Motorola Spectra HELP!!

[acarleton2000]

I have a trunking Spectra trunk mount that I just received and I am trying to wipe out the old frequencies and system that it came with. I know a little about these but obviously not enough because I can remove the conv. modes but the trunking system, well I just cant figure out how to get rid of that!

Any help asap would be appreciated!! Thanks!

-Andy-

 

[acarleton2000]

Not sure if it makes a difference but its an 800mhz radio

 

[n5ims]

Hope this helps.

Miscellaneous Spectra Information

 

[b7spectra]

A trunking radio can be a pain to wipe clean. You have to delete the talk groups and then the systems. Programming a TRS is not for the weak at heart!

 

[zz0468]

I have a trunking Spectra trunk mount that I just received and I am trying to wipe out the old frequencies and system that it came with. I know a little about these but obviously not enough because I can remove the conv. modes but the trunking system, well I just cant figure out how to get rid of that!

Any help asap would be appreciated!! Thanks!

-Andy-

Ok. So, it's an 800 MHz radio... Are you trying to make it completely conventional? If so, following the tricks on that link to repeater-builder.com will do the trick. They sure did for me. The only tricky part is in deleting the LAST trunked personality. All the ones before that just leave when you tell them to.

But if you're just trying to put a different trunked system in, you don't have to go through the exercise of wiping it clean. Just create the new trunked personalities you need, and then delete the ones you don't need.

Got sys keys?

 

[acarleton2000]

Thanks everyone for the help! I ended up having the syskeys made for me so that I could delete the current systems! worked like a charm but no kidding "not for the weak of heart" !! That was by far the most difficult single task I have had to do with Motorola's!! nice to acquiring new knowledge on these radios though!

Thanks again!

 

[b7spectra]

CPS will make your life easier!

 

[zz0468]

CPS will make your life easier!

Oh? There's a CPS for the Spectra?

 

[MOTOROLANUT]

For the ASTRO spectra there is CPS....

 

[zz0468]

For the ASTRO spectra there is CPS....

Yes, but there was nothing in this thread to indicate it was an Astro Spectra.

 

[b7spectra]

That is true. But CPS is a better way to go. Maybe need to upgrade to an ASTRO?

 

[zz0468]

The software supports the radio, not the other way around.

And there are actually applications where a non-Astro Spectra works, where an Astro Spectra will not. Example: I use several radios for test purposes, monitoring signal strength, for example. The Astro Spectra does not do RSSI, making it useless to me as a test radio.

So, the older DOS RSS is a minor annoyance in comparison to the usefulness of that particular feature.

 

[b7spectra]

Yeah, I miss RSSI on my A9. Worked great when I was checking the sigstat of the TRS.