Category Archives: News Update


This update is long, long overdue. The network backend, and really the whole repeater network has seen a lot of changes since the diagrams were last updated. First off, the Topeka and Bashor machines were sold, and the Lawrence was Read more…


The principals of the K0USY group and KS-DMR announce the deployment of two new digital voice networks available via all KS-DMR repeaters: KS-YSF and KS-P25. Previously, YSF and P25 modes were only available on certain KS-DMR repeaters and there was Read more…


The failed receiver on the Minneapolis KS-DMR repeater has been replaced and this repeater is back in service.


These days it’s pretty easy to read the news and get lost in stories highlighting all of the negative aspects of COVID-19-related social distancing and many things grinding to a halt. But if one looks closer, there are some really Read more…


Folks, Due to the *continued* inappropriate content on the NoCO TGID 3171, it has been removed from the system. 0x49 DE N0MJS


As part of Brandmeister’s ban on other networks linking to BM-specific talkgroups, we have removed the link to Brandmeister talkgroup 91 (BM Worldwide). This should have zero impact on users since nobody has activated it in months. The full story Read more…


After several months of discussion, over the weekend the principals of KS-DMR unanimously voted to terminate our KS Statewide 3120 feed to Brandmeister. As I hope you all know, our own Cort Buffington, N0MJS wrote the software suite (HBlink) that Read more…


Folks, Tonight we completed the addition of NoCo 3171 to the list of dynamically linkable TGIDs on TS1. 0x49 DE N0MJS


After some deliberation, KS-DMR has removed TAC310 and TAC311 from the link group table. TAC310 was originally a place where hams in the USA could go to hold a conversation away from the busier nationwide talk groups. A dial-on-demand group Read more…


The principals of the KS-DMR group have been discussing ways to simplify subscriber unit programming for the repeaters and talkgroups that are carried on the system. It was immediately realized that we can do a better job of re-using repeater Read more…