I’ve heard comments about an area DMR group with XPR8300s that have PA’s so questionable the sysops yell at people for using them. And others continue to struggle with the performance of the Yaesu DR series repeaters. Not KS-DMR. In Read more…


The DMR network has been changed from Brandmeister to the KS-DMR network, but is only active after it’s been keyed. The primary mode is still System Fusion but people passing through with VHF-only DMR gear can key the repeater and Read more…


This evening the Minneapolis 444.750 repeater was upgraded from the Yaesu DR-1X to a “new-ish” Harris Mastr III. This repeater has noticeably improved receiver sensitivity and selectivity, and it is noticeably quicker setting up DMR calls. Power output is 80 Read more…


KS-DMR repeaters are proudly engineered using Public Safety grade components rated for 100% duty cycle at full power. This means that users of the network don’t need to worry about burning up the repeaters during a good conversation. Our network Read more…


Cort Buffington, N0MJS, the author of DMRlink and HBlink (the only open source DMR networking software) is looking for a Web developer to assist with with building the client side for network monitoring tools. The existing tool (hbmonitor, example at apollo.k0usy.org:8080) Read more…