Re: DMR   
     By: Bob Seaborn to David Westphalen on Sun Nov 19 2017 01:58 pm   
      
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    >  >>                        .....Bob, VE5XEF   
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    >  > ok this may be a very dumb question but here goes... What exactly   
    >  > hotsopt for? Advantages? Used for? etc.   
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    > Simply put, it's a personal, usually run in simplex mode, repeater.    
    > you to operate in digital mode, d-star, fusion, dmr, etc, when there   
    > local repeaters available, or when you don't want to link the local    
    > elsewhere and inconvenience other local hams.   
    >    
    > For example, in Saskatoon, we have one D-STAR repeater, fully linked   
    > outside world, one fusion repeater, which is only occasionally linke   
    > DMR repeater.  In fact the nearest, and only DMR repeater in Saskatc   
    > couple of hundred miles away, well out of range.  Yet, with a hotspo   
    > full access to all three modes of digital service, which I fully mak   
    > fwiw, I have two hotspots, both use a stubby UHF antenna, approx 6"    
    > and have a TX power of approx 10mw, so they're easily used indoors,    
    > range of a few blocks.   
    >    
    > For D-STAR, try googling for dstar commander (one example), or DV4MI   
    > covers all three modes I've referred to, plus others.   
    >    
    > Most cost $100-$150 plus a Raspberry Pi, some others can cost double   
    > more, and don't require a Pi.  The DV4Mini, for exmple costs around    
    > plugs into a USB port on a Windows computer, or a Pi.   
    >    
    > Hope this helps   
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    >                        .....Bob   
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   well i guess ill look into getting one. price is a bit high though.   
      
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