Astro Spectra programming Question

[KD4CSO]

I'm hoping some of you programming experts can help me out.

I bought a VHF Astro Spectra (with all the parts and pieces, including all brackets, fuses present (even or GRN and ORNG sense wires) and cables not cut short) off the 'bay, and the seller offered to program as many channels and zones as I wanted. Mighty generous! So I send him off my list, broken by zone and cumulative channel (i.e., first zone goes from 1 to 16, second zone picks up with 17, and so on.).

He sent me an email saying the Astro Spectra CSP won't let him program a mixed receive personality; it has to be either A or D. He also says the software won't allow him to program both a PL/DPL and a NAC on the same personality.

Is he pulling my leg? I thought the whole point of "mixed" receive was that the radio could decode analog or digital, depending on the presence or absence of a PL or a correct NAC. Color me confused.

Thanks for any help and education.

73 de KD4CSO, Arthur

 

[KB1WLI]

I'm hoping some of you programming experts can help me out.

I bought a VHF Astro Spectra (with all the parts and pieces, including all brackets, fuses present (even or GRN and ORNG sense wires) and cables not cut short) off the 'bay, and the seller offered to program as many channels and zones as I wanted. Mighty generous! So I send him off my list, broken by zone and cumulative channel (i.e., first zone goes from 1 to 16, second zone picks up with 17, and so on.).

He sent me an email saying the Astro Spectra CSP won't let him program a mixed receive personality; it has to be either A or D. He also says the software won't allow him to program both a PL/DPL and a NAC on the same personality.

Is he pulling my leg? I thought the whole point of "mixed" receive was that the radio could decode analog or digital, depending on the presence or absence of a PL or a correct NAC. Color me confused.

Thanks for any help and education.

73 de KD4CSO, Arthur

A few things: Have you assured that that radio is capable of mixed mode? (checking the flashcode will tell you what its capable of). Also, what exactly is it that you're trying to do? whats the purpose of your desire to have mixed mode? while you get bacl to be, i'll check to see how mine is set up.

 

[KD4CSO]

I haven't seen the radio in person, so I don't know its flashcode. All I know is it's a 110-W VHF Astro Spectra with a W9 head and an installed encryption module.

What I want to do is use it with the various ham repeaters in the DC area that do dual mode WFM/P25.
My desire is to talk to the repeater in P25, and hear, not only the P25 traffic, but the analog as well.

How is yours set up?

I have a few B/K portables and mobiles; the default programming mode for them is mixed receive... which makes sense to me.

Arthur

 

[mikewazowski]

He's mistaken. As long as it has digital operation in the flash, it will do mixed mode.

There is nothing else in the flash that determines mixed mode.

 

[KB1WLI]

I haven't seen the radio in person, so I don't know its flashcode. All I know is it's a 110-W VHF Astro Spectra with a W9 head and an installed encryption module.

What I want to do is use it with the various ham repeaters in the DC area that do dual mode WFM/P25.
My desire is to talk to the repeater in P25, and hear, not only the P25 traffic, but the analog as well.

How is yours set up?

I have a few B/K portables and mobiles; the default programming mode for them is mixed receive... which makes sense to me.

Arthur

To my knowledge, if your radio is capable of it, this is the menu where you can select both. I would ask the guy to see the flash code then decode it with arkdam.com.

 

[mikewazowski]

If your radio is flashed for analog and digital operation, it will be capable of mixed mode. There is nothing in the flashcode that will indicate whether mixed mode is an option in the personality.

I assume you bought a radio capable of digital and analog?

 

[KD4CSO]

If your radio is flashed for analog and digital operation, it will be capable of mixed mode. There is nothing in the flashcode that will indicate whether mixed mode is an option in the personality.

I assume you bought a radio capable of digital and analog?

Thanks for your answers, guys!

Yes, it's an Astro Spectra... So WFM, NFM and P25, as far as I know.

Arthur