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I should preface this by saying that this is an entirely academic question. I am not building out a trunked system. But as a mostly DMR guy, I got to wondering about how NXDN/Nexedge handles trunking and Type-D drew my attention as a decentralized option.
First, it seems like higher-tier Kenwood radios do not support Type-D trunking. For example, the NX-5000 series says it supports Type-C and Gen2 trunking. Is this correct, or just an oversight? It seems like a really weird omission.
Second -- does Type-D support multisite? Perhaps this is a NXDN spec vs. Nexedge thing? Kenwood's site clearly positions it as a single-site only thing. But I swear that I read a technical discussion somewhere about how it does support it, almost like Passport. There's a home channel and a roaming affiliation channel, and the system will scan for bursts on the affiliation channel when it starts to get low strength on its current system. (Sort of like how Mototrbo radios handle IPSC roaming.) Did I hallucinate that whole thing?
Reading between the lines, Icom's "Multitrunk" sounds like Type-D multisite. Does Kenwood just not implement it with Nexedge? Am I just misreading?
First, it seems like higher-tier Kenwood radios do not support Type-D trunking. For example, the NX-5000 series says it supports Type-C and Gen2 trunking. Is this correct, or just an oversight? It seems like a really weird omission.
Second -- does Type-D support multisite? Perhaps this is a NXDN spec vs. Nexedge thing? Kenwood's site clearly positions it as a single-site only thing. But I swear that I read a technical discussion somewhere about how it does support it, almost like Passport. There's a home channel and a roaming affiliation channel, and the system will scan for bursts on the affiliation channel when it starts to get low strength on its current system. (Sort of like how Mototrbo radios handle IPSC roaming.) Did I hallucinate that whole thing?
Reading between the lines, Icom's "Multitrunk" sounds like Type-D multisite. Does Kenwood just not implement it with Nexedge? Am I just misreading?