Hi everyone, I need some grown up advice.
I live on a tiny island where specialist stuff is scarce and hard to come by. I do have lots of experience with land mobile systems, analog, but none with digital.
I want to set up and install a small UHF system, voice and text capable, that can do both P25 and analog based on UHF ( 415Mhz ish) Quantar repeater. To start with:
One Quantar and qty 3 to qty 5, XTS5000 handies; Phase 2 might include another Quantar for signal fill in purposes and not to accomodate more portable radios.
To keep costs down, I can buy a Quantar used, from one dealer over the phone and thereafter he will do the necessary programming etc.
The same for the XTS5000Vportables, but from a different dealer.
I will then rig up power managment, duplexer and antennas on site.
Am I dreaming the nightmare of the inexperienced digital fool ?
There must be many parameters that go into programming what I need.
I dont even know which firmware, hardware options are needed.
Not being familiar with P25, I dont even know if I should buy the portables first, the Quantar can then authenticate.
I would appreciate some learned common sense.
Thank you !
I live on a tiny island where specialist stuff is scarce and hard to come by. I do have lots of experience with land mobile systems, analog, but none with digital.
I want to set up and install a small UHF system, voice and text capable, that can do both P25 and analog based on UHF ( 415Mhz ish) Quantar repeater. To start with:
One Quantar and qty 3 to qty 5, XTS5000 handies; Phase 2 might include another Quantar for signal fill in purposes and not to accomodate more portable radios.
To keep costs down, I can buy a Quantar used, from one dealer over the phone and thereafter he will do the necessary programming etc.
The same for the XTS5000Vportables, but from a different dealer.
I will then rig up power managment, duplexer and antennas on site.
Am I dreaming the nightmare of the inexperienced digital fool ?
There must be many parameters that go into programming what I need.
I dont even know which firmware, hardware options are needed.
Not being familiar with P25, I dont even know if I should buy the portables first, the Quantar can then authenticate.
I would appreciate some learned common sense.
Thank you !