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To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.
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Not unless your dept. uses DTMF paging. There are many different paging systems. Do you know which one you're using. My local dept. uses GE paging tones.
These radios have some tone signaling capabilities, but the radio must be programmed for them. Kenwood had many different options. You would need to know the type of paging codes you use and if they can be programmed into this radio. This is an older model. Kenwood doesn't have the manual for it in their web site anymore.
Yes you can, but not at the same time. Make two different channels with the same freq. set one 2tone for the first and the second 2tone for the second freq. the TK250 will not sent the tones orther than DTMF.
Sorry, I'm not familiar with the software for the TK250. I have it for the TK353 which is similar though. simply enabling the monitor switch on the radio should do it.