Astro Series Radios
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| Market | Public Safety |
|---|---|
| Release Date | 1995 |
| EOL Date | 2002 |
| Supported Features |
Conventional Analog Conventional P25 Motorola Type II Trunking P25 Phase 1 Trunking (on specific firmware only) |
The Astro series of radios are public-safety and commercial radios that were the first Motorola products to support VSELP/IMBE digital modulation, more commonly referred to by Motorola as Astro operation and known to many as P25 digital voice. The first Astro radios, the Astro Saber and Astro Spectra were released in 1995, and the XTS3000 was released in 1996.
Models in Line
Portable Radios
Mobile Radios
Features
Flashport Options
Pulled from akardam.net
| Flashcode | Description |
| Q806 | Astro IMBE Digital Operation |
| H14 | Enhanced Digital ID Display |
| H15 | ASTRO Data |
| H101 | Repeater Access (RAC) |
| H869 | Hardware Multikey Encryption |
| H498 | Hardware Multikey Encryption with OTAR |
| H43 | Trunked Remote Monitor/Radio Trace |
| H46 | Trunked One Touch Status Message |
| H35 | Conventional Systems Operation |
| H37 | Smartnet Systems Operation |
| H38 | SmartZone Systems Operation |
| H915 | International Radio |
| H07 | Software Multikey Encryption |
| H29 | Software Singlekey Encryption |
| Q354 | Over the Air Channel Steering |
| Q353 | Over the Air Channel Reassignment |
| Q352 | User-definable Soft ID |
| Q947 | APCO Packet Data Interface |
| Q241 | Analog-only Operation |
| Q387 | Conventional Voting Scan |
| Q173 | SmartZone Omnilink Multizone Operation |
| Q182 | Enhanced Radio Control Protocol |
Audio Enhancements
Analog and digital audio is processed by the audio DSP before it is sent through the RF section and transmitted. The default settings are fine, and most people will have no complaints with the quality of audio from these radios. However, as found through testing and tweaking by members of communications.support, there exists a much better setting for Astro radios that can make the transmitted audio from these units sound even better. These audio settings can be found in the Radio Configuration -> Radio-Wide -> Tx Audio Control Per Mode section of CPS.
The settings are as follows:
- Gain Type: AGC
- Output: 0
- Total: 6
