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If anyone has newer or more current information, please pass it along to the page maintainer.
Interfacing articles are always welcome.

Mike Morris WA6ILQ paraphrased Doug Pelley WB6TUJ, and added his own comments...

Something for people with an interest in the amateur radio digital modes & systems to really think about.........
"THE BEST DIGITAL SYSTEM IS WORTHLESS IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A WELL ENGINEERED AND INSTALLED ANALOG INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ONES & ZEROS TO RIDE ON!"
This includes electrical power, grounding (both RF and lightning), antenna type & placement, site noise, intermod, internal desensitization, duplex isolation, etc, etc, etc.
This is the analog world that every digital system (D-Star, DMR, Fusion, IDAS, NXDN, P25, etc.) lives in and depends on... and there is very little digital test equipment that understands DMR, D-Star, P25, etc.
And when it comes to EmComm every new digital format further fragments the amateur community and the available pool of EmComm people. The only thing that everybody has is analog FM voice.

DMR articles and links:

DMR-MARC web site   The Motorola Amateur Radio Club Worldwide Network (offsite link)
Introduction and Guide to DMR   315 kB PDF by John Burningham W2XAB
The Beginner's Guide to MotoTRBO   100 kB PDF dated 05-28-11
Things have most likely changed since this was published, but it's better than nothing.
Interfacing a Zetron Model 30 Worldpatch (Phone Patch) to a MotoTRBO Repeater   300 kB PDF file by Motorola
Seems to be oriented towards the XPR series of repeaters.

D-STAR articles and links:

Interfacing Common Radios to D-STAR Controllers   by Robert Meister WA1MIK
Interfacing a GE MASTR Exec II to a D-STAR Controller   by Ron Wright N9EE
Interfacing a Kenwood TKR-720/820 to a D-STAR Controller   by John D. Hays K7VE. 415 kB PDF
Interfacing an MSR2000 to a D-STAR Controller   by Ron Wright N9EE
Icom's D-STAR site (offsite link)

D-STAR is apparently an acronym for Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio and is trademarked by Icom, Inc.
MotoTRBO and most likely a bunch of other DMR-related terms are copyright by Motorola.


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