The I-84 Group
consists of likeminded of hams who
want to increase open DMR coverage
in Portland, promote the use of DMR
for ARES, EmComm, hospital disaster
communications and I-84
transportation route mobile coverage
in the Columbia Gorge with the hope
of encouraging others to expand
mobile DMR coverage along I-84
towards Salt Lake City, Utah.
This group consists of
Joel N7LF, Jim KA7AGH and
Paul K7PN.
These three hams are the main force
behind the deployment of these repeaters. If you wish to contact this group,
email their team at:
i-84-group@wa7dmr.net
The I-84 Group
completed
the
deployment of the Portland-Mount Scott
and Gresham-MHMC repeaters on Friday
August 2, 2019. The Corbett-Lookout
Point and Portland-West Hills
repeater were installed on November
8, 2019 and December 26, 2019,
respectively.
The I-84
Group Oregon
repeaters are listed in the
repeater
page and they are open for use by any
ham. The talkgroup decks have
been formulated and are published in the new
Oregon
Talkgroup Matrix. All
I-84 repeaters 95% the same talkgroup deck.
For the additional matrix details,
see:
I-84 talkgroup matrix detailed.
A talkgroup has been created and is
labeled as I-84 (TG ID 31419
on timeslot 2). This talkgroup is a linked
local type of talk for use by
participating repeaters in Oregon
and potentially some in southern
Washington. It is loosely
patterned after I-5 but not
restricted to short QSO's as this is
a PNW internal TG. This talkgroup is shared generally among
repeaters located near the I-84
transportation route
and with the agreement
of the I-84 group. |