Galaxy becomes EDPNET

Galaxy has been our preferred partner for sim cards with data usage. About a year ago Galaxy was merged with the Internet provider EDPNET who wanted to extend their mobile market share.

Now the second stage in the merge is ongoing and existing customers will receive new sim(s) to swap to the new provider (new branded sim card with other APN). You will receive a package by land mail with new sim card(s) and an explanation on how to migrate.

New customers and migrated customers will have another APN than existing customers.
If you register a new sim card or when you already received your new sim cards & migrated them, your APN must be set to data.be.

Don’t set your APN to data.be if you are not migrated yet, this will not work.

And last but not least: This migration will result in a later stage next year in lower fee’s per mb. Ain’t that good news!

Tokie TK1000

Another day, another device… No that’s not true! Like every self acclaimed Radio Amateur or Network Radio enthousiast I stand in front of the mirror every morning claiming two things: “that belly ain’t big” and “I don’t need another radio”… There’s always one lie in the morning 😉

Anyway, when we met up with the guys from Zello Radio Benelux last weekend I got my hands on a Tokie TK1000: A small sized device with a medium screen and the standaard menu keys, but no dial pad. I was intrigued!

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Building a Swiss Army Knife with the Inrico T320

This post is actually a combination of different “Tips & Tricks” I previously wrote in the knowledge base. I’m not going to explain all settings again. Just hit the tags in the sidebar most of the subjects discussed here are filled under “Button Mapper” and “Zello

Since a few weeks I’ve got this new found love for the first Network Radio I bought: the Inrico T320. As you all know, i’m a huge fan of Telo, I love the build, the audio quality, the design … and especially the big touchscreen. So for a while I was very happy with my TE-590 and I still am. But preferences changes over time. Ever since I started using Walkie Fleet at home and at work, I struggled with the dual app that needs to be configered: Zello for Hobby and Walkie Fleet for Work and Home use.

And now the thing that first led me away from the T320 is actually the thing that I most love about it: Its keyboard. I’ve found out that with most big touchscreens I often accidentally hit the screen and disable or enable stuff! The smaller screen on the T320 is less sensitive and in combination with Button Mapper I’m super fast in changing Apps, settings, channels, ….
So here’s a short description on how I set up my Inrico T320:

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NRAPRS

Since NRAPRS is getting into a nice working Beta stage, it was time to update the manual section with a descent manual and how-to:
NRAPRS – Installation and how to guide

NRAPRS – Network Radio Tracking

For those who are not up to date with NRAPRS : on www.nraprs.be you can see a map where you can find, locate and track other Network Radio Users around the globe.

Crosslinking

There’s a moment in your Network Radio career and probably in your general Radio career as well that you have several different devices connected to different technologies or networks. This often results in dragging around multiple handheld devices to stay connected with your favourite fellow radio folks on their own networks.
We have Zello, ZelloWork, WalkieFleet, Real PTT, Echolink, PMR, DMR, … and so on.

Personally I have a private WalkieFleet Network for me and my family (Clan Caignie), a professional WalkieFleet network for my crew when at work and I use Zello to keep in touch with my favourite Network Radio buddies. So that’s three networks to monitor. Actually two, because when at work al the rest is shut down, to keep focussed. When at work i only run the Family WalkieFleet network on my Smartphone in case of emergency if my wife or kid is are in trouble.
So I end up with two networks that I would like to monitor at the same time, Zello & my Clan Caignie WalkieFleet network. And as we all know, most PTT applications are not social pieces of software. They all think they are the center of the “PTT universe” and claim the PTT button. I’ve written some articles about using multiple PTT applications on one device and most of them work fine but sometimes you wish you just have it all in one application. This was the starting point from were NR001, ZRB003 , NR0216 and me NR515 at www.zelloradiobenelux.be started testing.

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Inrico T-620

There’s a new kid in town and it’s a slim one. The Inrico T-620 is a 4G dual sim Network Radio with an extra SD slot and a small display. It has a battery capacity of 3600 mh. Al this features made it look like hell of competition for the bigger en blind T199 and T192.
It’s slim, elegant, compact and the small display allows you to see if your connection to data or wifi is established.

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Telo 390 install code


Since the new firmware update of the Telo TE 390 you might encounter problems installing apps on the device. This is because it has been locked by the manufacturer.
By entering *#*#1122#*#* in the dial pad (and press dial) the device becomes unlocked and you can install apk’s on the device.

Channel Knob Selection

Another great tip by @Phil NR001
(Only applicable for devices with a indefinite rotating channel knob selector who run a PRO version of Button Mapper & Google Play Store)

This configuration enables you to use an indefinite channel knob to browse trough your numbered channels.
For me this is a great added feature because now I can safely browse channels when I’m driving in my car. Most of my frequently used channels are assigned to the program buttons, but now you have a more extended channel list at your finger tips.

Example on an Inrico TM-7 plus
  1. Add numbering to your channels/contacts: 01 Channel 01, 02 Channel 02, 03 Mom, …
  2. Add the rotate left & rotate right button in Button Mapper
    1. (“Add Buttons” or sometimes they are already added)
  3. For the Left Button: Select “Broadcast Intent” and add the following line to the field “Action“: com.zello.intent.channelDown
    • Do this for “Single”, “Double” and “Long Press”
  4. For the Right Button: Select “Broadcast Intent” and add the following line to the field “Action“: com.zello.intent.channelUp
    • Do this for “Single”, “Double” and “Long Press” and mind the capitals!

This should work with most indefinite rotating channel knob selectors. If you find a Network radio that doesn’t support this, let us know!
(We know about the Telo TE-390 already)