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Motorola MTX850/ 850-LS

Thread starter N1SQB
Start date Oct 13, 2014

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N1SQB

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Oct 13, 2014

Hello everyone!

Just picked up 2 Moto MTX850s one of which is an LS LTR radio at a Hamfest this weekend. These radios were next to nothing ($20 for both with batteries) to acquire. I have no NEED for them other than just to monitor local 800 analog stuff like I already do with my MTS2000. My question is are these radios still supported by Motorola? I need to know so I can figure out if I have to go through Moto for CPS IF it's still available. I did a web search but can't seem to come up with anything concrete! I don't want to deal with RSS as DOS and I don't really work well together. That's why I picked these up because I believe they are CPS based. I'm hoping to get a quick answer here before spending an eternity on the Moto website. If it's still supported, then I will be glad to go hunting on there.

Manny

Last edited: Oct 13, 2014