Raytheon/JPS P25CC

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:44 am

Anyone here dealt with a Raytheon P25CC, and have you ever hooked it up to an MSR2000? Looking to find out how much they're worth, and any first hand opinions on the thing.

http://www.jps.com/index.asp?node=229&sc=p25cc

It's basically a device containing a P25 implementation that operates over the baseband audio lines of an ordinary analog station, to turn an old repeater into a P25 machine on the cheap.

Cheers

cbus · Post by **cbus** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:03 am

very very nice, Wonder what sort of $$ figures they want for it. ?

RKG · Post by **RKG** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:15 am

If you speak with JPS, you will find that the P25CC is, at least at the moment, a cut-to-fit, paint-to-match proposition: you have to ship your station to JPS and they modify it to work with the P25CC. This is not plug and play.

Astro Spectra · Post by **Astro Spectra** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:52 pm

Their press release states US$20k for the first channel dropping to US$16k. It's not cheap if you want just a P25 repeater; it is cheap if you want a network.

Tait or Daniels probably are the best bet for a reasonably priced P25 repeater (US$7k) if that’s all you need (and don’t want to make one yourself).

The JPS technology actually comes from Etherstack in the UK:

http://www.etherstack.com

Etherstack is also working with Aeroflex, Icom and others. They have a great stand alone P25 protocol monitor.

The Raytheon tie up is here:

http://www.etherstack.com/news.php?id=31

Raytheon / JPS press release is here:

http://www.jps.com/index.asp?node=229&sc=p25cc

I met with them at IWCE in Las Vegas last month and can pass on contact details if you're serious.

In Australia you can get the same thing from Auria Wireless:

http://www.auriawireless.com/index2.php

I met up with them at the APCO 2007 show in Surfers, again can pass on contact details.

Cheers, John

cbus · Post by **cbus** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:06 pm

thanks for those links john, the new australian firm look interesting. especially their IP approach.

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:54 am

I've dealt with Auria Wireless professionally, so I've got a contact there. I already knew nothing from Raytheon is particularly cheap, so I was sure this wasn't going to be an exception

This is really just a tyre-kicking personal project at the moment.

Thanks