NXDN CANADA - Amateur HAM Radio

An introduction to Amateur Radio

An introduction to Amateur Radio and the many possibilities it offers for learning, safety and security, and helping others throughout our world. Join us for this journey that takes us through a brief history of communications technology and then into the many exciting opportunities that the world of ham radio has to offer today.

How do I get an amateur radio license?
How To Get Your Canadian Ham License
Short Link here : bit.ly/hamstart

Toronto NXDN Repeater

public - VE3NIB & Linked

other & Private - yes.

Kenwood Nexedge NX-320K2 UHF - USED

These are a Kenwood Nexedge NX-320K2 UHF USED radio. This is a 5 watt 260 channel radio with a band split of 450-520 Mhz. These radios are capable of Conventional Trunking and Digital operation. Units are used and come complete with radio, battery, antenna, belt clip and charger. Listed below are more features for this unit :

DIGITAL – CONVENTIONAL MODE

260 CH-GID / 128 Zones (LCD Models)

Individual & Group Selective Call

Mixed FM / Digital Operation

Conventional IP Networks

Site Roaming

DIGITAL – TRUNKING MODE

Individual Private Call

Group Call & Broadcast Call

Telephone Interconnect

Transmission Trunked Mode*

Message Trunked Mode*

Call Queuing with Priority*

Late Entry (UID & GID)*

4 Priority Monitor ID’s*

Remote Group Add*

Failsoft Mode

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VE3WZW.net

Simply sharing to my community.

About NXDN Toronto Repeater

update:: VE3NIB & private. (update 2021 - 6300)

The main Toronto contact is ::
website contact :: ANDRE - VE3WZW
- NXDN user list
- NXDN aka. NexEDGE repeater no longer available pre 2018

Glossary Terms: NXDN, IDAS, NEXEDGE

The Amateur Radio community no longer has access to a NXDN aka. NexEDGE repeater.

Previously the repeater was available since 2010 however recently March 2017 an active user group with the SK of the trustee 2017

VE3xxx NXDN Toronto

ICOM FR6000 UHF REPEATER

Toronto Repeater 443.050 +5mhz (FM Analog / NXDN NexEDGE)
VE3YYZ Toronto 443.0500 (Ran 1) Digital (ctcss 103.5) Analog

Repeater Code : Ran 1

TalkGroup : 1 - Local - NXDN Active with FM Analog - (announce on analog first)

TalkGroup : 65000 - Worldwide - (not on at the moment)

You will also need a user ID (UID) for the system

When initiating an NXDN conversation, please announce on Analog FM that you will be using NXDN for the next little while.

Icom programming - straight forward
Kenwood programming - "Very Narrow" band (6.25 kHz) - auto-alias - off

VE3YYZ NXDN is a PTT Initiated system. The NXDN Group TG needs to be keyed before the Talkgroup is linked and times out after 3 minutes, which will require another keyup.

RadioID.net "user.csv" A massive 67761 contacts from the RadioID.net "user.csv" file have been deleted

It seems that a massive 67761 contacts from the RadioID.net "user.csv" file have been deleted since the last time i downloaded it on Nov 1st. I noticed this today.

Richie Mills
November 15 2020

Hi guys.
It seems that a massive 67761 contacts from the RadioID.net "user.csv" file have been deleted since the last time i downloaded it on Nov 1st.
I noticed this today when the file went from being over 10mb to around 7mb. Luckily i didn't write this to my D878UV, but did update my Pi Hotspot's "stripped.csv" file with it which meant that so many contacts now didn't show on my Nextion screen anymore. I had kept a folder full of backups...latest being from 1st of November...so managed to SSH that back into the Pi.
Does anybody know if the deletion has happened in error?
Best 73.....Richie M6XRM (qrz.com)

History NXDN

NXDN was created in 2003 with a joint venture of Kenwood and Icom. The protocol was announced at IWCE in 2005 and the first units arrived in 2006. It wasn't until 2017 that NXDN was published by the ITU-R as an international digital land mobile system.
NXDN was created to satisfy the 2005 FCC Narrowbanding mandate. Originally created for business users, NXDN is used by public safety and even the military.

Overseeing NXDN development and standards is the NXDN Forum. A 30 member community including JVC Kenwood, Icom, Anritsu, The Boeing Company, and Zetron.

