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XTL/XTS5000 XTL5000 NAC question

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I have a XTL5000 that I had a shop program for me but they left the conventional channels for me to program "because I have capability". I am having an issue with one specific channel. I believe the channel is a P25 conventional channel as it requires a NAC instead of a run of the mill PL. How do I go about adding this channel? The radio already has a P25 network on it which I can't edit. I do have permission to be on these frequencies as well as the P25 network. The frequencies were given to me from the county.
 

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If it’s a conventional channel, it gets programmed under conventional personalities. Make sure you select Astro 25. Then choose the zone you want to put it in. Make sure you select “conventional” under type and associate the entry in the zone to the conventional personality you set up for it.
 

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NAC is the equivalent of "PL" in the P25 digital world. You'll need a Conventional Personality with the RX & TX set to "Astro" and the
Digital Modulator set to either C4FM, or to CQPSK if your system uses LSM (Simulcast). You'll then associate that Conventional Personality
with the desired channel in the Zone Channel Assignment along with the TX & RX frequencies, and you must also set TX & RX Network (NAC) ID's
to match those in use on your system.
 

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And the NAC can only 3 digits correct? The sheet I have lists the NAC as 2828 but I am wondering if it should be 282 as the software will only allow 3 characters. This same channel on my Kenwood has the NAC listed as B0C and a talk group assigned. Though looking at the sites near me B0C is listed but 282 (2828) isn't. So would it be safe to assume that the correct NAC is B0C and not 2828?
 

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And the NAC can only 3 digits correct? The sheet I have lists the NAC as 2828 but I am wondering if it should be 282 as the software will only allow 3 characters. This same channel on my Kenwood has the NAC listed as B0C and a talk group assigned. Though looking at the sites near me B0C is listed but 282 (2828) isn't. So would it be safe to assume that the correct NAC is B0C and not 2828?

2828 is B0C in decimal.
 

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2828 is the decimal format[some agencies / radio vendors apparently use the decimal format]
where as Kevin points out B0C is the Hex format that Motorola uses



And the NAC can only 3 digits correct? The sheet I have lists the NAC as 2828 but I am wondering if it should be 282 as the software will only allow 3 characters. This same channel on my Kenwood has the NAC listed as B0C and a talk group assigned. Though looking at the sites near me B0C is listed but 282 (2828) isn't. So would it be safe to assume that the correct NAC is B0C and not 2828?
 
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