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Devices That Will Do Simplex Texting
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n1das
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The older 900MHz DTR series had canned text messages that could be sent to other DTRs. There was an external keyboard accessory that could be used to enter custom text messages. The keyboard accessory was also an accessory for several NEXTEL phone models. The keyboard accessory went EOL years ago and is NLA. It's easy enough to customize text messages with the CPS so there wasn't much demand for the keyboard.
The new DTR600 and DTR700 radios which replaced the older DTRs don't have any text messaging capability. Future Phase 2 models might have some text messaging capability. I never used any of the text messaging capability in my DTR650 radios so it's not an issue. People use these radios to talk on instead of texting.
The new DTR600 and DTR700 radios which replaced the older DTRs don't have any text messaging capability. Future Phase 2 models might have some text messaging capability. I never used any of the text messaging capability in my DTR650 radios so it's not an issue. People use these radios to talk on instead of texting.
Thank you for the clarification. I do have the keyboard accessory, somewhere in the basement, and it does indeed work with my DTR550s. With a cold weekend ahead here in Minnesota, I might play around with them.
I need to use my programming cable so I can customize my "canned" messages. If I recall correctly, there is a finite number of messages that can be stored. I would probably have something like: "Call me when you can, not urgent." "Call me right away." and "Busy, call you back." or something along those lines.
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