Alternative DMR Networks for VK & ZL as of October, 2025

 Alternative DMR Networks for VK & ZL (Australia & New Zealand)

Apart from the VKDMR Network (DMR-MARC)   and  Brandmeister DMR Network, there are some other alternate DMR based networks, providing servers in Australia and New Zealand, these are :

Digitial Voice DMR Australia (DVAU) Network    https://dmr.dvau.au/

Digital Voice DMR New Zealand  (DVNZ) Network    https://dmr.dvnz.nz/

the DVAU and DVNZ are experimental networks working together.

VKFreeDMR Network Australia    https://www.vkfreedmr.org/

FreeDMR Network New Zealand    https://freedmrnz.dvnz.nz/

The two FreeDMR networks are associated with the FreeDMR network   https://www.freedmr.uk/

They all have their own dashboards so you can see activity, and similar structured talkgroups.

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

VK-DMR and P25 Activity for VK & ZL as of 25th September, 2025

here is some screenshots to show some of the typical activity on VK-DMR and P25  talkgroups covering VK & ZL,  recently noting a few ZL's appearing on P25 mode which is  good, as the P25 gateways and talkgroups for ZL had basically faded away or turned off.

VK-DMR

 

P25 TG10700

P25 TG10400

P25 TG10401   Note: this is APAC/WICEN TG, but being used by stations from China.

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

New Zealand (ZL) Repeater Listing

 I stumbled onto this site whilst trying to check the status of the ZL 6metre repeaters.

The ZL's got a good set of repeaters spread across the two islands, including some 900Mhz,(33cm) and of course 23cm repeaters.

The only repeaters they don't have are 10metre repeaters (ie 29MHz)

Be nice if they tied some of their 23cm repeaters, or 900Mhz, etc, to their 6metre repeaters such as Klondike, Climie and Christchurch, that  would create some activity over in ZL when 6metres is open.

vhf.nz/maps/repeaters.html

Brandmeister DMR Network Update for VK & ZL as of 14 Feb 2023

 Brandmeister DMR Network  Update for VK(Australia) & ZL(New Zealand) as of 14 Feb 2023

Talkgroups:

95 VK-ZL Chat

98 Echo Test

505 VK Call Channel

530 ZL National Call Channel

5050 XLX500G Reflector

5051 VK1 Chat

5052 VK2 Chat

5053 VK3 Chat

5054 VK4 Chat

5055 VK5 Chat

5056 VK6 Chat

5057 VK7 Chat

5058 VK8 Chat

50510 XLX510-D Reflector

50521 Illawarra ARS chat

50525 P25 Bridge & VK3 Allstar Repeater Network

50526 CCARC VK2RAG

50531 VK3 chat1

50533 Southern Peninsula ARC (vk3)

50539 Next-Gen 

50566 WICEN

50590  VK2HK-2-ROOM Wires-X

50591  VK2GP-ND Wires-X

50592  VK3KAY-ROOM Wires-X

50593  XRF740-C Reflector

50594  VK2RFG-ROOM

5059742  XRF740-C Reflector

5301 ZL1 Chat

5302 ZL2 Chat

5303 ZL3 Chat

5304 ZL4 Chat

53020  ZL XLX626A Reflector

53021  ZL  IFROAR Reflector

53029  ZL XLX299X Reflector

53050  ZL  XLX751 Reflector

53060  ZL  Taupo ARC

53099  ZL XLX750 Reflector

and the official Brandmeister TalkGroup list  Talkgroups | BrandMeister

and the Pi-Star Brandmeister TG List  BrandMeister Talkgroup List - pistar.uk

Timeslots ? BM repeaters run with Slot1 and Slot2 Linked, Hotspots run in DMO (Direct Mode Operation)

meaning  that you do not need to specify a TimeSlot number (1 or 2) for use with the Brandmeister Network TalkGroups.

Brandmeister DMR activity in VK-ZL

 I just reviewing logs from my Openspot to see what the main activity is from on the Brandmeister DMR network here in VK and ZL,

mostly TG 50525, which is tied to the VK3 AllStar network 

next highest usage is  TG's 505, 95 and 530,  I noticed the two ZL's TG's getting some regular usage, I hearing more ZL-VK traffic in there.

then 53099, another ZL TG, certainly being used in past week. I not noticed this one used much before.

and the rest are state TG's 5051, 5052, 5053, 5054, 5056 and 5057  which are linked to their equivalent State TG's on VK-DMR network

next is Private Calls (station to station)

I have two DMR handhelds I listen to both DMR networks (as well as the P25 network)  each day whilst working,  I got to say that activity on both VK-DMR and Brandmeister is much the same. I have noticed  quite a few  QSO's operating across the VK-DMR to Brandmeister links, which I think is great, as people use either VK-DMR or Brandmeister based on their local situation. The interface between VK-DMR network and Brandmeister network helping encourage on-air activity.

P25 Activity in VK

 I have been taking more note of activity on the P25 TalkGroups,   TG10700 has been more quieter, but I seeing more activity each day on TG4 and TG10400,    whereas a while back TG4 was very quiet.

This day the TG10400 list is short, but typically a full page of callsigns. The point here is that we seeing some growth in P25 usage.

The ones I have not included  (as I don't monitor them)  are TG10444 (VK2CJC)   and TG10401 WICEN.

TG 50525 was  very active,  it was linked into the Allstar network. But I don't see that TG anymore

Tony VK3JED has a P25 TalkGroup TG50535,  but that has also gone from the list.

TG10400 Pacific P25 Reflector activity - 9th August 2020

another busy day for activity on TG10400, I now have a third  MMDVM hotspot setup just for P25,  this is much better than trying to monitor VK2RCG, as it has dropout issues from the network side, as when people talk directly on that repeater it is clear of dropouts, but people  coming in from network do have dropouts.

Anyway, here is  users from on TG10400 for Sunday 9th August 2020

WD6AWP, VA3POQ, KB9LCL, K6JPS, WB6ZSU, KG6DTL, VK4VTK, VK2FJAY, VK2PCH, VK3AS, VK3FKEN, VK3JMA, VK2FAEU, K5TRA, VK4CWL, VK2DEK, DK6PX, VK3FJAW, VK3FJBM - 19 users.

Interesting, just spotted activity on TG10401 I thought with WICEN  rampup last night, they might be using it,   but just  KB5XE, VK3JMA, BG2JHD

WICEN P25 Reflector TG10401

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