I am looking for a new portable radio. I work with several VHF public safety depts and one is going digital and the others are not. The one that is has a grant for Motorola XTS/XTL systems to be installed over the next few months. The portables they are getting are the XTS 2500. We are not truncated that I know of. I will have to purchase my own portable or will be unable to hear or transmit on the digital agency frequency. OUr motoroloa rep said I should get the 1500 XTS but "make sure it has the Q811 or I wont be able to talk on both digital and analog frequencies".
I found a used XTS2500 DIGITAL RADIO WITH 870 channels 136Mhz-174Mhz
Flash Options in Radio:
Q806 ASTRO IMBE Digital Operation
Q52 Federal Government FPP
Q498 Hardware Multikey Encryption
H35 Conventional Systems Operation
Q53 FCC FPP And Radio Cloning
Q387 Conventional Voting Scan
Q445 Fireground Accountability Software
Q446 Fireground Voice/Channel Announcement
Q667 ADP Encryption Software DSP
Will this have the features I need to be able to talk and scan on VHF analog and the new digital frequencies? Does this sound like a good radio? I am used to using radios but never had to spec one out before and the the abbreviations are a bit overwhelming. Advice?
I found a used XTS2500 DIGITAL RADIO WITH 870 channels 136Mhz-174Mhz
Flash Options in Radio:
Q806 ASTRO IMBE Digital Operation
Q52 Federal Government FPP
Q498 Hardware Multikey Encryption
H35 Conventional Systems Operation
Q53 FCC FPP And Radio Cloning
Q387 Conventional Voting Scan
Q445 Fireground Accountability Software
Q446 Fireground Voice/Channel Announcement
Q667 ADP Encryption Software DSP
Will this have the features I need to be able to talk and scan on VHF analog and the new digital frequencies? Does this sound like a good radio? I am used to using radios but never had to spec one out before and the the abbreviations are a bit overwhelming. Advice?