As those of you who checked into the informal DMR net on the 442.150 MHz multi-mode repeater know, we experienced issued with high Bit Error Rates (BER) on users who were accessing direcly via RF. We’ve swapped the controller’s Raspberry Pi 3 board for a Pi 2 and the BER problems cleared up! Now for the bad news: the 442.050 MHz FM repeater which returned to the air last week is out of service again due to unknown technical problems. We’ll keep you posted here.
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