The next meeting of the Digital Radio Group will be held on January 24th, 2009 in Midland, Michigan. Meetings are attended by Michigan Section Staff and two representatives from each State District (as appointed by that district's DEC). Meetings are NOT open to the public, however, non-members may be asked to attend by invitation for the purpose of presenting specific information or training to the DRG membership.

DRG meetings are not closed in an effort to hide anything. They are closed in an effort to control the meeting size, as too large a group leads to too many distractions and less work gets accomplished. DRG quarterly meetings are NOT the venue for new users to attend to ask questions like "What is Packet?", or "How do I hook up my TNC?". These meetings are attended by the movers-and-shakers that build out the networks YOU use. The agendas are oftentimes filled to capacity for the 3 to 4 hour long meeting, and we MUST stay on track and on topic else we waste precious time. But please feel free to contact your District Representative for further information about getting started in Packet Radio and TCP/IP or NetROM networking, or check the resources here on this website. Your DRG Representative should also be able to direct you to the nearest Packet Training seminar or presentation at a nearby radio club. And feel free to ask him/her if they would be willing to provide such a presentation at YOUR club! Afterall, that IS what your DRG Representative is there for. To represent and support you!

   Agendas to upcoming meetings as well as the minutes of past meetings will be posted on this website as well as on the Michigan ARRL Section website.

   Working Groups and sub-committees are encouraged to involve as many interested persons, whether ARRL members or not, to participate in such meetings. The Chairperson of each committee shall decide how large or small his or her Working Group shall be, how often it shall meet, and how work or tasks will be delegated within the group. Each WG then reports back to the DRG at the quarterly meetings.

   We are looking for volunteers to sit on the following Working Groups: Networking - Frequency Coordination - Operational Standards - Training. If you would like to serve on one or more of these groups, please send an email to your DRG District Representative letting them know how you would like to participate.

Zone 1                       Zone 2                       Zone 3
44.102.220/24         44.102.221/24         44.102.222/24

The only MARC protected Packet Frequencies on 2-meters are as follows:
         144.91  144.93  144.95  144.97  144.99
         145.01  145.03  145.05  145.07  145.09
         147.54  147.56  147.58

See chart at the bottom of this page for further information about each Hamgate. There you will find clickable links allowing you to Telnet to each Hamgate and gain access to the Network.

• wmass - Western Massacusetts (Springfield, MA)
              Use 'CONV' to reach the Worldwide CONVerse Bridge
• w9da - Carol Stream, IL (near Chicago, IL)
              *HUGH* number of NetROM routes all over the World!
• wa7v - Walla Walla, Washington
              TELPAC access to the SanDiego CMS
• hamgate.ve7sfu - Vancouver, Canada
              Access to the Worldwide FLEXnet network
              CALLbook Server
• port.ve3mch - Hamilton, Ontario (near Niagra Falls)
              (not alot unless you register with the sysop)
• kd4yal - Clearwater, FL
              Type 'LB' to list email Bulletins ... 'R msg#' to Read them