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Thread resurrection...I've been here long enough, so cut me some slack on this one.

We have ASK's in play on our non-/\/\ P25 system for the various /\/\ users that ended up with radios that require one, even though we at the system admin level aren't necessarily sold on the concept in general ...

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My hunch is the RR's will move to NXDN about the same time I can flash uplift my lowband Maratrac to work on 9600 trunking.

I think just about everyone is narrowbanded, but even some of the Class I's haven't enabled NXDN in the radios anyway.

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Yeah, i don't see a true multiband portable coming out of Motorola anytime soon... as is the APX line suffers from desense problems because their Front End Filter has to be pretty much left wide open to support dual band radios, i'd see that getting worse if you continued to add additional bands in ...

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GlennD wrote:I just looked at a codeplug.

You need QA01749 Legacy SW System Key Enable.

Sure as :o, vendor didn't order it like they said they did. Thanks!

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First day with my new APX7k and APX CPS...don't hurt me.

I loaded the system keys I need, I created a trunking personality and added the SysID for the first system. The "System Key Type" and "System Key Present" are grayed out...but I have the software system key loaded. What gives?

What I am ...

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All I want to know is which site I'm affiliating to as I roam through through the system. Is it as easy as enabling the site search/display button? I have it enabled and it says SITE XX when I push it, so I'm assuming when I'm in range of the sites it will display it, correct?

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Got ...

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Well then...anwsers that one. What a crock.

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My XTS5000 MIII is exhibiting a wierd issue that I've not encounted before when the side buttons or front buttons are pressed. About every 5 or 6 presses of any one of the buttons, the steady tone made when you push the button is replaced by rapid dits of the same tone. The most noticable is when ...

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Unfortunately, that's what I thought.

That said, what does it take to modify an Astro25 flashcode? Is it still an s-rec rebuild or am I talking depot trip?

It's damn near impossible for me to find a non-FPP radio that has P25 trunking. My needs are exactly the opposite of 99% of the hammys and ...

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I'm working with a board member to determine if a VHF XTS5000 that he has will be suitable for my needs. It is a host/DSP 12.00.00 radio with a flashcode that contains:

Q806 ASTRO IMBE Digital Operation
H14 Enhanced Digital ID Display
Q52 Federal Government FPP
Q498 Hardware Multikey Encryption w ...

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I'm currently using my VHF AS3 with a hi-cap pack and dipole as my carry radio for any interop or P25 needs. I had a XTS3000 for a while but "downgraded" back to an AS3 several years ago.

It's got a fairly new AS firmware and it got a flashcode overhaul last year, so it's good to go for awhile even ...

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If the PM supports it, look at the clear tone alert as mentioned.

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I just put the bookmark for the mobile decoder on my Crackberry...thanks for making a mobile app.

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Your issues shed some light on the problem, PJ.

I guess I need to move some cables around and try again. After looking into this some more, I noticed the Orion is getting some RFI from the SmartSiren, which it never did in the last vehicle this setup was installed in. My guess is the cable bundle ...

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I have a functional VHF Orion installed with a SS2000-ERCSN1 and SVR-200U in my vehicle. Everything is powered from a Blue Sea 6 circuit fuse panel, fed with 6ga from the battery. Everything worked A-ok until I installed a Sho-Me signal stick and tried to power it from the SmartSiren. I assigned a ...

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I have a SVR200U that I am trying to get to play nice with an Orion (programming issue on the radio end), but when I try and program the repeater with their windows software it errors out. When do it in DOS, it works just fine.

If the DOS version gives you an error, I'd venture to say you have a ...

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The lounge kind of just fell by the wayside for a lot us, myself included. Hell, I don't even log in over here but once a month or so.

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The proper R06 firmware, along with matching DSP and ASTRO25-enabled flash, will support ASTRO25 trunking for *800MHZ systems only*. OBT (VHF/UHF) ASTRO25 trunking is not supported in the ASTRO line - you must have an ASTRO25 platform radio (XTS1500/2500/4000/5000, SSE5000, XTL1500/2500/5000) with ...

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P25 system? As in 7.x ASTRO25 trunking (9600bps control)? Gotta have a special flash and a specific firmware... Moto strongly recommends ASTRO25 radios to operate on that platform.

You said that Astro25 trunking wasn't supported at all for the VHF Astro line in my thread last month. Now reading ...

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It's because the crypto module takes over password management, and when you monkey with any part of that equation including radio lock, it gets pissy and dumps the key. Dork the password too many times, it gets pissy and dumps the key.

Ain't encrypted life grand?

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None from me any way. The vehicle in question was sold within a year of it's purchase and is long gone. Any of the Chargers I deal with at work now are V6's that don't have this issue.

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I believe the correct names are Saber Vehicular Adaptor (SVA) and Astro Vehicular Adaptor (AVA). The AVA needs it's own Astro version of the handheld control head (HHCH), and the firmware needs to match firmware in the AVA itself before it will work properly. The AVA HHCH looks different than the ...

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Where do you work? What do you do?

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This is the setup I use on my radios - I recall the default password is 01234567 or similar but I dont remember the procedure for resetting it..

Found an AS3 manual, which states that is the default password, but it didn't work for me. The manual makes reference to pressing a "select" button ...

