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of the Motorola XTS 5000.
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W2NJS
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 9, 2009 08:03
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Since the original reviews for the XTS5000 were written there have been some updates to the radio's system that should be mentioned. The current "big thing" is the FPP feature which has presented some problems due to interactions with various levels of firmware in the radios. The two flashcode items required to do FPP are Q52 and Q53. If you have both you can do FPP with any version of firmware and CPS. However, if your radio has only Q52 then you're limited to nothing higher than version 9 for firmware and CPS. 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. (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.)
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. As more and more P25 ham repeaters come into existence this very nice, quiet, and reliable means of communicating will see much more activity. A standard analog FM repeater will not repeat a digital signal so a special Motorola repeater, called a Quantar, is required. 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.
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