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My Adventure Into Digital Mobile Radio – Part 1

April 16, 2019April 8, 2019 by Richard Ferguson, K3FRG

Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) is a fast growing segment of the Amateur Radio scene. This series of articles are a glimpse into my DMR adventure.  There are plenty of ‘what is DMR’ sites[1] around so we’ll skip over that part.  This chapter will focus on changing the radio mindset from analog FM to DMR.  In …

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My Adventure Into Digital Mobile Radio – Part 2

April 16, 2019April 8, 2019 by Richard Ferguson, K3FRG

This is part two of a series of articles.  Select this link for part one. Welcome back to my adventures is DMR radio.  Chapter 2 will introduce several new terms and begin painting the picture of how the concepts map together inside the Codeplug. A new diagram relationship needs to be introduced.  In Chapter 1, …

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