Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

At one time, the only way we could talk across the world by amateur radio was by HF contacts. Things are changing.   These days, there are m...

Some months ago, I found a way of accessing the worldwide DMR network from an Android phone. This needed no dongles, DMR phone, or hotspots....

Many people have no DMR radios, but have Android phones. This was the case with me. I had a network radio that was hardly used.  I found an ...

Last evening, I went on DMR briefly. As I have no DMR gear, I used my Android network radio with an app called Droidstar. With this, access ...

Monitoring DMR on my Android phone with Droidstar, it sounds like a repeater.  At the moment a Welsh station is chatting with a station in A...

As I have no DMR gear I use my Android handheld network radio and an app called Droidstar to access the DMR network as the photo shows. With...

My network radio has been put to good use as a DMR radio. My grandson is amazed that with something so small I can talk to stations across t...

As readers will be aware, last night I got the time of the CDARC DMR net wrong. Although I know the rig works having had a couple of QSOs on...

It is surprising how well DMR works. I am monitoring TG91 on my network Android handheld T320 using Droidstar. As yet, I am a novice and the...

 My very first DMR QSO!! This morning I worked M7SNS near Leeds on BG-2341 TG91.  All seems to be well.  As I have no DMR gear, I am using ...

At the moment, I am trying to get going on DMR. Although without a DMR radio or hot-spot, access DMR should be possible via my Android phone...

"Each to their own", as they say. These days, the boundaries are blurred and it is a long time since working DX meant HF bands and...

One part of our hobby that I have never explored is DMR. There are some dual band portables on the amateur market that cover 2m and 70cm w...