Astro Spectra VHF info request
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 12:14 pm
OK everyone, now it's my time to ask the questions.
Have been given several VHF Astro Spectra radios. Have been having fun programming them. But found 2 things that seem to not fit into my thinking. The first is if I input a repeater frequency and then set up the direct use (Talk Around) of the RX frequency, the radio will not let me add a PL to the simplex TX frequency unless the RX frequency is also set for PL. Right now the RX is set for carrier squelch.
Next question is multi PL. On the Syntor X9000, the normal Spectra radios, the XTL2500 and XTL5000, plus the APX series radios all let you use multi PL. But on the Astro Spectra, I don't see any way of using a MPL selection or even setting the control head buttons to use MPL.
Am I missing something or is this the normal 3rd grade system programmers that Motorola loves to use? These radios will let me program both wide band and narrow band frequency deviation.
The model of these radios is: T04JLH9PW9AN-4CM
Anyone have some feedback on these 2 items?
Jim
Have been given several VHF Astro Spectra radios. Have been having fun programming them. But found 2 things that seem to not fit into my thinking. The first is if I input a repeater frequency and then set up the direct use (Talk Around) of the RX frequency, the radio will not let me add a PL to the simplex TX frequency unless the RX frequency is also set for PL. Right now the RX is set for carrier squelch.
Next question is multi PL. On the Syntor X9000, the normal Spectra radios, the XTL2500 and XTL5000, plus the APX series radios all let you use multi PL. But on the Astro Spectra, I don't see any way of using a MPL selection or even setting the control head buttons to use MPL.
Am I missing something or is this the normal 3rd grade system programmers that Motorola loves to use? These radios will let me program both wide band and narrow band frequency deviation.
The model of these radios is: T04JLH9PW9AN-4CM
Anyone have some feedback on these 2 items?
Jim