[ILHam] Announce: VARA 70cm DMR repeater

[Jim Morrison]

The Valley Amateur Repeater Association, VARA, is pleased to announce
the installation of a Motorola TRBO repeater on 444.975 MHz, Color
Code-1.  The repeater runs in DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) mode, and is
internet linked.  The club invites you to check out the repeater, and
our other resources.  For club and repeater details:
http://qsl.net/vara/

For hams with prior DMR knowledge, the WR9ABQ/R repeater is linked into
the DCI and MARC networks via the C-bridge.


Further reading:

Amateur Radio Guide to Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)
John S.Burningham, W2XAB October 2014
Presented at The Dayton Hamvention last year in the DMR forum.
http://www.dmr-marc.net/media/Amateur_Radio_Guide_to_DMR.pdf

This month's ARES E-Letter has some introductory DMR information that
may be of interest.  Scroll down to the "CT-ARES DMR" section.
http://www.arrl.org/ares-el?issue=2015-03-18#toc01

The DMR-MARC Worldwide Network
http://www.dmr-marc.net

Digital Communications Interconnect
http://www.trbo.org/

DMR (MOTOTRBO) Radios
http://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/two-way-radios/mototrbo.html

At the recent VARA Show 'n Tell, club members brought these HT radios
to show off:

http://www.connectsystems.com/
http://www.connectsystems.com/products/top/radios%20CS700.htm

http://www.vertexstandard.com/lmr/Digital/
http://www.vertexstandard.com/lmr/Digital/EVX-530

Stand by for further VARA tech developments, another update is in the
works.

73, Jim n9gtm