If TT isn't something that you need, you can go with an Astro Saber II and get all of the other features. Most hams will want the Astro Saber III, which has full controls plus TouchTone pad. They don't have all of the bells and whistles of a lot of ham gear, but that just means you don't have to carry around a manual to figure them out.Ĭontrols are simple - volume, channel, PTT and several buttons and switches which are software-defined. I actually prefer them to most of the Motorola radios being produced today, and fortunately these live forever. I have a number of these, in various bands, and have had them since the mid-1990s. Most Saber accessories are compatible with Astro Saber, though antennas and a small antenna extender used on some accessories are NON-compatible with earlier Sabers.
P25 has been in public safety service for nearly 20 years, so you know that it's tested and reliable. The Astro gives you APCO P25 digital operation, which is not only legal on ham bands, it is what D-Star wishes that it could grow up to be. TLF can chime in with some more info as he's been into the Astro25 line longer than I have (he tends to keep up with what's under support).Everything good that you hear about the Motorola Saber is better in the Astro Digital Sabers. It should also be noted, the CPS is not 100% reliable on Windows 10. It should be noted that they do not use regular Jedi programming cables and have their own programming cables (available in serial or USB). 6 7/800 XTS2500's.I like the Astro 25 line but they certainly made some programming improvements on the APX line. I've got one or two 800 MHz Astro Spectra Pluses. For VHF I've got Motorola Astro Spectra and Astro Spectra Plus (again, not the same radios) radios. I've got one as a work radio (VHF) and one as a personal radio (7/800). Look here for a flashcode decoder for Astro radios. R20.00.01 was the last version released (be careful, the XTS1500/2500/5000 radios use the Astro 25 Portable CPS and the Astro Spectra Plus (not to be confused with the Astro Spectra) and XTL1500/2500/5000 use the Astro 25 Mobile CPS. Yes you will have to obtain the software (I honestly don't know how to go about it as I get it through my employer). Depot will still service the radios and there are thousands still deployed. As of the Astro25 line has officially been EOL'd as that was the last day to order flash upgrades from Motorola.
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