuesday from 8pm-9pm ET.
- Or point your internet browser to www.zoom.us and select “Join a meeting” in the top right-hand side. Then input the following to join:
- Meeting ID: 844 4766 4395 and Passcode: 370040
- To join with only your phones’ audio, dial (312) 626-6799 and input the following:
- Meeting ID: 844 4766 4395 Passcode: 370040
- We’re working to schedule Corey Dean N3FE of BrandMeister USA to go over his network, how to get the most out of using it, and best practices. Stay tuned as we work on finding a time and date convenient for him.
- If you missed previous DMR Tech Net TV broadcasts, you can watch them on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq4TAnA-_yE7kdcuaKzw8rQ - If you have a topic or issue you would like discussed, let us know.
Hamvention will be held May 17, 18 and 19, 2024 at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center. For more information, please select the tabs below or use the navigation menu above to visit pages of interest. If you have a specific question that isn’t answered on the site, please contact us.
The entire staff of Hamvention volunteers is working hard behind the scenes to make our fourth year at Hamvention’s new home at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Exposition Center even better. Details will be posted when they become available, so check back often. In the meantime, enjoy this photo tour of Hamvention’s new home:
Future Shows
2025 – May 16, 17 & 18
2026 – May 15, 16 & 17
2027 – May 21, 22 & 23
Hamvention History
Where it all started…Since 1952 Hamvention® has been sponsored by Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA). For many years it has been the world\’s largest amateur radio gathering, attracting hams from throughout the globe.About 1950, John Willig, W8ACE, had asked the Dayton Amateur Radio Association to sponsor a HAM Convention but was turned down. John wanted to have a quality affair. Speakers and prizes would be a drawing point. John finally found a champion in Frank Schwab, W8YCP (W8OK), the newly elected president of the club. A meeting was held and the DARA Board allocated $100 to get started. The first organizational meeting was held in January 1952.The Southwestern Ohio Ham-vention was born. The first committee consisted of: John Willig, W8ACE, General Chairman Al Dinsmore, W8AUN, Arrangements Bob Siff, W8QDI (K4AMG), Prizes and Exhibits Frank Schwab, W8YCP (W8OK), Publicity Bob Montgomery, W8CUJ, Finance Clem Wolford, W8ENH, Program Ellie Haburton, W8GJP (W4ZVW), Women\’s Committee. The next year the name became “Dayton Hamvention®” and was registered as a trademark.April was determined to be the best time but the Biltmore Hotel, in downtown Dayton was booked. March 22 was the chosen date, causing a short lead time. How far did $100 go? Not far! A 12″ TV was raffled off to help raise funds. The FCC agreed to give license exams and Phil Rand, W1BDM, a pioneer in TVI elimination was on the program. First prize, a Collins 75A2, was purchased locally.Hoping for 300 visitors, the committee was amazed that over 600 showed up! There were 7 exhibitors and 6 forums. The ladies program was successful with a luncheon at the Biltmore and a trip to a local TV station. In 1955 the Awards Program began with the “Amateur of the Year.” The Flea Market has grown from 200 to more than 2000 spaces. In 1964 the Hamvention® moved to Hara Arena. Shuttle buses and handicapped parking were added in 1969. In 1973 it became a 2 day event with Sundays added in 1974. The program has grown to a “Souvenir Program” and in 1976 the dimensions changed from 6″x 9″ to the current 8-1/2″x11″.The growth of the Dayton Hamvention® can be attributed to caring, energetic people who enjoy being on a winning team.
