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Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:08 pm
by gopher
Some dudes on qrz . Com forums says homebrewing a trbo compatibale radio is a easy!!! all you need is to buy a ambe chip for 25 Is he nuts? Also word is HYT radios are compatiable with trbo... Any truth to this?
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:33 pm
by MSS-Dave
gopher wrote:Some dudes on qrz . Com forums says homebrewing a trbo compatibale radio is a easy!!! all you need is to buy a ambe chip for 25 Is he nuts? Also word is HYT radios are compatiable with trbo... Any truth to this?
Don't know about "homebrewing" a DMR compliant radio but the HYT thing is true. I've seen and heard 2 portables talking through a HYT repeater on digital. 1 HYT and 1 Motorola. here's a link to a press release...
http://urgentcomm.com/mobile_voice/news ... -20100301/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 56552.html
Dave
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:35 pm
by escomm
Not sure if I'd call it easy but all the technical specifications are public and someone with the knowledge and inclination could probably do it. Hytera's & HYT's DMR radios should theoretically be compatible with TRBO, as both are built on the DMR standards -- we'll probably find it's similar to P25 -- basic features may work but advanced features (IP Site Connect, Connect Plus etc) may not. I didn't find anything in the DMR standards that covered multi site trunking when I perused through them.
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:04 pm
by gopher
Do these hyteia radios require purchasing CPS?
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:53 am
by MSS-Dave
gopher wrote:Do these hyteia radios require purchasing CPS?
Not from Motorola.....
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:02 am
by alex
Yeah, I know the guy who did the test with the HYT on the Trbo ham network here. I have not personally gotten a chance to see the radio itself but I've heard it works just fine.
Just like the P25 world certain features (like TMS) will not work. Push and talk works great.
-Alex
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:09 am
by tvsjr
HYT works fine on TRBO, but does not support ConnectPlus - that's a proprietary feature from Moto. From my understanding, IPSC works since that's handled entirely on the repeater side.
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:34 am
by Tom in D.C.
Anyone having a source for HYT pricing please post same. Seems to be something of a secret at this time.
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:46 pm
by nypd
hyt model goes for about $575 street price
Re: Homebrew your own mototrbo?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:16 pm
by Astro Spectra