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XTL5000 power and mic q's

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I am programming a couple of XTL5000 radios and am curious as to what power level I can reduce the low power settings to. Currently it's programmed for 22 and 44 and I don't know if it's that way from the factory. It's a reflashed 2500 body with a 5000 head.

Plus, the other unit I am programming has a desk mic, and I am wondering if the mic settings should be left on agc or adjusted for something else. The mic I am using is for the xts, not the xtl, so the buttons don't work, but, I really don't need the buttons, and, to be honest, it's a heavy mic. I haven't gotten around to ordering a new one yet. Trying to get the radios performing well, if possible.

I have 4 other Motorola radios, but 3 are xpr, and a 3000, which isn't the best. I've noticed that using it with a hotspot can be hit or miss. The same is true for my efj5100. I can key up on one round and ber is .2%, and the next go it will be above 4%. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.

Im not a pro, just an amateur, but any pointers I can get, I wouldn't be able to thank you enough for. P25 on ham radio moves in waves, and seems to be getting more active. It definitely has the best audio of any of the modes we use. Shooting for the best we can get.
 
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I would leave the mic settings a lone unless you're having a problem with your levels.

For mid-power XTL5000 units I believe 4 watt or 5 watts would be your minimum. I can check that in a few hours when I get home. In most cases, if you set the low power level at 5 watts you may see the actual power with a dummy load at 6 watts and it probably would vary depending the condition of your amplifiers.

I'm curious if your CPS shows that you have the capacity of 1,000 channels?

The type of control head won't have any effect on your power level settings.
 
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nokones said:
I would leave the mic settings a lone unless you're having a problem with your levels.

For mid-power XTL5000 units I believe 4 watt or 5 watts would be your minimum. I can check that in a few hours when I get home. In most cases, if you set the low power level at 5 watts you may see the actual power with a dummy load at 6 watts and it probably would vary depending the condition of your amplifiers.

I'm curious if your CPS shows that you have the capacity of 1,000 channels?

The type of control head won't have any effect on your power level settings.
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If the radio has been reflashed as an XTL5000, it will support all of the XTL5000 functions. From the OP's post, that is what has been done and not the swap the button membrane carbon jumper around to tell an O5 CH it's a M5 and vise versa trick.
 
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