[VK2KFJ] Zetland ARC - from Shetland Islands

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Zetland ARC - from Shetland Islands

Posted: 05 Jul 2020 06:04 AM PDT
http://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2020/07/zetland-arc-from-shetland-islands.html

I just stumbled onto a group of hams in the Shetland Islands and their
Amateur Radio Club.
I found a ham several years ago, but he disappeared and so do his website,
but glad to see more hams popped up in the Shetlands.
I have interest in the Shetlands due to my ancestor originating from Toft,
Delting & later at Haw, Gluss, Northmavine, arriving here in 1852 with his
brother to work the goldfields of Ballarat. They worked for P&O Steamship
Co. (as did many Shetlanders) but bailed out when arriving in Australia to
seek the riches from gold mining.

Anyway, here is the website
Zetland ARC from Shetland Islands

amazing, they have a list of hams, a lot larger than I ever found in the
past.
I guess a few could be ex-pats from outside of Shetlands

Alan Catterall MM6BZQ, Alan Woodford 2M0CPN, MM6ACW, MM0ZAW, Alyson Halcrow
MM0ZAL, Andrew Halcrow MM0LSM, Anna Breimann MM6IKB, Arthur Tait GM4LBE,
Cecil Duncan GM0EKM, Christopher Halcrow MM6ZBG, Colin Roberts GM0AVR, Dean
Krauskopf MM6SJK, Denise Woodford MM6ZDW, Dennis Geldard MM3VQO, Eldon
Wigram MM7KES Eric Harvey MM6FFW,(left island) Euan Crawford
MM6ISIH,2M0VIK,MM0VIK Gail Davis MM6YLO, Hamish Dally 2M0ZET, Hans Hassel
GM4SSA, Hans STÖTEKNUEL MM0XAU, dj6au, Helen Erwood MM6MQR, Ian Brown
GM0ILB, Jim Ratter GM0JDB, John Pumford-Green GM4SLV, Laura Crawford
MM6YLL, M Smith GM3WHT, Magnus Henry 2M0SEG, MM6MFA,(left island) Mike
Breimann MM6IMB, Michelle Leybourne MM6YLM,2M0YLM, Nicky Marriott MM5YLO,
Kerry(Peter)Meyer GM4JPI, Peter Bruce GM0CXQ, Peter Davis 2M0GFC, MM6PTE,
MM0NQY, Peter Eunson GM8YEC, Peter Leybourne MM5PSL, Peter Wilson MM6IIP,
Peter Gaskin MM1FEO Paul Chant MM7BCD Reg Hussey GM1FGN,(SK) Robert
Chroston MM0ZRC, Roger Moore MM1FJM, Roger Pascal GM8LNH, Steve Gardiner
GM7GWW,Tommy Goodlad. GM4LER, Tony Erwood GM7AFE, Tony Marriott GM0GFL,
Will Bond MM7CGR W Goudie GM4WXQ,

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DMR2P25 for Pi-Star MMDVM update

Posted: 05 Jul 2020 05:01 AM PDT
http://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2020/07/dmr2p25-for-pi-star-mmdvm-update.html

Looking very promising, I just checked latest updates from the feature
request discussion (as of 30th June 2020) for DMR2P25 ( that is DMR to P25
mode) in the Pi-Star for MMDVM forum.
Thank you to Doug, AD8DP and Andy G4FDL for their development work in
getting this new mode (hopefully) into Pi-Star.

Pi-Star forum - DMR2P25 feature request




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DMR hotspots and 70cm band Satellite segment interference

Posted: 05 Jul 2020 04:31 AM PDT
http://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2020/07/dmr-hotspots-and-70cm-band-satellite.html

I have mentioned in the past, about people operating their DMR hotspots on
strange frequencies, ie. some in the 70cm weak signal segments, some on
the band edge where they are in breach of their license conditions, but I
also seen in the social media circles of people running their hotspots
right in the Satellite segments of 2metre and 70cm bands.

I mean, just because your low powered hotspots ( typically mW) cant be
heard when you drive down the road a couple kilometres, doesn't mean it
cant be heard from a overhead satellite. Yes, low terrain kills your
hotspot's weak signal pretty quickly, but to an overhead satellite, your
little digital hotspot at home can be easily heard and therefore causes
interference to other modes used via the satellites.

