I'm looking into to purchasing an XTS 3000 and programming it for P25 Conventional operations. Will this radio have the issue of affiliation like it does when it comes to using these radios on a P25 trunking system.
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XTS 3000 P25 Conventional Question
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wgbecks
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The XTS3000 only supported P25 9600 baud trunking on 800 MHz models, and only with one specific firmware release. The XTS3000 should work fine for P25 conventional.
Okay that makes sense thank you
No affiliation with conventional use. You only have to worry about affiliation when doing non-affiliate trunk scan programming.
Thank you
Project25_MASTR
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Make sure the XTS3000 you purchase does not have analog only firmware. Also, the CPS will only operate correctly under a 32 bit operating system.
Okay thank you I checked the ones I’m looking at and the flash codes show they are IMBE Astro P25 capable
And they do have it installed
Just to be on the safe side, you should disable TX on any frequencies that you are not properly licensed for.
Thank You thats what I plan on doing
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