Codeplug hassle
A fellow ham had asked me whether I could program a couple of Motorola MTM700 tetra radios for him. To do so I could use my home made programmer. And…
Double the value of an Inrico!
Some time ago the Inrico ‘network radios’ saw the light, together with similar device by exotic brands. The units look similar to portable or mobile transceivers, but that’s also the…
Faulty Cleartone CM5000
Already quite some time Ive had a Cleartone CM5000 in my shack, waiting for some further investigation. The radio was sent to me by an OM because the radio showed…
DMR thoughts
‘Do you quit DMR?’ This question was sent to my by mail about half an hour after I’d put my Hytera handheld for sale on a second hand website. ‘Did…
Motorola MTM800: what’s in a name?
When involved with tetra radios by Motorola you’ll unavoidably meet the MTM800. In it’s first appearance this radio looks like an analog Motorola GM380: rounded edges and a monochrome display.…
SMS functions via DMR
The Brandmeister network has some functions to request information via SMS messages. To access these functions specific keywords are to be sent to DMR ID 262993. Then the system responds…
DAPNET POCSAG Transmitter
Since some time the dutch POCSAG transmitters have been linked to the german DAPNET, Decentralized Amateur Paging Network. This network has been developed and rolled out as an initiative of…
First 2m simplex QSO from the KWA tunnel
On Friday February 10th. 2017 probably the first QSO took place from the King Willem Alexander tunnel in Maastricht. While driving into the tunnel I’ve had a QSO with Pascal…
New frequency for Echolink node
For some reasons it was necessary to change the frequency of the Tetra Echolink node. As of today the node can be reached via 430.9250 MHz. All other parameters have…
Tetra ‘fleetmap’
Just like for instance DMR Tetra uses different parameters to determine the hierarchy in the network. Of course these parameters have to be programmed in each radio to make sure…