HT1550 XLS plectron tone

[Philco7]

So question. Thinking of buying a 1550 XLS for amateur use and some PS listening. Is it possible to load a non QCII tone of 950 /1232 and if the radio will accept it, what's the chance of it working as a FTO pager function? The tones seems to be Plectron (Boulder County Colorado)

[SteveC0625]

So question. Thinking of buying a 1550 XLS for amateur use and some PS listening. Is it possible to load a non QCII tone of 950 /1232 and if the radio will accept it, what's the chance of it working as a FTO pager function? The tones seems to be Plectron (Boulder County Colorado)

It should work fine. The synthesizer might adjust the tones a tiny bit when you enter them, but it will be less than 0.5% and the decoder will still handle them with no problem.

We do this with CDM's, HT1250's, the Commercial Series CP's and CM's regularly. I mix Plectron and QC-II tones in these radios with no issues.

[Chris]

Works fine on HT1550xls

[escomm]

Pro Series will synthesize just about anything you tell it to. Non-standard QC, PL, DPL etc

[Philco7]

Thanks for the info, guess I'll start looking around for a decent price on one.

[d119]

What band you need? I have a UHF unit (403-470MHz)

[Philco7]

What band you need? I have a UHF unit (403-470MHz)

Darn, I need VHF

[SteveC0625]

Thanks for the info, guess I'll start looking around for a decent price on one.

Make sure you get the right model. Some of them can only do 16 conventional channels max. The 1250's can do 64 channels so they may be a good alternative for you.

Do you have access to programming capability? Keep in mind that the software is $265 and only available from Motorola.

[Philco7]

Thanks for the info, guess I'll start looking around for a decent price on one.

Make sure you get the right model. Some of them can only do 16 conventional channels max. The 1250's can do 64 channels so they may be a good alternative for you.

Do you have access to programming capability? Keep in mind that the software is $265 and only available from Motorola.

Ok thanks, I wasn't aware of that. 16 might work for me but a little more would be better. No I don't have software, have to send it off to someone for programming.

[escomm]

Thanks for the info, guess I'll start looking around for a decent price on one.

Make sure you get the right model. Some of them can only do 16 conventional channels max. The 1250's can do 64 channels so they may be a good alternative for you.

Do you have access to programming capability? Keep in mind that the software is $265 and only available from Motorola.

Every HT1550XLS ever built supports 160 conventional channels.

[Philco7]

Thanks for the info, guess I'll start looking around for a decent price on one.

Make sure you get the right model. Some of them can only do 16 conventional channels max. The 1250's can do 64 channels so they may be a good alternative for you.

Do you have access to programming capability? Keep in mind that the software is $265 and only available from Motorola.

Every HT1550XLS ever built supports 160 conventional channels.

After I started thinking about that, I thought that didn't sound right!