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Well, only one way to find out...good thing I can readily re-key the radio without hassle.

I'd been utterly disgusted if I couldn't have a password on an ENC-equipped radio, as that makes no sense. Slowly I'm getting features enabled and squared away in the radio. We've just gotten some new freq ...

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Mandatory Password
(Display & Menus, Radio Lock)

Definition
[X] Causes the radio-user to enter the Radio Lock Password each time the radio is powered-up.
[ ] When disabled, the radio-user is then able to avoid entering the password by setting the Password to Null from the radio’s menu.
Note: The ...

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MattSR wrote:You using secure at all?

Yes. DES-XL and DVP with keys loaded. I just stuffed a 1C5E s-rec into it, so do I have conflicting info in the codeplug somewhere?

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My AS3 woes continue:

CPS 5.03 grays out the mandatory radio password and password boxes. I am under the assumption that any AS3 can have a password entered, no? It's a KDH, 1C5E flash, R7.71.00, N8.03.03 and the DTMF keypad dialing works just fine.

Is this a CPS issue or a radio issue? I didn't ...

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After getting shot down in this thread about no 9600 baud in the AS line, I have a new question...but welcome back to 2001:

I have a VHF model 2 Astro Saber in a Model 3 case. After years of ownership, I just now came to the realization that it's really a model 2 as the DTMF doesn't work. What ...

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That's a easy circuit...will have to look into that.

What about something in-line pad the volume between the siren amp and a 100w speaker, so both can be bench-tested together for function? I have a need for such a rig. I'm looking for something that I can put in a project box and have an input and ...

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Well, that takes care of that problem. @!#$#@

XTS3k? XTS2.5k?

I'm a n00b with this business...I have a lot to learn.

No XTS3K. Needs to be the ASTRO 25 platform (1500/2500/5000) for OBT P25 trunking, plus the proper flashcode bits of course...

Gotcha...so the matching mobile needs to be an ...

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Well, that takes care of that problem. @!#$#@

XTS3k? XTS2.5k?

I'm a n00b with this business...I have a lot to learn.

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This has been covered ad naseum in the past...do a search here or on the interwebz and you will get enough info to make your head spin.

As far as I know, the quick anwser is "yes".

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I have a VHF AS3 that has a conventional-only P25 flash, which I would like to get a beefed-up flashcode for to include P25 trunking for an upcoming system change. I frankly don't know much about trunking other than old Type II stuff, so I don't know what the correct nomenclature is for that I need ...

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Do you have the form available that needs to be filled out? I have 4 that need to go...

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How long did that get extended for again? Did it expire?

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I got my hands on a working CentraCom setup that was wirelined into various Micor and MSF base stations. Included in this mess are a couple MSF's, a few punch blocks and all the telco wiring betwixt them. I am going to re-do the twisted pair and 4 wire runs, so what type of telecom products ...

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I can't watch that video where I'm at, but it's likely the status tone that the SS2000 sends out to make sure the speaker is functional. It happens the first time the system is used after power-up. The delay is built in because of the serial bus, and the SS2000-GE or SS2000-ERCSN delay is even a few ...

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Bump: Found this on Allpar.com...

Michael E. Gemmel wrote: “Each cylinder has an ignition coil pack over one spark plug, and a regular plug wire connected to the other spark plug. Further, the coil pack also has a plug wire attached to it that extends to the opposite cylinder bank. It appears that ...

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Time for the off-the-wall problem of the month:

I have 4 high power A9 VHF Spectra's, all of which has this same problem: They RX great but all have TX power between 0-20mW. I can't see any visible cap leakage, checked all the RF jumpers inside etc but nothing helped. The environment they are used ...

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This sounds a bit like a problem we had once...turned out to be a punch block fail where the audio routed between the SpectraTac and the microwave channel bank. Intermittent shorted pins or something...

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I was there this year. We had 100 vehicles in attendence, in spite of the morning rain.

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Start with replacing the coil-to-plug wires, as mentioned by abbylind...follow his directions and it should go away.

What coil to plug wires? These vehicles use coil packs that mount directly to the plug. There are NO coil to plug wires, right?

I am under the impression that there is a short ...

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Does the O3 support siren/PA functions without the DEK?

I'm looking into this type of arrangement for the new car in the spring.

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Has anyone come up with a solution for this issue. I've got a 2008 Charger with a 5.7L Hemi and experience such noise on VHF signals of marginal strength. Clearly I am dealing with radiated noise and it appears to originate at the coil packs/sparkplugs.

Start with replacing the coil-to-plug wires ...

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Well, there HAS to be a rectifier in the supply somewhere, whether it's one or two bridges or two discrete diodes. Chances are high that one or both are defective. If it's not the diodes, the main filter capacitor could be shorted.

Use normal troubleshooting techniques: disconnect stuff and ...

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I got a free Astron 50A linear 12V supply that blows it's 120V fuse at power-up. There is nothing connected to the supply, so this is an internal problem. I know these supplies aren't the best, but it was free because of the problem...so I am willing to spend some time and money to fix it.

I looked ...

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I drilled a 3/4" hole on the passenger side firewall with no issues.

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What firmware revision is your Spectra?

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