Motorola HT1000

[Ted240]

Hi everyone,
I am looking into buying a Motorola HT1000 for HAM Radio, Civil Air Patrol, and Fire/EMS. My agencies use DPL on some of their frequencies. Do I need to determine the TX and offset of that frequency if I have the DPL? Im sorry if this seems like a dumb question.
Thank you in advance,
KK4PNQ

 

[SCPD]

They should be able to supply you with a sheet of the tx and rx.

Just keep in mind the ht1000 is a analog only radio.

You would want a model that ends with DN.

 

[Ted240]

Yes, it is a DN model. Sorry I did not specify earlier

 

[zz0468]

Do I need to determine the TX and offset of that frequency if I have the DPL?

Yes, you need to know the exact TX and RX frequencies required, as well as the TX and RX PL or DPL. It's all programmed in separately.

 

[Ted240]

Thank you ZZ

 

[Will001]

I bought a xts5000 mod.1 VHF for 99 dollars. It has 48 channels and has P25 capabilities...I use it for Civil Air Patrol


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[Project25_MASTR]

Also remember the HT1000 is a 20 year old radio and will only cover up to 16 channels. I know CAP has been attempting to standardize on P25 for the last decade but don't know the current status of that.


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[Will001]

Also remember the HT1000 is a 20 year old radio and will only cover up to 16 channels. I know CAP has been attempting to standardize on P25 for the last decade but don't know the current status of that.


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Most CAP repeaters are dual mode FM/P25 that I know of


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[Project25_MASTR]

Most CAP repeaters are dual mode FM/P25 that I know of


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I've yet to see one with the vocoder to convert digital in to analog out. Leave it to some 3 letter agency to forget to program their radios with an analog option so everyone is on the same mode.


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[Will001]

Well... those do exist... but what we use are Quantar repeaters that have 2 modes on 1 frequency, for instance a mobile station tries to contact the local base station, but has scratchy audio. The base station tells the mobile station to switch to "digital" (P25). They are still on the same frequency, but on a different mode.

 

[Project25_MASTR]

Yea. It's just a option in a Quantar to enable analog access for the channel. There is a vocoder option but it's a separate box that plugs into the V.24 interface IIRC.


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[mikewazowski]

Yea. It's just a option in a Quantar to enable analog access for the channel. There is a vocoder option but it's a separate box that plugs into the V.24 interface IIRC.

Most people refer to a Quantar setup for mixed mode operation as dual mode.

The setting is called Modulation Type and CAP's repeaters would be set to Analog/Astro CAI. Analog in/Analog out, P25 in/P25 out.

The box that converts the v.24 stream to analog is a Digital Interface Unit (DIU). These can also contain encryption cartridges which will encrypt/decrypt analog audio to and from the Quantar.

 

[N4KVE]

Hi everyone,
I am looking into buying a Motorola HT1000 for HAM Radio, Civil Air Patrol, and Fire/EMS. My agencies use DPL on some of their frequencies. Do I need to determine the TX and offset of that frequency if I have the DPL? Im sorry if this seems like a dumb question.
Thank you in advance,
KK4PNQ

Spend the extra $10 & get a MTS2000. Same RF board, but many more features. Also programs with CPS, which means Windows laptop instead of DOS.

 

[FFPM571]

Get an XTS3000 and have P25 then you can have it all

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Get an XTS3000 and have P25 then you can have it all

At todays prices, an extra $20! Or just get an Astro Saber for the price of a BaoFengy thingy..

 

[N4KVE]

Yeah. Got a mint VHF Astro Saber last month for $45.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Yeah. Got a mint VHF Astro Saber last month for $45.

Absolutely no reason to buy a Baofengy unless of course you want an awful DC to daylight "receiver" and an LED flashlight in same package.

 

[Will001]

Plus it's illegal to use Baofengy's in CAP... they're not NTIA compliant


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