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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> GCARES [mailto:gcares-bounces@bellbrookarc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ruminski, Henry J.<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 9, 2019 2:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> gcares@bellbrookarc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Gcares] New repeater in our area<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Greene County now has a DMR repeater thanks to Tim Procuniar, N8NQH, with help from John Westerkamp, W8LRJ, and Roger Parrett, NQ8RP. Rather than duplicate information, I recommend that you read the forwarded message from Tim below. Then go </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>to Tim’s web </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>site <a href="http://www.tim-yvonne.com/ham/">http://www.tim-yvonne.com/ham/</a> and read the DMR information. It is clear and to the point. If you have questions about selecting a radio or codeplugs for your radio contact John at <a href="mailto:westerkampj@gmail.com">westerkampj@gmail.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Though not active yet, Greene County ARES, West Central Ohio District 3 ARES, BARC and XWARN will have groups reserved for their respective </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>members. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A local DMR net will be help at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays on Group 9. I successfully checked </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>into the Ohio ARES statewide DMR net </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>on Wednesday and was impressed. After sitting around for a year, my DMR radio is finally getting some use.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks again to Tim for providing the equipment, John for his programming work and Roger whose enthusiasm for DMR as an EmComm tool, started the whole process.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Henry</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Henry Ruminski W8HJR<br>Emergency Coordinator<br>Greene County ARES<br><a href="mailto:w8hjr@arrl.net">w8hjr@arrl.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-------- Forwarded Message -------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[BARC Reflector] new repeater in our area<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sat, 9 Feb 2019 10:26:09 -0500<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:tim-yvonne@juno.com">tim-yvonne@juno.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:barc@bellbrookarc.org">barc@bellbrookarc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>I have swapped-out my 444.875 analog repeater hardware with a DMR digital<br>repeater. DMR is just another choice for digital ham operation, like D-Star and<br>Fusion. Where DMR differs from those other two is that DMR is a<br>worldwide standard, and not mfgr specific. As an added bonus, DMR<br>(operating Tier 2, which my new repeater is) allows two independent conversations to occur simultaneously; kinda like two repeaters in one package!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This new DMR repeater uses the same frequencies, tower, & antenna as my<br>previous analog repeater. For awhile, this DMR repeater will be operated<br>in the "mixed" mode, meaning it will operate in analog or digital; it<br>auto-selects based on what it is receiving at the moment. Eventually the<br>repeater will be reconfigured to digital only.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also, like IRLP, AllStar, and EchoLink... DMR repeaters can be networked<br>together; which my repeater is connected to the Brandmeister network. You can talk locally only, or anywhere in the world that another DMR repeater is connected.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Due to DMR being a worldwide digital standard there are many many<br>choices of radios available; anywhere from a single band DMR handheld<br>($89)... to multiband (starting in the low $200).<br>Info here on my web page: <a href="http://www.tim-yvonne.com/ham/">http://www.tim-yvonne.com/ham/</a><br><br>To get you on the air quickly, already configured program files<br>"codeplugs" are being placed on my website for download.; look for your<br>specific model of radio on the list.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This could not have happened without the help of John Westerkamp and Roger Parrett.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tim Procuniar<br>N8NQH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></body></html>