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XTS3000 Buying a Vocoder Board?

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I have a UHF XTS and was looking to get a vocoder board.

I have a board for my radio available to me for real cheap, If i get the used board, Obvously the key would be random but, will it come with one loaded already? and ready to use in the radio?

so if i were to buy the board, If i install it into the radio and enable Encryption in the CPS and all that, will it TX with encryption?
 

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I have a UHF XTS and was looking to get a vocoder board.

I have a board for my radio available to me for real cheap, If i get the used board, Obvously the key would be random but, will it come with one loaded already? and ready to use in the radio?

so if i were to buy the board, If i install it into the radio and enable Encryption in the CPS and all that, will it TX with encryption?

if infinity key retention is enabled yes, but i believe when the UCM is removed the keys go with the ucm not the radio. IKR must be enabled prior to removal.

Hope this helps?
 

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I have a UHF XTS and was looking to get a vocoder board.

I have a board for my radio available to me for real cheap, If i get the used board, Obvously the key would be random but, will it come with one loaded already? and ready to use in the radio?

so if i were to buy the board, If i install it into the radio and enable Encryption in the CPS and all that, will it TX with encryption?
You're very confused.

Your XTS3000 already has a vocoder board. But it has nothing to do with encryption.

If you would like to use encryption, you may need a Universal Cryptographic Module (UCM). Have you checked to see if it's already installed? If not, they're all over eBay. Don't pay more than $100 for a DES-OFB/DES-XL R03.xx module. $150-160 if it's a tri-algorithm DES-OFB/DES-XL/AES-256 UCM.

Enabling the UCM will not allow you to TX encrypted. You will need a Key Variable Loader (KVL) to load key variable(s) into the radio. The KVL must be capable of loading the same algorithm present in the UCM.

A cheap DES KVL is the T3011DX. Slightly higher-end with ASTRO25/CKR support/capability is the KVL3000. The fat cat is the KVL3000 Plus. Do some searching/Googling/reading before investing money or programming the radios,
 
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Yes, I saw a "Vocoder Board" for an XTS cheap and it looked like an encryption board. Glad I asked because i am just now looking to learn about it and thought i found a good price.


Thanks for the input
 
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