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Originally Posted by offsite
One thing you can't do with this dual receiver unit (at least for right now) is use one side for monitoring a control channel and the other side for voice following. There currently is no trunking software app that will support this mode of operation.
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With TrunkPCR you *CAN* use the second receiver for CC decoding and the primary for Analog OR P25 Audio decoding. The only problem is P25 audio on Simulcast systems is completely useless, but fine for non-simulcast P25 (3600) systems.
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Originally Posted by offsite
Another thing you can't do is trunk track a P25 system using an external receiver for the CC and the 2500 for voice following.
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Again, look at TrunkPCR. Icom supports ZERO trunking with the 2500 (and never will), however, we look toward third-party developers for this type of functionality.
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Originally Posted by offsite
The 2500 defaults to analog mode, and no current trunking app I have found will toggle it to digital mode. The 2500 employs an optional board for decoding P25 signals. It provides the best quality audio from pure P25 systems of all consumer units I have tried (2500, 396T, 996T, PSR-500). However it will not decode mixed system digital signals here in the San Diego area (470F and 2B2E). The analog channels come thru fine.
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Partially true. Unfortunately, the UT-122 does not do mixed-mode receive, it's analog OR digital, not both IF you are using the Icom Software. TrunkPCR absolutely supports systems that have both Analog and Digital Talkgroups quite nicely.
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Originally Posted by offsite
Btw, my immediate plan is to do a comparative look at the 2500 vs. my R8500s, and my soon to arrive AR5000+3, with an eye to some spring pruning. So, there may be one of these on the boards here in the next few months or so, if you are still looking then.
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Bring it on. These types of comparisons are always fun to learn from and always welcome.
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RR NEEDS TO KEEP ARCHIVES LONGER, THESE QUESTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN ANSWERED BEFORE AS WELL AS COMPARISONS, ETC.. Yet since threads are archived (<3 months) no one searching finds these answers.
-naSTI