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ASTRO 25 vs ASTRO 25 LE ( deferent ? )

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al_harbi

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hi everyone,

i know here in this forum a intelligent guys and

I am wondered and very grateful if you answer these two questions!


1- What is the deferent between ASTRO 25 & ASTRO 25 LE ( Motorola ) ?



2- I know only ( three ) vendors for ( APCO 25 ) for digital trunkin radio:
a- Motorola
b- M/A-COM
c- EFJ

are they more vendors or only these three

i need your advise please!



because:
we want to install ( digital trunking system ) VHF
for 300 users

:D




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N_Jay

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al_harbi said:
hi everyone,

1- What is the deferent between ASTRO 25 & ASTRO 25 LE ( Motorola ) ?
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LE is a system architechure for smaller systems.

There are a number of differences.

I would discuss the implications to your system directly with Motorola

al_harbi said:
2- I know only ( three ) vendors for ( APCO 25 ) for digital trunkin radio:
a- Motorola
b- M/A-COM
c- EFJ

are they more vendors or only these three
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I would check the site:
www.project25.org
Most of the vendors have contact information there or you can ask them directly on the forum there.
 

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I know that Kenwood and Relm are now manufacturing Project 25 radios, of those two the former is offering a complete trunking version. I understand that ICOM plans on entering the market rather soon.

73's

Ron
 

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ASTRO-25 LE platform is supposed to be the digital equivalent of the SmartNet (simulcast or single site) systems out there today. It is a single site system that can be connected to a zone controller to become an ASTRO-25 subsystem. It uses the the "standard" Motorola ASTRO-25 signalling as what is out there right now for single site - and uses CQPSK for simulcast.
 
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