Advice needed for Saber and Astro Saber UHF
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Cornel
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Advice needed for Saber and Astro Saber UHF
Hi all, I am looking to get a Saber or an Astro Saber radio and I need your advice - as mentioned in a previous post I don't have experience with these radios. I am looking to get a radio that will be used mainly on the ham band - European ham band, 430.000-440.000 MHz that is - PL, DPL are needed for repeater operation, scan needed, priority watch, nuisance delete needed as well; nice to have: P25, PL field programming,- like in MT2000 - call ID, call back. It seems that Saber actually is not able to cover the entire band but Astro Saber and System Saber are. Please advice what options do I need to look for - and why. Thank you.
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Tom in D.C.
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Re: Advice needed for Saber and Astro Saber UHF
A standard Saber won't work for you because the band splits are 403-433 and 438-470
mHz, with a usual maximum additional "excursion" outside the band limits of only about
one mHz.
The Astro Saber's standard bandsplit is 403-470 mHz so would be a good choice. Of all
the things you list the only thing it won't do is PL field programming. The AS1 is 32
channels and the AS2 and AS3 are 255 channels. The AS1 also does not do anything
related to data readout, obviously. There's a ton of data available on this site, as well
as at http://www.batlabs.com, about Astro Sabers. Another good site is http://www.repeaterbuilder.com.
To avoid getting stuck with a "dinosaur" Astro Saber you'll have to dig in and learn all
about them. You want an IMBE radio, not a VSELP, and you want one with 1 meg of
memory, not 512K. Flashcode information is critical when considering the purchase of
a unit and decode data is available here on this site. In general, avoid radios whose
flashcode starts with zero; consider only AS1s that start with the number 1 and AS2
and AS3 radios that start with 5.
Good luck.
mHz, with a usual maximum additional "excursion" outside the band limits of only about
one mHz.
The Astro Saber's standard bandsplit is 403-470 mHz so would be a good choice. Of all
the things you list the only thing it won't do is PL field programming. The AS1 is 32
channels and the AS2 and AS3 are 255 channels. The AS1 also does not do anything
related to data readout, obviously. There's a ton of data available on this site, as well
as at http://www.batlabs.com, about Astro Sabers. Another good site is http://www.repeaterbuilder.com.
To avoid getting stuck with a "dinosaur" Astro Saber you'll have to dig in and learn all
about them. You want an IMBE radio, not a VSELP, and you want one with 1 meg of
memory, not 512K. Flashcode information is critical when considering the purchase of
a unit and decode data is available here on this site. In general, avoid radios whose
flashcode starts with zero; consider only AS1s that start with the number 1 and AS2
and AS3 radios that start with 5.
Good luck.
Tom in D.C.
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Cornel
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Re: Advice needed for Saber and Astro Saber UHF
Thanks Tom for your help with this. I have a starting point now for my search.