Astro25

Astro25 is the second generation of the Astro (Motorola's name for Digital Voice) radios.

This includes the following:

• Mobiles
  • PM1500 - M79 Head only, Conventional Only, VHF/UHF only, High Power only (110w)
  • XTL1500 - MX head only, Trunking VHF/UHF/7-800/900 Mid Power Only
  • XTL2500 - M5 or O3 Head, VHF/UHF/7-800/900 Mid Power and High Power
  • XTL5000 - W3-9, O3 or O5 Heads, VHF/UHF/7-800/900 Mid Power and High Power
• Portables
  • XTS1500
  • XTS2500
  • XTS3500
  • XTS5000
  • XTS4000 - Flip phone arrangement. There are only 5 known examples of this radio and they are resold on eBay ad infinitum.
  • MT1500

Control heads

Mobiles support the following control heads

• W3
• W4
• W5
• W7
• W9
• M79 - PM1500 only
• MX - XTL1500 Only
• M5 - XTL2500 Only
• O5 - XTL5000 Only
• O3 - XTL5000 and XTL2500 with export control head.

The W heads are the SB9600 based heads from the Astro Spectra. These will all work but need a special TIB. Note that the W3 head is the only head that will support controlling 2 radios.

Note the M5 and O5 are the same head, just a small hidden keypad button identifies it. Cutting it and flipping it is an easy way to change between them.

CPS/Depot notes

You cannot save a srecord codeplug with depot unless the following 3 files are in the directory you're saving to:

• external.config
• radio_pvt_data.config
• security.config

These files can be found in the "\Program Files (x86)\Motorola\ASTRO 25 Products\ASTRO 25 Mobile Depot\Codeplugs" directory.