With the continued growth of DMR as a voice and data mode for amateur radio, DMR hotspots are a popular way to access talkgroups without the need to tie up a community repeater. The DMR hotspot links a DMR mobile or portable radio to most other DMR radios, repeaters, hotspots over the internet. Think of a DMR hotspot like a networked repeater you controls, but without rebroadcasting your signal locally - just to and from other DMR systems over the internet. Hotspots might be used at a specific location, or might be used with celllar mobile network connectivity to be used on the go.
DMR hotspots typically have low transmit power (10 mW - 1000 mW) and are typically used with small rubber duck antennas. However, hotspots can be connected to high outdoor antennas.