Join The DMR Tech Net July 3rd As We Discuss Our “Work All States with DMR” Contest

The ARRL has a WAS (Worked All States) award.

We couldn’t find a WAS for Digital Mobile Radio so we’re starting our own contest.

Find out more with the who, what, where, when and why as we kick off July with our DMR Tech Net “Worked All States with DMR.”

That’s what we’ll be discussing on the next DMR Tech Net with Tom N8TJ, Stan WB8QJZ, and Steve KC8WXM.

Join us Monday, July 3rd on Brandmeister talk group 3126 from 7:45pm ET – 8:30pm ET for the DMR Tech Net.

We’d like to hear your questions and comments on this.

Tom N8TJ, Stan WB8QJZ, Steve KC8WXM, and Dana KC0MYP,

The DMR Tech Net starts at 7:45pm ET on Brandmeister Talk Group 3126, statewide Michigan and runs until 8:30pm ET.

Stay on TG-3126 to join the Michigan One DMR net at 8:30pm, hosted by Dustin N8RMA, his son Riley KE8VBU, or a guest NCS.

When the Michigan One DMR net is done, continue with the DMR Tech Net team for an informal after-net chat on Brandmeister talk group 3126.

Upcoming DMR Tech Net topics

Monday, July 3, 2023 from 7:45pm ET – 8:30pm ET on Brandmeister’s DMR Talk Group 3126:

• Tom N8TJ. Stan WB8QJZ, and Steve KC8WXM will discuss our “Work All States with DMR” contest.

The DMR Tech Net team is gearing up for our first DMR contest.  It’s the DMR version of Worked All States (WAS).

• You have to make a QSO with someone in the state (4-digit) talk group or one of the state (5-digit) sub-talk groups to mark that state off your list.
• You can’t do it during a DMR net.
• You have to initiate the QSO on the state talk group.
  • Example:  if Richard N4ALK in Florida makes a QSO on talk group 3126 (MI), he gets credit for Michigan.  You don’t get credit for Florida unless you start the broadcast to the state (Florida talk group 3112 or Florida’s sub-channels 31120-31129), in this case.
• We’re giving you the whole month of July to hit all 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) or the sub-channels in each state.
• We’ll discuss this in more detail on the July 3^rd DMR Tech Net (heard Monday nights from 7:45pm ET – 8:30pm ET on Brandmeister talk group 3126).  We want to hear your results on the July 31^st DMR Tech Net.
• Remember to download our state talk groups Excel template on our website, https://dmrtechnet.net/worked-all-states-contest/ or the attachment to this email so you can log your results.

Who:        Any DMR amateur radio operator
What:       DMR Worked All States contest
Where:     Brandmeister state (4-digit) talk groups & sub-talk (5-digit) groups within that state
When:      July 1 – July 31, 2023
Why:         The ARRL had a WAS contest.  We wanted one for DMR and to get you to explore different talk groups

You can print out the template below or download the actual Excel spreadsheet at the bottom of this page.

Click (HERE) to download the DMR Tech Net Worked All States Excel template