[TrunkCom] does anyone know how the new scanners will handle both data and voice from the same channel?

[Wayne M H]

Here's the link to the 2500 and 5000.

http://www.motorola.com/cgiss/twowayradio.shtml

I'm going to correct myself and say the XTS-5000 is only for APCO-25
Trunked systems. The XTS-2500 will do both control channel formats but
they would have to be programmed in as different networks.

There aren't a lot of radio codeplugs floating around for systems that
currently use APCO-25 Trunking so it's really hard to tell how it all
works; Motorola doesn't seem to want to tell us everything. Maybe a
radio can be flashed (In a legit manner) for both SmartZone and
APCO-25 Trunking. That would be incredibly expensive though.

Regarding the XTS-1500, it'll be a low budget entry model for APCO-25.
I'm unaware of features.

In addition to newer portables there will be a new version of the
Spectra also.

Wayne


On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 15:18:34 -0400 (EDT), JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
<at649@tcnet.org> wrote:

>Well, the XTS-3000 I thought could hold multiple trunked systems in the
>same radio.  I know that in ours they have the 800 mutual aide freqs in
>their own zone, and the all digital system.  I heard also that they =
would
>be coming out with an XTS-1500.  Does anyone know what this radio will
>have?




>On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Wayne M H wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 19:07:03 -0400 (EDT), JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON
>> <at649@tcnet.org> wrote:
>>=20
>> >Well, it is all thanks to Motorola in the long run, because they were=
 the
>> >ones that APCO went to for the standard, and they then opened the
>> >standard for EDACS and LTR or whoever.  I would have expected that =
when
>> >these all strictly digital systems went on line like Grosse Pointe,
>> >Michigan's system went on line last summer it has the 3600 BAUD =
control
>> >channel, but I think that one of these days it will be upgraded to =
9600
>> >BAUD, especially if they are going to be working with the other =
trunked
>> >systems around the area.  Now, I was surprised that Detroit's system =
now
>> >is 3600 BAUD now, because my understanding was was that they were =
going
>> >straight to 9600 BAUD.  Will the 9600 BAUD systems work in analogue
>> >mode?  I thought they could, but systems that are trying out in =
analogue
>> >now are using 3600 BAUD.
>>=20
>> True, much of the documentation on APCO-25 has hints of Motorola. They
>> did it great once, so why not choose them to help out.
>>=20
>> 9600 baud systems don't support analog. I'm very positive about this
>> and will continue so unless someone corrects me. I doubt anyone will.
>>=20
>> >From what I've seen APCO-25 trunking is only available for 800MHz in
>> the ASTRO Saber/Spectra series. Same for the XTS-3000. (The XTS-3500
>> is restricted to UHF and VHF) The newer model XTS will support both,
>> of course, but I believe the XTS-5000 will be the only radio which can
>> support both standard and APCO-25 trunking in the same radio, but I
>> don't believe at the same time on one system, maybe they will, not a
>> lot of info is out since the radios are still somewhat new. These are
>> also the radios which will be 700MHz capable (Comes standard with
>> 800). I really haven't seen much on APCO-25 trunking outside of
>> 800MHz. I'm sure Moto is working on it with the new line but it's not
>> as important as 800MHz right now.
>>=20
>> Wayne