I can't comprehend it, are amateur radio operators showing arrogance, or
ignorance, or just plain stupidity ? Well, just look at the Brandmeister
dashboard you will see lots of them, operating their hotspots smack in the
middle of the satellite segments. It would make you laugh, if it wasn't so
serious. We (licensed amateur radio operators) are supposed to be
technical minded, who sat for a technical exam, yet some of us, have no
idea where we are running out DMR/MM hotspots, with respect to the
bandplans designated against our licenses. To use a phrase that celebrity
chef, Gordon Ramsay would probably say is : "This is F###ing
Incredible !!"

So, here they are :
the 2metre and 70cm Amateur Radio satellite segments
145.800 to 146.000 MHz
435.000 to 438.000 MHz
that means you don't run digital hotspots or any other RF devices in these
segments, unless you intentionally plan to operate via one of the Amateur
Radio Satellites and the designated modes.






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DMR to other digital cross modes and gateways for VK & ZL regions

Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:48 AM PDT
http://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2020/07/dmr-to-other-digital-cross-modes-and.html

here are some lists, primarily created from Adrian VK4TUX's info page,
this is to help with those experimenting with cross mode digital modes.
This is focused on VK and ZL call regions.


NXDN Talk Groups (NXCore connected) Service TalkGroup
Dashboard Canada TG 302 p25canada.hopto.org/nxdn/ VK 505
TG 505 43.229.63.42/db/ << linked to XLX389D
ZL 530 TG 530 101.98.22.194:85 1200 TG 1200
1200.mmdvmvk.org 50599 TG 50599 nxdn.duckdns.org/9b/
Pacific TG 10400 nxdn.mmdvmvk.org CQ-UK TG 10922
www.mb6er.com/nxdn
Deutsch TG 20000 srv08.oevsv.at/nxdn/ 25000 TG
25000 45.62.211.216 31088 TG 31088 54.191.50.212
50525 TG 50525 50525.nxref.org 65000 TG 65000
nxdn.n18.de/

P25 Talk Groups Service TalkGroup Dashboard World
Wide TG 10100 m1geo.com/p25 CQ-UK TG 10120
www/mb6er.com/p25/ North America TG 10200
dvswitch.org/P25_NA North America TAC 1 TG 10201
dvswitch.org/P25_NA_TAC1 Europe TG 10300 p25-eu.n18.de
Espana TG 10301 ea5gvk.duckdns.org:84/P25 Pacific TG
10400 pacificp25.repeaters.info
Pacific TAC1 TG 10401 pacifictac1.repeaters.info
Pacific TAC2 (China) TG 10402 hamclub.net/mmdvm/p25/ Texas
Tech TG 31648 p25.alecwasserman.com/p25reflector/ VK4P25 TG
4 p25.duckdns.org/4/
Canada TG 302 p25canada.hopto.org/p25canada/ San
Diego TG 858 nx6d.dx40.com/p25/ Wisconsin TG 31555
mmdvm-p25.v24bridge.net 31665 (BM DMR Bridge) TG 31665
74.91.127.166/p25reflector/ 31672 Pi-Star Chat TG 31672
18.221.87.9/ 50525 (BM DMR Bridge) TG 50525
tg50525.repeaters.info Unlink = TG 9999C4FM / YSF Talk Group Summary

YSF001 Reflector - YSF001 > XLX389DAU CQ-VK Reflector - YSF24117 >
VK-Wires-GW 50525 Bridge - YSF06015 > BM 50525, VK3GWY, P25CQ-VK
Wires-X – YSF38900AU Albury Chat – YSF73082AU TAS VK7 – YSF43110XLX389 –
YSF22381XLX500 – YSF49716
XLX505 – YSF85857 > VK7HSE gateway.XLX750 – YSF32748XLX751 –
YSF41007FCS00114 - Repeater AustraliaYSF00001 - Echo Test
D-Star Talk Group Summary

XLX389 Use DCS389DL in urcall to connect , DCS389 D


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useful VK Brandmeister links

Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:36 AM PDT
http://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2020/07/useful-vk-brandmeister-links.html

here are some useful VK Brandmeister network and digital mode links to
help out when experimenting and testing :


BM Static TG list
https://wiki.brandmeister.network/index.php?title=Talkgroups&redirect=no
XLX389 http://xlxdmr.duckdns.org:84/index.php
TG5025 NXDN Reflector http://50525.nxref.org/
TG5025 P25 Reflector http://tg50525.repeaters.info/
YSF001 Dashboard http://p25.duckdns.org/
VK4TUX gateway http://vk4tux.duckdns.org/
XLX500 Reflector http://xlx500.org/index.php
XLX505 Reflector http://vk7hse.duckdns.org/xlx/
XLX299 ZL Reflector http://www.xlx299.nz/
XLX750 ZL Reflector http://www.xlx750.nz/
XLX751 ZL Reflector https://xlx751.drgnz.com/index.php


