Every Thursday, the Portland Amateur Radio Club (PARC) organizes a series of conferences called Beginning Ham Radio. These conferences aim to teach new hams all the aspects that ham radio has to offer. This week, the club invited me to talk about the latest and popular Digital Voice modes. The …
The Pi-Star has the capability of working across digital modes. This means you can use a C4FM (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.
The FT-70D is a great little radio that I always recommend for new hams as well as for experienced hams who want to try digital voice. It is simple to use and well priced for the quality and performance you get.
To work simplex with your DMR or C4FM radio please do not use the FM analog national call frequencies 2m (146.520 MHz) or 70cm (446.000 MHz). Do not use these frequencies for any digital work. Below are the recommended simplex frequencies to be used with DMR in the …