Not sure that this is a MotoTRBO issue..... I don't have any such issue with any of mine, anywhere from 0 to 4 bars. Have 7550e radios and a mix of 5550e and 5550.
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XPR XPR7550e audio cuts out for half a second
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Must be nice. . .
Been having these issues regularly on numerous radios dating back MANY firmware versions. I started using the TRBO radios around either high R01 or right at R02 and it was going on at that time already.
For clarification, I only notice this with simplex. I don't recall ever having this happen on a repeater, except when in the fringe, and NEVER on digital. As I mentioned above, it seems like a problem with the radios presumption of what the RSSI is because it will suddenly mute and resume scanning with one or two bars still showing. At other times one or two bars will come in fine and is often readable. Basically what K2NEC also described.
I just reread the OP's first post again.
I could be mistaken but unless the NYPD weaseled their way out the narrow-banding mandate in 2013, you need to be using 12.5kHz NOT 25kHz.
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Negative, NYPD is 25kHz bandwidth.
NYPD operates in the T-Band, which was exempted from narrowbanding by FCC waiver two months after the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 was passed by Congress (i.e. the legislation which calls for the T-Band giveback). No one "weaseled their way out" of anything.
Well, I just learned something! I only deal with VHF High so didn't know that.
Yeah...I wish I had an answer for you. I use analog simplex on these radios all the time, probably more than I do digital, and just don't have that problem at all. I don't know what the issue might be.
I've worked with all manner of TRBO radios over the past 8 years (as part of my job), analog, digital, repeated, simplex, etc. The only time I've had obvious problems, were when parts failed or there were alignment issues. I suggest putting your radio on a calibrated service monitor to see how it functions when you can completely control the RF parameters and compare to your other radio.
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