How it works
The box looks the number up in the BrandMeister talkgroup list1. BrandMeister numbers follow the mobile country code: three digits are a country, and in the list a fourth digit is usually a region; 91 to 95 cover the world and the continents, and 4000 disconnects.23 A dynamic talkgroup stays linked for a time the master sets.4 The BrandMeister parrot is a private call to the country code plus 997; 9990 is the parrot of TGIF.35
Seven digits are a personal DMR ID. For the country, the box uses the first three digits: I counted them over every ID in RadioID's public database and kept a prefix only when one country holds at least 85% of its IDs. Nine digits are a DMR ID with a hotspot suffix.67 The box shows no names or call signs of ID holders.
The CSV has three columns, Name, ID and Call Type, for the contact or talkgroup list of a radio's programming software.
Networks, talkgroups, DMR IDs and hotspots, explained: How does ham radio DMR work?.
| Number | On BrandMeister |
|---|---|
| 91 | World-wide |
| 92 | Europe |
| 93 | North America |
| 94 | Asia, Middle East |
| 95 | Australia, New Zealand |
| 98 | Radio Test |
| 901 | WW Tac 1 |
| 902 | WW Tac 2 |
| 903 | WW Tac 3 |
| 4000 | Disconnect |
| 208997 | Parrot for France (private call) |
| 310997 | Parrot for the USA (private call) |
| 9990 | Not on BrandMeister: the TGIF parrot |
