thrill1998
Newbie
Hello,
My agency has been experiencing terrible radio service in our county. We have one repeater site that covers 486 square miles of hilly terrain. Our cruisers are equipped with 50 watt Vertex radios that are underpowered. In response to this, I recently purchased some refurbished Motorola Astro Spectra 110 W P25 radios with the W7 control head and have installed one in my cruiser. I now have radio service everywhere in the county.
When the department purchased the 50 watt Vertex VHF mobile radios several years ago, they also purchased the Vertex vehicle repeater, which was also in the VHF band, and no filters. Vertex VHF handheld radios were also purchased and all vehicle repeaters were programmed with the same frequency. Our handhelds have never functioned at their full potetential when used with the vehicle repeaters, due to the interference between the mobile and vehicle repeater.
Now that we have decent radio power, I would like to purchase a Motorola Vehicle UHF Repeater that will interface with the Astro Spectra P25 (High Power) radio. Will the Motorola VRS-EP work with these radios? The only noticeable difference I see between it and the VRS-750 is that the VRS-750 is programmable through the software and the VRS-EP seems to be a fixed frequency.
I'm trying to keep the cost down, as we will have to replace our handhelds with those that are UHF. Any advice you all can supply is greatly appreciated!
My agency has been experiencing terrible radio service in our county. We have one repeater site that covers 486 square miles of hilly terrain. Our cruisers are equipped with 50 watt Vertex radios that are underpowered. In response to this, I recently purchased some refurbished Motorola Astro Spectra 110 W P25 radios with the W7 control head and have installed one in my cruiser. I now have radio service everywhere in the county.
When the department purchased the 50 watt Vertex VHF mobile radios several years ago, they also purchased the Vertex vehicle repeater, which was also in the VHF band, and no filters. Vertex VHF handheld radios were also purchased and all vehicle repeaters were programmed with the same frequency. Our handhelds have never functioned at their full potetential when used with the vehicle repeaters, due to the interference between the mobile and vehicle repeater.
Now that we have decent radio power, I would like to purchase a Motorola Vehicle UHF Repeater that will interface with the Astro Spectra P25 (High Power) radio. Will the Motorola VRS-EP work with these radios? The only noticeable difference I see between it and the VRS-750 is that the VRS-750 is programmable through the software and the VRS-EP seems to be a fixed frequency.
I'm trying to keep the cost down, as we will have to replace our handhelds with those that are UHF. Any advice you all can supply is greatly appreciated!
