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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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