Motorola TORBO 6550

[blackbelter]

Would this radio track and monitor a trunking /Cap plus / Connect system? Is it FPP? Plan purchasing one as a DMR capable radio.
73,

Thanks

 

[Floridarailfanning]

Would this radio track and monitor a trunking /Cap plus / Connect system? Is it FPP? Plan purchasing one as a DMR capable radio.
73,

Thanks

Capacity Plus, maybe depending on features. Connect Plus, no. FPP, also no.

If all your trying to do is monitor it's not worth your time trying to use a TRBO radio.

 

[RRR]

Why not Con+ and FPP?

There are option boards that can be purchased for these

 

[Floridarailfanning]

Why not Con+

Con+ requires a system key like P25. Of course, you could just program in the voice channels but if the system is busy or has lots of frequencies the radio will miss a lot of calls.

There are option boards that can be purchased for these

Very true, I just assumed that this would be more than the OP was interested in doing.

 

[N4KVE]

FPP is quite useless on these radios. It’s expensive to add, & the FPP channels don’t go to memory. Think of it as a single VFO channel.

 

[blackbelter]

Thank you for all the replies . Back to my consumer grade scanner to monitor this system .

 

[mikewazowski]

Con+ requires a system key like P25.

Actually it doesn't. Anyone can enter a Con+ system in.

Whether or not your ESN or serial number has been entered into the controller is another matter.

 

[Floridarailfanning]

Actually it doesn't. Anyone can enter a Con+ system in.

Thanks for the correction then. I could have sworn Con+ needed a system key.

 

[com501]

Radio SN and/or Hex ID from portable/mobile eeprom is needed to authenticate. For scanning, you can add a TGID and the system channels and scan like a non-priority scan. Slow, but the radio will ignore the control channel when scanning, usually. Some FW versions it does not.

 

[kayn1n32008]

FPP is quite useless on these radios. It’s expensive to add, & the FPP channels don’t go to memory. Think of it as a single VFO channel.

FPP flashed onto the GOB allows for simple FPP of conventional analogue and conventional digital channels.

For Analogue:

Rx Frequency
Tx Frequency
Rx PL/DPL
Tx PL/DPL

For Digital:

Rx Frequency
Rx Frequency
Colour Code
Private OR Group call.

You must create a zone with one digital and one analogue channel, with the option board box checked. To access FPP you have to go to that zone and activate FPP Once in FPP mode, you have 16 FPP channels, but can not access any other channels until you exit FPP.

 

[kayn1n32008]

Why not Con+ and FPP?

There are option boards that can be purchased for these

Con+ and FPP use the same GOB. They are loaded through CPS for the GOB. You can not have Con+ and FPP in the radio at the same time.

 

[N4KVE]

FPP flashed onto the GOB allows for simple FPP of conventional analogue and conventional digital channels.

For Analogue:

Rx Frequency
Tx Frequency
Rx PL/DPL
Tx PL/DPL

For Digital:

Rx Frequency
Rx Frequency
Colour Code
Private OR Group call.

You must create a zone with one digital and one analogue channel, with the option board box checked. To access FPP you have to go to that zone and activate FPP Once in FPP mode, you have 16 FPP channels, but can not access any other channels until you exit FPP.

If you don’t have the GOB, you’d have to get it. Plus the FPP program is more expensive than the going rate for a 6550. OTOH, a 7550 with Asian FW, & CPS gives you full featured FPP.