Logic Trunked Radio

Overview

LTR stands for "Logical Trunked Radio." LTR systems do not have a dedicated control channel like Motorola and EDACS systems. Each repeater has its own controller and all of these controllers are coordinated together. Even though each controller monitors its own channel, one of the channel controllers is assigned to be a master and all the other controllers report to it. Typically on LTR systems, each of these controllers periodically sends out a data burst (usually approximately every 10 seconds on LTR Standard systems) so that the subscriber units know that the system is there. The idle data burst can be turned off if desired by the system operator. Some systems will broadcast idle data bursts only on channels used as home channels and not on those used for "overflow" conversations. To a scanner user the idle data burst will sound like a short blip of static like someone keyed up and unkeyed a radio within about 1/2 second. This data burst is not sent at the same time by all the channels but happen randomly throughout all the system channels.

Flavors

• LTR Standard
• LTR Standard and Passport
• LTR Passport
• LTR MultiNet