Can you tell what a radio's band split it by model #?

[C138NC]

Found an Astro Saber III on ebay and its being sold as is without a battery and antenna.

Is there a way to find out what the band split is by model number?

H04UCH9PW7AN

 

[FFPM571]

800mhz

 

[C138NC]

800mhz

Thanks, seller sent the same answer but he wasnt too sure with it but thanks, both are said to be 800mhz, that works for me.

 

[gary123]

I hope this helps for future referance.

H = Type of Radio (mobile, portable etc)
04 = Model Family
U = Frequancy Range
C = Output Power
H = Radio Feature Set (keyboard, full keyboard etc)
9 = Channel Step Size ( 5 khz, 12.5khz etc)
P = Operation Modes (rx only, tx only, rptr etc)
W = System Type (conv, PP, smartnet etc)
A = General Version (basic production or major modification)
N = Specific Version (used if unique feature required by end user)

 

[C138NC]

I hope this helps for future referance.

H = Type of Radio (mobile, portable etc)
04 = Model Family
U = Frequancy Range
C = Output Power
H = Radio Feature Set (keyboard, full keyboard etc)
9 = Channel Step Size ( 5 khz, 12.5khz etc)
P = Operation Modes (rx only, tx only, rptr etc)
W = System Type (conv, PP, smartnet etc)
A = General Version (basic production or major modification)
N = Specific Version (used if unique feature required by end user)

Thats a big help

 

[rescue161]

You'd substitue in the place of the "U" when looking at other bands on Astro Sabers only.

K = VHF - 136-174

R = UHF - 403-470

S = UHF - 450-520

The Astro Spectra is a lot different as there are 2 VHF splits and 4 for UHF.

 

[C138NC]

While this is up, any other way to tell what the radio specs are without reading it if there is a way to look it up through motorola? board information, memory, etc? if not ill just have to wait until next month to read my astro's specs, trying to see if i can add 8 more zones, redo the codeplug, I think im an idiot to have each zone have MURS on the first five, guess ill use the prefix Z1+ and so on so i know which zone im in.

 

[rescue161]

Model II and III Astro Sabers can have up to 255 channels. Typically, that would be 16 zones with 16 channels each. Not sure what happens to the 256th channel, but I assume the radio just runs out of room. You can label the zones whatever you want and specify the length of the name, but the longer the zone name, the shorter the channel name becomes.

You can hit the side button (one of the bottom buttons) 5 times right after the radio finishes POST. A good bit of info can be had by doing this. It will display the model number, the Flashcode, serial number, tell you whether the radio is 1MEG or 512K and tell you what encryption module is installed if it has one.

 

[C138NC]

Model II and III Astro Sabers can have up to 255 channels. Typically, that would be 16 zones with 16 channels each. Not sure what happens to the 256th channel, but I assume the radio just runs out of room. You can label the zones whatever you want and specify the length of the name, but the longer the zone name, the shorter the channel name becomes.

You can hit the side button (one of the bottom buttons) 5 times right after the radio finishes POST. A good bit of info can be had by doing this. It will display the model number, the Flashcode, serial number, tell you whether the radio is 1MEG or 512K and tell you what encryption module is installed if it has one.

Got it, wish it would slow down so i can write some of it down, tells me R03.10.06 & DSP I104.03.10 and no encryption module is installed, S/N and Model thats about it, sweet thanks, now i can always check it out and see whats on the system... every once in a while

 

[W2NJS]

Until the digital-capable radios (XTS mainly) came along you could NOT tell a portable's bandsplit from the model code but rather had to read the radio with software to dig out this detail. This applies in particular to the standard and Securenet Saber radios. It's also possible to dig into a Saber's innards and read various module model numbers but most people don't want to do that as it's so much trouble.

Tom, W2NJS
Washington DC