Help on Motorola Mt1000

[pappy1]

I purchased a Motorola MT1000 to use on the UHF ham bands. I drove 45 miles to a Motorola Dealer to have it programmed and was told the MT1000 was no longer supported by Motorola and the last location move his business made everything was packed and what they are not using on a regular basis is packed away in storage and he could not program it. Now to the help I need. He said it has a special computer to program this radio that he has not used in years.
Being on fixed income I cannot afford today’s gasoline prices to drive to another location to be told the same thing, no can program.
Any ideas on where and how I can get this radio programmed at a reasonable cost? I may just have a expensive brick to show.
Please PM me with the information, Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Pappy

 

[SLWilson]

Local Shop....

I'm sure there has to be a shop closer to you than the one you visited.

They were right about that being an "older" radio though.....By needing a "special" computer, I think they probably meant that they need something (a PC) that was running DOS or at a very slow clock speed. The eprom in those can't read as FAST as the newer radios can...

Check with your area Amateur radio club. Check with a volunteer fireman or deputy sheriff in your area. Find out where they get their stuff programmed.

Most local PD's or FD's use someone fairly close to their location.

You have a few options to check yet.

By the way, I have one of those. They were/are a good radio!

One issue though, at least on mine, it IS a 16 channel unit, but, it will only take (if I'm remenbering right) four different PL tones though....

Steve/KB8FAR

 

[pappy1]

I did just that, checked service provider, for the local PD and my Sheriff department and being a retired Deputy the Sheriff called them and made an appointment to program my radio, The service tech was under the impression that it was one of the departments old radio

 

[SCPD]

Programming an MT1000

One issue though, at least on mine, it IS a 16 channel unit, but, it will only take (if I'm remenbering right) four different PL tones though....

Steve/KB8FAR

Yeah, the MT1000 is like the P200 and HT600. In a separate menu, you select up to 4 different PL's and/or DPL's to be used on all the channels in the radio.

 

[SLWilson]

Great !

I did just that, checked service provider, for the local PD and my Sheriff department and being a retired Deputy the Sheriff called them and made an appointment to program my radio, The service tech was under the impression that it was one of the departments old radio

Glad that worked out for you!

One thing you should know about that model MOTO though.....

Don't carry it by the antenna. Don't pull it out of a radio case by the antenna....Try NOT to drop it so that it lands on the antenna....

Here's why. Where the antenna screws into the top of the radio, there is a circuit board that attaches the antenna wiring. With too rough a treatment, you can crack the board.

When that happens, you degrade or loose the antenna connection.

Now IF THAT HAPPENS, dom't get too excited. Just gently apply pressure to the antenna toward the back of the radio when you need to talk & it will work OK.

Don't even ask me how I know that !!!!

You might have the radio guy check out the TX/RX power when he's programming it for you to make sure it doesn't have that issue already....

Steve/KB8FAR

 

[CCHLLM]

Actually, it's the connection between the top mounted board and the vertically mounted board on the back side that is the culprit. It can be properly repaired by re-soldering the cracked/broken connections, or in the worst case by modifying the connection with small end-soldered braid in the appropriate places. Some on the other hand will be too far gone due to degree of damage or too many previous repairs. Either way, it's good advice to take care not to drop the radio on its head or use the antenna for a handle.

 

[GTR8000]

Yeah, the MT1000 is like the P200 and HT600. In a separate menu, you select up to 4 different PL's and/or DPL's to be used on all the channels in the radio.

The MT1000 PL Table has room for 30 entries, any one of which can be assigned to any individual channel, including split TX/RX TPL codes, or a mix of TPL/CSQ.

It's the HT600 that is limited to just 4 PL codes radio-wide, not the MT1000.

 

[SCPD]

PL tables

The MT1000 PL Table has room for 30 entries, any one of which can be assigned to any individual channel, including split TX/RX TPL codes, or a mix of TPL/CSQ.

It's the HT600 that is limited to just 4 PL codes radio-wide, not the MT1000.

Guess I should scroll down. When I program one, the menu looks just like the HT600/P200 that I assumed it was the same.

 

[GTR8000]

If you're using the last release of the MT1000 RSS, which I believe is R03.01.00 22-NOV-91, you should see the following screens under PL Table

 

[SCPD]

Not the latest version

If you're using the last release of the MT1000 RSS, which I believe is R03.01.00 22-NOV-91, you should see the following screens under PL Table

I must not have the latest version. It's been a couple of months since I programmed a MT1000, but I'm darn near positive that my page looks exactly like the HT600/P200 menu for setting the PL and DPL. No big deal, I only need two different PL's anyway.