Hi -
I have read the brochures, etc on Icom's idas system (and Kenwood Nexedge) - the NXDN equipment.and I had some questions about it that some may know - probably simple stuff. All of the questions deal with conventional operation only.
- How does mixed node actually work with NXDN? The brochures talk about allowing analog radios to talk to idas radios which I kind of get but what does the detection of the analog or digital carrier? Is it the repeater or do the idas mobiles/portables do this as well in simplex?
- For mixed mode can the idas repeater go both ways? What I mean is if the idas radios are in with other analog radios on a conventional system and the idas radios are all digital can they communicate with the analog equipment on transmit and receive going through the idas repeater. After writing this maybe the 1st and 2nd questios are the same perhaps.
- For the Icom Idas repeater on digital only (no analog). How do you set up two 6.25 Khz channels like the brochures describe? Do you need a repeater with an additional RF module (channel module?) to make that happen? Or is the base repeater enough for doing this?
I have read the brochures, etc on Icom's idas system (and Kenwood Nexedge) - the NXDN equipment.and I had some questions about it that some may know - probably simple stuff. All of the questions deal with conventional operation only.
- How does mixed node actually work with NXDN? The brochures talk about allowing analog radios to talk to idas radios which I kind of get but what does the detection of the analog or digital carrier? Is it the repeater or do the idas mobiles/portables do this as well in simplex?
- For mixed mode can the idas repeater go both ways? What I mean is if the idas radios are in with other analog radios on a conventional system and the idas radios are all digital can they communicate with the analog equipment on transmit and receive going through the idas repeater. After writing this maybe the 1st and 2nd questios are the same perhaps.
- For the Icom Idas repeater on digital only (no analog). How do you set up two 6.25 Khz channels like the brochures describe? Do you need a repeater with an additional RF module (channel module?) to make that happen? Or is the base repeater enough for doing this?