NXDN Notes, Icoms part 1

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Below is a set of programming tips for anyone programming an ICOM NXDN Second Generation Radio. We covered the first couple steps this past Wednesday evening on the Florida NXDN Net (TG 1200 every Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM)

The real trick when programming any of ICOM’s NXDN radios is to do the following:

  1. Populate the Call List table with the Talkgroups and Individual IDs you want to use in your radio. On our network, Talkgroups 1 (Local), 1200 (Florida), 1201 (WCF Section) and 1299 (SKYWARN) are the most popular. There are a couple regional Talkgroups (1215 for Charlotte Co ARES) and 1231 (S-A-R-G) that are EmComm oriented. However, since neither of them will activate the Boyette repeater, adding them to your Call List is optional.
  2. Create a Digital Profile for every Talkgroup you will be assigning to one or more Memory Channels. When you program each memory channel, you will assign a Digital Profile to that channel. That represents the Talkgroup that will be used for both RX and TX.
  3. With Steps 1 and 2 complete, you can now start programming your Memory Channels. Many users group the repeaters they want to use into specific ZONES. They will create a ZONE for TG1200, TG 1201, TG 1299 and TG 1. Then, they will add a channel for each repeater each respective ZONE. This makes navigating between repeaters easy and enables remaining on the same Talkgroup. We recommend using SEL (Selective Squelch) for all ZONES. If you would like to monitor more than one Talkgroup, you can ADD those TGIDs into the RX GROUP list for each ZONE.
  4. It is likely you will have more than one ZONE in your radio. As you name a ZONE, scroll all the way to the RIGHT and make sure you designate an estimated number of Memory Channels for that ZONE. Unless a ZONE has at least one Memory Channel, you will not be able to access it from the list of ZONES. Once you are in a ZONE, you can easy ADD new Memory Channels. You can also DELETE Memory Channels by right clicking on one or more channels you wish to delete and selecting the DELETE command from the menu.
  5. The F4400DS supports Over-the-Air-Alias. That enables you to transmit a plain text Alias in addition to your Radio’s NXDN ID every time you press the PTT. Most Hams use OTAA (found in the DIGITAL à OPTION page to transmit their FCC callsign.
  6. Make sure you ADD your NXDN ID into the programming. Use DIGITAL à CONVENTIONAL àOWN ID (Edit).

Watch for another email coming soon with more information on how to UPGRADE your radio to VOTE SCAN.

73 de Paul-NB9X

NODES / USERS need to contact NXCore Admin

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Fairview Utah, 209 IP address, please get in touch with Evans (kd4efm1@gmail.com)

Madrid Spain 81. IP address, please get in touch with Evans also.

Your devices are not registered with the NXCore WW and your packets are being dropped.
If you wish to be part of the NXCore, get with me at the above email address.

Evans Mitchell
KD4EFM
NXCore Team Member

NXCORE REWORK IN PROGRESS

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Currently working on doing a minor but major NXCore update to the network. Bare with us as we get this worked up and ready for production use. Several advancements will be forthcoming as we migrate from the old version of NXCore to the new one.

The ability to have tg crossing from DMR to NXDN or NXDN to DMR will be one such feature that will allow areas with both modes running to unify into a common talk grouping.

Evans Mitchell
KD4EFM

NXCore is growing!

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Good evening all, NXCore has taking on a new life and will be rolling out forthcoming.
Thanks to those past and present who started this off, and now the next level of NXDN Ham Radio is making it’s move forward with some new features and skill sets. More information on the new release of the NXCore files will be announced when it is finished with the BETA version (Now nearing V 13.0.0.1)
As I get back into the NXDN buildout, I want to give a special thanks to NI4CE Group, Inc. and to the next developer who came on board, Tom Chance, K9XV of Florida.
We will occasionally hear from him here on the website from time to time.

73
Evans Mitchell
KD4EFM

SIDE Note to all users talk group 1200

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Like to make a note real quick, Talk Group 1200 (FLORIDA WIDE) is for Florida and not really a World Wide talkgroup. 65000 was meant for wide area contacts and short comms.
If you need a local area or regional talkgroup, and do not have one established, contact me to arrange having a TG reflector set up for your area. kd4efm1@gmail.com

Gen 2 NXCore will soon be branching to support regional coverage. That will be forthcoming!

APRS VIA NXDN

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Forthcoming, those who want to have GPS modules installed on their NXDN radios will be able to setup a GPS position setting that will allow you to ping you location via the WW NXDN CORE, and those who operate their own NXCORE’s with the GEN 2 NXCORE update.
The new proposed talkgroup for APRS / GPS reporting will be 14439 aka 144.390 aprs frequency,

Stay tuned!

NXCORE USERS NOT AUTHROIZED

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The following IP user / person needs to contact me
host145-94-211-80.serverdedicati.aruba.it [80.211.94.145]
ITALY

host81-150-15-15.in-addr.btopenworld.com [81.150.15.15]
United Kingdom

Your repeater / device is not registered with the NXCORE and not authorized at this time.

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