Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)

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Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)
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Frequencies 860 MHz,400 MHz,512 MHz,136 MHz,174 MHz,66 MHz,88 MHz
Frequency Range 66 MHz - 860 MHz
Mode NFM
Modulation 4FSK
ACF Frame: 60 ms, Slot: 30 ms
Emission Designator
Bandwidth 12.5 kHz
Location Worldwide
Short Description Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) is an open digital mobile radio standard defined by ETSI and used in commercial products around the world. Mostly used by private network and local police, can be encrypted. Used in MOTOTRBO products.
I/Q Raw Recording Download file
Audio Sample

Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) is an open digital mobile radio standard defined in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSIEuropean Telecommunications Standards Institute. An independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the telecommunications industry in Europe, developing global telecommunications standards.) Standard TS 102 361 parts 1–4 and used in commercial products around the world. DMR, along with P25 and NXDN48 are the main competitor technologies in achieving 6.25 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz equivalent bandwidth using the proprietary AMBE+2 vocoder.

DMR and P25 Phase II both use two-slot TDMATime Division Multiple Access in a 12.5 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz channel, while NXDN48 uses discrete 6.25 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz channels using frequency division. DMR was designed with three tiers. DMR tiers I and II (conventional) were first published in 2005, and DMR tier III (trunked) was published in 2012, with manufacturers producing products within a few years of each publication. The primary goal of the standard is to specify a digital system with low complexity, low cost, and interoperability across brands, so radio communications purchasers are not locked into a proprietary solution. In practice, many brands have not adhered to this open standard and have introduced proprietary features that make their product offerings non-interoperable.


German FreeNet Frequencies[edit]

Freenet Channel Frequency (MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz) Mode
1 149.0250 Analog FMFrequency Modulation / Digital
2 149.0375 Analog FMFrequency Modulation / Digital
3 149.0500 Analog FMFrequency Modulation / Digital
4 149.0875 Analog FMFrequency Modulation / Digital
5 149.1000 Analog FMFrequency Modulation / Digital
6 149.1125 Analog FMFrequency Modulation / Digital
7 149.021875 Digital only
8 149.028125 Digital only
9 149.034375 Digital only
10 149.040625 Digital only
11 149.046875 Digital only
12 149.053125 Digital only
13 149.084375 Digital only
14 149.090625 Digital only
15 149.096875 Digital only
16 149.103125 Digital only
17 149.109375 Digital only
18 149.115625 Digital only

Samples[edit]

Motorola Capacity Plus Control Channel:

Motorola Capacity Plus Rest Channel:




Hytera Extended Pseudo Trunk (XPT) Beacon:




Motorola® Connect Plus™

DMR Control Channel



Motorola Connect Plus Control Channel:




DMR Voice (Half Slot TDMATime Division Multiple Access):

Decoded Audio:



DMR Voice (ARC4 Encryption):

Decoding Software[edit]

Hobby Level Software


Professional Software

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