jeffmarshall911
Member
Sorry for the newbie style question. My FD has primarily Kenwood radios, all P25 capable (VHF Conventional). Long story short, I was trying to program some of our State Police channels as RX-only into these radios. I assumed that they were of a standard P25 implementation, mostly founded on the fact that my P25 capable scanner works like a charm receiving them. When trying to program them into the Kenwood radio, the radio would show traffic on the channel via a LED indicator but would not open up. I was told by a very competent radio tech that State Police had deployed Motorola ASTRO rather than P25 and the Kenwoods could not be programmed. Neighboring FDs that have Motorola radios work just fine.
Could someone explain the technical differences between Moto ASTRO and P25? I searched this forum, RR and straightforward Google searches without much luck. I had never before heard that there was a technical difference between the two.
In an interesting side note, nearly 100% of the mobile and portable radios for PD, EMS and FD in the state were purchased via a single DHS grant for interoperability – the grant is managed by the State Police.
Thanks in advance,
/Jeff
Could someone explain the technical differences between Moto ASTRO and P25? I searched this forum, RR and straightforward Google searches without much luck. I had never before heard that there was a technical difference between the two.
In an interesting side note, nearly 100% of the mobile and portable radios for PD, EMS and FD in the state were purchased via a single DHS grant for interoperability – the grant is managed by the State Police.
Thanks in advance,
/Jeff