P25 TG10700 Activity as of 19th Jan 2026

 P25 TG10700 Activity as of 19th Jan 2026

Brandmeister DMR TalkGroups for VK & ZL as of September, 2025

 Brandmeister DMR TalkGroups for VK & ZL as of September, 2025.
Here are some  talkgroups for Brandmeister DMR network, some bridged to VK-DMR Network, some are some gateway ports setup by clubs and groups going to different networks, usually DStar.

505  National Calling Talkgroup for VK
5050 >> XLX500 G Reflector
5051 bridged to 3801 VK-DMR
5052 bridged to 3802 VK-DMR
5053 bridged to 3803 VK-DMR
5054 bridged to 3804 VK-DMR
5055 bridged to 3805 VK-DMR
5056 bridged to 3806 VK-DMR
5057 bridged to 3807 VK-DMR
5058 bridged to 3808 VK-DMR
50520 >> BMARC Net Monday 09.30utc
50521 >> IARS Chat
50525 bridge to P25 and NXDN Networks
50526 >> CCARC
50529 >> XLX500
50566  WICEN
50590  >> VK2HK Wires-X
50591  >> VK2GP Wires-X
50592  >> VK3KAY Wires-X
50594  >> VK2RFG 
505205  >> XLX500
5052110  >> XLX500

ZL TG's :
530  >> XLX299
5301  ZL1 Regional
5302  ZL2 Regional
5303  ZL3 Regional
5304  ZL4 Regional
53020  was used  for XLX626
53021  >> IFROAR  (Rotarians)
53029  >> XLX299 X
53050  >> XLX751
53060  Taupo ARC
53085  >> XLX299 >> AllStar Bridge
53099  >> XLX750

VK-ZL-Pacific:
95

Dashboard | BrandMeister

XLX Reflectors for VK & ZL as of 23rd August, 2025

 XLX Reflectors for VK & ZL as of 23rd August, 2025

here are some of the XLX Reflectors, looking at them, they are now all XLX, replacing the older XRF,DCS reflectors. Note- some are purely DStar, some are multi-protocol

XLX014 AU multi-protocol
XLX087 AU VK3AGK Ballarat  DStar
XLX129 NZ Hamilton 
XLX299 NZ BM530 and multi-protocol
XLX432 AU  VK3JED   Multi-protocol
XLX500 AU BM DMR & multi protocol
XLX530 NZ Taupo ARC
XLX750 NZ DVNZ multi-protocol
XLX751 AU multi-protocol

XLX820 AU VK4 DStar
XLX824 AU VK4 DStar
XLX903 AU VK2YI  Dstar
XLX940 AU VK2YM  DStar
XLXVMM NZ  DStar
VK4TUX  gone

P25 Repeaters for Sydney and surrounds - as of 11th February, 2025

 P25 Repeaters for Sydney and  surrounds

VK2RCG GPT Sydney City 438.200 MHz now standalone

VK2RNS Asquith (Sydney North) 439.975 MHz standalone

VK2RHP Horsley Park, (Sydney south west) 438.1375 MHz  TG10700

VK2RMB Terrey Hills 438.175 MHz  is standalone

VK2RWK Kurrajong, 439.825 is standalone

VK2RWS Berowra 438.275  w/ -5.4MHz  (WICEN rpr) - unknown status

VK2RWH Nelson Bay 439.625 standalone (WICEN rptr) - unknown status

Non-operational or redeployed :

VK2RHR High Range - being repaired

VK2RGN Goulburn - off air.

VK2ROT Paddington, off air, possibly gone
VK2RWI Dural - now a VK-DMR rptr
VK2RHT Chatswood - now a VK-DMR rptr
VK2RAG Somersby - gone, redeployed
VK2RCF Carlingford - gone
VK2RLE Heathcote - gone

VK3GWY digital gateway still missing.

 

I still looking around to see if anyone talking about why the VK3GWY gateway disappeared which tied BrandMeister DMR TG 50525 with P25 TG50525 and NXDN TG50525 and YSF 06015

while looking around I stumbled onto the VK3RBA 70cm digital repeater dashboard connected to Brandmeister DMR Network, from the dashboard we see BM TG505 TS1 and a local TG9 TS2, I will keep this in mind for the next time I visit Ballarat.

What I noticed from this dashboard is P25 and YSF showing as Not Linked.

vk3rba-d.vk44.net

VK3GWY disappeared

 the VK3GWY gateway seems to have disappeared, I haven't heard the VK3 network activity on Brandmeister DMR, P25, NXDN and YSF networks, not hearing the daily and weekly nets held on the VK3 network.
I noticed it disappeared off the various dashboards and checking Brandmeister dashboard it looks to be 26 days ago, so that is around the 14th September.

some amateur radio Nets to listen to

 today is Net for RAOTC (Radio Amateurs Old Timers Net held on first Monday of each month at 11am local  AU eastern time  on VK-DMR network TalkGroup 5

WELCOME to the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club Australia Inc (raotc.org.au)

also is Simon VK3XEM's Welfare Net, held Mon to Fri at 10am local AU eastern time, on the VK3 All Star Network and VK3RBA network, including Brandmeister TG50525 and  P25 TG50525 and  NXDN TG50525

VK3RBA - Callsign Lookup by QRZ Ham Radio      VK3XEM on the Web – The truth is out there

also is the CCARC (Central Coast Amateur Radio Club) Morning Tea Net, held Mon-Fri  at 10am on the VK2RAG repeater 146.725 MHz , noting it needs 91.5 Hz CTCSS tone to access.

