Hah, I run into that problem almost every year with A-Kon and the Plano hamfest. Shit sucks.vxo wrote:Wow, it's the same weekend as Megacon. Hmm. I might go for part of one day or something... I dunno yet.
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- Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:36 pm
- Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
- Topic: Orlando Hamcation Feb 8-10 2008
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21147
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:16 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Encryption on P25
- Replies: 89
- Views: 207900
Re: Encryption on P25
I'd take .au over your Godforsaken island any day, but that's just me. :mjban: Don't knock it until you've tried it. The island is fine, its the people who live here are the problem mate ;) I'd have said I never ever want to ever visit the Godforsaken United States, but that was before I decided to...
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:43 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Encryption on P25
- Replies: 89
- Views: 207900
Re: Encryption on P25
I'd take .au over your Godforsaken island any day, but that's just me.M3ECM wrote:Bloody convicts! :Dmr.syntrx wrote:Depends what country you're in. In VK land it ain't
Man... I never thought I'd hear myself say "I wish I lived in Oz".
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:00 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Astro modulation type
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9969
CQPSK is for simulcast trunking systems and I forget what WIDE is for. Use C4FM. The only place I'm aware of where 20kHz spacing is used domestically is in the 800 band. Maybe it's present in VHF/UHF radios for overseas systems? For public safety monitoring, you'll want to crank the spacing back to ...
- Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:20 pm
- Forum: EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
- Topic: CM300
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9088
- Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:13 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: hex editing astro25 cps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17740
- Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:14 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Encryption on P25
- Replies: 89
- Views: 207900
..and circlejerk yourselves on DES all day long. In the same manner in which you jack yourself off by propagating internet arguments? Because I think if I did that, my dick would fall off. :baby: Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's because I hang out on the internet too much, but it seems to me like ...
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:20 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Why The XTS 5000
- Replies: 70
- Views: 146342
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:57 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Why The XTS 5000
- Replies: 70
- Views: 146342
Webdoc, wanna help a fellow/neighboring EOC operator out when/if you get your hands on any such gear? I may not be a neighbor... but don't forget your homies down in Texas. :baby: heheh I'll do my best. For example just at the EOC, if we were to do a full rollout to the MARCS system, there would be...
- Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:20 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Why The XTS 5000
- Replies: 70
- Views: 146342
So in other words its an overly priced hunk of crap Overpriced, maybe.. but far from being a hunk of crap. Once you hear the crystal-clear, intermod-free audio emanating from one without a hint of PL hum, you'll wonder why you spent so much time playing with Yaecomwood shit. Of course, that holds t...
- Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:54 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: XTS3000 KVL cable/adaptor
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12382
Or you could do it the hard-but-cheap way, and build your own from a junked Jedi speaker mic connector. The board doesn't have spaces for the keyloading pins, though, so you'll have to etch your own or do something :vestman: -grade with glue and pins or whatever. Building a Saber keyloading cable is...
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:48 pm
- Forum: EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
- Topic: Looking for thoughts on FTM-10R
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12449
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:40 pm
- Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
- Topic: PARIS TEXAS HAMFEST OCT 13 2007 Ham sexy Tshirts Get IN Free
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21332
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:43 am
- Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
- Topic: PARIS TEXAS HAMFEST OCT 13 2007 Ham sexy Tshirts Get IN Free
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21332
I'm heading up tonight, and (God willing) will be on the road from McKinney at around 6:00. I'll be on BW1 and Batlabs Green (analog and clear P25) enroute and at the 'fest. I might not be able to stick around too late, though.. my friend from McK's family wants to hit up the TX State Fair that afte...
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:19 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Legality of P25 on Ham Bands
- Replies: 28
- Views: 50553
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:42 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Legality of P25 on Ham Bands
- Replies: 28
- Views: 50553
Re: Legality of P25 on Ham Bands
and Dstar is ment for Ham, so it is legal. There. You just answered your own question. Most of the flak P25 gets stems from the fact that it was originally intended for the public safety sector. In that same vein, that's why you don't see super-widespread use of commercial gear by end-users, or why...
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:00 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:40 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
Ok thanks Josh :) BTW if I get the encryption modules, can I get these babies flashed for ADP/software encryption?? I read its a feature of Astro25 products, and a quick google search mentioned the Spectra Plus and ADP in the same context. Horse mouth information would be nice though. Remember, ADP...
- Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:24 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:12 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Benefits of D-Star, or any other digtal system at that...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 81382
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:46 pm
- Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
- Topic: Time for Belton Ham Expo fall edition.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9326
Ditto. April was the same ol' guys selling the same ol' crap, and not a lick of decent commercial gear. Even if Paris is equally sucktastic, it'll still be a nice change of scenery.Victor Xray wrote:Not me. Belton was an utter flop in April.
See the Paris, TX thread, that's where some of us are headed this year.
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:28 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Astro Spectra W9 VHF & 800MHz CPG
- Replies: 11
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- Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:50 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Astro Spectra W9 VHF & 800MHz CPG
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19923
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:20 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Astro Spectra W9 VHF & 800MHz CPG
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19923
- Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:56 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
I'm going to need a programming cable too, which I guess is a stock item from the various eBay sellers? High-power Spectra programming cables are so easy to make it's obscene. See here . The DB-25 jack in the middle of the drawer, where the handle is, is the one you use for programming. I guess $23...
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:47 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
Hey, how hard is it to get a 45W ASTRO Spectra to do 25W without blasting spurious shit everywhere, overheating etc? I want a W4 or similar, but the license is only good for 25W. Align your low-power setting for 25W (if it's not there already, I forget what the factory setting is) and slave all of ...
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:39 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:33 pm
- Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
- Topic: PARIS TEXAS HAMFEST OCT 13 2007 Ham sexy Tshirts Get IN Free
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21332
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:34 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:10 am
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: How much for a Spectra?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 68739
First off, you can't get the whole 403-470 split out of a Spectra, be it analog or Astro. You can choose from: -403-433 (out-of-band hacking will get you a max of 438, if you're lucky) -438-470 (only available in 25W, usually configured for motorcycle use, and not real common, Scott's current batch ...
- Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:29 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Saber Keyloader
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24052
Good luck getting batteries for the T3011s. Those are a bitch to find. I bought a MX300 in the useless VHF high split for $5 at a hamfest several weeks ago, as a gamble that the attached battery would still hold some juice. It did. Oh, and you can still get MX batteries from Multiplier via Tessco. ...
- Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:15 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Saber Keyloader
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24052
Well, first off, you didn't mention which encryption algorithm you're using. They all have different keyloaders. I'll assume you're running some variant of DES, since that's what all the cool kids are using. Since you mentioned having Astro Sabers over on the Batlounge, you want a T3011DX. Fair pric...
- Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:48 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Appco P25 Demo'd
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11430
- Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:48 pm
- Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
- Topic: Astro saber secure-ket retention question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8091
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:18 pm
- Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
- Topic: Unofficial pics from this year's ottawa hamfest
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18718