MichiganONE DMR Net for 8/12/2019

Net Summary

Stations Checked In: 20
Net Closed: 9:12 PM

The net today saw 20 stations checking in, on this "our lawns need the rain" edition of the net. We had 2 new stations join us this evening; WD8CRQ and KZ4FOX. Welcome to the net everyone, we hope to hear you back soon and often.

Net regular Paul K8PD mentioned there was a recent update to the Anytone D868UV firmware, which had some bug fixes plus expands the digital contact list to 200k contacts. With the DMR database growing every day, this is a welcome update so that these radios can accommodate the whole list - at least for now. Thanks for the tip Paul, we appreciate it!

Great net this evening, lots of stations checking in and great conversation. Thank you to everyone who did check in - it's YOU who makes this net a worthwhile Monday evening activity.

Call Sign	Name
N8RMA	DUSTIN
W8TVR	GARY
K8PD	PAUL
WA8RSA	DAVID
KE8MAL	MARK
KE8GRY	ERIC
KD8KBH	PHIL
KN4SWF	ALLAN
KE8FJW	BRAD
AC8JW	JOHN
WD8CRQ	ARMIN
N8YUI	RANDY
K8SRH	LARRY
KA9FON	MILT
KB8GFF	STEVE
KD8GTX	MIKE
WA8MCD	GARY
KE8CIO	JACK
N8HLY	TOM
KZ4FOX	MARK

Announcements

• My wife is having major surgery tomorrow, so for the next few weeks we may have some guest net control stations. 
• Next week Randy N8YUI will be running the net, as I will be attending to my wife in her recovery.
• Starting in September, Randy N8YUI will be taking the net every 2nd Monday.
• If anyone else is interested in being NCS for a week, let me know!
• Three new DMR repeaters in Michigan within the last week:
• Iron River (Ski Brule Mountain) 145.170
• Iron River 145.230
• Sault Ste Marie 444.1375
• There is a new firmware update coming for the Anytone 878, it's version 1.14
• Update to the BT-PPT function
• Fixes an issue with sporadic DMR reception outages
• More colors for channel and call names
• Improved CTCSS decoding time

MichiganONE DMR Net for 8/5/2019

Net Summary

Stations Checked In: 12
Net Closed: 8:57 PM

The net today saw 12 stations checking in, on this "first net of August" edition of the net. We had 2 new stations join us for the net this evening; KE8FJW and KU8L. Welcome to the net everyone, we hope to hear you back soon and often.

BrandMeister was really struggling this evening, with many stations experiencing packet loss and the inability to communicate. The Iowa net has also reported issues over the last few weeks during their statewide nets, so it sounds like BrandMeister has some work to do in shoring up their network.

Call Sign	Name
N8RMA	DUSTIN
KE8FJW	BRAD
KB8GFF	STEVE
KE8CIO	JACK
N8HLY	TOM
KE8KOY	ANDIE
KN4SWF	ALLAN
N8HEE	JEFF
KU8L	CURT
NC6F	TIM
KD8GTX	MIKE
N8YUI	RANDY

MichiganONE DMR Net for 7/29/2019

Net Summary

Stations Checked In: 17
Net Closed: 9:04 PM

The net today saw 17 stations checking in, on this "end of July" edition of the net. We had 3 new stations join us for the net this evening; NC6F, K8TMI, and KE8GOV. Welcome to the net everyone, we hope to hear you back soon and often.

Big thanks to Randy N8YUI for taking the net this evening and giving Dustin N8RMA a week of NCS duties. If anyone else is interested in being a net control station, please let N8RMA know.

Call Sign	Name
N8YUI	RANDY
W8TVR	GARY
N8SBE	DAVE
K8SRH	LARRY
KD8KBH	PHIL
NC6F	TIM
KB8GFF	STEVE
KE8JVO	JOHN
KD8MKE	JOHN
N8RMA	DUSTIN
KN4SWF	ALLAN
AD8CV	MIKE
N8HEE	JEFF
KE8CIO	JACK
KD8THX	JEFF
K8TMI	TOM
KE8GOV	BRIAN

Announcements

• No announcements for the net this week.

MichiganONE DMR Net for 7/22/2019

Net Summary

Stations Checked In: 24
Net Closed: 9:21 PM

The net today saw 24 stations checking in, on this "break in the weather" edition of the net, setting a new record. We had 4 new stations join us for the net this evening; N8GTX, KE8JVO, KE8KGL, and N8EMA. Welcome to the net everyone, we hope to hear you back soon and often!

The network seemed to hold up well during the net and most stations had little to no packet loss. Jay WB8TKL outlined some of the fantastic repeater maintenance work done by a crew of amateurs over in the Ann Arbor area, including some improvements to the DMR repeater serving Ann Arbor and surrounding area. Fine work Jay and Team, thank you for your time and efforts in DMR and the hobby at large - it's appreciated.

