Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

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Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by citabria » Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:44 pm

Hi Guys,

Can anyone remember any Motorola trunking systems that ran between 450-520MHz in Australia? I think I can remember one in Sydney on 500MHz that dated back 15 years ago - around the time that the M7 was built, but can anyone with a better memory than me remember any?

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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by news » Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:32 am

I gather you are talking about old skool analogue ?

The M7 system was using analogue ATS2500's, I can dig up the codeplug ? I ended up with all the gear when it was closed down and the M7 finished construction. I still use the ex repeater yagi's today :)

Plenty of P25 mining networks running on high split UHF both in the past and currently active (a stack in WA, QLD)

WA GRN is high split UHF P25 (And is quite an extensive network)

several covert users were on UHF high split but now have shifted and updated...

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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by cartman » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:33 am

There was a Qantas Motorola Trunking System on 460Mhz in Brisbane at the Airport until very recently ( a couple of years ago). About 10yrs ago there was a 460Mhz Motorola System in the Rockhampton/Gladstone area for mining and a 460Mhz BHP system at Port Hedland (that has been replaced by TETRA)
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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by Garry » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:47 am

There are a couple of trunking systems, P25 clear, in use in the Hunter Valley Mines
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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by citabria » Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:14 am

Yeah I was thinking the old analog Smartnet systems.

Garry - are the Hunter Valley P25 systems documented anywhere?

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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by cartman » Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:16 pm

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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by citabria » Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:24 pm

news wrote:several covert users were on UHF high split but now have shifted and updated...
Are these the old 488Mhz users? Weren't they on conventional P25, not trunked?

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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by Mike Alpha » Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:37 pm

I vaguely recall a single M type II system in Melbourne city on either 460MHz or 416MHz belonging to Telstra.

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Re: Motorola trunking between 450 and 520MHz

Post by cartman » Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:34 am

The M7 system was using analogue ATS2500's, I can dig up the codeplug ? I ended up with all the gear when it was closed down and the M7 finished construction. I still use the ex repeater yagi's today
Horsley Park M7 Orbital
Type II Motorola Trunking
Site ID A724
502.250, 502.550, 502.850, 503.150, 503.450
Rotating Control Channel over first 4 frequencies
Base Frequency 500.000 25khz
Switched off August 2006
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