NXDN Comes in 3 flavors

NXDN Standard (As defined by the CAI)
Kenwood's NEXEDGE
Icom's IDAS
NXDN operates using FDMA over 12.5kHz or 6.25kHz wide bandwidth.

NXDN Reflector List

Note: This table of NXDN reflectors is pulled from the Pi-Star NXDN Database (updated hourly).

NXDN Number	Description	TG Direct	DMR2NXDN via DMRGateway
505	VKCore, 505	TG 505	TG 7000505
530	New Zealand, 530	TG 530	TG 7000530
1200	Florida, 1200	TG 1200	TG 7001200
5057	VK7 TAS, 5057	TG 5057	TG 7005057
50599	BM NXCore bridge, 50599	TG 50599	TG 7050599
10200	North America, 10200	TG 10200	TG 7010200
26810	Portuguese speaking test, 10268	TG 26810	TG 7026810
10301	Spanish speaking, 10301	TG 10301	TG 7010301
10302	NXDN 10302 Multimode BM 21461 EA Spain	TG 10302	TG 7010302
10303	Italian speaking, 10303	TG 10303	TG 7010303
10304	REM-ADER Spain Group, 10304	TG 10304	TG 7010304
10400	Pacific, 10400	TG 10400	TG 7010400
20000	Europe, German speaking, 20000	TG 20000	TG 7020000
25000	CT NXCore, 25000	TG 25000	TG 7025000
25641	Russia NXDN Net, 25641	TG 25641	TG 7025641
28299	America-Ragchew, 28299	TG 28299	TG 7028299

Canadian List of Amateur ham Radio NXDN user ID

https://nxdncanada.blogspot.com/p/canadian-list-of-amateur-ham-radio-nxdn.html

Kenwood NX-800 Programming for MMDVM With Group ID 65000
(Talk Group)

Here are the basics of how to throttle the 65000 Group ID (Talk Group) to your single Conventional NXDN channel for MMDVM. Kenwood KPG-111D

NXDN Canada Amateur HAM Radio

Discussion / User Support
NXDN Canada Amateur HAM Radio
https://groups.io/g/HAMRadioCanada

NXDN MMDVM Network

naylorjs - Jonathan G4KLX

March 22 2018 at 1:02 AM

Hi All
As you may be aware, things have been moving on steadily with the new NXDN clients; the gateway, parrot and reflector. There has been a lot of testing by VK2HK and VK4TUX leading me to find and squash a number of bugs. It's almost ready for a full release, just a few things to be sorted out.

There is already an existing NXDN network, and our system links into theirs very successfully. We will therefore, wherever possible, use the same TG numbers as they do. Currently we have 1200 and 505 linked, and I hope that 65000 will be linked soon.

Once the new code is deemed mature enough, I will allow a grace period for it to filter into distributions before having the old NXDN TG65000 closed down.

Then NXDN will be running at full strength and will join the other modes as a full member of the MMDVM clan.

Shared. Yahoo group c#p comments by

Jonathan G4KLX

NXDN Configuration on Pi-star

NXDN Configuration on Pi-star

Pi-star NXDN Configuration
Digital mode configuration settings - NXDN

☆ NXDN Startup Host – Select your preferred startup host.

Note: According to the Pi-Star Change Log, NXDN was added to MMDVMHost in version 3.4.10; however, there is no NXDN Gateway service yet (supposed to be coming soon). In the meantime, the NXDN service is hardcoded to use the single public reflector that is available.

☆ NXDN RAN – Enter your NXDN Random Access Number (RAN).
If any changes made, click Apply Changes.

Kenwood NX 5000 Firmware Install

The Amateur's Reference for NXDN

The Amateur's Reference for NXDN

IC-F5061D, IC-F6061D | Products | Icom Inc

Guide
http://www.nxdnradio.com/index.php/radio-setup/icom/35-program-icom-f3161-radio

How to obtain an NXDN ID

How to obtain an NXDN ID:

Quick note: For NXDN ID’s, use the last 5 digits of your DMR ID or a number that is 1 to 5 digits in length. NXDN does not recognize number above 65,519, thank you for understanding!

“We understand there are duplicates that can happen, hence the using of OTAA (Over the Air Alias) is asked” Call Sign.

NEXEDGE what is

NEXEDGE what is it

No they do not do training videos, hence my video. I set this up using the add on software ($299) and two Nexedge radios.