I can report that the ZS1I DMR Bridge is working great and that the log reflected many stations using the system. Herewith an extract of the log of some of the active stations. The following changes were made to enhance the system:
- The Echolink connection ZS1I-R was removed from the ZS1I DMR Bridge. The reasons being that connecting to the bridge to the GRHub Network would result in either a non connection periodically from Echolink or AllStar. There is already an Echolink connection on the GRHub ZS1I-L and a duplication only result in unnecessary wasting of resources and connecting clashes. No this does not mean that Echolink users will not be able to use the DMR Bridge. See next bullet.
- Echolink users that would like to use the DMR Bridge must first look at the scheduled times when the Bridge will be active and linked to the GRHub Network. The bridge will be active during times of none activity on the GRHub Network More details available HERE.
- The DMR Bridge will be linked the the South Africa DMR TG 655 on Tuesday evenings at 19h15 SAST for the weekly ZA DMR Net. Echolink users can connect to ZS1I-L and AllStar users to 49355. The ARRL weekly bulletin has been moved from a Tuesday to a Thursday evening at 19h30 on the GRHub Network to accommodate DMR activity on TG 655.
- After the changes I made contact with Doug ZS1DUG via the DMR Bridge. He is currently visiting Prins Albert. TX and RX audio was good. Thanks, Doug for the contact and reports.
- Question: How will I know if the DMR Bridge is active? One by listening via the Echolink ZS1I-L or on Allstar node 49355. You can also visit the ZS1I DMR Bridge page or the 49355 AllStar Portal HERE. It will be listed as 46765 ZS1I DMR Bridge Network, Mossel Bay.
Enough for now.
Give DMR a try by using the ZS1I DMR Bridge! You might just work a very rare callsign / country!
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