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Importing a Digital ID Contact List

 There's a world of helpful info just waiting to be displayed on your radios screen when participating in a conversation.

After placing this "lookup table" into your DMR radio, you will get this displayed when receiving a transmission:

from the top down, it shows

* callers digital ID number
* call sign
* Name (first/last)
* City
* State
* current group

 

Getting your radio to display this info can be easy. The newest DMR radios make this simple, the older radios... not so easy.
 

Summary:

* Download universal CSV data file from the internet
* Import the file into your radios programming software
* send codeplug (now with Contact List included) to your radio

I will use the Anytone 878 radio for this example (other radio mfgrs hopefully have a similar process like this.):

NOTE: if you have the MD380 portable or the 9600 mobile... instructions on those specific models can be found by clicking HERE. Go no further on this page.

 

* Go to this web page: https://radioid.net/database/dumps#! (see note below for another option)

* find and then download the "user.csv" file to your computers hard drive.

Note: for a shorter list of contacts (some radios have limited memory)... download file "North America Contacts" from HERE for a smaller list of just North America hams.

*Run your computers 878 software program

* Read your radio out as it currently sits.

 

* Click on "TOOL" at the top of the screen

* Click on "Import"

 

* on this next screen, click on the gray rectangle that says "Digital Contact List"

A box should appear asking you to locate the "user.csv" file you just downloaded:

Find the file and click on "open".

 

*at the bottom of the screen, click on "Import". This may take a few minutes, be patient.

 

Once done you should see a status box appear that says "Import Complete"

at this point, the contact ID list (lookup table) is in the program along with the frequencies, groupos, zones you already have.

* save this codeplug, on your computer, then send it to your radio.

When you go to burn the radio with this new-fattened codeplug, you may be asked to select:

Digital Contact List
or
Other Data

check both boxes this time, and send this to your radio:

Done !

NOTE: if you have the MD380 portable or the 9600 mobile... click HERE 

 

  Click HERE to see the registration & activity for the N8NQH DMR repeater on Brandmeister 

click HERE for handy DMR Toolz to make your DMR experience better

Click HERE to visit the ARES Ohio Section DMR Radio page

click HERE to read info on basic DMR repeater operational procedures

click HERE for radio codeplugs already configured 

click HERE for indepth details about the groups

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