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APX6500 NAS
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6000, 6500, 8000, portable, mobile, consolette...no functional difference between NAS on any of them. The only caveat with doing NAS on a mobile is that there is nothing to stop you from reaching all channels in a zone, whereas with a portable you can "hide" the talkgroups at Ch 17+ so you can't get to them via the channel knob. With a multi-zone mobile, you can easily spin the channel knob endlessly to accidentally land on a talkgroup, causing a registration/affiliation request to be sent.
Thank. Portable is set like that and scans all TG ids as needed nicely. Only one zone has 17+ in it.
Actually, it would be a clone of portable, so to speak. Currently monitoring 5 different systems with relevant talkgroups when in the area. Menu controls up and down for zone assignment. Learned if you ask system administrators are okay with what was done.
Believe me, that is the very rare exception to the rule, but as you now have your answer we won't stray off topic.
You can have 5 different zones accessible in a mobile without having to worry about landing on a trunking channel once setup. Have the Home button setup as one nas conventional system then use the ms1-ms4 buttons for your 4 other nas conventional systems. put your trunking channels in their own zone. You just need to be careful when setting the ms1-ms4 buttons that you dont accidently access a trunking zone. Once your ms buttons are set then remove the zone up zone down from the menu.
Unless something has changed, you can enable "electronic stop" on the knob in programming which will prevent going past Ch 16.
Electric stop on an APX mobile simply prevents the channel list from rolling over in either direction; it does not limit the zone to 16 channels reachable via the channel knob. If you have 30 channels in a zone, electric stop will simply prevent you from rolling over to Ch 1 when you're on Ch 30, and vice versa.
Here is what we do for mobiles. Make zone 1 your conventional NAS Scan channel, Zone 2 your trunked. No zone menu. Yes, the amount of channels can get long but you can also use the MS-# soft buttons to set your favorites, along with the home key.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
You can also create a zone that has a long list of channels in it, several of which are guard channels. No content, but they are named WARNING, STOP, GO BACK, ABANDON ALL HOPE, DANGER WILL ROBINSON, BEYOND THIS POINT BE DRAGONS, etc. A nice list of guard channels that give you plenty of warning to not proceed further.,
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