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Just a casual day of receiving amateur radio packets into JavaScript and parsing the data in them.

Very cool! Now, may I interest you in some DMRplus QSOs? ;)

Interested, of course. But I've not done any DMR as all I have are Yaesu radios. It's all C4FM for me. We could probably use EchoLink or IRLP—I know there are repeaters near me for that. Or maybe APRS? If you have a license that lets you do HF stuff we could try actual SSB or maybe JS8Call.

Haven't tried EchoLink yet, but it's on my to-do - or to-try - list. Regarding HF, my license only includes 10m but I don't have any 10m gear yet. As for DMR, if you want to play around with that without having to buy anything, maybe this could be a good first step: github.com/rohithzmoi/D...

I've got EchoLink up and running. If you have an EchoLink repeater near you I can connect to it. Then, you just talk to the repeater like you normally would and I would be talking into my phone or computer.

I do have the gear for 10m but 10m heavily depends on band conditions and is kind of hit or miss. You just need to upgrade your license and then buy an awesome radio! I paid $1200 for my main radio but it does everything from 70cm to 160m and even includes an antenna tuner. Buy once, cry once.

I forgot to ask: A bit of a hassle how? I mean, all you need to do is get a DMR ID, install the app, and say hello to 2632668. :)

The Apple version, according to the README on GitHub, says they’re using TestPilot. So, it’s not just a simple download.