Brandmeister DMR Nets

NETS ON BRANDMEISTER / NETWORKS ON BRANDMEISTER

NET / NETWORK TG DAY / DAY TIME / HOUR TIME ZONE / ZONE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE
*************** ******* ****** Sunday Sunday ************************** **
420hamradio.network 302,024 Sunday 11:30 am EDT / EST Amateur Radio Newsline IN
SPARC 302,341 Sunday 7:00 p.m. EDT / EST Check in net / Ragchew IN
Tech Talk NET 310 (TAC 310) Sunday 8:00 p.m. EDT / EST Technical discussions, questions & answers IN
Trans Canada NET 302 Sunday 9:00 p.m. EDT / EST Participation coast to coast across Canada IN
**************** ******* ****** Monday Monday ************************** **
Monday Evening Network 302 2 Monday 7:00 p.m. EDT / EST DMR FR
420hamradio.network 302,024 Monday 7:30 p.m. EDT / EST Ragchew IN
*************** ******* ****** Tuesday Tuesday ************************* **
Occasional Evening Tuesday Network 302 2 Tuesday 7:30 p.m. EDT / EST Occasional technique FR
420hamradio.network 302,024 Monday 7:30 p.m. EDT / EST Ragchew IN
Tuesday Evening Network Mauricie 302,245 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. EDT / EST Participation FR
VE3ORF / 3730 net 302 36 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. EDT / EST Check In IN
************* ******* ****** Wednesday Wednesday ************************* **
420hamradio.network 302,024 Wednesday 7:30 p.m. EDT / EST Ragchew IN
*************** ******* ****** Thursday Thursday ************************* **
420hamradio.network 302,024 Thursday 7:30 p.m. EDT / EST Ragchew IN
*************** ******* ****** Friday Friday ************************* **
420hamradio.network 302,024 Friday 7:30 p.m. EDT / EST Ragchew IN
Can-Net 302,050 Friday 9:00 p.m. EDT / EST DMR IN
*************** ******* ****** Saturday Saturday ************************* **
World Wide NET 91 Saturday 11:00 EDT / EST World Wide NET IN
World Wide YL only 955 Saturday 3:00 p.m. UTC World wide IN

Talkgroup Changes

A few weeks ago the Brandmeister admins got together and have changed a few talkgroups around.

 

3026 which we know as Canada English is now Alberta

3027 which we know as Canada French is now British Colombia

 

previously 30261 and 30271 were used for those provinces, these provinces deserved a talkgroup like the rest of the provinces. all canada English traffic should move to 302 and all provincial traffic for Alberta and British Columbia should move to 3026 and 3027.

as with all other provincial talkgroups i will move them to Time Slot 2 on VO1UHF as soon as transitions have been made completely.

 

 

VO1UHF Static Talkgroups Update NOV 2019

 

TG302( slot 1) Canada
TG3020(slot 1) Newfoundland & PEI
TG3021(slot 2) Nova Scotia
TG3024(slot 2) Manitoba
TG3025(slot 2) Saskatchewan
TG3026(slot 1) Alberta  , This TG use to be Canada English , it is now Alberta*
TG3027(slot 2) British Colombia, This TG use to be Canada French, it is now BC
TG3028(slot 2) Northern Canada
TG3029(slot 2) New Brunswick

TG302050 (slot 1) –   Freestar Cross  ( XRF005B | YSF 306010 | XLX416G )

TG302310 (slot 1) –  Canada Cross Link ( NXDN TG 302 | BM302310 | XLX302 C | P25 TG 302)

TG302024 (slot 1) – The 420 Ham Radio Network

*3026 will be moved to Time slot 2 eventually.

VO1UHF & VO1TZ Back On Air

This morning myself and VO1OE put VO1UHF and VO1TZ back on the air.

VO1TZ use to be a D-Star stack of VHF,UHF and 1.2Ghz radios. These radios have been removed and stored.

VO1UHF has been put in place of VO1TZ UHF on 443.400+ and is now DMR and DSTAR

VO1TZ VHF 145.090+ ( 100hz RX Tone )has been replaced by a DR-1X and is now C4FM and Analogue.

We also upgraded the modem on site ( Thanks to Don a bell tech here in the City that managed to get us up and running without having the headache of tech support)

The coverage area of VO1UHF extends from RCAF road in St. John’s to Paradise and Mount Pearl.

The Coverage area of VO1TZ favours the West end of the city and drops off at Allendale road in St. John’s.

Eventually VO1TZ will have the Wires-X node attached to it for linking, however right now it is local only.

