HamRadioConcepts I can print them for you without any cost up front. No need to buy in bulk. We print when orders come in. Orders shipped within 24hrs. Please call me or email me at info@allsportsetc.com 972-722-2322 to find out more. We can help!
Gotta Say Eric, I so appreciate your tireless devotion to the hobby! Because of you, Josh, the other Josh, and Bob, I dove right in, bought myself a JumboSpot and an Anytone AT878 Plus, set everything up (building a code plug and all) and started working contacts all over the place. It was simple and easy, and that was because of all your hard work. I really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much!!!
I can't thank you enough for this video. I picked up a JumboSpot on Amazon and followed your setup video and was on air right away. The setup was so easy to follow and I've been having a great time with it. I don't have a DSTAR repeater close enough to me to hit so this is awesome! Thank's again!
Thanks! I just set up a generic D-Star hotspot by following your instructions. It worked very well. Within a little while I was talking to hams in Korea, Ireland, and England from NYC. Great Job!
I'm sure that this video was a great help for folks who are already familiar to setting up hot spots. Myself just a newbe , I'm left standing on the ground while your at 20,000 ft.. The links that you suggested cam up blanks. Thanks anyway and 73, Doug
Wow what a crystal clear explanation. I'm just getting into this bought a DMR radio and just ordered a hotspot , I'm sort of lost I bought a Antenna + Al Case + OLED+ MMDVM hotspot Support P25 DMR YSF for raspberry pi . I already have a raspberry pi so I'm sure if the one I bought will have to fit on top of it
Oh, just a "no biggy" comment here but if you click "apply changes" other than at the very bottom of the dialog box whose content you just changed, the changes will still take affect. Great videos!
I just set my Raspberry Pi up from scratch yesterday to run Pi-Star, it is not that difficult, did find an issue with WiFi running WEP (I have an old media player in the house). Using WPA was far easier. Today another Raspberry Pi arrived in the post and that took very little time to set up. I only found your video subsequent to setting mine up but it is nevertheless helpful.
This is a good starter video to show what this unit can and can't do. I will be putting mine together in my own little package. I'm going to leave out the display and probably add a battery. I was fiddling with the idea of giving it a modem as well. It would be interesting to slap a SIM card in and go. There are lot's of possibilities with such a modular system. Already owning the RPI the total cost of ownership is pretty low. It's too bad it can't cross encode like the big boys can.
435.5 is in the middle of the AMSAT uplink band for satellites. I was hearing a ton of noise one this morning and realized that the INTERFERANCE was these hotspots. Could you please go above 436?
@@JosephTrezza Best to use the range between 445-447mhz. Those are simplex frequencies. Stay away from 446.000 though because that is the calling frequency.
I have found lots on TH-cam about the Jumbo spot end of this and definitely helped to get it working ... little on the RADIO side of things and how to set up there. I know that the RADIO settings for DStar using the Jumbo spot are different than for the DV Mega - offset and call routing entries - How should the DMR units be set up... as simple as the freq and color code or other subtle settings required.
good video. I haven't even got my radio in the mail yet and just ordered a hot spot because of your video. I have more confidence that I will get the hot spot programed before the radio.
Thanks for a really great video. The info was layed out clearly and explained well. This helped me get my hotspot going quick and easy. I was listening to a net on dmr and making contacts right away.
Excellent tutorial, however, it's a shame you decided to use a frequency within the satellite band plan more so for one of the active FM satellites AO-92 which is experiencing a large amount of uplink interference from DSTAR/DMR etc on this frequency. I believe the latest MMDVM firmware does have a limitation in place now, but not all users upgrade. Perhaps the video could be corrected to use a frequency somewhere more appropriate.
I just ordered one I have a zumspot elite 3.5. I just wanted other one to play with. I use fusion. I may have both set up and run two nodes. All I have to to do is change frequency.
I recently have a simplex Jumbo spot. I wanted to know these two things: 1) If calibration is required, for lower BER, to work with Wires-X Fusion 2) If calibration is required to work the DMR in Wires-X I use, Yaesu ft-2d. Thanks in advance for your help and any other information. '73!
What confuses me most about digital is which format makes the most sense- this video is informative, but it's now about 2yrs old. Have you done an update to this world of digital lately? Thanks!
