Fred C (W6BSD)
Most people managing a repeater or using a Pi-Star open-spot at home want to automate the connection to a specific reflector to ensure they don't miss a net. To automate that task, they look online, and the internet tells them to insert a line in the file /etc/crontab to tell the Pi-Star to link...
Fred C (W6BSD)
In my last article, I wrote about working DMR+ using the DMRGateway module of your Pi-Star hotspot. In this article, I'm going to explain how to use the same DMRGateway module to talk to D-Star networks using your DMR radio. What is cross-mode? When you talk on digital radio, the radio encodes the...
Fred C (W6BSD)
When it comes to DMR, especially in North America, people think of BrandMeister. There is another network of interconnected repeaters and talk-groups called DMR+. Pi-Star hotspot DMR+ was the first network that developed tools to interconnect ETSI Tier 2 DMR repeaters. It started in Europe and has...
Fred C (W6BSD)
Yaesu FT-70D The Pi-Star has the capability of working across digital modes. This means you can use a C4FM1 (YSF) radio to talk on DMR and vice-versa. You can find the complete list of cross mode capabilities on your Pi-Star configuration page. In this post, I am going to focus on YSF to DMR...