ARRL CHIRP Webinar

ARRL to Host CHIRP Radio Programming Webinar:

ARRL will host a CHIRP Radio Programming webinar on Wednesday, October 19, at 8 PM ET (0000 UTC on Thursday, October 20, in US time zones). This presentation will offer a brief overview of the free, open-source CHIRP software, which can be used to program most radios. 

Attendees will learn: What CHIRP is, which radios are supported, how to get CHIRP, and how to troubleshoot CHIRP. Presenter James Lee, N1DDK, became active in CHIRP development for the initial TYT9800 driver. He is a hardware development engineer for Qualcomm.

Purgatory

Methodists make up for our lack of purgatory with an abundance of committees and extended meetings.

— THE Fake UMC Bishop (@fakeUMCbishop) September 16, 2016

Baofeng DM-5R: Radioddity Responds to Questions

Radioddity posts a response to some of the questions about the DM-5R and it's DMR capabilities:

Rumor 1: The BaoFeng DM-5R is not compatible with MOTOTRBO TIER 2.
FALSE. While the BaoFeng DM-5R comes out of the box only supporting Tier 1, it can be easily upgraded to support Tier 2 online. The upgrade will be available at Radioddity.com as well as BaoFeng’s official website (under construction). This upgrade costs less than $10.

Rumor 2: The BaoFeng DM-5R is a dPMR, not a DMR.
FALSE. The standards for a DMR are as follows:
TS 102 361-1: Air interface protocol
TS 102 361-2: Voice and generic services and facilities
TS 102 361-3: Data protocol
TS 102 361-4: Trunking protocol
The DM-5R meets each of the ETSI Standards listed above. A true DMR, not a dPMR.

Rumor 3: The BaoFeng DM-5R is not FCC or IC certified.
FALSE. The BaoFeng DM-5R has met FCC and IC standards in its testing. The documents may not be visible online, as it takes about 4 weeks for the documents to be available.

They still don't give specifics on how to get Tier II - only mentioning the $10 upgrade.

Caliber Debate is Over

Clearly, the 9mm doesn't penetrate sufficiently.

Via SaysUncle

28 Websites

The North Korea internet only as 28 sites, so maybe you could really surf to the end of the internet there.

DV4Home Reddit Post

I've posted about the DV4Mobile, but this reddit thread about the DV4Home and Wireless Holdings gives me pause.

Baofeng DM-5R: Manuals and Software

Radiodiddity has posted the manual and software for the DM-5R. I hope some of our DMR experts will pour over them and report back anything interesting.

Manual direct link (PDF)
Programming software direct link (RAR)

Software Password: 123456

Boafeng DM-5R: Tier II Support

Radioddity has updated the DM-5R listing with this cryptic note about Tier II support:

"Support DMR repeater function (DMR Tier I; support Tier II if upgraded with less than $10)"

Thanks to Don for pointing out the update.

Baofeng Tech UV-5X3: Display Sync

A nice little feature of the UV-5X3 tri-bander (Amazon $64.89):

End Times

Fact.

@ChrchCurmudgeon @john_starke I firmly believe that were are closer to the end times now than we have ever been before in history.

— Vasili1097 (@vasili1097) September 13, 2016