Home - Central Coast Amateur Radio Club (ccarc.org.au)

P25 Activity for NSW & Qld areas as of 9th April, 2023

 P25 Activity for NSW & Qld areas.

we have some P25 repeaters linked to the network on TG10700, these include :
VK2RCG GPT Sydney City 438.200 MHz
VK2RNS Asquith (Sydney North) 439.975 MHz
VK2RHP Horsley Park, (Sydney south west) 438.1375 MHz

VK4RVR, The Knobby, Ipswitch - NEW P25 rptr  has joined the network

Other Operational P25:
VK2RMB Terrey Hills 438.175 MHz but is standalone, waiting to be configured and linked to P25 network
VK2RWK Kurrajong, standalone
VK2RGN Goulburn - not sure if it linked into network yet.

Non-operational or redeployed :

VK2ROT Paddington, off air, 
VK2RWI Dural - now a VK-DMR rptr
VK2RHT Chatswood - now a VK-DMR rptr
VK2RAG Somersby - gone, redeployed
VK2RHR High Range - failed, getting fixed
VK2RCF Carlingford - gone
VK2RLE Heathcote - gone
VK2RWS Berowra - gone

Planned :
possibly a P25 repeater for central west NSW (Bathurst-Orange region).

Activity:

I heard yesterday VK4AZ and VK4MCU testing on the VK4RVR multimode P25/DMR rptr, others heard this weekend VK2LP, VK2PCH, VK2GUM, VK2PET, VK2PTB, VK2JDS, WB9COY

Amateur Radio Nets

 update on some Amateur Radio Nets:

Welfare Net : hosted by Simon VK3XEM - this net was created  at start of Covid, its pretty informal net, run Mon-Friday 10am local time for Victoria Australia,  operating on the VK3 Allstar network, comprised of several linked FM voice repeaters in Victoria (VK3) plus some digital repeaters, including access from Brandmeister TG50525

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club morning tea net - hosted by Bob VK2AOR, run Mon-Fri at 10am local (NSW-VK2) this is on the 2metre FM voice repeater, VK2RAG 146.725 MHz, plus interfaced with EchoLink gateway.

Both nets have people checking in locally and from overseas.

another DMR network

 

I discovered there is another DMR network out there,  this one called FreeDMR, looks to be based out of the UK. It has talkgroups for Australia 505 and 5050  and for New Zealand  it has TG530. It is aimed at opensource development and experimentation.

FreeDMR – Open Networking. Reaching out to the World.

DMR radio nets

 here are some DMR radio nets in VK :

RAOTC - 11am first Monday each month, on VK-DMR TG5

Sean VK3KK's King Arthur Round Table net - from 8pm each Wednesday night, on Brandmeister TG50525, P25 TG50525, NXDN TG50525 and VK3 AllStar network.

Simon VK3XEM's  covid welfare net - 10am, Mon-Fri ,  on Brandmeister TG50525, P25 TG50525, NXDN TG50525 and VK3 AllStar network.

Peter VK4NBL's VK-DMR net -  7.30pm,  Tuesday nights  on VK-DMR TG5

DMR to other digital cross modes and gateways for VK & ZL regions

here are some lists,  primarily created from Adrian VK4TUX's info page,
this is to help with those experimenting with cross mode digital modes.
This is focused on VK and ZL call  regions.

NXDN  Talk Groups  (NXCore connected) 

Service	TalkGroup	Dashboard
Canada	TG 302	p25canada.hopto.org/nxdn/
VK 505	TG 505	43.229.63.42/db/ << linked to XLX389D
ZL 530	TG 530	101.98.22.194:85
1200	TG 1200	1200.mmdvmvk.org
50599	TG 50599	nxdn.duckdns.org/9b/
Pacific	TG 10400	nxdn.mmdvmvk.org
CQ-UK	TG 10922	www.mb6er.com/nxdn
Deutsch	TG 20000	srv08.oevsv.at/nxdn/
25000	TG 25000	45.62.211.216
31088	TG 31088	54.191.50.212
50525	TG 50525	50525.nxref.org
65000	TG 65000	nxdn.n18.de/