Do you just need to drag and drop the WiFi builder file to the SD card? Or do you need to do anything fancy to flash it to the card or put it in any particular folder?
With the release of Pi-Star 3.4.11, it now has a Auto AP Feature/Mode (default is on as you even show in the configuration), so you no longer need to run the WiFi Builder. Give it about 2-5 minutes after initial power up, you will then see a WiFi SSID saying something like "PiStar" or "Pi-Star".
Please note, you can't turn off Duplex when setting up a new memory for your Hotspot. If you do, the set will skip the entry and you will not be able to use the Hotspot. Leave duplex turned on and set Offset to 000.000. The set will now see the Hotspot entry and not Skip it.
Check out the Nextion Screens, you can make this little thing work very well. I have this same one for my car with a usb battery and another large one with a rpi 3 and the nextion screen. Dont forget to set the offset, It drove me crazy when I could not connect then I saw the sticker with a 500mhz offset. Great video! 73,s
My MMDVM Pi-Star arrives tomorrow. I can't seem to find any videos on anyone using this with P25 radios. Is the only way to manage talkgroups via the web interface if I want to use a P25 radio?
Nice one Eric. You have a great presentational skill that gets the info across nice and easy (IMO). Have just bought one and got it running after a couple of days. I had an issue with the pre-programmed sd card so that the device would not boot. Solved by downloading an image from pi-star (I chose the latest generic version - v4 beta RC2), clearing the card and creating a new logical partition using EaseUS Partition Master (free), flashed the card using Etcher (free) and shazaam! best regards, Bob MM0MMQ (try that one in morse!)
Thanks for the video. It helped me to get onto my Jumbo spot. The only thing missing was that you had your dashboard on Pi-Star already set up and did not go over signing on to Pi-Star with the user name pi-star and the password raspberry. I was gong nuts trying to get to the pi-star page you were on in the video. I found the missing piece in another video. Otherwise an awesome video.
Question: I have a Jumbospot on order and is now in the country and on its way. I already have a GD-77 I will use with it. Something I am unsure of is when I want to join a talk group do I just go to the channel on my radio where I have programmed in the frequency of my jumbospot and a talk group and just for a split second key up? Even though I have had the radio about a year I have never used it in DMR because I live in a deep, narrow valley where my signals can't reach any local repeaters, so the hotspot is my only option. I just want to learn how to work it before it gets here so I can roll with it as soon as it shows up.
I have the Anytone 878 ht and the MMDVM hotspot. I followed the procedure in this video to setup the hotspot(pi-star). Also could not determine the TX/RX offsets. Documentation is very poor so I'm using 0/0 for offsets. The problem is that there is no gateway activity shown in the pi-star dashboard or local rf activity. Any ideas on what I might check first? The radio was programmed with a codeplug designed for my state(TN) which I got from the Bridgecom website. Thanks Jimmy KN4LXH
Also noticed that the left side of the dashboard on Eric's video shows Trx = Listening mine is blank. Also his dashboard shows TG31123 and mine says "No TG/No Ref" Jimmy KN4LXH
Just viewed this video, will set my hotspot as per instruction, awaiting delivery, let you know how things go. Will see if their is a Fusion specific one as well. that's my mode. 73's all
Hi Eric, excellent video. A real education. One quick question please... In adjusting the BER settings... does one adjust both the TX and RX settings together when making any change? Thanks in advance. Wm.
This seems like a hotspot for me. This model is also 2m compatible right? So I would need to use 2m band antenna, or dual band. 70cm DMR band creates interference with my PC speakers. Is the frequency entered in the hotspot an analogue or digital frequency? I guess digi, but want to make sure I do not disturb locals if it's in FM. Thnx.
I Got One. First thing I did is look at the antenna. It looked too short for UHF HAM Band, so I checked it on my Antenna analyzer and Guess what Eric, it was Way Off the Band Resonating at 560 MHz. Yes it is UHF but wont work at all with any HAM radio. So I replaced the Antenna with one that Resonate Properly on UHF HAM BAND. Specifically at FM Simplex (433-->435). So Recommendation to all, Check the Antenna Always. i'm watching your video to set up mine, it Didn't Come with any Printed instructions on paper at all, beside the one posted from the listing where I bought from, and even those instructions were incomprehensible. It didn't even light up at all, it's going back. Thanks for the Awesome Videos. 73's
@@g0fvt hello, the small LEDs inside on right side opposite to the antenna didn't light up. (It should be one green and one red).You can see them thru the slit on the cover. No power at all to the circuit board. It was a dead hotspot. I returned it back to the seller and didn't get another since. I'm mostly on local analog repeater and not so active on DMR.
