OK first off Thanks everyone for your help. Trunking is a fairly new concept
here so bare with me as I ask a few more questions. First off, CSI Seems to
have some nice controllers however there could be an issue here with radios
being cloned and then put onto my ltr without my knowledge. Is there a type of
controller where I can somehow track this? 2nd question, I know motorola uses
up one repeater for a "Control Channel" which can not be used for voice. From
what I understand, LTR does not do this correct? I will be putting farmers and
bussiness onto this system and I want to make it expandable so that if need be
it wont be a huge deal to add 1 or 2 more repeaters when the time comes. Also,
does anyone have any suggestions regarding high gain antenna's, multicouplers,
etc? Thanks for all your help.
W
skipp025 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It depends how it was
programmed. Each unit could have a unique
> > ID. But, your system would be limited to 250 radios or so.
> > Joe M.
>
> There were group ID's, but no unit ID's. Maybe if you gave each unit a
> group ID, and then set the radios to scan for all groups. But everyone
> would hear everyone basically. It would be hard to have more then one
> customer or organization.
Depending on the radio and ltr trunking controller, you can can make
groups and have id numbers within the group and decode only the desired
group. With Kenwood Radios and CSI trunking controllers it's pretty
easy and straight forward.
> And to make a trunked system worthwhile, you need at least three
> channels (otherwise you're not gaining anything), fwiw.
Nah.... even a 2 channel LTR system is very practical vs days of
old when community ctcss/dcs format was king. Both channels are
working and the customers don't have to hear the co channel or
co system users.
If you ever had two mule headed customers fighting on a community
repeater... moving them to LTR made everything spring day fresh
(although their vehicles often remained rather stinky).
More channels is butta' but 2 LTR Channels is a quite usable system.
cheers,
skipp
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