 P25  Talk Groups

Service	TalkGroup	Dashboard
World Wide	TG 10100	m1geo.com/p25
CQ-UK	TG 10120	www/mb6er.com/p25/
North America	TG 10200	dvswitch.org/P25_NA
North America TAC 1	TG 10201	dvswitch.org/P25_NA_TAC1
Europe	TG 10300	p25-eu.n18.de
Espana	TG 10301	ea5gvk.duckdns.org:84/P25
Pacific	TG 10400	pacificp25.repeaters.info
Pacific TAC1	TG 10401	pacifictac1.repeaters.info
Pacific TAC2 (China)	TG 10402	hamclub.net/mmdvm/p25/
Texas Tech	TG 31648	p25.alecwasserman.com/p25reflector/
VK4P25	TG 4	p25.duckdns.org/4/
Canada	TG 302	p25canada.hopto.org/p25canada/
San Diego	TG 858	nx6d.dx40.com/p25/
Wisconsin	TG 31555	mmdvm-p25.v24bridge.net
31665 (BM DMR Bridge)	TG 31665	74.91.127.166/p25reflector/
31672  Pi-Star Chat	TG 31672	18.221.87.9/
50525 (BM DMR Bridge)	TG 50525	tg50525.repeaters.info

Unlink = TG 9999

C4FM  / YSF  Talk Group Summary

YSF001 Reflector  - YSF001   >   XLX389D

AU CQ-VK  Reflector  - YSF24117  >  VK-Wires-GW

50525  Bridge  - YSF06015  >   BM 50525, VK3GWY, P25

CQ-VK Wires-X – YSF38900

AU Albury Chat – YSF73082

AU TAS VK7 – YSF05057
AU NSW VK2 - YSF43110

XLX389 – YSF22381

XLX500 – YSF49716
XLX505 – YSF85857 > VK7HSE gateway.

XLX750 – YSF32748

XLX751 – YSF41007

FCS00114  - Repeater Australia

YSF00001 - Echo Test

D-Star    Talk Group Summary

XLX389   Use DCS389DL in urcall to connect ,  DCS389 D

useful VK Brandmeister links

here are some useful VK Brandmeister network  and digital mode links  to help out when experimenting and testing :

BM Static TG list   https://wiki.brandmeister.network/index.php?title=Talkgroups&redirect=no

XLX389      http://xlxdmr.duckdns.org:84/index.php

TG5025 NXDN Reflector     http://50525.nxref.org/

TG5025 P25 Reflector     http://tg50525.repeaters.info/

YSF001 Dashboard       http://p25.duckdns.org/

VK4TUX gateway      http://vk4tux.duckdns.org/

XLX500 Reflector      http://xlx500.org/index.php

XLX505 Reflector     http://vk7hse.duckdns.org/xlx/

XLX299 ZL Reflector    http://www.xlx299.nz/

XLX750  ZL Reflector      http://www.xlx750.nz/

XLX751 ZL Reflector         https://xlx751.drgnz.com/index.php

ZL DMR Talk Groups (New Zealand)

Following on from my last post, here are some more extracts from the document I building up, while trying to formulate my VK DMR list, I kept stumbling onto the ZL Talk Groups, since several  VK and ZL Reflectors are closely tied together, (since they are our cousins across the pond), I added them to my list.  And if you want to see the Heard list on these  Reflectors, just google the XLX name.

What we have here are the Brandmeister and DMRplus talk groups for New Zealand  (ZL)

ZL  Brandmeister Talk Groups

530 :   ZL Call channel

5301 : Regional ZL1

5302 : Regional ZL2

5303 : Regional ZL3

5304 : Regional ZL4

53020 : XLX626 A

53021 : IFROAR

53029 : XLX299 B

53050 : XLX751  Gateway

53060 : TAUPO-ARC-NZART

53099 : XLX750 D  > YSF001, NXDN505, P25 10401, XLX389 D, BM5051

ZL  DMRPlus  Talk Groups

8 : Regional Repeaters TS1

153 : South Pacific  TS1

530 :  ZL call channel TS2

ZL DMRplus dashboard  http://dmrplus.arec.info/ipsc/

Covid-19 Isolation radio net

over the past 8 or so weeks, while working from home, I been listening to the Isolation Net  which is operated by Simon VK3XEM in Ballarat, via the VK3 AllStar network. The AllStar network is network of FM voice repeaters across VK3 and up to Albury, includes IRLP and Echolink nodes and a Gateway onto digital modes, so I have been accessing that network listening to the net each morning via Brandmeister DMR TG 50525 which ports to the VK3GWY Digital gateway.

The net is just to allow hams to keep in touch with each other during the Covid-19 pandemic,  and Simon calls for checkins for all on the net which is held from 10am AEST Mon-Fri. I haven't checked-in myself, but nice to listen in whilst I working from home and hear from many on the net, mostly country and regional stations, but there are stations that drop in from overseas and interstate and they are all welcomed by Simon VK3XEM.

I been impressed by the VK3 AllStar network, during the rest of the day I can hear the locals (mostly country VK3) going about their business on the network which comes through to Brandmeister DMR TG50525.
Note: if you should access the VK3GWY Digital gateway via a digital mode (P25,NXDN,YSF,DMR)  remember to leave 3-4 seconds between overs to allow the digital and analogue repeaters to drop after each over. 

Follow the link below for the network map.

VK3RBA network info on QRZ.COM