If you have a motorola radio that needs reprogramming please contact me.

 

VO1UHF 443.600 +   

DMR Colour Code 5

Dstar VO1UHF B  / VO1UHF G

 

VO1TZ 145.090 +

Analogue ( 100hz RX tone)

C4FM  No DSQ

 

Here is a listing of how the talkgroups have been set to static on VO1UHF  talkgroup(slot)

TG302(1) Canada
TG3020(1) Newfoundlnad
TG3021(2) Nova Scotia
TG3024(2) Manitoba
TG3025(2) Saskachewan
TG3026(1) Alberta ( Ex Canada English)
TG3027(2) British Colombia ( Ex Canada French)
TG3028(2) Northern Canada
TG3029(2) New Brunswick
TG30261(2) Old Alberta
TG30271(2) Old British Colombia

20190829_114830

 

Repeater update

Just an update on the VO1UHF multimode repeater.

i have disabled the Wires-X due to limitations of my location and the loss of the node computer (again) so i have gone ahead and turn on the YSF and FCS network ( will explain connection below)

the D-Star has not been used so i have turned that off to save some resources.

the DMR side has not changed.

in order to use YSF or FCS you connect using your DX command as was done before.

another way to do this is via DTMF commands for FCS. for example America Link is FCS002-90 so the DTMF command would be A290 ( A{FCS host number}{FCS Room number})

FCS 002 room listing is below . these would be DTMF  A2** with ** being the room code.

http://fcs002.xreflector.net/

here are the connections for FCS 001  these would be DTMF A1**

http://fcs001.xreflector.net/

FCS003 and FCS004 these would be A3** and A4** respectively.

http://laboenligne.ca/fcs003/

http://fcs004.xreflector.net/

 

 

Antenna importance

There have been some issues with the wires-x node connecting VO1UHF to the network,. I have tried several things to maintain stability in the link between the radio and the repeater. Late last evening something popped into my head, something that should have been #1 on my list of things to check…. Impedance of the antenna. I had an SWR of 3:1. Considering my employment I will admit my embarrassment. After I attacked the antenna with a pair of linesmen pliers I have got the match correct and hopefully the link is stable enough to use. Always check your antennas folks!!!

Updates to Brandmeister

I received an email this afternoon from Ben who is the main administrator for the Brandmeister server Canada.  There have been some updates to things like talkgroups and the wiki for the server.  Newfoundland is assigned the talkgroup 3020  so we will slowly move from talkgroup 302002 as our local talkgroup to 3020.

 

Commands (private call) 

 

TalkGroup Appel privé / private call Description
9 4000 Disconnect (reflector mode)
9 5000 Repeater state
9 9990 (Time Slot 2) Microphone test (parrot) / Test microphone

TAC (TACTILE) BM 

On TAC TG’s PTT activated stays active 15 min after last PTT

 

TalkGroup BM TalkGroup DMRQ Description
302 20 320 (TAC) Tacticle Group with DMRQ
302 21 321 (TAC) Tacticle Group with DMRQ
302 22 322 (TAC) Tacticle Group with DMRQ
302 24 Quebec Hotspot

SOME TALK GROUPS ON BM / QUELQUES TG SUR BM

 

TalkGroup TS 1 Reflector / Réflecteur TS 2 Description
302 Canada call TG (pse QSY) /
302 0 New Foundland & Prince Edward Island /
302 1 Nova Scotia /
937 4837 Room BM937 Wires-X French International Gateway (recorded)
302 2 4322 Canada French BM/DMRQ TG3022 / Canada
302 3 CE Ontario crosslink YSF /
302 4 CE Manitoba /
302 5 Saskatchewan /
302 205 CF Linked to YSF CF.FR / BM & DMRQ TG3050
302 232 CF SAGUENAY
302 299 CF QUEBEC EXPERIMENTAL
302 6 4326 Canada wide english linked to DMRQ TG3026 / Also linked to Canada Link on Wires-X and FCS002-17
302 7 4327 Canada French linked to DMRQ TG3027
302 50 CF Les Mémèreux Mauriciens
302 55 Canadian Military Veterans /
302 60 CF Canadian Truckers /
302 61 Alberta / Alberta
302 65 CF Quebec Nautical /
302 70 Canada Police Officers
302 71 British Colombia
302 75 CF Quebec Air Flight
302 8 Nunavut, Yukon & NWT
302 80 Canadian Aboriginals
302 85 Hitch Hiking Canada
302 9 New Brunswick