Unofficial Hamvention Broadcasts
Friday
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Room 3 |
Room 4 |
| 9:15 AM – 10:35 AM TAPR – Topics in Digital Radio Read More |
9:15 AM – 10:10 AM Linux and Ham Radio Software Read More |
9:15 AM – 9:50 AM ARES, SAFECOM, and Building Relationships Read More |
9:15 AM – 10:35 AM Digital Contest Forum Read More |
| 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Elecraft K4D Users Group Read More |
10:20 AM – 11:35 AM Xenia and Beyond – A History of Violent Tornadoes in Ohio and a Look Ahead at the Future of Tornado Read More |
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM Instructor Academy with Gordon West Read More |
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM How to Grow an Amateur Radio Club from Nearly Dead to Amazing! Read More |
| 12:25 PM – 1:50 PM Fine Tuning Your SOTA Experience Read More |
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM BalloonSat – Taking Amateur Radio to New Heights Read More |
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM Youth Outreach Through Amateur Radio STEM Education Read More |
11:55 AM – 12:45 PM Kit Building Techniques for Success Read More |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Antenna Forum Read More |
1:25 PM – 2:30 PM Remote HF Station Ideas and Building Blocks or New Hams & Remote Operating Read More |
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM Enhancing Transmitter Performance: The ARRL Clean Signal Initiative Read More |
12:55 PM – 1:55 PM Instructor’s Forum Read More |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM The Law and Amateur Radio Read More |
2:40 PM – 3:45 PM New Adventures using TCP/IP on 44Net (AMPRnet) and an ARDC Update Read More |
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM How to Control Your Ham Shack with A Node-RED Dashboard Read More |
2:05 PM – 3:30 PM Women Building Community Through Amateur Radio Read More |
| 3:55 PM – 5:00 PM HamSCI: The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation Read More |
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Ground is a Myth! Read More |
3:40 PM – 5:00 PM Foxhunting/ Transmitter Hunting Read More |
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| 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM Gaming the Amateur Radio Modes Read More |
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| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Five Steps to a Successful POTA Activation Read More |
Saturday
Room 1 |
Room 2 |
Room 3 |
Room 4 |
| 9:15 AM – 10:20 AM Ham Nation and Friends Read More |
9:15 AM – 12:00 PM Youth Forum Read More |
9:15 AM – 10:50 AM Good Operators and Interference Read More |
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Getting Started with FreeDV Digital Voice and Web GUI Construction Set for Every Ham Read More |
| 10:30 AM – 11:40 AM Parks on the Air Read More |
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM ARISS: Celebrating 40 Years of Amateur Radio on Human Spaceflight Missions Read More |
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ARRL Membership Forum Read More |
10:25 AM – 11:35 AM Fast Scan ATV Read More |
| 11:50 AM – 1:50 PM DX Forum Read More |
1:20 PM – 2:50 PM AMSAT Read More |
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ARRL Youth Rally Activities Read More |
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM VHF/UHF/Microwave Forum Read More |
| 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM Contesting Read More |
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM System Fusion Read More |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program (CARP) Read More |
12:55 PM – 1:55 PM Integrating the Internet with Amateur Radio Read More |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Software Defined Radio Read More |
2:05 PM – 3:30 PM Arduino – Building Projects with Microcontrollers Read More |
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| 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM A Fun and New Way to Learn Morse Code Read More |
Sunday
Room 1 |
Room 2 |
Room 3 |
Room 4 |
| 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM The Fast Track to Getting Started in HF Read More |
9:15 AM – 11:00 AM Lightning, Grounding and Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Read More |
9:15 AM – 9:50 AM Tips for Successful Radio Clubs Read More |
9:15 AM – 10:05 AM Zero Configuration Radio – Why are we still programming radios? Read More |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Power, Current, Voltage, and Resistance (PIER) Review Method of Circuit Analysis Read More |
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM The DX Marathon Program Read More |
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM ARRL Contest Program Update Read More |
10:15 AM – 11:05 AM Using your HT and netbook for radio messaging and e-mail Read More |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Beyond Repeaters: See How Far Your Tech License Will Take You Read More |
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM DMR – How The Packets Get Your Voice From Here To There! Read More |
https://hamvention.org/event-details/forums/
Photos of the Dayton Hamvention friends, forum discussions, speakers, the DARA club headquarters, antennas, radio console, repeater tower, vendors, a Prius with lots of antennas mounted on it, and the Collins Radio Company Ford Van’s equipment and radios inside it.
- When will we see a M17 Network radio?
- What is the M17 Project?
- If you have a pi-star hotspot, are you running the WPSD software?
- Why is it better than the standard pi-star version?