@@Superzvision, ok, that makes more sense, incidentally the metal case does no favours to the wifi signal, my hotspot worked better as a mock-up before it was in the case, not a big deal, just moved it closer to the router.
just a word of advise on nxdn and p25.. make sure it is legal for AMATEUR use in your state. Seen as the sherifs dept also uses the same concept.. id recommand sticking to ham dmr ( dstar pdmr etc..) avoids your hotspot being confiscated
Tried to update flash firmware my one i got off ebay..... seems to have bricked, then found it they can be locked by the vendor is there a work around?
It appears as if you may have either skipped may parts to the process or assume we are all computer master minds. have been trying to follow video step by step. I can not get any thing to work. With all of that being stated it still gives more than most. Thank you.
So question ... if I join using my P25 Motorola's, can I then partake in the DMR talkgroups or is each mode totally independant in mode AND network/tg to each other? In regards to the talkgroups, is the talkgroup selected and locked by the the mmdvm or is it able to change tg's like dmr or p25 trunking? Where or what sets that talkgroup? What's the chances of getting 2 of these on the same frequency running at the same time on different time slots for different talkgroups? We've only just been permitted at my level to play in digital and it's about time I branch out from P25 commercial.
it wasn't nearly this easy for me. Im having issues getting mine to power on all the way. When i first got it out of the box this morning, I plugged it into my computer to power on... in about 2-3 minutes the device turned on and seem to be working fine. I found it on my computers list of available wifi list, i think i got it all set up with the pistar website. Then I unplugged it to move it closer to my radio and now it one power back on all the way. I tried unplugging it, plugging it back in and waiting, and i tried using the other port that also powers it.. with no luck. I can see the green light and red blinking light, so it's getting power but it wont turn on all the way. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I didn't realize how big of a pain this would be just to use d-star.
in the Root of the SDcard or in the Boot? Maybe many things have changed since this video because they now ask for country in that page and I dont see how to get access to the root of the SDcard using a Windows PC, I can get access to the boot partition but not the root, Anyways that conf file is not doing anything so far, I opened with notepad and the lines with the SSID and password are commented out, tried uncomenting them but still not working. Going to install a fresh image of Pistar to see what happens, maybe is the image that came from factory that is probably wrong. I just wanted to point out the root vs boot partition on PI's
Hello, question I do have this hotspot program for DMR. I want to program it for D-Star. The question is do I need a D-Star radio or can I just use my Anytone 878 handheld.
it comes fully assembled but it's not plug and play. I'm unsure on your video whether I have to connect the jumbo spot to my PC and program it that way. I don't have a PC with internet connection I only have a Wi-Fi and a tablet at my home. Will I be able to configure this with that. I did download the pi star app on Android.
I wanted to thank you so much, You really helped me setup & get things going without feeling like a idiot! Very well done and look forward to watching other video's you do. 73 & Aloha, WH6FVC.
My DMR section was very short on the firmware in the one I bought. I did an update to it, and that didn't change anything. The one thing was the +DMR section was missing. I'm not sure why since there is not reason for it to be different. Just looked ta your dashboard and compared it to mine, mine says this Pi-Star:3.4.13 / Dashboard: 20180523, Yours says 3.4.12, Dashboard 20180502. So, newer Dashboard.
Can I use my Android for the dashboard and setup since I don't have a laptop? I've been looking to get one like this on ebay.I want to do digital since I bought a new FT 70.Just so much out there I'm looking for something easy to set up and use.Love the channel!73. KD9KNN
You can get the parts to assemble this unit from Ebay for approximately $58. You just have to do a little searching is all. The MMDVM module is from China with about a 3 week ship time and the other items are US vendors. Basically this is just a "plug & play" type assembly. If you can solder PL-259 connector to coax then this is a breeze. I noticed Erik didn't reply to the person who mentioned the frequency chosen was in the satellite band plan for amateurs. The ARRL Band Chart show for Satellite only (internationally) band is: 435.00 - 438.00. Perhaps a better area would the one allocated for Mixed-mode and weak-signal work which is: 432.30 - 433.00 www.arrl.org/band-plan
Thanks for this nice video. I have set up mine hotspot, and it works excellent... but the scrolling MMDVM is not running? Any ideas why not? Appreciate any logical reply.
