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Connecting/disconnecting Hotspot Radio node from GMRS repeaters


TheTechPianoPlayerKid

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Hello everyone, so I have a question. I’m thinking about getting a hotspot radio from hotspotradios.com. Once the note is connected to the Internet, and I can access it, how do I disconnect and connect to other repeaters? Let’s say I use zello to talk to a GMRS repeater that isn’t in my area, but I want to use my handheld to talk to it. I’ve been told that you can use the node to connect to it. For example, let’s say the node I want to connect to uses node number 1234. So, when I connect to it what do I need to do, and after I am done, how do I disconnect from it, so it’s back to a simplex node? I hope my question makes sense.

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OK everyone, so I have figured it out. So to connect to another node, meaning a repeater system that has a node that you can connect to, these are the instructions that I were told.

Let’s say, for example, you want to connect to a node, node number, 1234. To connect your node to the other one, you would enter, *3 1234. Then, after you are done, talking on that system, to disconnect from that node, you enter *1 1234. Not sure if that applies for all the nodes, but for the one I’m getting, that’s how you do it.

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On 3/1/2024 at 12:56 PM, TheTechPianoPlayerKid said:

OK everyone, so I have figured it out. So to connect to another node, meaning a repeater system that has a node that you can connect to, these are the instructions that I were told.

Let’s say, for example, you want to connect to a node, node number, 1234. To connect your node to the other one, you would enter, *3 1234. Then, after you are done, talking on that system, to disconnect from that node, you enter *1 1234. Not sure if that applies for all the nodes, but for the one I’m getting, that’s how you do it.

I am also trying to do this so I can keep in contact with my (in his 70's) father when he's out of cell service. He walks around the woods a lot.  There is a repeater nearby, but I live 500 miles from it.  Are you saying you were successful in doing something like that?  What do you mean "a node that you can connect to"?  Does that mean a node you were given special permission to, or one that is publicly listed on myGMRS?  Thank you.

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9 hours ago, WRZK971 said:

That's a DMR hotspot. Did you have any success? 

No, ultimately it was defective, so I sent it back to China for a refund.

Subsequently, I was given one in a swap and I will use it with the Radioddity DB25-D that I acquired recently.

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4 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

No, ultimately it was defective, so I sent it back to China for a refund.

Subsequently, I was given one in a swap and I will use it with the Radioddity DB25-D that I acquired recently.

Good luck with the replacement. Good radio too.

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