Zumspot USB Stick (Board 3) NOT Working On 2M
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:18 am
Been trying to get my Zumspot working on 2M to do some DMR simplex there instead of doing everyone else seems to be doing by using 440 all the time
Tried parking it on 145.505 Mhz (Which is one of the MANY frequencies I have in the memory channels of my Baofeng DM5R for such use as it's in the Experimental/Other portion of the 2M band & far enough up the dial from the local repealer at 145.490 Mhz. so as to not cause interference with it EVEN WITH such low power) but discovered the radio had saved it as an ANALOG simplex channel instead (As a result, nothing was being decoded by the Zumspot & no transmission was detected by BlueDV)
So I entered THE SAME frequency in the VFO of the radio (Using the same information as I had originally intended to be saved as, which was a DMR simplex channel) but STILL there was NOTHING decoded by the Zumspot & STILL NO transmission was detected by BlueDV)
So I then broke out my Tytera MD-380 & hiked the Zumspot up to 446.0875 Mhz. (Which was also saved by the Baofeng as an Analog simplex frequency for some reason). The result was my Tytera wasn't working there (I have NO idea what's going on with that) so I turned back to the Baofeng, put 446.0875 in the VFO, made it a DMR simplex channel & transmitted by dropping my call & asking for a radio check as a test transmission)
The result - SUCCESS (But with just ONE problem - No destination talkgroup. Without that, unless there was a local within range of me using TS 1 RS 1 on 446.0875, NO ONE was able to hear me to respond)
I know this is more detailed than it probably needed to be (But the Devs might find it useful though) but I thought the Zumspot USB Stick supports 2M AS WELL AS 440, no??
Cheers & 73
Pat, KB0OXD
Tried parking it on 145.505 Mhz (Which is one of the MANY frequencies I have in the memory channels of my Baofeng DM5R for such use as it's in the Experimental/Other portion of the 2M band & far enough up the dial from the local repealer at 145.490 Mhz. so as to not cause interference with it EVEN WITH such low power) but discovered the radio had saved it as an ANALOG simplex channel instead (As a result, nothing was being decoded by the Zumspot & no transmission was detected by BlueDV)
So I entered THE SAME frequency in the VFO of the radio (Using the same information as I had originally intended to be saved as, which was a DMR simplex channel) but STILL there was NOTHING decoded by the Zumspot & STILL NO transmission was detected by BlueDV)
So I then broke out my Tytera MD-380 & hiked the Zumspot up to 446.0875 Mhz. (Which was also saved by the Baofeng as an Analog simplex frequency for some reason). The result was my Tytera wasn't working there (I have NO idea what's going on with that) so I turned back to the Baofeng, put 446.0875 in the VFO, made it a DMR simplex channel & transmitted by dropping my call & asking for a radio check as a test transmission)
The result - SUCCESS (But with just ONE problem - No destination talkgroup. Without that, unless there was a local within range of me using TS 1 RS 1 on 446.0875, NO ONE was able to hear me to respond)
I know this is more detailed than it probably needed to be (But the Devs might find it useful though) but I thought the Zumspot USB Stick supports 2M AS WELL AS 440, no??
Cheers & 73
Pat, KB0OXD