Yeah, I already ordered what about a month ago. Still waiting. I paid $24 for the naked kit without the box or the oled display. I wish I'd have seen this video first. I'm still holding my breath on your drawing contest
Eric if you use 1 hotspot for dmr and dstar how do you keep, say the dstar radio from picking up the digital signal when a dmr transmission comes through? This just happened to me lol
Can you use the Hot spot in full duplex, I have a Raspberry Pi and have two radios One for receive and the other for transmit. Can U set up my DMR to work as full duplex on this new device you've shown?
HeLP!!!! I accidentally hit the AP auto button (turned off) and now I can't access the jumbospot. How do I fix it? is it possible to get another micro sd card with the software on it if need be?
Please edit the video to change the freq. This freq is in the satellite band, and, for US hams, auxiliary stations are banned from this sub-band (145.8 to 146.0 and 435 to 438 MHz). Please refer to www.arrl.org/news/digital-mobile-radio-hotspots-may-be-interfering-with-satellite-uplinks-amsat-reports
QUICK QUESTION Eric - Since the Hotspot requires a formatted SD Card, wouldn't a typical Android smartphone be able to do what an SD Card Reader can do IF you delete any files & folders that Android puts on there ?? If so, I've got PLENTY of OLD SMARTPHONES !! :)
Great Video, Recently retired ham is one of my hobbies. I have DMR radios and DMR callsign number but the repeaters were too far. You answered my questions right away on what it does as far as connecting to the DMR world. I may purchase this soon now that I recently got internet. Thank You and hope you don't mind if I at some points in the future I ask more questions.KE6MIT
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Sold out of hotspots. Thanks for the quick sell out.
I'll take one. K3NE
email me. Ill process now..
I sent an email I want one!!!
HamRadioConcepts I can print them for you without any cost up front. No need to buy in bulk. We print when orders come in. Orders shipped within 24hrs. Please call me or email me at info@allsportsetc.com 972-722-2322 to find out more. We can help!
RATS - I'd have been happy to swap the cheap Chinese JumboSpot RIP-OFF I seem to have for one of yours Eric. Ohh well..... #Sigh
Gotta Say Eric, I so appreciate your tireless devotion to the hobby! Because of you, Josh, the other Josh, and Bob, I dove right in, bought myself a JumboSpot and an Anytone AT878 Plus, set everything up (building a code plug and all) and started working contacts all over the place. It was simple and easy, and that was because of all your hard work. I really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much!!!
I can't thank you enough for this video. I picked up a JumboSpot on Amazon and followed your setup video and was on air right away. The setup was so easy to follow and I've been having a great time with it. I don't have a DSTAR repeater close enough to me to hit so this is awesome! Thank's again!
Thanks! I just set up a generic D-Star hotspot by following your instructions. It worked very well. Within a little while I was talking to hams in Korea, Ireland, and England from NYC. Great Job!
I'm sure that this video was a great help for folks who are already familiar to setting up hot spots. Myself just a newbe , I'm left standing on the ground while your at 20,000 ft.. The links that you suggested cam up blanks. Thanks anyway and 73, Doug
Wow what a crystal clear explanation. I'm just getting into this bought a DMR radio and just ordered a hotspot , I'm sort of lost I bought a
Antenna + Al Case + OLED+ MMDVM hotspot Support P25 DMR YSF for raspberry pi . I already have a raspberry pi so I'm sure if the one I bought will have to fit on top of it
Oh, just a "no biggy" comment here but if you click "apply changes" other than at the very bottom of the dialog box whose content you just changed, the changes will still take affect. Great videos!
Thank you so much for this video. I don’t have DStar repeaters close and just ordered and got my jumbo spot in and it’s fantastic.
OMG! This video is a God-send. I have been searching the net of videos on the JumboSpot and almost bought one from China two days ago. I want one!
