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decoding serial numbers
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:12 pm
by tonyp1511
Other than manufacture date, can any additional info be obtained with the serial number?
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:54 pm
by Mfire39
First 3 are specific to model series, next 3 are mfg date info, last 4 is the production number.
-Marc
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:59 pm
by tonyp1511
I don't want to start a new thread for this, but I'm looking at one specific astro saber. I'm curious if it has the 1 meg vocon. My research has yielded conflicting info. Please help. H04RDH9PW7AN serial: 310awa0159. Thanks!
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:30 pm
by escomm
What does the radio say it is when you put it in service mode?
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:37 am
by tonyp1511
And that's the problem, I don't have possession of it. It's on ebay. From what I've gathered it was manufactured in January of 1996 making it a 512k, but the previous owner said he used it for p25. Also, could someone confirm the actual r band split? Is it 403-470?
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:58 pm
by escomm
There is no limitation on 512k vocons supporting P25.
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:17 pm
by tonyp1511
you may be right, I'm sure you know much more about this than I do. But I'm basing this off of information from this website. "it appears that every XTS-3000 has a 1M vocon board. The ASTRO Saber's on the other hand could have either 512k or 1M.
In a fully compliant, Project-25, Astro, digital tunking system (9600 baud control channel, etc.), you must have a radio with e 1M vocon board, and the HOST firmware version must be equal or greater then R07.00.00."
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:13 pm
by Will
tonyp1511 wrote:snip Also, could someone confirm the actual r band split? Is it 403-470?
Yes R is usually 403 to 470.
Re: decoding serial numbers
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:53 pm
by escomm
tonyp1511 wrote:
In a fully compliant, Project-25, Astro, digital tunking system (9600 baud control channel, etc.), you must have a radio with e 1M vocon board, and the HOST firmware version must be equal or greater then R07.00.00."
Well you're not going to be using an Astro Saber on a UHF P25 trunking system so you're all good there. They only support 9600 trunking on 800MHz. P25 conventional is all you're worried about