The decode operate does not need any accessory. VISAR has PL/ DPL encode and decode, it is adapt to many repeater include professional station. It can be programmed power output level and signaling by each channel. Most of the amateurish radio set has not MDC-1200/STAR/ATIS signaling. It makes your calling distinctive and arrestive. MDC-1200/STAR/ATIS will pronounce special audio before your talk, it is PTT ID. As the high-level professional radio, it has some signaling options include Quik-Call II/MDC/STAR/ATIS. VISAR has 16 channels, but it must program by computer and RSS software. With the helical antenna for VISAR, it is as well as Japanese portable radio. I have tested it at 435MHz, I found its sensitivity is better then 12dB SINAD, without adjust any parts. We can find two model of VISAR radio, which frequency range is 136-178 MHz and 403-470 MHz. I have tried to adjust the output by VISAR RSS software, it can give higher output then its Technical Specifications. There is only new model Japanese portable radio with MOS-FET RF parts can output such power at 7.2V. VISAR give us high power output at 7.2V, the VHF model VISAR can output 5W and UHF model VISAR can output 4W. So MOTOROLA say “The VISAR portable radio is more powerful than radios twice its size.?

VISAR is a very small MOTOROLA radio set, it is even smaller then any Japanese portable radio, it looks like a FRS radio, it can easily put into pocket, but its performance is as well as other MOTOROLA professional radio, for example MOTOROLA HT1000.

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