I just set my Raspberry Pi up from scratch yesterday to run Pi-Star, it is not that difficult, did find an issue with WiFi running WEP (I have an old media player in the house). Using WPA was far easier. Today another Raspberry Pi arrived in the post and that took very little time to set up. I only found your video subsequent to setting mine up but it is nevertheless helpful.
This is a good starter video to show what this unit can and can't do. I will be putting mine together in my own little package. I'm going to leave out the display and probably add a battery. I was fiddling with the idea of giving it a modem as well. It would be interesting to slap a SIM card in and go. There are lot's of possibilities with such a modular system. Already owning the RPI the total cost of ownership is pretty low. It's too bad it can't cross encode like the big boys can.
435.5 is in the middle of the AMSAT uplink band for satellites. I was hearing a ton of noise one this morning and realized that the INTERFERANCE was these hotspots. Could you please go above 436?
where do you recommend the frequency be at?
@@JosephTrezza Best to use the range between 445-447mhz. Those are simplex frequencies. Stay away from 446.000 though because that is the calling frequency.
Best to check the bandplan for your country, here in the UK one of our allocated frequency for hotspots is 434.000MHz
Can this hotspot listening to Public Safety frequency? Like NXDN and P25.
I have found lots on TH-cam about the Jumbo spot end of this and definitely helped to get it working ... little on the RADIO side of things and how to set up there. I know that the RADIO settings for DStar using the Jumbo spot are different than for the DV Mega - offset and call routing entries - How should the DMR units be set up... as simple as the freq and color code or other subtle settings required.
I know this video is a few years old but it just solved all of my problems. Thank you! KE4CMP
Does this pick up stuff that would require paid upgrades on a uniden scanner?
Excellent. I'm looking for as many options as possible to enjoy Ham radio. Thanks
good video. I haven't even got my radio in the mail yet and just ordered a hot spot because of your video. I have more confidence that I will get the hot spot programed before the radio.
Thanks for a really great video. The info was layed out clearly and explained well. This helped me get my hotspot going quick and easy. I was listening to a net on dmr and making contacts right away.
Thanks Eric, these instructions were very helpful to me to get my JumboSpot up and running quickly.
Excellent tutorial, however, it's a shame you decided to use a frequency within the satellite band plan more so for one of the active FM satellites AO-92 which is experiencing a large amount of uplink interference from DSTAR/DMR etc on this frequency.
I believe the latest MMDVM firmware does have a limitation in place now, but not all users upgrade.
Perhaps the video could be corrected to use a frequency somewhere more appropriate.
whats your recommendation on frequency?
Thank you! This video really helped me. My Radiodity Hot spot is up and running!!!!
I just ordered one I have a zumspot elite 3.5. I just wanted other one to play with. I use fusion. I may have both set up and run two nodes. All I have to to do is change frequency.
Just bought one! you mentioned some interesting point, thanks
I recently have a simplex Jumbo spot. I wanted to know these two things:
1) If calibration is required, for lower BER, to work with Wires-X Fusion
2) If calibration is required to work the DMR in Wires-X
I use, Yaesu ft-2d.
Thanks in advance for your help and any other information. '73!
What confuses me most about digital is which format makes the most sense- this video is informative, but it's now about 2yrs old. Have you done an update to this world of digital lately? Thanks!
Do you just need to drag and drop the WiFi builder file to the SD card? Or do you need to do anything fancy to flash it to the card or put it in any particular folder?
Excellent Tutorial. Thank You. It motivated me to order such device on ebay.
With the release of Pi-Star 3.4.11, it now has a Auto AP Feature/Mode (default is on as you even show in the configuration), so you no longer need to run the WiFi Builder. Give it about 2-5 minutes after initial power up, you will then see a WiFi SSID saying something like "PiStar" or "Pi-Star".
Please note, you can't turn off Duplex when setting up a new memory for your Hotspot. If you do, the set will skip the entry and you will not be able to use the Hotspot. Leave duplex turned on and set
Offset to 000.000. The set will now see the Hotspot entry and not Skip it.
Check out the Nextion Screens, you can make this little thing work very well. I have this same one for my car with a usb battery and another large one with a rpi 3 and the nextion screen. Dont forget to set the offset, It drove me crazy when I could not connect then I saw the sticker with a 500mhz offset. Great video! 73,s
Received my jumbo spot today. Straight forward setup thanks to your video. Thanks Eric. 73 de MI0HOZ.
