Silicon Valley Multimode
via VEX
Silicon Valley Multimode via VEX is one room where every digital voice mode meets: DMR, YSF, NXDN, M17, P25 and D-STAR. Talk in one mode and you are heard in all the others. It is module A of VEXJET, N6JET's Vexillum reflector in San Jose (see the Silicon Valley map), and it is linked to TGIF talkgroup 95110.
How to Join
Pick your mode. Every row below lands in the same room.
| Mode | Connect to | Settings |
|---|---|---|
| DMR on TGIF | TGIF talkgroup 95110 | Any TGIF hotspot or repeater. Key up TG 95110. |
| DMR direct | vex.n6jet.com : 62031 | Password passw0rd. TG 64001 picks the room, then talk on TG 7, timeslot 2. Hotspots land here by default. |
| YSF | YSF 95114 US-VEXJET | vex.n6jet.com : 42000. Radio in DN mode, DG-ID 00. |
| NXDN | NXDN 9512 | vex.n6jet.com : 41400. |
| M17 | VEXJET module A | vex.n6jet.com : 17002. Link to module A. |
| P25 | P25 9512 | Pick 9512 from your hotspot P25 list, or enter 5.161.18.189 : 41100. Radio on TG 9512. |
| D-STAR | VEXJET module A | vex.n6jet.com : 30001, DExtra (XRF style). Add it as a custom DExtra host and link to module A. |
Full hotspot settings for every N6JET reflector are on How to Connect to N6JET Reflectors.
Why "Silicon Valley"
The room is run from San Jose, at the heart of the valley where many of the parts inside digital radios were invented. The logo carries four of them:
- 2N697 (1958): Fairchild's first transistor, built in Palo Alto and Mountain View.
- 555 (1971): the timer chip designed by Hans Camenzind for Signetics in Sunnyvale, one of the best-selling chips ever made.
- 4004 (1971): Intel's first microprocessor, from Santa Clara.
- Z80 (1976): the Zilog processor inside early home computers and a great deal of radio gear.
See the map: the cities of the valley, San Francisco, and the towns where so many valley workers live, from Santa Cruz and Hollister to the East Bay and Marin.
How It Works
VEXJET runs each mode as its own room. Small bridge programs join them in module A: a link to TGIF 95110, a DMR to YSF bridge and an NXDN to YSF bridge. DMR, YSF and NXDN share the same voice coding, so their audio passes straight through. P25 and M17 use different voice coding, so a converter on the N6JET server translates them in and out of the room. D-STAR uses an older voice coding that needs a hardware vocoder, so a DVstick 30 on the N6JET Beelink server translates it in and out of the room.
New to Vexillum? Vexillum (VEX) Reflector Explained covers what it is, its modes and how it compares with XLX and URF.
Where the name comes from: a vexillum was the square flag carried by a Roman army unit, the banner its soldiers rallied around. The word is also the root of "vexillology", the study of flags. The software shortens it to VEX. Its author has not said why he chose the name, but a flag that brings people together suits a reflector well.
This is a rebuild of the earlier N6JET Six Link, which joined all six modes the same way, now on its own reflector.
Updated 4 November 2026.