The N7IBC UHF/70cm repeater is a low level open repeater, located at McCall, Idaho (e.g. 100 miles due north of Boise). The N7IBC repeater provides coverage along the highway 55 cooridor, from Little Donner to north of McCall, and into portions of Adams County.

TIP: If you are unfamiliar with DMR, please see the DMR PRIMER page for an introduction to DMR and references to additional DMR introductory information.

W7CIA VHF/2-Meter Repeater Access Parameters
CALL SIGN	DMR MARC ID	COLOR CODE	TX ADMITTANCE	DYNAMIC TALK GROUP SLOT	STATIC TALK GROUP SLOT	QTH	Input MHz	Output MHz	MODE	Timeout Timer Minutes
N7IBC	310225	1	Color Code Free	1	2	NewMeadows	446.925	441.925	DMR	10

Why Hytera Was Chosen: A number of people have asked why Hytera was chosen over Motorola. Since Motorola customer programming software is a subscription service, there would be an on-going charge simply to be able to maintain programming of the repeater. No such subscription charge exists with Hytera. Pirating software is not an option, legally or ethically. Motorola may very well be a viable choice for other repeater owners / operators if the subscription fee is not objectionable to them, or if they have a business relationship with Motorola that negates the cost of the subscription. Given a very balanced comparison of Motorola and Hytera repeater specifications, and Hytera's more favorable retail pricing when compared to Motorola, Hytera simply made the most economic sense.

TIME SLOT 2 IS RESERVED FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC USING TALK-GROUP 311602 ONLY. USE OF ALL OTHER TALK GROUPS, OR THE USE OF PRIVATE CALL FEATURES, ARE RESTRICTED TO TIME-SLOT 1. ANY USER THAT OPERATES WITH ANY TALK GROUP OTHER THAN TALK GROUP 311602 ON TIME SLOT 2 MAY FIND THEMSELVES SUBJECT TO A CFR TITLE 47 PART 97.205(e) EXCLUSION.

For those wishing to add the N7IBC UHF/70cm DMR Repeater to their DMR code-plug, the following programming parameters should be employed:

DMR Code-Plug Parameters
CHANNEL	CHANNEL NAME	TALK GROUP TYPE	TIME-SLOT	TALK-GROUP	COLOR CODE	TIME OUT
1	VC PRI PRIMARY LOCAL	STATIC (W7CIA, N7IBC, W7ELE, K1BMW CLUSTER)	2	311602	1	180
2	VC SEC SECONDARY LOCAL	STATIC (W7CIA, N7IBC, W7ELE, K1BMW CLUSTER)	1	311603	1	180
3	BM ID 3116	DYNAMIC	1	3116	1	180
4	BM MT 3130	DYNAMIC	1	3130	1	180
5	BM NV 3132	DYNAMIC	1	3132	1	180
6	BM OR 3141	DYNAMIC	1	3141	1	180
7	BM TX 3148	DYNAMIC	1	3148	1	180
8	BM UT 3149	DYNAMIC	1	3149	1	180
9	BM WA 3153	DYNAMIC	1	3153	1	180
10	BM ZONE 7	DYNAMIC	1	31097	1	180
11	BM TAC 5	DYNAMIC	1	8955	1	180
12	BM SNARS 31328	DYNAMIC	1	31328	1	180
13	BM SOCAL 31066	DYNAMIC	1	31066	1	180
14	BM NORCAL 31068	DYNAMIC	1	31068	1	180
15	BM ARES-ID 31160	STATIC	1	31160	1	180
16	BM EMCOM 9911	STATIC	1	9911	1	180

NOTE: When this page differs from the Brandmeister N7IBC / 311603 page with respect to static time groups, the Brandmeister N7IBC / 311603 page will take precedence.

Dynamic talk-groups on time-slot 1 may be scheduled to operate as static talk-groups to coincide with specific NET activiies.

Note that the BM prefix in the channel naming indicates that the channel is routed to the BrandMeister network.

NOTE: Dynamic talk-groups are advisory. Technically, it is possible to program any talk-group into your radio's code-plug file and use it. There are no technical restrictions applied by the repeater or the BrandMeister network with respect to dynamic talk-groups. However, the repeater trustee recommends that operators adhere to using the talk-group listing above in as much as is practicable.

Information on the N7IBC repeater that is published on BrandMeister can be viewed by clicking here.

Station operators are requested to limit their use of high-volume traffic talk-groups, such as California statewide 3106 or USA Nationwide 3100. If you need to use a high-volume talk-group, please limit that usage to making a call and then move to a talk-group with lower traffic volume.

Stations making Private Calls are asked to restrict private calls to time-slot 1. Private Calls, whether initiated while on a talk-group, or programmed by setting the TX Contact to a private call contact, can be carried out on time-slot 1. If you do not use a pre-programmed channel for a private call, please make sure that you are on a channel that specfies time-slot 1 prior to initiating a private call. If you are on a time-slot 2 channel when you receive a private call, please, at your earliest convenience, coordinate a pause and switch to a time-slot 1 channel prior to resuming a private call.

IMPORTANT

Because GPS / APRS data requires the use of a time-slot, and have the potential to cause interference to other users (including the potential to subscribe to a different dynamic talk-group), users should disable automatic GPS data beaconing (i.e. beaconing based on time intervals or distance intervals). Transmission of GPS data associated with either Push-To-Talk (PTT) activity or manually transmitting GPS data are allowed as this occurs under the control of the operator and will not present a risk of interference to other operators.