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New Motorola Digital radios (NOT ASTRO)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:26 am
by RFguy
Motorola has released a new line of "lower end" digital radio's.
http://www.motorola.com/mototrbo
It looks like a "transition" product that will allow an analogue user to phase these into an existing system in analogue mode, the switch to digital when the fleet is changed out.
2-slot TDMA in a 12.5 kHz channel.
VHF and UHF. Repeater available. One repeater to repeater 2 separate digital streams.
Get 2 companies to combine their 2 separate simplex channels into a repeater pair and share the repeater hardware.
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:20 am
by batdude
TETRA comes to america!
doug
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:32 am
by AEC
Does anybody have PRICES on these things yet, or is this another Circle-M secret.
One half picture is NOT adequate to show off this supposedly 'new' radio platform.
Typical Circle-M subterfuge.....*laughing*
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:38 am
by wavetar
They were waiting until their big dealer session at the IWCE in Vegas this past week to officially announce the product, so there should be more info available shortly. I was there & saw the hardware & actually tried it out with two portables on different "channels"...it was cool to see the "time slot 1" and "time slot 2" lights come on at the repeater...TDMA should have been done here long ago. The field units appear to be Waris series based, and the repeater has the same physical housing as the GR1225, although I didn't get to look inside to see what it was actually comprised of. All I really heard about for pricing was that the repeater was going to cost somewhere in between the GR1225 & the MTR2000...don't know about the portables & mobiles yet. They're targetting Q4 2006 for availability here in Canada...I believe U.S. availability is pretty much immediate.
Todd
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:28 pm
by d119
Todd,
Did you like the model names on the mobile units? "MOTOROLA XYZ 2345"
Hahahahah
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:28 am
by Rayjk110
If you click on "MOTOTRBO System" Menu on the left, then click "Industry Benifits" on the sub-menu it pops down, in the movie you watch it shows close-ups of the equiptment. Definately looks Waris/CDM based design.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:03 am
by Jonathan KC8RYW
Rayjk110 wrote:If you click on "MOTOTRBO System" Menu on the left, then click "Industry Benifits" on the sub-menu it pops down, in the movie you watch it shows close-ups of the equiptment. Definately looks Waris/CDM based design.
Did anyone else notice the "CONTROL ROOM OPERATER" is spelled wrong in that Flash movie?
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 11:05 am
by wavetar
d119 wrote:Todd,
Did you like the model names on the mobile units? "MOTOROLA XYZ 2345"
Hahahahah
Can't say I noticed...I was really hung over...
Todd
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 7:19 pm
by firetech792
If its anything like the rest of their new stuff in the past few years.....its probably garbage
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:59 pm
by mr.syntrx
That's not half as cool as TETRA.
Looks like it follows ETSI DMR standards though. I posted details of the DMR draft here a while ago, and I've wondering when/what kind of gear would start popping up.