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Hello all,  Scott (WØSJE) and I are playing around with DMR and hotspot stuff a bit.  We were able to do a private call between ourselves yesterday by creating each other as a digital contact in our radios.  Then, you just go back in to view that contact and press the PTT and call them just like you would on an analog radio. This is pretty cool, but it is only a 1-1, two radio conversation.  I am working on getting us an actual talkgroup so that we can have multiple participants in a QSO.  According to the Brandmeister page, how you do that is just to find one that is not in use and start using it.  They want you to use it for a couple of months before formally requesting it, in order to ensure that it's free and unused, and then you apply for it and they will name it.   As it stands now, I am using Brandmeister TG 31415 (yes, that's the first 5 digits of pi, and yes I am that much of a nerd), and if it's open, we would ask BM to name it WØNED.  So I have created that TG in

  REMINDER: Please join us via zoom tonight at 7:00 PM for the IPRC  monthly   club meeting.  We will be discussing the upcoming field day event, and the prospect of returning to in person meetings in the near future.   Hope to see you all there!  

  Hey all, Just a reminder that there is a fox (hidden transmitter) hunt coming up this weekend on Sunday.  This one will be a lot closer to our area than the previous ones have been, and that may not happen again for a while, so please consider participating.  The basic information is below, and all hams of any license or skill level are welcome to join in, as are non-licensed ham enthusiasts.  Please reach out to me if you would like more info.   Date: Sunday May 16th Time: 9:00am Frequency: 146.565 MHz Boundaries: North boundary: A straight line East/West on South Boulder Road West boundary: follows 93 South boundary: A straight line East/West on 58th Ave. East boundary: I-25  Also, as some of you already know, we have decided not to hold the IPRC 2021 Summer Field Day event at the Rock Lake area at the Bar K Ranch as previously planned.  The Bar K Association changed their minds at the last moment and decided that they did not want people staying in the area overnight, which is a s

  CQ CQ CQ ... calling all stations! Please join us tonight at 7:00 PM (mountain) for the IPRC weekly net.  Details and frequencies can be found here: https://indianpeaksradioclub.org/net.html Hope to hear you there!