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Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:00 pm
by ke7jvx
Is there an astro that can be converted or that will go into the amateur 900 mhz band (902-928)?
Monty
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:14 pm
by jmr061
Negative, not that I know of. I know some have tried to make a 900 mhz astro spectra, no luck though.
Jason
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:43 pm
by 4n6inv
No luck in making it do digital, or no luck whatsoever to get one to do the 255 channels? I'd really like to make a W-3 900 for ham use, but don't care squat about it doing digital.
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:04 am
by jmr061
No luck in making a 900 astro period. They made no RF board for it.
Jason
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:31 am
by 4n6inv
And no one has been able to trick a VCO and/or RF board into locking into the lower 900 ham freqs?
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:45 am
by radioinstl
XTL and XTS (ASTRO25) are now out in 900 Mhz
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:55 am
by jmr061
$$$$$$$$, lol.
Jason
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:27 am
by 4n6inv
NFW!!! You can't be serious- yes; I'm gullible.
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:35 am
by radioinstl
New Radio Features Supported:
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NOTE: FIRMWARE VERSION R10.00.00 or HIGHER IS REQUIRED FOR THE
FOLLOWING FEATURES TO WORK IN THE RADIO:
• 900 MHz band for XTL 1500 and XTL 2500 radios
• 'Menu Inactivity Time Out'
• 'Squelch Per Personality' - Per Personality Squelch Control
• 'Priority Monitor Scan' and 'Priority Scan Alert' in XTL 1500 and PM 1500
• 'Tactical Rekey' for XTL 2500 and XTL 5000 radios
• 'Disable High Pass Filter'
• 'One Touch Signaling'
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:32 pm
by Grog
radioinstl wrote:XTL and XTS (ASTRO25) are now out in 900 Mhz
What models? Where I work has several 900mhz TRSs, and I was wondering what they could use as replacements when they need to buy more radios. The GTX is a joke for replacing a MCS2000
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:48 pm
by escomm
The GTX was never a replacement for the MCS2000. The MCS series was superseded by the XTL series. GTX is a Radius radio, or pretty damn close to it, since it's in the Radius price pages...
Fake edit: The GTX series is fully canceled now as well.
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:57 pm
by Grog
What I meant is that the last tie I looked on their website, the GTX was the only PP 900 mobile they showed. The company uses a ton of maxtracs, with some spectras and MCS2000s as bases and a few mobiles.
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:30 pm
by escomm
Ah, fair enough. I do concede that going to a GTX from an MCS is like going to a Yugo from a Lexus
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:47 am
by N9LLO
The brochure for the XTS2500 indicates 900mhz "future avaliability" I asked my local sales guy and he didn't know anything about it. Anybody seen one yet of have a release date?
Chris
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:56 am
by escomm
N9LLO wrote:The brochure for the XTS2500 indicates 900mhz "future avaliability" I asked my local sales guy and he didn't know anything about it. Anybody seen one yet of have a release date?
Chris
According to the firmware notes all you need is cps and firmware version 10.
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:12 am
by N9LLO
Has anyone ever seen an actual 900 mhz XTS2500 radio or know if they have even been released yet?
Chris
Re: Astro and 900 mhz?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:52 pm
by 4n6inv
I realize that this is a weiner question, but I wonder if they will program and operate into the ham band.