MDC signalling on GMRS.

[Lscott]

8 hours ago, WQAI363 said:

There's a forum on RR on the exact same Topic. I say here what I have said over there, MDC has a purpose in the Business and Public Safey world, but it is unnecessary for Amateur Radio Service or the General Mobile Radio Service. I can certainly understand some folk's obsession with listening to the squawk coming from a radio, either before the user speaks or after they release the PTT. However, MDC signaling doesn't really have a purpose with most 2-way radio services available for average consumer and does not belong in the Amateur Radio Service. 

Besides, with APRS / GPS Amateur Radios and GMRS, you can know who's speaking and where.

 

MDC is useful if you know how. The linked thread on another forum has some of the details.

https://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=41389

As a further note a number of my Kenwood HT’s have MDC built in, so it’s not limited to strictly Motorola radios.

For example my NX-1300’s support MDC1200.

https://comms.kenwood.com/common/pdf/download/NX1K_Specsheet_K.pdf

https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/290-nx-1300duk5/?context=new
 

 

[nokones]

16 hours ago, Lscott said:

MDC is useful if you know how. The linked thread on another forum has some of the details.

https://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=41389

As a further note a number of my Kenwood HT’s have MDC built in, so it’s not limited to strictly Motorola radios.

For example my NX-1300’s support MDC1200.

https://comms.kenwood.com/common/pdf/download/NX1K_Specsheet_K.pdf

https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/290-nx-1300duk5/?context=new
 

 

My TK880s will also support MDC and I have been using the MDC PT-T ID feature for accessing a repeater. Just recently, the repeater owner posted information on a recent discussion in this forum and he said that he just turned off the requirement of using the feature since his problem child apparently has stop jamming his repeater. I need to deactivate the feature since it is no longer required for his repeater access. I'll take care of that in my next quarterly programming updates for my Motorola and Kenwoods.