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Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:51 pm
by hamptonbeach
Is there such a beast as a VHF-lo Astro Spectra?
I see 6 versions below 90mhz in the model number decoding page, but I have never seen one on flea bay.

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:20 pm
by escomm
No. What decoder says it exists? Stop using it, it's wrong.

http://w7evl.com/pdf/astro_spectra_bsm.pdf

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:30 pm
by jhooten
The one on Batlabs.
http://www.batlabs.com/astromob.html#model

Personally I'd be more interested in a Y split.

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:46 pm
by escomm
Let me be the 50th to say: Main page on batlabs is horribly out of date and most of the info you see there should be taken with a grain of bath salt!

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:14 am
by hamptonbeach
Exactly - the one on batlabs ,, :)
Thanks for the answer and link ..

Isn't anyone updating the info pages here anymore?

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:28 am
by jhooten
To be fair, because "they" allowed for it in the model number does not mean one was ever built. However if a customer had made a large enough order for one of the other splits for them to have been built in that split a valid number could have been issued opposed to an SP.

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:55 am
by escomm
I suspect the model chart was copied from another radio and adapted to the Astro line. Note the other "options" that don't exist. Multiple power levels that were never available in the mobiles, physical package options, channel spacing options, pretty much every column has things that could not be ordered with the Astro Spectra. Though I find the TDMA "option" to be especially unique...

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:23 am
by GEMOTO
They were available in the EMA market.

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:08 am
by MSS-Dave
escomm wrote:Let me be the 50th to say: Main page on batlabs is horribly out of date and most of the info you see there should be taken with a grain of bath salt!
Bath Salts?? Would that make you chew the face off of that Lo-Band FPP Astro Spectra then?? Moo....

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:11 pm
by resqguy911
hamptonbeach wrote:Exactly - the one on batlabs ,, :)
Thanks for the answer and link ..

Isn't anyone updating the info pages here anymore?
No. http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... hilit=wiki

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:39 pm
by tvsjr
Low band Astro Spectras exist. But you have to order them with FPP and Fascinator, and your profession should include burgling bovines.

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:50 pm
by jhooten
will it do Phase 2 trunking also?

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:50 am
by hamptonbeach
resqguy911 wrote:
hamptonbeach wrote:Exactly - the one on batlabs ,, :)
Thanks for the answer and link ..

Isn't anyone updating the info pages here anymore?
No. http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... hilit=wiki
OK, almost 2 years of posts with people willing to help - so what happened to that thread?

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:05 pm
by tvsjr
jhooten wrote:will it do Phase 2 trunking also?
Hello.

Phase 2 trunking is outdated and is being phased out by most military systems.
The new Phase 3 trunking allows 8 voice conversations in one 6.25 channel.
BATON encryption is mandatory to support data rates up to 1Mbps.
However, you must use a horizontally polarized antenna to support this mode. I work around this by holding my radio sideways.

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:36 am
by mikegilbert
:lol:

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:09 am
by spectragod
I have some, they are FPP though.

Re: Does a Low Band Astro Spectra Exist

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:35 am
by CTAMontrose
tvsjr wrote:
jhooten wrote:will it do Phase 2 trunking also?
Hello.

Phase 2 trunking is outdated and is being phased out by most military systems.
The new Phase 3 trunking allows 8 voice conversations in one 6.25 channel.
BATON encryption is mandatory to support data rates up to 1Mbps.
However, you must use a horizontally polarized antenna to support this mode. I work around this by holding my radio sideways.
What sucks is Phase 4... you have to install your mobile radio upside down with the antenna connector facing up in order to properly sync with the inverted bovine singular wave shift phase.