Brandmeister, Reflectors, and DMR+

OK, so I get my MD-380 and a JumboSpot sitting on a PiZero. I connect to BM_United_States_3101 and I am rocking it! Then, a friend ask me if I can help him program his radio. The no-good-deed-goes-unpunished spiral starts when I say "Sure"!

Rather than giving me a list of talkgroups that he wanted to have programed in, he said he needed '4401, 4402, and 4403' along with a repeater. So I go snooping and realize that these are reflectors. I set up a TS2-TG9 channel, connect to REF4401 and pretty soon hear nothing. Well, it turns out that reflectors are not longer supported by the BM_United_States servers.

I read some more on reflectors and run across this DMR+ network. Seems like a good sort of folks, so I change my DMR Master to DMR+_IPSC2-NewYork. And again, I hear nothing! Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be a website that can even confirm that I am connecting to a talkgroup or reflector. By all indications, I am connecting to TG133 on DMR+ but I have not heard anything, nor have I had any replies.

Am I completely missing something, or reflectors pretty much not a thing anymore?



Answer :

Reflectors are not a thing on BM, but they are definitely a thing on DMR+. In North America, it looks like DMR-MARC is partnered with DMR+ in Europe to make it all work.

Information at the link, happy hunting!
http://dmr-marc.net/FAQ/dmrplus-america.html



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