Monday, June 15, 2020

VK Brandmeister and VKDMR Talk Groups

It difficult getting an updated list of DMR and other digital mode talk groups,  as I mentioned in the past blog entries, with  the VK DMR channels getting changed on a regular basis, it was too hard keeping up,  but now the changes have stabilised and far less frequent, I slowly building up a list for myself, so I can update the codeplugs for my MD-380 and GD-77 handhelds.

Anyway, the most comprehensive list I found came from Adrian VK4TUX's Info page from his MultiMode Reflector/Gateway site,  which covers DMR, NXDN, P25, YSF, D-Star modes.

From here,  I started a document based on Adrian's list, adding, modifying it whilst experimenting. My primary interest in this is connecting with friends using other modes, (D-Star and P25) from my DMR devices.  Note: this list is geared primarily around VK hams (Australia-Oceania)



DMR  Talk Group Summary for VK
 (colour code=1 for all)            >  means  'linked to'



VK BrandMeister Talkgroups 

(BrandMeister Server 5051 VK)   Colour Code =1 (for all)

505  : Australia  call channel    Time Slot 1 ;   > TG4805

the following are all Time Slot 2 ;

5050 : XLX500 G    > TG4806             (formerly XRF500 D)

5051 : Australian Capital Territory   >   VKDMR 3801
5052 : Australia - New South Wales   >   VKDMR 3802
5053 : Australia - Victoria   >   VKDMR 3803
5054 : Australia - Queensland   >   VKDMR 3804
5055 : South Australia   >   VKDMR 3805
5056 : Western Australia   >   VKDMR 3806
5057 : Australia - Tasmania   >   VKDMR 3807
5058 : Australia - Northern Territory   >   VKDMR 3808
5059 : gateway to VKDMR-Room  > VKDMR TG3809

50501 : XLX389 A
50503 : XLX389 C
50510 : XLX510 D   > VK2GWY
50521 : IARS chat    (Illawarra ARS – VK2RUW)
50525 : P25 Bridge  >  VK3GWY, AllStar, P25, NXDN, YSF
50526 : CCARC (Central Coast ARC-VK2RAG-VK2RTG)
50531 : VK3 chat 1 (alternate to 5053)
50533 : SPARC (Southern Peninsula ARC – VK3BSP)
50539 : Nex-Gen
50566 : WICEN
50590 : VK2HK-2 Room  > Wires-X(24011,24012)
50591 : VK2GP-ND  > Wires-X (14066)
50592 : VK3KAY-Room  >  Wires-X
50593 : XRF740 C  > YSF001 Wires-X
50594 : VK2RFG Room  > Wires-X Node(14327), Wires-X Room(24327)
50599 : XLX389 D  > YSF001, NXDN505, P25TG4




Other Brandmeister Talk Groups on Time Slot 2
91 : WW call (WorldWide)
92 : EU call
93 : NA call
94 : Asia call
95 : ANZ call
907 : JOTA
973 : SOTA
9990 : Echo Test


VKDMR Network Talk Groups

1 : WW worldwide call  TS1
5 :  VK net channel    TS1
8 :  State linked repeaters TS1
9 :  local TS1
13 : WW English TS1
113 : User Defined TS1
123 : User Defined TS1
133 : USA  call  TS1
143 : UK call TS1
153 : South Pacific  TS1
505 : VK call channel  (repeaters and hotspots) TS2
3800 : all VK repeaters TS2
3801 : VK1 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5051
3802 : VK2 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5052
3803 : VK3 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5053
3804 : VK4 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5054
3805 : VK5 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5055
3806 : VK6 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5056
3807 : VK7 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5057
3808 : VK8 Repeaters TS2  >  BM 5058
3809 : regional rptrs TS1  >  BM 5059
3810 : regional rptrs TS1
9990 : Echo Test  TS1 for hotspots, TS2 for RF to repeaters
These are STATIC TG’s,  no dynamic TG’s

99 :  VK simplex (439.200 and 146.650)

Deprecated TG’s :
2 : Oceania
9 : DMR+ TS2
91 : WW 91
100: Tech talk
4400 : UK link
4401 : UK link


VKDMR Dashboard - Repeaters  http://rpt.vkdmr.com/
VKDMR Dashboard - Hotspots    http://hot.vkdmr.com/#