MB6AL DMR and Fusion Gateway
MB6AL is a Brandmeister and C4FM UHF DV gateway powered by a Raspberry Pi running W0CHP's PiStar Dash fork with a MMDVM RepeaterBoard v3 by BI7JTA connected to a Tait TM8235.
It operates at 1watt(!!!) and shares the same antenna as my MB7UAL APRS digipeater.
It serves mainly as a 'tester' to see whether there is enough demand/support for a full DMR repeater (maybe with added Dstar). The way it's been setup means it's rather easy to add in a receive radio and turn it into a repeater.
If you have any issues, please email me [email protected].
Due to the truly unique way in which the UHF band is shared, the gateway is ATTENDED ONLY and operations might be quite sporadic.. The new licencing conditions allow unattended operation for simplex gateways in the UHF band, so the gateway now operates 24/7.
Small note: The RSSI values used for the S-meter need some calibration so is wildly inaccurate.
The gateway was, until the NoVs changed to FACs, MB6IAL. It is now MB6AL.
Connectivity Issues
Noticing some networking issues with the gateway and dropped packets from C4FM. DMR only and intermittent service until further notice.
Sat 27 AprSome DMR Talkgroups
| TG# | Name |
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| 9990 | Parrot |
| 2348479 | XLX061a Online Amateur Radio Club bridge |
| 4000 | Disconnect Brandmeister talkgroups |
| 6 | STATIC - will TX if in use elsewhere in the world despite it being activated locally and regardless if DMR is in use or not XLX305a Oldham Amateur Radio Club bridge Sunday morning net starts 09:30! |
| 23526 | Hubnet |
| View all Brandmeister talkgroups | |
Some YSF Reflectors
| ID# | Name |
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| 99999 | Parrot |
| 84338 | XLX061a Online ARC Bridge |
| 54321 | 00-CQ-UK-C4FM |
| 30362 | XLX305a Oldham ARC Bridge |
| 44222 | GB-NWFG2 North West Fusion Group |
| 32592 | US-America-Link Veeeerrrry busy like DMR TG 91. Guartanteed activity! |
| View all YSF reflectors | |
Live Gateway Status
Page updates every 5 seconds.
Radio and Pi-Star |
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DMR Info |
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Fusion Info |
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Last Heard |
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| Last Station Heard Locally via RF | at () with a signal strength of using mode |
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| MMDVMHost | DMR Gateway | YSF Gateway | PiStar Remote | PiStar API |
02:44:00
Friday 3rd May 2024
Contact Me
Email: CQ (at) G8CAP.uk
Discord via OARC: Online Amateur Radio Community