My MMDVM Pi-Star arrives tomorrow. I can't seem to find any videos on anyone using this with P25 radios. Is the only way to manage talkgroups via the web interface if I want to use a P25 radio?
Good video on this hotspot and how it is setup
Does this work with anytone
Nice one Eric. You have a great presentational skill that gets the info across nice and easy (IMO).
Have just bought one and got it running after a couple of days. I had an issue with the pre-programmed sd card so that the device would not boot.
Solved by downloading an image from pi-star (I chose the latest generic version - v4 beta RC2), clearing the card and creating a new logical partition using EaseUS Partition Master (free), flashed the card using Etcher (free) and shazaam!
best regards,
Bob
MM0MMQ (try that one in morse!)
Thanks for the video. It helped me to get onto my Jumbo spot. The only thing missing was that you had your dashboard on Pi-Star already set up and did not go over signing on to Pi-Star with the user name pi-star and the password raspberry. I was gong nuts trying to get to the pi-star page you were on in the video. I found the missing piece in another video. Otherwise an awesome video.
Question: I have a Jumbospot on order and is now in the country and on its way. I already have a GD-77 I will use with it. Something I am unsure of is when I want to join a talk group do I just go to the channel on my radio where I have programmed in the frequency of my jumbospot and a talk group and just for a split second key up? Even though I have had the radio about a year I have never used it in DMR because I live in a deep, narrow valley where my signals can't reach any local repeaters, so the hotspot is my only option. I just want to learn how to work it before it gets here so I can roll with it as soon as it shows up.
Thanks AGAIN FOR SUCH A THOUGOUGH VIDEO
I have the Anytone 878 ht and the MMDVM hotspot. I followed the procedure in this video to setup the hotspot(pi-star).
Also could not determine the TX/RX offsets. Documentation is very poor so I'm using 0/0 for offsets. The problem is
that there is no gateway activity shown in the pi-star dashboard or local rf activity. Any ideas on what I might check first?
The radio was programmed with a codeplug designed for my state(TN) which I got from the Bridgecom website.
Thanks
Jimmy
KN4LXH
Also noticed that the left side of the dashboard on Eric's video shows Trx = Listening mine is blank. Also his dashboard shows
TG31123 and mine says "No TG/No Ref"
Jimmy
KN4LXH
Just viewed this video, will set my hotspot as per instruction, awaiting delivery, let you know how things go. Will see if their is a Fusion specific one as well. that's my mode. 73's all
Thanks, helpful video - helped me get my hotspot working in about 10 minutes!!
Hi Eric, excellent video. A real education. One quick question please... In adjusting the BER settings... does one adjust both the TX and RX settings together when making any change? Thanks in advance. Wm.
Thanks, I am ready to build one of these and this will be helpful. Ken
This seems like a hotspot for me. This model is also 2m compatible right? So I would need to use 2m band antenna, or dual band. 70cm DMR band creates interference with my PC speakers. Is the frequency entered in the hotspot an analogue or digital frequency? I guess digi, but want to make sure I do not disturb locals if it's in FM. Thnx.
excellent video...this made it easy to setup with my FT-70 THANKS
I Got One. First thing I did is look at the antenna. It looked too short for UHF HAM Band, so I checked it on my Antenna analyzer and Guess what Eric, it was Way Off the Band Resonating at
560 MHz. Yes it is UHF but wont work at all with any HAM radio. So I replaced the Antenna with one that Resonate Properly on UHF HAM BAND. Specifically at FM Simplex (433-->435).
So Recommendation to all, Check the Antenna Always. i'm watching your video to set up mine, it Didn't Come with any Printed instructions on paper at all, beside the one posted from the listing where I bought from, and even those instructions were incomprehensible. It didn't even light up at all, it's going back. Thanks for the Awesome Videos. 73's
The OLED screen will come to life once the software is running, it does not "light up" until then, perhaps I have misunderstood your post.
@@g0fvt hello, the small LEDs inside on right side opposite to the antenna didn't light up. (It should be one green and one red).You can see them thru the slit on the cover. No power at all to the circuit board. It was a dead hotspot. I returned it back to the seller and didn't get another since. I'm mostly on local analog repeater and not so active on DMR.
