lafd55
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A quick question from a newbie... Is Astro P25?
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Astro/P25
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jhooten
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Motorola Astro radios since the Saber use the P25 Common Air Interface. Astro Sabers may be either P25 CAI or VSLEP.
RKG
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Foregoing is correct for conventional channels.
3600 baud trunking systems (SmartNet/SmartZone) can have digital voice channels, in which case the voice is CAI-compliant but the data remains SmartNet.
9600 baud trunking systems (Astro 25 Trunking) uses a proprietary digital data format but CAI-compliant voice.
3600 baud trunking systems (SmartNet/SmartZone) can have digital voice channels, in which case the voice is CAI-compliant but the data remains SmartNet.
9600 baud trunking systems (Astro 25 Trunking) uses a proprietary digital data format but CAI-compliant voice.
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