- Join us Tuesday night, May 21st on Zoom from 8pm – 9pm ET on DMR Tech Net TV as we discuss these questions with Steve Miller KC1AWV and Ed Wilson N2XDD. They will go over the M17 Project Network and WPSD software and answer your questions.
Click the following link for the DMR Tech Net TV Zoom meeting on Tuesday from 8pm-9pm ET: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84447664395?pwd=djZMbFZaWVRkRDRudkRFeWc2WWV4UT09
If you want to donate to BrandMeister to help them run their DMR network, Corey Dean N3FE shared the following links:
3102 and 3104 donations https://www.nfoservers.com/donate.pl?force_recipient=1&recipient=n3fe%40repeater.net
3103 donations https://www.nfoservers.com/donate.pl?force_recipient=1&recipient=w7xm%40w7xm.com
Robert Bretzman K4WZV of the TGIF network mentioned this if you want to donate to their network:
The servers that run the TGIF Network draw money from a coffer fund. We pay for much of it out of our own pockets, so we very much appreciate any donations. If you wish to donate, you may do so by clicking the donation link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/
If you want to donate to RadioID.net, Glen Bizeau VE9GLN said you can subscribe to his website for additional features: https://radioid.net/account/membership.
You can also purchase RadioID.net merchandise at https://store.radioid.net/.
Garrett Down KD6KPC of Repeaterbook.com shared this if you want to donate to his website:
To run a website like Repeaterbook.com, revenue is needed to keep it active on the web. There are bills to be paid, hosting companies to be paid, SSL certificates to be purchased, and other expenses that go along with the research and development of the data. The costs add up.
Repeaterbook has committed to keeping access to its data completely free. Since we don’t charge for the data or access to the site, we decided to incorporate ads into the site. The ads generate revenue that has been sufficient to pay the bills (most months). With the advent of ad-blocking technology, we began to see ad revenue slip. We get it. Many people don’t want to see ads and our stats indicate that up to 30% of our site visitors are using an ad blocker. Some say the performance on the site has even suffered waiting for ads to load. And come are concerned about Internet tracking through the ads (yes, Google does it).
We think we have found a solution to meet in the middle.
You can now subscribe to Repeaterbook and obtain a membership that will silence the ads on Repeaterbook. This form of obtaining revenue while quieting ads is used on qrz.com.
So now we have two option to fit your preference:
- Enjoy Repeaterbook completely free, while enduring the ads that appear.
- Sign up for a Repeaterbook subscription and silence the ads.
To take advantage of this offer, you must be a registered user in good standing. Look at our Subscription Plans:
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Finally, join and become a member of your local amateur radio club. They can use your dues to help defray the costs of running the club and repeater.
Topics for future DMR Tech Nets:
- Go over the Digimon feature to explain what it is, how and why to use it.
- Private calling on your DMR radio. How to set it up on your equipment.
- What’s involved with being a NCS (Net Control Station)?
- Do you contribute to the DMR networks/modes you utilize? Why or why not?
- Firmware and software radio updates.
- Hot Keys. What are they, why use them, and how to set them up.
- DMR tips. Like what Steve KC8WXM mentioned to better (and faster) utilize DMR features.
- Adding or changing DMR channels via keypad programming.
- How to update your DMR digital contacts via https://radioid.net/
- Asking check-ins what they know now that they didn’t know when they started with DMR that would be helpful to other beginners (Elmering).
- A timeline to get started of essential things to do with DMR and why.
- Which DMR radio do you use the most & why?
- Proper DMR practices & procedures to use on-air.
- DMR text messaging
- Advanced features of the Anytone 878 handheld and 578 mobile radio.
- Going over the different DMR networks (Brandmeister, TGIF, M17, DMR+, YSF, etc).
- Useful radio accessories to use with your DMR equipment.
- Unique names used instead of the amateur radio alpha codes.
- Antennas for handheld, mobile, and home radios.
- Logging software.
- QSL cards Do you send them out?
- Repeaters, hotspots, or both? Which do you use and why?
- WPSD hotspot dashboard.
- APRS & GPS setup and usage.
- Custom call signs.
- What are your predictions for the DMR world in 2024?
- What networks and talk groups do you use, and why?
- What features do you wish your DMR radio had?