DMR For Beginners: Using the Tytera MD-380: Amateur Radio for Beginners, #3

By Brian Schell

A Practical, What-You-Need-to-Know Guide to Getting on DMR. 

DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) is a powerful system for linking the worlds of amateur radio and the Internet. You can link your handheld radio to repeaters, individuals, or talk groups located anywhere in the world, quickly and easily. And because it's all digital, you get crystal-clear sound. The book covers the setup and use of one of the most inexpensive and popular DMR radios, the Tytera MD-380 handheld radio.

Inside you'll find step-by-step tutorials on how to setup, program, and use your radio. DMR has never been more accessible! This short book gives you a simple step-by-step walkthrough of all the options to set up your DMR station using a large number
of screenshots and examples. The whole process is detailed, from registering your call sign with the DMarc network to programming your ID and talk groups, digital contacts, zone lists, and more. Once that's done, you can start making your first calls to individuals, ham repeaters, or world-wide talk groups.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BlueHouseBooks.com
• Release date: Nov 22, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386893905

Brian Schell

Brian Schell is a College English Instructor who has an extensive background in Buddhism and other world religions. After spending time in Japan, he returned to America where he created the immensely popular website, Daily Buddhism. For the next several years, Schell wrote extensively on applying Buddhism to real-world topics such as War, Drugs, Tattoos, Sex, Relationships, Pet Food and yes, even Horror Movies. Twitter: @BrianSchell Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brian.Schell Web: http://BrianSchell.com

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DMR for Beginners Using the Tytera MD-380

DMR for Beginners Using the Tytera MD-380

Brian Schell

Blue House Books

DMR FOR BEGINNERS

Using the Tytera MD-380

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Copyright 2018 by Brian Schell.

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Version Date: March 31, 2020.

ISBN: 978-1545553732

Printed in the United States of America

Contents

Addendum/Update

Foreword

What is DMR?

Essentials of Using DMR

Programming the Tytera MD-380

Going Forward with DMR

Appendix A: DMR Self-Registration

Conclusion

About the Author

Stay Up To Date!

Help Me!

Also by Brian Schell

Addendum/Update

[Added March 31,2020]

I have had emails pointing out that some of the images in this book are too small to read in some versions of the eBook (such as on the iPhone). This makes sense, since the book contains many screenshots taken from a full-sized PC screen.

In response, I have posted the full-resolution images from this book online at:

https://github.com/brianschell/DMR-Images

Good luck!

Foreword

In my other amateur radio books (D-Star for Beginners and Echolink for Beginners), I have tried to cover those topics as generically as possible, and most of what is said in those books applies to most or all of the radios that support those modes. This book is going to be a little different in that it only covers the Tytera MD-380 radio.

There are many varieties of radios, both for amateur use and commercial use, that support DMR. One of the most popular is the MD-380 by Tytera. This is mostly due to the price, as it's a good solid radio that can be gotten with most of the usual accessories (charger, programming cable, battery, belt clip) for under $120. There are vastly more expensive options out there, but from my experience there are more MD-380/390s in amateur/DMR use than any other radio. They're super common