Now, when you turn TX Inhibit off in a menu, the radio doesn't re-poll the concentric switch because you haven't adjusted it yet. IE, because both positions are TX Inhibit, the radio will always be in TX Inhibit, regardless of the position of the switch. This works because the radio only polls the switch position when you change it. If you switch back to a trunking mode BEFORE you turn TX inhibit back on (by flicking the knob), the radio will be fully capable of transmitting on that trunking mode (including affiliations and all that). This way, when you are in a trunking mode, there's no way to have turn on transmit, but if you switch to a conventional mode, the TXIN menu option comes up and you can enable it. Let's say you want your radio to be able to TX on some conventional channels but not on trunking.ĭo everything I mentioned above (except for the TX power adjustment) but in addition, program a menu option for TX Inhibit, but ONLY put this menu option in the Conventional menu and not the Trunking menu. The above will work on an XTS3000, Astro Saber, and the MTS2000 series. You can't stop it 100%, but you can reduce it to the point that a radio 2 feet away won't detect anything. If you REALLY want to make sure, hook your radio up to a service monitor and adjust TX Power until nothing comes out. Even requests from the system to affiliate won't cause the radio to TX. This will ensure that NO transmissions of any kind will come from your radio. Then, program the systems' coverage type to "Disabled" or "None" (IE, Smartnet). Here's what I've seen done and it works flawlessly.įirst, program both positions of the concentric switch to TX Inhibit. When you say the "above 16" thing for talkgroups you want to RX but not affiliate on, I assume you mean on a 3600bps system? If so, you don't need to do the "above 16" thing. It's more do-able with a XTS3000, it 's possible on a 5000 but there is a trick or two involved with using a 5000 to passively monitor.
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VE9MP wrote:Firstly, please no bullshit, save it for someone who gives a damn.I am asking a purely technical question for the sake of curiousity. like Elroys "hidden talkgroup" method, or does the radio need to successfully affiliate in order to receive talkgroup audio? Just curious as to what others are doing to monitor Astro25 systems. Now.I will be an authorized user of the system anyways.but what options are there for monitoring talkgroup udio without affiliating. Its going to be either one of 3 choices.Ħ0 site VHF Trunk system, with 2 VHF analog/conventional layers for two-tone/voice paging and interop repeatersĨ0 site UHF 450MHz trunking system, with 2 VHF analog/conventional layers for two-tone/voice paging and interop repeatersġ15 site 700 MHz trunking system, with 2 VHF analog/conventional layers for two-tone/voice paging and interop repeaters.
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The system is going to be trunked, P25 compliant, which I assume they mean full Astro25 with 9600 baud control channels. The province here has finally put out thier Request for proposals on a new radio system. Firstly, please no bullshit, save it for someone who gives a damn.I am asking a purely technical question for the sake of curiousity.