[WAR ] Any interest in MotoTRBO?

[The Wisconsin Association of Repeaters]

Thanks Bob and Bill for the responses. I was down on Chicago this past 
week for training and met up with a few fellow Motorola ARC members, who 
were discussing this mode. I'm on the fence whether or not to pursue it 
further, mainly since as I understand that worldwide linking would 
render the frequency digital only (and few users). Running mixed-mode 
without linking is another option with perhaps a "control base" at home 
for Time Slot 2. I guess TRBO linking is really no different than 
IRLP/Asterisk/Echolink except for the emission mask.

Most analog machines are far too quiet these days, so it's up to us 
owners to generate activity somehow. What would it take to get MotoTRBO 
listed as a coordination choice? This email thread or something more formal?

Thanks,
Tony KT9AC

On 12/03/2011 09:54 AM, The Wisconsin Association of Repeaters wrote:
> > From the W.A.R. Membership Reflector:
>
> Hi Tony and WAR Members.
>
> I've been following the national interest and growth in MotoTRBO for the
> past several years and believe that this mode has some real potential for
> select Amateur Radio applications due to all of the networking and
> interoperability development taking place.  Unfortunately, many in the
> amateur community think that MotoTRBO is a proprietary mode and don't know
> that it's actually an open European standard known as Digital Mobile Radio
> (DMR).
>
> I operate two FM repeaters, one in Wisconsin and the other in nearby Upper
> Michigan (146.700) that has wide area coverage that I plan to covert over to
> MotoTRBO.  My plan is to use this as a Lab site or learning tool because I
> have more that 15 years of known drive out data to compare TRBO against.
> Ultimately, this comparison will serve as a baseline to calibrate coverage
> programs like Radio Mobile with real world test results gathered over time
> from a TRBO system.   I expect to operate this system in mixed analog and
> digital modes.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Bill WA8WG
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Wisconsin Association of Repeaters
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:32 PM
> To: war at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [WAR ] Any interest in MotoTRBO?
>
> > From the W.A.R. Membership Reflector:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>    Just doing a quick informal poll to see if there is any interest in
> Wisconsin for MotoTRBO repeaters. I don't see the emission mode listed
> in the WAR coordination forms (7K60FXE), but know that the mode is
> growing in popularity.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony KT9AC
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