Lexington Kentucky Digital Voice Modes
Amateur Radio in Lexington, Kentucky
About
We are Lexington Kentucky Digital Voice Modes (LKDVM). LKDVM exists for the advancement of skills in the technical and communication phases of radio.
We have D-STAR, DMR, NXDN, P25, YAESU SYSTEM FUSION, and M17 open reflectors available to serve Lexington, KY and hams around the world. Here rag-chewing is fine. Just remember to be polite to one another.
Stand-alone:
C4FM: FCS004 78 & YCS311 DG-ID#: 20
DMR: TGIF Talk Group 3120
NXDN: 3120
P25: TG 3120
M17: M17-ESP L & M17-M17-L
DMR BrandMeister: TG 93120
Link/Bridge C4FM & DMR:
Reflector C4FM YSF 31200 US-LKDVM link to DMR CENTRAL DST ID: 3120 LKDVM link to SYSTEM X TG 3120 link to DMR+ TG 3120 link to YSF WORLDLINK DG-ID: 31 LKDVM (C4FM cross DMR / DMR cross C4FM).
XLX Multiprotocol Reflector: xlx067 L
In 21st century, hams no longer need to buy the biggest and most expensive antennas to talk to each other. We can now have our own personal micro repeaters in the shack or in the truck with a digital Handheld and make QSO with other hams without any issue at all.
Some example of hotspots are: OpenSPOT4 PRO, ZUMspot Elite 3.5, NEX-GEN CUSTOM HOT SPOTS, TGIF Spot, SkyBridge Hotspot, and JumboSPOT.
Don't forget, we can build our own hotspots.
REGISTRATION
DMR You will need a DMR ID/Radio ID to be able to use the DMR network, go to https://www.radioid.net/account/register#! to register and obtain one. Make sure you have a digital copy of your original amateur radio license ready.
D-STAR Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio
Before you can use D-STAR (DPLUS REF093), you must register. Visit: https://regist.dstargateway.org/Dstar.do for the registration. But wait, before you register, check to see if you are not already registered for D-STAR, visit the following page and search your call sign https://wb1gof.dstargateway.org/cgi-bin/dstar-regcheck
To see a video on how to register on a D-STAR Gateway, click: https://regist.dstargateway.org/instructions/howto/register
To see a video on how to “Adding Terminals” click: https://regist.dstargateway.org/instructions/howto/terminals
NO EXCUSES
So, now we have no more excuses. All we need to do is:
Choose a clear ham radio simplex frequency, put our hotspots on one of the Lexington Kentucky's Digital Voice Modes, and Push the PTT button of the radio to talk to another ham.
A YouTube video on the OpenSPOT3: Click here to watch.
Another one is aboutJumboSPOT.
Feel at ease and rag-chewing on ...
Please share LKDVM.
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