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pd911lyf

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Hello - I program radios for a PD - have had great success and learned a lot!! However, recently I have been having issues with our XTS5000 II & III....our city is separated into 5 districts - one problem area seems to be more "farmland" but the other is definitely more "city"....same types of topographical districts in between are not affected. Thought the issue was short vs long antennas - doesn't matter. Then thought is was the shoulder mic and tried the newest version - doesn't matter. Units attempt to transmit and our dispatch center does not here them nor do the units standing RIGHT BESIDE THEM! Units are reporting (and I've heard it) like a digitized transmission - not their own but hearing other units on these portables as well as dispatch. There is also the OUT OF RANGE message. Tried to fix via the CPS and AGC - switching it from 3 and 3 for output to 0 and 3 or 0 and 6 - worked for one unit but not the three others. I checked digital and analog boxes just above the AGC - didn't matter. I met with my local MTUG group last week and discussed this issue - was told to check the securenet box in addition to the digital/analog - doesn't matter.

~~Does anyone know what this problem is? Please, I'm driving myself insane trying to fix this and meanwhile not getting any sleep worrying about "my units" on the street and transmissions not getting through........OH, without the shoulder mics the portables work just fine.......and no my units can not be actively in a foot pursuit and/or holding a suspect at gun point and HOLD the portable in ONE hand and the mic in the OTHER hand so that their vests and body mass don't interfere. Yes, I was told this was the IDEAL way to use an XTS5000 for the best results!!!!!!!!! I'm dyin' here - "In Valor There Is Hope" Tacticus, NLEOM, PUT IV
 

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Sounds to me like you have a poorly designed radio system. If you are getting out of range messages and the sort of problems you say you are having you simply do not have adequate coverage!
 

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adjusting AGC settings will not affect how the radio gets into the system, AGC settings only affect audio.

"Out of range" indicates that the radios are not within range of the system, and if the radio can't RX the control channel, (it seems apparent that you're using a trunked system) it cannot transmit into the system either.

What band are you using? If it's 800Mhz, you may want to try using the public safety speaker mics with the antenna built on them. If not, then don't use any speaker mic and see what happens. Get the radio's antenna away from the user's hip.

-Josh
 

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You really didn't give us enough information to attempt to diagnose what appears to be a system problem. I really just wanted to say that operating the portable on the hip with a speaker mike costs about 10-15 db in signal margin, so if the radios work without speaker mikes (or with, when held up at head level), then this could be a factor. If it's happening in two of 5 segments of your system, then it would appear at first glance that there's something wrong with those two segments.

You also mention that "recently" you have been having issues. How recent? What changed? If it worked before with these radios, then perhaps it can be fixed. Not intended as an insult, but you don't come across as someone technical, or someone who maintains the sytem. What do THOSE people say?
 

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AlexC - Thank you - I will check into the version installed.

Josh - Thanks - I will try a different mic to see what happens - without the mics all seems well.

zz0468 - Thank you - As for technicality, I was trying to ~KISS~.
 

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I can't tell for sure from your post if you are using digital or analog.

If you are using digital, check the frequency error on the portables. The digital system is much less forgiving in terms of frequency error than the analog side. We discovered this while doing the digital migration for the City of Orlando, which uses the XTS 5000 radios. The radios would work properly on the analog side but would go out of range on the digital side. Re-warping the frequency on the portables cured every radio that exhibitied this problem.

Larry
 
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