@@Superzvision, ok, that makes more sense, incidentally the metal case does no favours to the wifi signal, my hotspot worked better as a mock-up before it was in the case, not a big deal, just moved it closer to the router.
just a word of advise on nxdn and p25.. make sure it is legal for AMATEUR use in your state. Seen as the sherifs dept also uses the same concept.. id recommand sticking to ham dmr ( dstar pdmr etc..) avoids your hotspot being confiscated
What laws does it break?
I'm very new so this may be a very stupid question but could you plug in a outdoor antenna and let others transmit through it. Would that even work
Tried to update flash firmware my one i got off ebay..... seems to have bricked, then found it they can be locked by the vendor is there a work around?
It appears as if you may have either skipped may parts to the process or assume we are all computer master minds. have been trying to follow video step by step. I can not get any thing to work. With all of that being stated it still gives more than most. Thank you.
[sarcastic] Just watch about a dozen setup videos (and comments), sooner or later you will get all the steps and details required to get it to work.
Thanks mate, you are a champion! 73, VK3HMV.
Sorry for dumb question, can I use my FT3D with this to connect to TGIF network on DMR?
So question ... if I join using my P25 Motorola's, can I then partake in the DMR talkgroups or is each mode totally independant in mode AND network/tg to each other?
In regards to the talkgroups, is the talkgroup selected and locked by the the mmdvm or is it able to change tg's like dmr or p25 trunking? Where or what sets that talkgroup?
What's the chances of getting 2 of these on the same frequency running at the same time on different time slots for different talkgroups?
We've only just been permitted at my level to play in digital and it's about time I branch out from P25 commercial.
thank you for all your videos...bought mine today:)
it wasn't nearly this easy for me. Im having issues getting mine to power on all the way. When i first got it out of the box this morning, I plugged it into my computer to power on... in about 2-3 minutes the device turned on and seem to be working fine. I found it on my computers list of available wifi list, i think i got it all set up with the pistar website. Then I unplugged it to move it closer to my radio and now it one power back on all the way. I tried unplugging it, plugging it back in and waiting, and i tried using the other port that also powers it.. with no luck.
I can see the green light and red blinking light, so it's getting power but it wont turn on all the way. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I didn't realize how big of a pain this would be just to use d-star.
in the Root of the SDcard or in the Boot? Maybe many things have changed since this video because they now ask for country in that page and I dont see how to get access to the root of the SDcard using a Windows PC, I can get access to the boot partition but not the root, Anyways that conf file is not doing anything so far, I opened with notepad and the lines with the SSID and password are commented out, tried uncomenting them but still not working. Going to install a fresh image of Pistar to see what happens, maybe is the image that came from factory that is probably wrong. I just wanted to point out the root vs boot partition on PI's
Hello, question I do have this hotspot program for DMR. I want to program it for D-Star. The question is do I need a D-Star radio or can I just use my Anytone 878 handheld.
Need a dstar radio, I think the only unit that will cross mode from DMR to DSTAR is the openspot 4 hotspot.
Good presentation in the time slot avaiable. I am new to ho spots - cruis'n for info.
it comes fully assembled but it's not plug and play. I'm unsure on your video whether I have to connect the jumbo spot to my PC and program it that way. I don't have a PC with internet connection I only have a Wi-Fi and a tablet at my home. Will I be able to configure this with that.
I did download the pi star app on Android.
Jumbospots are great hotspots!
I wanted to thank you so much, You really helped me setup & get things going without feeling like a idiot! Very well done and look forward to watching other video's you do. 73 & Aloha, WH6FVC.
My DMR section was very short on the firmware in the one I bought. I did an update to it, and that didn't change anything. The one thing was the +DMR section was missing. I'm not sure why since there is not reason for it to be different. Just looked ta your dashboard and compared it to mine, mine says this Pi-Star:3.4.13 / Dashboard: 20180523, Yours says 3.4.12, Dashboard 20180502. So, newer Dashboard.
Thank you so much for this video!
Do you have an updated version of the hotspot to buy?
Can I use my Android for the dashboard and setup since I don't have a laptop? I've been looking to get one like this on ebay.I want to do digital since I bought a new FT 70.Just so much out there I'm looking for something easy to set up and use.Love the channel!73. KD9KNN
Can this talk simplex to a repeater, or it must work through the internet?
