July 2024 Membership Meeting

The monthly RATS membership meeting will be held Friday, July 19 at 7:30 PM via Zoom.  All are invited to attend.

Our presenter this month will be Steve Crow KG4PEQ.  Steve will present "How to DMR" - a beginner's guide to DMR radio basics, navigating and using the DMRVA+HEARS statewide DMR repeater network and its available talkgroups, and calling procedures.  We'll look briefly at how to register for a radio ID and how to get a radio on the air quickly using a RATS codeplug, but other advanced and more technical topics such as codeplug creation, data/messaging applications, hotspots, and non-DMRVA repeater networks, are out of scope.

Those with even a few weeks or months of DMR experience may find this presentation a bit elementary.  This is targeted at new and inactive DMR users, especially those who may have a radio but who don't regularly use it.

RSVP/registration not required, but encouraged.  Registration will cause a reminder email to be sent two days before the meeting.  We will also send an email to registered participants regarding any last minute changes to the program, Zoom access information, or other details