If your new review has not been Approved after several days you can assume that it was found to not be within the product review T's&C's shown below during screening. Before adding a new product use the "Search" tool on reviews Home page to determine if that product already exists in a category.Ĥ. The delay can vary from minutes to a day or more.ģ. The delay is for new review screening and approval. There's a delay before newly submitted reviews are Approved and posted in eHam's reviews. eHam's Product Reviews are a database of ham radio related products and services personal opinions.Ģ. P25 also works very well on simplex and, being an "open sky" (meaning it's available to everyone) protocol is perfectly legal on the hambands.ġ. A standard analog FM repeater will not repeat a digital signal so a special Motorola repeater, called a Quantar, is required. As more and more P25 ham repeaters come into existence this very nice, quiet, and reliable means of communicating will see much more activity.
One other thing that was not mentioned in previous reviews is the radio's ability (if the feature has been included in your radio's flashcode) to do P25/digital comms.
(What happens if you have only Q52 but not Q53 as well with firmware/software higher than 9 is that you LOSE the FPP capability when you go to use the FPP function.) Not that there's anything wrong with version 9 stuff, it's just older, and so-called upgrades/improvements in later versions have no real effect on ham operations. However, if your radio has only Q52 then you're limited to nothing higher than version 9 for firmware and CPS. If you have both you can do FPP with any version of firmware and CPS. The two flashcode items required to do FPP are Q52 and Q53. The current "big thing" is the FPP feature which has presented some problems due to interactions with various levels of firmware in the radios. Since the original reviews for the XTS5000 were written there have been some updates to the radio's system that should be mentioned. Signal strenght display on Trunked Systems only Status icons including battery (with impress batteries) and power indicator 2 x 3 navigational keys (on Models II and III) Programmable softkeys for easy access to radio functions Up to 850 channels (on Model II and Model III radios - only 48 on Model I) Illuminated 16-position, top-mounted rotary knob Check your flashcode to see what options are installed. The XTS 5000 family of ASTRO digital portable two-way radios deliver sophisticated features - signaling schemes, encryption, analog/digital compatibility, conventional and trunking capability. Dashes are not required (but everything else is).EMail SubscriptionRegistered users are allowed to subscribe to specific review topics and receive eMail notifications when new reviews are posted. The "c" character represents the checksum digit. Press the "Decode Flashcodes" button.Īs you select each platform, it will show you which flashcode formats are valid for that platform. Select the applicable platform using the radio buttons below each flashcode. Flashcode Decoder R05.03.05 Flashcode Decoder R05.03.05 « Tools | Decoder for Smartphone Browsers | Encoder ( for Smartphone Browsers) » | Options list last updated: Įnter up to 4 flashcodes below.