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Armada Software + VP8000

otobmark

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You probably set up the template wrong. When you hit Add a template you get a box for template name and another labeled Band with a drop-down of 17 combinations of bands and frequencies. You want the last: 7/800 VHF UHF.
 

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My VP8000 bottoms out at 450MHz. Any ideas why? VHF works great, wideband, etc, all golden. It's got all features unlocked. Perhaps it's just a T-Band model?

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When you create the system, you choose the band(s). The spaces in the names make that confusing. "UHF" is 380-520, "UHF 380" is 380-477.425, and "UHF High" is 450-520. You chose "7/800 VHF UHF High" when you probably want "7/800 VHF UHF".

WTF is 477.425? :)
 

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If you don’t want to start over you can duplicate the template you have and a menu will pop up to select Band for duplicate. Select correct band for duplicate and you should be good to go.
 
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