• To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:

    Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity.

    If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request.

    To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.

    The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate; just purchase it.

    For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).

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slobonmycob

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is something that gets told alot on the forums that most people avoid doing. It has been the best decision I’ve made and honestly, I wish I would’ve contacted mine sooner.

After contacting one of the system admins I am now trained on programming all the radios for my agency, trunking and conventional. My agency no longer needs to use a radio shop to program our radios and was given all the tools I need by the state. Mine admin even offered to review my code plugs before writing them to the radio. I’ve learned so much about the system and how it operates.

So if you’re on the fence about contacting your system admin, then I say do it!

Disclaimer: Of course you need to be an authorized user and apart of an authorized agency.
 

cavmedic

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is something that gets told alot on the forums that most people avoid doing. It has been the best decision I’ve made and honestly, I wish I would’ve contacted mine sooner.

After contacting one of the system admins I am now trained on programming all the radios for my agency, trunking and conventional. My agency no longer needs to use a radio shop to program our radios and was given all the tools I need by the state. Mine admin even offered to review my code plugs before writing them to the radio. I’ve learned so much about the system and how it operates.

So if you’re on the fence about contacting your system admin, then I say do it!

Disclaimer: Of course you need to be an authorized user and apart of an authorized agency.
Thats great unless the system uses OTAP/OTIP, and a change is sent OTA and your programming gets wiped....
 
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