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EDACS boards for Motorola 800mhz radios?
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:53 am
by wkr518
Is there such an animal? Can a Motorola MDC1200 based radio be configured or modded to operate on EDACS systems?
Thanks in advance
Wayne
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:17 am
by Pj
Nope.
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:17 am
by wavetar
Not that I know of.
On another note, it appears you posted the same message twice...at the same time. Computer hiccup I assume. I have removed the duplicate thread.
Todd
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:56 am
by Bruce1807
Actully there is or was anyway.
A marine base had EDACS but wanted Motorola Protbales (XTS3000)
Mot produced firmware for the radio to run on both systems.
This was several years ago when erricson owned edacs.
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:15 am
by RESCUE161
Bruce1807 wrote:Actully there is or was anyway.
A marine base had EDACS but wanted Motorola Protbales (XTS3000)
Mot produced firmware for the radio to run on both systems.
This was several years ago when erricson owned edacs.
I remember when I saw this too.
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:43 am
by Victor Xray
About halfway down on the [url=http://batlabs.com/astrosab.html]Astro Saber page[/url], Batlabs wrote:
The Toy of All Toys...
There are several references to an SP version of the Astro Saber that is equipped with Fascinator Securenet, AND works with GE/Ericsson's EDACS format trunking. The word is that this ultra-special radio was created in response to a Marine Corps special requirement for a radio that would work with their land based EDACS system and would also have Fascinator encryption in conventional operation for (mostly) tactical and/or offshore operations. Fact, or fiction... who knows at this point.
Motorola was able to supply this item because Ericsson doesn't have authorization to produce or have Fascinator encrypted technology since they are not a US-based company. Supposedly this special radio type is in use at a Marine Corps base in the vicinity of Corpus Christi, Texas.
We have been advised that such a radio does in fact exist, and has been confirmed. As to any further details on the unit, SP number, flashcode, model number, etc. have yet to been provided. The true capabilities of the radio are not known, but it looks like the Fascinator part is true, click to see the
radio label.
