Hi, at my office we have been informed that AOR plans to made DV1 TETRA DMO and APCO Ph2 compatible.
For sure as the vocoder for Tetra and for APCO Ph2 are different from DMR, I guess it can be only a physical option.
But no details about the target price.
Cheers
If by "physical option" you mean the addition of hardware to the DV1 receiver, I agree that if P25 Phase 2 were possible with firmware alone, it would likely have been introduced by now. I have postulated in many of my past posts that some of the digital modes would likely not be available solely via firmware updates.
That having been said, on the one hand, I am happy that AOR may be contemplating upgrading the DV1 to add modes that folks are asking for. But, of course, there are always two sides to a coin. What I do find a little disappointing is that AOR may not have given the DV1 the necessary forethought in design to allow for these updates via firmware. This in light of the fact that the DV1 is billed as an SDR (software defined radio).
The DV1 could also have been designed to allow the technically inclined end-user to plug in an optional board so that the receiver would not have to be out-of-service for long periods involved in shipping times. Several manufactures in the past have made this possible in their receivers.
Surprisingly, Uniden showed a great deal of forethought with their flagship 436 and 536 receivers. Well over a year after the radio was introduced, Uniden made Provoice available via firmware, and now is in the process of doing the same with DMR.
This is all conjecture at this point--- there has been no official word from Uniden (at least to the public) of what the future holds for the DV1. I "love" my DV1, and if I were interested in adding additional modes, it is hard to contemplate being without it for an extended period of time. And of course, for the consumer, "hardware" is much more costly than "firmware".
The next several months should be an interesting time for us DV1 enthusiasts.