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DOMAIN REFLECTROMETER PLOTS.  TABLE 2 SUMMARIZES THE STICK 230S SPECIFIED
PERFORMANCE AND FEATURES.  STICK 230 TESTING  I BEGAN MY TESTS BY CHECKING
THE STICK 230 OUTPUT AGAINST WWV AT 10 MHZ.  THE FREQUENCY WAS WITHIN 20 HZ
OF WWV, AND I DID NOT DETECT ANY NOTICEABLE FREQUENCY DRIFT OVER A 5 MINUTE
TEST PERIOD.  I ALSO FOUND THE FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY OUTPUT LEVEL TO BE 8R5
DBM OVER THE FULL FREQUENCY RANGE.  WHEN USED AS A SIGNAL SOURCE, KEEP IN
MIND THAT THE OUTPUT WAVEFORM IS ALMOST 

TO ANALOG, OR ONE CAN BE SET TO ANALOG AND THE OTHER TO DMR.  WHEN BOTH
VFOS ARE SET TO DMR, YOU CAN ONLY RECEIVE ONE DIGITAL SIGNAL AT A TIME.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ANALOG APRS SUPPORT IS FOR TRANSMIT ONLY.  YOU CAN
SEND YOUR POSITION MANUALLY OR AS A TIMED BEACON, BUT YOU WONT BE RECEIVING
ANY APRS BEACONS OR DISPLAYING THEM ON THE SCREEN.  THE ANYTONE AT
D578UVIIIPRO IS A FULL DUPLEX TRANSCEIVER, AND IT SUPPORTS THE REPEATER
MODE ALSO KNOWN AS CROSS BAND REPEAT.  YOU CAN OPERATE CROSS BAND BETWEEN
THE 2 METER AND 70 CENTIMETER BANDS, AND YOU CAN ALSO OPERATE CROSS BAND
BETWEEN THE 1R25 METER AND 70 CENTIMETER BANDS.  YOU CANNOT OPERATE CROSS
BAND BETWEEN 2 METERS AND 1R25 METERS.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSS BAND REPEAT OR AUXILIARY OPERATION IN THE US, SEE
WWW. ARRL. ORG/ AUXILIARY STATION FAQ.  IN CANADA, AN ADVANCED CLASS
LICENCE IS REQUIRED.  I WONDERED IF THE RADIO SUPPORTS CROSS BAND REPEAT IN
DMR AS WELL AS ANALOG FM.  I STARTED MY TEST IN ANALOG BOTH VFO A AND B IN
FM, AND IT WORKED.  THEN I TRIED DMR ON BOTH VFOS, AND IT WORKED.  THEN I
TRIED ONE VFO SET FOR DMR OPERATION AND ONE FOR ANALOG FM, AND I WAS VERY
SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT DID CROSS MODE BETWEEN THE TWO VFOS.  YES, YOU CAN
USE AN ANALOG RADIO TO TALK TO A DMR RADIO USING THIS FEATURE.  KEEP IN
MIND THAT THE DMR COLOR CODE ANALOGOUS TO AN ACCESS TONE IN ANALOG FM, TIME

SLOT TS, AND TALK GROUP TG HAVE TO BE SET CORRECTLY IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS.
I TRIED IT WITH MY DMR HOTSPOT, AND IT WORKED FINE.  WHEN USING A DMR
HANDHELD TO COMMUNICATE CROSS MODE TO ANALOG FM, THE MOBILE RADIO NEEDS TO
HAVE THE SAME DMR CONFIGURATION AS THE HANDHELD FOR THE AUDIO TO BE
DECODED.  WHEN OPERATING CROSS BAND REPEAT WITH BOTH VFOS SET TO DMR, I
NOTICED THAT IT WILL WORK WITH ANY INCOMING SIGNALS ON EITHER TIME SLOT TS1
OR TS2.  FOR THE TEST, MY FIRST HANDHELD WAS SET TO TS1 USING TG9 ON 2
METERS, AND THE SECOND HANDHELD WAS SET TO TS2 USING TG9 ON 70 CENTIMETERS,
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.  FOR THE TEST, I MADE SURE THAT NEITHER
RADIO WAS IN DUAL TS MONITOR MODE.  IT WAS A BIT CONFUSING, BUT IF THE
HANDHELD CONFIGURATION DIDNT MATCH THE MOBILE RADIOS TG OR THE COLOR CODE,
I COULDNT HEAR ANYTHING.  IF YOURE CONSIDERING THIS UNIT SPECIFICALLY FOR
ITS CROSS MODE CAPABILITIES, YOU SHOULD CONFIRM WITH YOUR LOCAL DEALER THAT
IT WILL WORK SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INTENDED APPLICATION.  WHEN YOU TRANSMIT,
THE FANS START AS SOON AS YOU PUSH THE PTT BUTTON.  I THOUGHT THE FANS WERE
A BIT LOUD, PARTICULARLY IN MY QUIET HOME STATION.  THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE
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