Kenwood Site Roam

[70cutlass442]

I am unfamiliar with the the settings in the site roam and need to roam between three sites. Beacon is set to 6 second intervals. Attached is the current setting... Could someone better explain what the different settings do?

 

[buddrousa]

Are you Site Roaming a Trunking System or Multiple Conventional Repeaters?

 

[70cutlass442]

Are you Site Roaming a Trunking System or Multiple Conventional Repeaters?

This is a multisite conventional sytem

 

[buddrousa]

I have 2 Systems 1 5 Site and 1 7 Site with similar settings. With me it is best guess what the settings mean.
Drop out time loss of beacon time?
Dwell time how long it looks at sites for signal?
Quick site level this is minimum signal when checking for sites?
Standard level?
Site roaming resume the signal it will search for another site?

 

[Reelfishguy]

I have installed several Site Roaming systems--both NXDN and DMR. Have left the subscriber units in default settings and have not had any problems.

 

[AM909]

See if you can find the "NX-1000_Function_List_FUNC_K_E_C_M_X_Ver330.pdf". The function ref is often more useful than the formulaic language they use in the KPG help files. Pages 148-151 in that version are relevant.

 

[70cutlass442]

I have installed several Site Roaming systems--both NXDN and DMR. Have left the subscriber units in default settings and have not had any problems.

The problem is, on Kenwood is they are simply left in the "off" position. From there, you change to your desired settings.

 

[70cutlass442]

See if you can find the "NX-1000_Function_List_FUNC_K_E_C_M_X_Ver330.pdf". The function ref is often more useful than the formulaic language they use in the KPG help files. Pages 148-151 in that version are relevant.

I found a slightly different file but seems to have the same info. For your records, here is the link:

https://www.ameradio.com/doc/Kenwood-NX-1200-NX-1300-function-list.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOopoVhxXWObm-sBMGncmqzeKll0HEGJTwI8HjQhnglFFWnHRpCxi

 

[ramal121]

As in regular scan Dropout Delay and Dwell is the time site roam is suspended when receiving or transmitting.

If Quick Site Roam is used scan will stop and select the first channel that exceeds this level. In your screen shot Standard Site Roam is off, therefore roam will not happen until it sees a level better than this. Helps when there are many sites to scan. For 3 sites not much of an advantage.

Standard Site Roam is where the radio scans all sites and picks the best of those that have the threshold level or better. If you use both Quick and Standard then Quick must be a higher level than Standard.

Site Roam Resume is what it states. Must be lower than Quick and/or Standard Site roam.

The problem is, on Kenwood is they are simply left in the "off" position. From there, you change to your desired settings.

If all selections are off it will still roam by using squelch level only.

 

[wd8chl]

Which model radio is this?

 

[70cutlass442]

Which model radio is this?

NX-800

 

[wd8chl]

So the normal default values should work for most all circumstances. I would set them to these values first and try that for a while.