Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am excited to announce that we have invested in a new C-Bridge for use by the Hoosier DMR organization. We were notified earlier this week that DMR-MARC was going to drop the TAC-310 and TAC-311 talkgroups from their C-Bridge we were operating through in Schaumburg and felt that this was a necessary move to accommodate to our user base to keep those talk-groups available.

After some discussions, we called BridgeCom Systems Wednesday morning and purchased the Hoosier DMR C-Bridge and had it programmed up and in operation the same afternoon. It is being hosted "on the cloud" in a very large data center in Indianapolis with top of line servers and redundant internet. You probably haven't even noticed any changes on your end! We have been operating on the new Hoosier DMR C-Bridge since approximately 3:00 Wednesday afternoon. The only change you will notice immediately is the fact that our traffic is visible in real time again on www.dmr.watch.

We were also able to secure the Indiana 3118 Statewide talkgroup to our c-bridge so the Tuesday night information net will continue!

We would like to eventually make each repeater’s local talkgroup a true local talkgroup. All other talkgroups will remain the same and there will be no unnecessary re-programming of user radios. The only programming users will need to do at this point is add the new talkgroups that are available if they wish. The new talkgroups that are available are as follows:

“The Parrot” is now available on Time Slot 1 Talkgroup 9998

DMR-MARC’s “UA English 1” is now available on Time Slot 1 Talkgroup 113

DMR-MARC’s “UA English 2” is now available on Time Slot 2 Talkgroup 123

We may also add a "zone" talkgroup for Indiana North, Central and South, to provide intra-comms within a specified zone, but that is still up in the air.

If any of you have questions about this change, please feel free to contact us. Communication among the repeater trustees and users is key and everyone’s feedback and input is valued. This is a team effort and we need to keep it that way to ensure we have the strongest DMR network possible.

We would like to thank each and every one of you for your patience during the recent growing pains that the network has seen. It’s sad to see that the Indiana DMR network got separated by some, but yet it’s even more encouraging to see that we are going stronger than ever! Now that Hoosier DMR doesn't have to rely on others for C-Bridge connectivity, we can rest assured that our network will remain stable and configured as efficiently as possible
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Also, If you know of clubs or repeater trustees that would like to add DMR in their area, please let Steve or I know. We would be more than happy to help them get DMR off the ground in their area. With the addition of our own C-Bridge we can add as many new repeaters as needed! We even have enough room to add any of the Indiana DMR repeaters that would like to get back on board with the DMR-MARC/Hoosier DMR team.

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Your Hoosier DMR admin team

December 2014 Update

Happy New Year! 

Big things happened this month on the DMR highway. First, help us welcome Indiana's newest DMR repeater trustee. Mr. Rich Sytsma, N9GPY will be placing his DMR repeater on the air in CULVER, INDIANA within the next week. The N9GPY DMR repeater will operate on 443.925 +5 with a color code of 1. Thisrepeater will be a part of the Northern Indiana zone connected to the WB9VLE Fort Wayne master. Welcome to DMR Rich and thank you for supporting the DMR effort in Indiana!

The folks up in South Bend/Mishawaka/Elkhart area have been bitten by the DMR bug thanks to Steve, N9KYB. They've requested a DMR demo at a club meeting in the near future and a QnA session to follow. 

Lastly, we will be rolling out an Information net on TG3118, on Tuesday nights at 8pm EST. There will be a formal traffic net with check-in's followed by a round table QnA session. 

Here's to a prosperous New Year! 

November 2014

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We updated the page with some new repeater info and added an interactive map for you to see if your area is (or soon will be) covered with a DMR repeater. We welcome the addition of Marion to the Hoosier DMR family. Good job Kevin KB9CRA with the help of Randy WB9VLE on getting that machine on the air! 

There's rumor that CSI will be introducing a DMR repeater of their own mid 2015. With the low prices they currently have, a CSI DMR repeater (if compatible with Motorola's IPSC protocols) will only help increase the worlds DMR infrastructure. 

October 2014 update

A few noteworthy things have happened this month. 

• First to mention is that Bill Atkinson, NF9K, has joined the Indiana DMR family with the addition of an XPR8400 with a temporary home at his QTH near Eagle Creek reservoir. The info for his machine is as follows: 

441.025+, Color Code 1

Time Slot #1 - Group Call 1 = World Wide (PTT activated with 5 min inactivity timeout)

Time Slot #1 - Group Call 13= WW English

Time Slot #1 - Group Call 3 = N. AmericaTime Slot #1 - Group Call 310 = TAC-310

Time Slot #1 - Group Call 9999 = Audio Test (PTT Activated - 2 min inactivity timeout)

Time Slot #2- Group Call 3169 = Midwest Regional 

Time Slot #2 - Group Call 3118 = Indiana Statewide

Time Slot #2 - Group Call 2 = Local

• Secondly, Steve, N9KYB, has turned the Frankfort repeater into a master, with Galveston and Indianapolis becoming it peers, thus making Local TG2 now only simulcasting to that "node" or zone. This will allow for local rag chewing without tying up the entire network as it has in the past. 

• Lastly, Randy WB9VLE, has decided to eliminate the use of TG719, Eastern Indiana, as the local talkgroup and to migrate that traffic over to Local TG2 on his master and its peers. 

Please remember that TG3118 Indiana is still connected to all repeaters in the state on TS2 and still allows everyone to be able to talk to one another! 

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HoosierDMR.net shirts

So we've been toying around with idea of making t-shirts to fund an upcoming big network upgrade. Anyone interested in one? Send us a message. 

Indianapolis is LIVE and on the air!

Finally, 21 months after the idea was first conceived, Indianapolis is now "officially" a part of the DMR-MARC worldwide network and the flagship repeater for Hoosier DMR! We at Hoosier DMR would personally like to thank the W9ICE repeater club for hosting the Indy machine for us at the Hawthorne tower facility. Frank Swindler (WB9OPR) was on-site with us today and assisted with the install, but Bill Akin (K9YDO) and Dale Scheiman (WB9YCZ) were also a big part in the decision making and pre-planning to get the Indy machine on the air for us. If you see those guys, give them a thousand thank you's and buy 'em a cold one on us. We certainly owe them a big one for sure. 

Site announcement!!!!

Just got word that there's a possibility of two new DMR sites going up in the upcoming months. A trustee in Terre Haute has a failing/aging analog MSF5000 and is very interested in joining the Hoosier DMR network and a couple of individuals with an MSS in Columbus want to out up a system down there as well!!! Indiana has caught the DMR epidemic!!!! We are on FIRE!!!