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Amp Charger vs G5 Internal and External Antennas

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I keep hearing that the Amp charger does or does not work with the internal and external antennas. The Amp charger works for both internal and external antennas. Here is a test on DMR, CSQ, P25 700, P25 800.
 

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Thanks for the info. Previously we were told the secondary band was internal antenna only.

Was their a design change or has it always been this way?
 

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Correct. External antenna on G4 / G5 is for 7-800.
 

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How are you getting that DMR protocol ? I don’t see that option in the newest firmware.


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We haven't released DMR yet. It will be unlocked on the next update.

I suggest using the diagnostics menu in the pager for RSSI. That is an engineering menu for testing.
 

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Unfortunately it doesn't update frequently enough to be of any use.

Mine updates every second or so. What I don't like is it stops at -100 and won't show any signal stronger than that.
 

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Add external Antenna to Standard Charger?

Has anyone added a BNC or SMA jack to their standard charger? I have started this project and was reaching out to see if anyone had done the same. Thanks in advance for any input.
 

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So when the G5 is in the amp charger both antennas switch over to the amp's antenna?

When I connect an antenna that is up a tower in the rear of my house with a BNC connection to the rear of the amp it would operate off that?
 
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