Do you still have remaining? Interested - zip code is 76103 in Texas, what is total price
Hey Eric will this video apply to the DVMEGA as well
But if you set the hotspot from private to public, will it need additional settings in there?
Very Good Tutorial
Awesome video!!! Thanks again sir!!
You can get the parts to assemble this unit from Ebay for approximately $58. You just have to do a little searching is all. The MMDVM module is from China with about a 3 week ship time and the other items are US vendors. Basically this is just a "plug & play" type assembly. If you can solder PL-259 connector to coax then this is a breeze. I noticed Erik didn't reply to the person who mentioned the frequency chosen was in the satellite band plan for amateurs. The ARRL Band Chart show for Satellite only (internationally) band is: 435.00 - 438.00.
Perhaps a better area would the one allocated for Mixed-mode and weak-signal work which is: 432.30 - 433.00 www.arrl.org/band-plan
I got mine today, came in an anti-static bag with a website url that gives me a page cannot be displayed and no instructions
Is it OLED3 or OLED6 for the display? There is no OLED by itself.
HOw does this compare to the Openspot 2?
I just ordered the OpenSpot 2 but this is almost half the price, so was curious about the difference/compare?
Thanks for this nice video. I have set up mine hotspot, and it works excellent... but the scrolling MMDVM is not running? Any ideas why not? Appreciate any logical reply.
Did you get a response?
I wonder if you still have some of this device. Thank you!
Outstanding video. Thanks
Yeah, I already ordered what about a month ago. Still waiting. I paid $24 for the naked kit without the box or the oled display. I wish I'd have seen this video first. I'm still holding my breath on your drawing contest
Are you able to access the talk rooms on system fusion with this hotspot?
My Jumbospot got two weeks ago requires TX/RXoffset 500 (not negative like yours), and P25=offset+500. Is it correct figure ?
Anyone else notice at the end of a transmission on YSF Fusion, the audio level will spike? I have noticed it a lot in the Americas Link room.
Would you Sir tell me what FREQUENCY should I use ? Thank You kindly for this video
Hi. Thanks for the Super Thanks you gave!!!
I used to use a simplex frequency around 434.500MHz
@@HamRadioConcepts thank you for responding it means
Much!
Eric if you use 1 hotspot for dmr and dstar how do you keep, say the dstar radio from picking up the digital signal when a dmr transmission comes through? This just happened to me lol
you turn off the modes except the one you are using. I only keep 1 mode on at a time it gets confusing when multiple modes are on
Could. you use it. listing only without a radio like police scanner
Can you use the Hot spot in full duplex, I have a Raspberry Pi and have two radios One for receive and the other for transmit. Can U set up my DMR to work as full duplex on this new device you've shown?
Great video - many thanks
Still good to get in 2023?
just purchased one so will see how it works when I get it.....i can use my cell phone hotspot to get internet to it right?
I want to use mobile
Everything on mine is working great! I was wondering how can I set this to DFW Metro only?
Really good business!
HeLP!!!! I accidentally hit the AP auto button (turned off) and now I can't access the jumbospot. How do I fix it? is it possible to get another micro sd card with the software on it if need be?
A very informative video.
Do you have any idea why a mmdvm pi-star raspberry zero have no tx and rx?
do you run dstar dmr and fusion all on the same ferq at the same time?
Ordered one of your jumbo spot on ebay
silly question, does one need to have a dmr id to use a hotspot for fusion only ?
Please edit the video to change the freq. This freq is in the satellite band, and, for US hams, auxiliary stations are banned from this sub-band (145.8 to 146.0 and 435 to 438 MHz). Please refer to www.arrl.org/news/digital-mobile-radio-hotspots-may-be-interfering-with-satellite-uplinks-amsat-reports
QUICK QUESTION Eric - Since the Hotspot requires a formatted SD Card, wouldn't a typical Android smartphone be able to do what an SD Card Reader can do IF you delete any files & folders that Android puts on there ??
If so, I've got PLENTY of OLD SMARTPHONES !! :)
Great Video, Recently retired ham is one of my hobbies. I have DMR radios and DMR callsign number but the repeaters were too far. You answered my questions right away on what it does as far as connecting to the DMR world. I may purchase this soon now that I recently got internet. Thank You and hope you don't mind if I at some points in the future I ask more questions.KE6MIT