Call Sign	Name
N8RMA	DUSTIN
KD8KBH	PHIL
KB8GFF	STEVE
N8GTX	BRIAN
W8TVR	GARY
KD8MKE	JOHN
N4IYL	ULYSSES
WB8TKL	JAY
KA9FON	MILT
KE8JVO	JOHN
AD8CV	MIKE
KN4SWF	ALLAN
K8DET	MIKE
N8SBE	DAVE
N8HLY	TOM
KE8CIO	JACK
N8HEE	JEFF
WA8RSA	DAVID
KE8KGL	TONY
K8PD	PAUL
N8EMA	JEFF
KE8KOY	ANDIE
N8YUI	RANDY
KE8ETI	JIM

Announcements

• No announcements this week, enjoy the cooler weather (while we can)!

MichiganONE DMR Net for 7/15/2019

Net Summary

Stations Checked In: 13
Net Closed: 8:48 PM

The net today saw 13 stations checking in, on this "Amazon Prime Day" edition of the net. We had 2 net stations join the net this evening; KD8GOB and AD8CV. Welcome to the net and we hope to hear you back soon and often.

BrandMeister seemed to be having some issues this evening, the hoseline and dashboards were unavailable. While we had an average amount of stations checking in, those issues might have caused some stations to be unable to check in.

Call Sign	Name
N8RMA	DUSTIN
W8TVR	GARY
N8HEE	JEFF
KD8GOB	CODY
WA8MCD	GARY
AC8NR	TERRY
KN4SWF	ALLAN
KE8KOY	ANDIE
WA8RSA	DAVID
AD8CV	MIKE
KE8CIO	JACK
KA9FON	MILT
KD8GTX	MIKE

Announcements

• No announcements this week, just try and keep cool out there - it's a hot one.

MichiganONE DMR Net for 7/8/2019

Net Summary

Stations Checked In: 18
Net Closed: 9:11 PM

The net today had a better than average showing, with 18 stations checking in on this "Firework Haze" edition of the net. The net today had no new stations checking in, which was a change from the last few week - and a good sign the word is getting out.

Stations reported better network performance this week, and that is welcomed - especially at net time. If you experienced better performance, let us know on the Network Quality Report or just leave a comment below. Knowing this information can really help pin down where issues are and help guide others when experiencing similar issues. It's why we're here.

Call Sign	Name
N8RMA	DUSTIN
AC8JW	JOHN
W8GMD	GARRY
WA8RSA	DAVID
KA9FON	MILT
KE8CIO	JACK
KE8GRY	ERIC
WA8MCD	GARY
KD8KBH	PHIL
KN4SWF	ALLAN
N8HLY	TOM
K8SRH	LARRY
KE8IPS	LANCE
KD8GTX	MIKE
N8YUI	RANDY
KE8KOY	ANDIE
K8PD	PAUL
KB6NU	DAN

Announcements

• I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable 4th of July holiday.
• BrandMeister USA has reinstated TAC310 as of this morning. Please remember this is not a calling TG and parking yourself on there will earn you a 24 hour ban from the network.
• HAMRADIO 2.0 is doing a live DMR Q&A this Wednesday on his YouTube Channel. If you have questions about DMR, it's probably a good place to get a answer.
• KM8CC repeater in Kalamazoo has changed frequencies to 443.400 / 448.400 - it's also moved to a slightly higher tower south of downtown.

MichiganONE DMR Net for 7/1/2019

Net Summary

Stations Checked In: 21
Net Closed: 9:11 PM

The net today had another record-setting evening, with 21 stations checking in, on this "Canada Day / Pre-July 4th" edition of the net. We had 5 new stations join us for the net this evening; KE8GRY, K8DET, KE8IPS, KE8ICM, and N8MCZ, who wants us to know, it's her radio! Welcome to the net everyone, we hope to hear you back soon and often.

Many stations reported packet loss and artifacting this evening, and at the suggestion of net regular Andie KE8KOY, we determined it could be stations using different masters. N8RMA / NCS was using US3108 and others on that master reported solid quality from net control. Next week NCS might try US3102 for the net to see if that has any bearing on quality. Big thank you to Andie for the observation - it's why we do what we do.

This is a decent plug for our Net Quality Report, which is open to anyone who checked in (or who tried to check in) to our net. Feel free to submit a quality report as often as you'd like.

Call Sign	Name
N8RMA	DUSTIN
KD8KBH	PHIL
KE8CIO	JACK
KE8GRY	ERIC
KN4SWF	ALLAN
K8DET	MIKE
W8GMD	GARRY
KA9FON	MILT
W6AQT	JAMES
N8UE	JOE
WS8U	MATT
N8YUI	RANDY
KD8GTX	MIKE
K8SRH	LARRY
N8HEE	JEFF
N8HLY	TOM
AB8XL	PAUL
KE8KOY	ANDIE
KE8IPS	LANCE
KE8ICM	ALEX
N8MCZ	LINDA

Announcements

• Happy Canada Day to our friends to the north!
• TAC310, 311 and 312 are no longer able to be made static on repeaters and hotspots per BrandMeister administration. This went into place June 29th.
• The 443.700 repeater in Lansing is apparently mixed mode now - it has DMR (CC8) but it not networked.
• Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable 4th of July!