Xts2500 antenna connector

[firebell9137]

Hi. I have a vhf xts2500. Can this radio have a BNC connector for the antenna? Or is there a high gain vhf antenna? Mainly 154.370 154.190 151.130 151.235 154.3475 155.340. All analog

 

[mmckenna]

You can get BNC adapters that will go in the SMA, however they are usually intended for bench testing only. Using them as your normal setup can put a lot of strain on the antenna jack.

There are high gain VHF antennas, but I don't recall the part number off the top of my head. Analog/digital, it doesn't matter to the antenna.

 

[firebell9137]

You can get BNC adapters that will go in the SMA, however they are usually intended for bench testing only. Using them as your normal setup can put a lot of strain on the antenna jack.

There are high gain VHF antennas, but I don't recall the part number off the top of my head. Analog/digital, it doesn't matter to the antenna.

ok thanks. can the xts2500 do Linear Simulcast Modulation?

 

[KevinC]

ok thanks. can the xts2500 do Linear Simulcast Modulation?

Yes.

 

[firebell9137]

Yes.

How? It's scanning but not stopping on the 2 channels that have it

 

[KevinC]

Is your digital modulator set to CQPSK? If not that will definitely cause it to miss LSM traffic when scanning.

 

[firebell9137]

Is your digital modulator set to CQPSK? If not that will definitely cause it to miss LSM traffic when scanning.

Ok ill change it now. Thanks

 

[firebell9137]

Is your digital modulator set to CQPSK? If not that will definitely cause it to miss LSM traffic when scanning.

Still not Rx them

 

[GTR8000]

You do understand that LSM (CQPSK setting) is almost exclusively for P25 simulcast trunking, rarely for conventional and certainly not for analog, correct?

What exactly are you trying to listen to, and what makes you sure that it's LSM?

 

[firebell9137]

You do understand that LSM (CQPSK setting) is almost exclusively for P25 simulcast trunking, rarely for conventional and certainly not for analog, correct?

What exactly are you trying to listen to, and what makes you sure that it's LSM?

Kenosha, WI sheriff dispatch 155.955 nac270. Someone told me they were linear. I take it off scan and monitor it and it Rx perfectly with that setting but i put it on scan and nothing. However it scans on my uniden 436hp scanner.

 

[GTR8000]

The GTR8000 and most other modern P25 repeaters have linear amps, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're transmitting in LSM. Regardless, the radio shouldn't have an issue receiving C4FM or CQPSK even if the settings are reversed in the codeplug. The key here is that you can receive them with scan off, which means something else is going on with the radio. When was the last time it was tuned/aligned?

 

[firebell9137]

The GTR8000 and most other modern P25 repeaters have linear amps, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're transmitting in LSM. Regardless, the radio shouldn't have an issue receiving C4FM or CQPSK even if the settings are reversed in the codeplug. The key here is that you can receive them with scan off, which means something else is going on with the radio. When was the last time it was tuned/aligned?

Quite awhile.

 

[firebell9137]

The GTR8000 and most other modern P25 repeaters have linear amps, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're transmitting in LSM. Regardless, the radio shouldn't have an issue receiving C4FM or CQPSK even if the settings are reversed in the codeplug. The key here is that you can receive them with scan off, which means something else is going on with the radio. When was the last time it was tuned/aligned?

I have the tuner that came with the cps. What should i do?

 

[firebell9137]

The GTR8000 and most other modern P25 repeaters have linear amps, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're transmitting in LSM. Regardless, the radio shouldn't have an issue receiving C4FM or CQPSK even if the settings are reversed in the codeplug. The key here is that you can receive them with scan off, which means something else is going on with the radio. When was the last time it was tuned/aligned?

I have the tuner that came with the cps. It's the most current version of both.

 

[FFPM571]

Kenosha is Conventional P25 They have a good signal as I could hear them from South and Central Lake County IL . It sounds more like a Scan programming issue

 

[firebell9137]

Kenosha is Conventional P25 They have a good signal as I could hear them from South and Central Lake County IL . It sounds more like a Scan programming issue

Thats what im thinking. But everything is in the scanlist and assigned in the conventional personality.

 

[KevinC]

If you’re sure the scanlist stuff is correct it could be an alignment issue. But I’d triple check to be sure CQPSK and not C4FM is what you have selected and be sure it’s the correct personality.

 

[firebell9137]

If you’re sure the scanlist stuff is correct it could be an alignment issue. But I’d triple check to be sure CQPSK and not C4FM is what you have selected and be sure it’s the correct personality.

It definitely is correct settings and scan settings. How should i get it aligned?

 

[firebell9137]

If you’re sure the scanlist stuff is correct it could be an alignment issue. But I’d triple check to be sure CQPSK and not C4FM is what you have selected and be sure it’s the correct personality.

The Kenosha police dispatch channel works in scan but not sheriff or pppd. I tripled checked it

 

[KevinC]

The Kenosha police dispatch channel works in scan but not sheriff or pppd. I tripled checked it

Are they P25 LSM? If so are they attached to the same personality as the one that doesn’t work?