[Repeater-Builder] Re: P25 (mis)Information?

2008-05-29 Thread Dan Hancock
I never cease to be amazed at how the simple answer to problems like this get overlooked. Give the FD noise cancelling microphones. The less background the mic picks up the less distortion problem there is. I've been on an 800 digital sytem for about 13 years now. Our earlier purchased

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: P25 (mis)Information?

2008-05-29 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
I believe there is more that just amplitude involved Dan. The vocoder coding algorithm handles sound patterns to (hopefully) improve intelligibility. I remember part of the selection of the IMBE vocoder dealt with voice inflection and the receiving station being able to discern subtleties in

[Repeater-Builder] Re: P25 (mis)Information?

2008-05-29 Thread nj902
It isn't about the radios - it's about systems. The Tyco rep was bashing Motorola because the EDACS platform supports analog talkgroups and/or digital talkgroups as desired by the system administrator whereas the latest Motorola systems - Smartzone 6.X and 7.X are P25 standards based and are