DJ0WH: Basics

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Understanding the technical stuff in a two-way radio datasheet.

Motorola Solutions produces (detailed) datasheets for all radio devices. On the last page, there is a table with all kinds of technical data...

MIL-STD-810 is a US Military Standard that defines a series of environmental tests, that simulate what a piece of equipment would need ...

The below settings can be found here. If you've programmed a MOTOTRBO radio before, chances are you've missed this page in the C...

DP4801e with PMAD4119 Motorola portable two-way radios will either be supplied with a normal-mode helical (a.k.a. rubber ducky) or quar...

mAh (sometimes Ah) is an abbreviation for Milliampere-Hours (or Milliamp-Hours; Amp-Hours) and is the measurement of a battery's capac...

DPL is an analogue signaling technique used on FM and was designed as the digital extension for PL (otherwise known as CTCSS). DPL has t...

PL (or Private Line) is a signaling used in analogue (FM) two-way radios. Radios which use PL will superimpose a unique, continuous tone on...