OK gurus - I need your expert advice. I have searched on the board - nothing definitive. So here I am. I bought a VHF astro spectra, model #D04KKF9PW5AN, flashcode 100008-000000-0. 1 Meg. Reading the radio in CPS gives me Firmware 75.10.xx.xx and DSP A05.01.03 sys package G51. Now - no matter what I do - it will not rx/tx any of the digitial modes it is programmed for. Nada. Nunca
I cant find any reference to a Firmware version of 75 anywhere. And what i did find is the A in front of the DSP means analog only.
What gives. Am I going to be able to use this on a IMBE system of should I just reach down and grab my ankles now....
VHF Astro Digital Question
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we have a phrase in the submarine force.
it's called BOHICA
bend over, here it comes again
you have a radio with a manipulated flash code. you can change this flash code to anything you want (if you have the proper tools), but whether those features will work depend upon the host and dsp firmware in the radio.
as you have guessed, you have what's called an "astro ready" radio - that came from the factory with no IMBE code in the DSP (the "A" is analog, as you found out)
you have one option, and that's to get the host and dsp uplifted to support IMBE digital ops. this flash is about $800 at motorola.
good luck,
doug
it's called BOHICA
bend over, here it comes again
you have a radio with a manipulated flash code. you can change this flash code to anything you want (if you have the proper tools), but whether those features will work depend upon the host and dsp firmware in the radio.
as you have guessed, you have what's called an "astro ready" radio - that came from the factory with no IMBE code in the DSP (the "A" is analog, as you found out)
you have one option, and that's to get the host and dsp uplifted to support IMBE digital ops. this flash is about $800 at motorola.
good luck,
doug
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Ahhhh crapola... that's what I figured. They don't call it fleabay for nothing.
If anyone is selling a vhf astro DIGITIAL IMBE spectra please PM me. No whored out trash like this one either.
If anyone is selling a vhf astro DIGITIAL IMBE spectra please PM me. No whored out trash like this one either.
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With an avatar like that.. I will do anything for you... I will go find it. I think his name is nailed to my target in the back yard