Free DMR Guide

Speaking of DMR radios, Matt has a link to a free DMR guide he really liked:

"Last night I downloaded and read a free 28-page PDF guide called the Amateur Radio Guide to Digital Mobile Radio by John Burningham W2XABavailable on the TRBO.org website. It made everything come together for me. If you’ve been interested in getting into DMR, download this and read it tonight. Well worth the hour it took!"

TYT MD-380: Updating Firmware

TYT MD-380 firmware update process.

TYT MD-380: Purchasing and Videos

I posted about being able to hack the TYT MD-380 and pointed to my Amazon link for purchasing. I forgot that my friends at BuyTwoWayRadios.com have them as well. (Remember modifying the radios may void your warranty, so don't expect them or anyone else to replace the radio if you brick it!)

The BuyTwoWayRadios site has a couple of videos about the MD-380:

TYT MD-380: Hacked!

At Hackaday:

"Every once in a great while, a piece of radio gear catches the attention of a prolific hardware guru and is reverse engineered. A few years ago, it was the RTL-SDR, and since then, software defined radios became the next big thing. Last weekend at Shmoocon, [Travis Goodspeed] presented his reverse engineering of the Tytera MD380 digital handheld radio. The hack has since been published in PoC||GTFO 0x10 (56MB PDF, mirrored) with all the gory details that turn a $140 radio into the first hardware scanner for digital mobile radio."

You can get the MD-380 from various Amazon sellers. I first posted about this radio in May of last year with a link to a review by VA3XPR.

Undercover Boss

I've had worse bosses...

The Peyton Mannings Win

Broncos have 6 drops. Their most drops in a game in the regular season was 3. pic.twitter.com/LvwFoTCZla

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) January 17, 2016

Peyton Manning and Broncos WRs today ... pic.twitter.com/xtOdUj2nY8

— Steve Braband (@stevebraband) January 17, 2016

The Easy Way

It’s easy to spot a future programmer pic.twitter.com/dM22yBKwgI

— Bertrand Fan (@bertrandom) January 15, 2016

Amazon Prime is $73

You can get a year of Amazon Prime for $73 this week-end.

Complex, No Common Names with 50+ Characters

"Choose password" > 123bob "Password must not contain common names & must be complex with at least 50 characters" > gameofthrones "OK"

— Terry F (@daemonic3) June 4, 2014

Grant

I went down a rabbit hole for no real reason, but stumbled across this document [PDF] about neighborhood grants available in Knoxville. The reason I found it interesting is that the awards could be used for ham radio training. Under project examples, the text reads:

Crime and Public Safety
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Projects which reduce crime and increase public safety, such as establishment of a neighborhood watch program; creative alley lighting; National Night Out activities; and crime prevention, fire safety and emergency preparedness programs (including First Aid, CPR and Ham Radio training)

The grant process is competitive, so I suspect that ham radio training might not be as compelling to some as a park or program to benefit seniors or children.