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VK Brandmeister Network Talk Groups updates

Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:30 AM PDT
http://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2020/07/vk-brandmeister-network-talk-groups.html


VK BrandMeister Talkgroups
via BrandMeister Server 5051 VK (Australia) Colour Code =1 (for
all) > = linked to
505 : VK (Australia) Call channel Time Slot 1 Static > TG4805 static

the following TG’s are all Time Slot 2 (TS2) Dynamic

5050 : XLX500 G > TG4806 (formerly XRF500 D)
5051 : VK1 (ACT) > VKDMR 3801 TS2
5052 : VK2 (NSW) > VKDMR 3802 TS2
5053 : VK3 (Vic) > VKDMR 3803 TS2
5054 : VK4 (Qld) > VKDMR 3804 TS2
5055 : VK5 (SA) > VKDMR 3805 TS2
5056 : VK6 (WA) > VKDMR 3806 TS2
5057 : VK7 (Tas) > VKDMR 3807 TS2
5058 : VK8 (NT) > VKDMR 3808 TS2
5059 : gateway to VKDMR-Room > VKDMR TG3809 TS2
50501 : XLX389 A50503 : XLX389 C50510 : XLX510 D > VK2GWY50521 : IARS
chat (Illawarra ARS – VK2RUW)50525 : P25 Bridge > VK3GWY, AllStar, P25,
NXDN, YSF50526 : CCARC (Central Coast ARC-VK2RAG-VK2RTG)50531 : VK3 chat 1
(alternate to 5053)50533 : SPARC (Southern Peninsula ARC – VK3BSP)50539 :
Nex-Gen50566 : WICEN 50590 : VK2HK-2 Room > Wires-X(24011,24012)
50591 : VK2GP-ND > Wires-X (14066)
50592 : VK3KAY-Room > Wires-X
50593 : XRF740 C > YSF001 Wires-X50594 : VK2RFG Room > Wires-X
Node(14327), Wires-X Room(24327)50599 : XLX389 D > YSF001, NXDN505, P25TG4
BM DMR Dashboard
Online Audio BM Hoseline



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updates for VKDMR network

Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:26 AM PDT
http://vk2kfj.blogspot.com/2020/07/updates-for-vkdmr-network.html

recent changes are :
TG 53 UA dynamic for repeater to repeater contacts
TG30 for JOTA
3801 to 3808 changes links to BM TG's versus state based VKDMR repeater
linking
and some UA changes

VKDMR Network Talk GroupsNote : UA = User Activated, WW = WorldWide, >
= linked1 : WW worldwide call TS15 : VK net channel TS1 for nets and
broadcasts8 : State linked regional repeaters TS19 : local TS113 : WW
English TS130 : JOTA TS153 : VK rptr -rptr UA (dynamic) TS1113 : UA
TS1123 : UA TS1133 : USA call TS1143 : UK call TS1153 : South Pacific
TS1505 : VK call channel (repeaters and hotspots) TS23800 : all VK
repeaters TS2 3801 : VK1 Rptrs TS2 > BM 5051, UA State VKDMR rptrs
TS13802 : VK2 Rptrs TS2 > BM 5052, UA State VKDMR rptrs TS13803 : VK3
Rptrs TS2 > BM 5053, UA State VKDMR rptrs TS13804 : VK4 Rptrs TS2 >
BM 5054, UA State VKDMR rptrs TS13805 : VK5 Rptrs TS2 > BM 5055, UA
State VKDMR rptrs TS13806 : VK6 Rptrs TS2 > BM 5056, UA State VKDMR
rptrs TS13807 : VK7 Rptrs TS2 > BM 5057, UA State VKDMR rptrs TS13808 :
VK8 Rptrs TS2 > BM 5058, UA State VKDMR rptrs TS1
3809 : Regional rptrs UA TS1 > BM 50593810 : WICEN Regional rptrs UA
TS19990 : Echo Test TS1 for hotspots, TS2 for RF to repeaters
Most are STATIC TG’s, now some dynamic TG’s
Deprecated TG’s :2 : Oceania9 : DMR+ TS291 : WW 91100: Tech talk4400 : UK
link4401 : UK link
VKDMR web pages https://vkdmr.com/VKDMR Dashboard - Repeaters
http://rpt.vkdmr.com/VKDMR Dashboard - Hotspots http://hot.vkdmr.com/#