Motorola (SouthernLinc) Radios

[TechnoDave]

I just won, at a local municipal action, several Motorola radios. They are on currently programmed for the SouthernLinc radio system. Im am sure they have a shorter model number, but inside the back cover it says model is: H02UCH6RR8BN.

They were apparently used by the development board of the county. My question is, can these be reprogrammed by a radioshop to work on a different system, or are they SouthernLinc specific?

Also, if they CAN be reprogrammed, I will be offering them for auction soon. Watch the FS/FA board.

 

[TechnoDave]

Pictures:

 

[TechnoDave]

Picture Two

 

[KE4ZNR]

They work only on 800Mhz Iden specific systems (Southernlinc is a Iden system provider like Nextel, except that Southernlinc has southeast US coverage only). To make a Southernlinc phone/radio work on Nextel you have to modify the codeplug and change the Bandmap from Southernlinc->Nextel. To do this you have to have one of 2 restricted models of RSS: either Depot RSS or Lab RSS. Then you have to convince Sprint Nextel to allow you to add an IMEI based phone to your Sprint Nextel Account. These will not work on Motorola or EDACS 800Mhz Public Safety type systems only Iden 800Mhz systems. These are good to have if you are an Iden collector but very little you can do with them otherwise.
Marshall KE4ZNR

 

[jrm5265]

linc

wow I hope that wasnt all you got , thos are called Lingo's and they are useless on anything other thna Linc and I DONT KNOW if Linc will even put them back on .........I have been a scrap buyer of The Southern Company for quite awhile and when I get those they go in the scrap phone pile which I sell by the pound. I am sorry man

 

[WayneH]

I say toss them too as they're junk (or for a niche market). Durable but not dependable as the battery life was terrible. They're also so old that you would never get them on the Nextel network.

 

[N_Jay]

I say toss them too as they're junk (or for a niche market). Durable but not dependable as the battery life was terrible. They're also so old that you would never get them on the Nextel network.

The antenna is good for 800 MHz.

 

[WayneH]

The antenna is good for 800 MHz.

I think that's the only positive thing provided they don't start cracking in a few years.

 

[KE4ZNR]

They're also so old that you would never get them on the Nextel network.

True...he might have had a chance if:
1) I was still employed at Nextel Corporate (at one time i had the ability to add these IMEI only based dinosaurs to Ensemble).
2) Sprint had not purchased Nextel. The old Nextel system was more open to adding these IMEI based Iden phones. You had to know how to do it but it could be done.

For awhile I had an old Nextel (Not Southernlinc) Lingo hooked up to a personal Nextel acct I had...I could not DC (walkie talkie) outside of the fleet I was on but carried it around for a week for the heck of it...got some strange looks let me tell you
Marshall KE4ZNR

 

[N_Jay]

I think that's the only positive thing provided they don't start cracking in a few years.

Any negatives?

 

[TechnoDave]

Oh well, crap. No, I didnt spend a ton on them.
One last question, the city that I work for had Southernlinc for police/fire/ems and public works. They got rid of them for everything other than public works, so I know our radio shop still has the solinc equipment to program them. Now, might they have the necessary equipment to modify them to work on the Motorola system or is that simply impossible?

 

[N_Jay]

Oh well, crap. No, I didnt spend a ton on them.
One last question, the city that I work for had Southernlinc for police/fire/ems and public works. They got rid of them for everything other than public works, so I know our radio shop still has the solinc equipment to program them. Now, might they have the necessary equipment to modify them to work on the Motorola system or is that simply impossible?

On what Motorola system?

 

[TechnoDave]

On what Motorola system?

Birmingham Public Safety
Motorola Type II SmartZone

 

[KE4ZNR]

Birmingham Public Safety
Motorola Type II SmartZone

As I said a few posts above this is not possible. Iden units such as Southernlinc can not be modified for Public Safety Motorola or EDACS systems due to the fact they were never designed to work on those types of systems. That is like trying to program an XTS5K for use on Nextel: it ain't gonna happen.
Marshall KE4ZNR

 

[KE4ZNR]

From my post a few above:

These will not work on Motorola or EDACS 800Mhz Public Safety type systems only Iden 800Mhz systems.

 

[TechnoDave]

Sorry I repeated the question. Guess I will put them on Ebay and hope someone is as ignorant about them as I was. Oh well

 

[motorola_otaku]

True...he might have had a chance if:
1) I was still employed at Nextel Corporate (at one time i had the ability to add these IMEI only based dinosaurs to Ensemble).
2) Sprint had not purchased Nextel. The old Nextel system was more open to adding these IMEI based Iden phones. You had to know how to do it but it could be done.

For awhile I had an old Nextel (Not Southernlinc) Lingo hooked up to a personal Nextel acct I had...I could not DC (walkie talkie) outside of the fleet I was on but carried it around for a week for the heck of it...got some strange looks let me tell you
Marshall KE4ZNR

In either 2005 or 2006 I was successful at getting a M370 phone activated on an existing Nextel account. I was also successful at getting it flat-rated at the local Nextel depot; they re-cased it, updated the firmware, and blew a new bandplan into it. I miss it and I wish I had never switched back to a portable phone.

Having a Lingo portable would've been the cat's ass. Hell, I'd take a fleet of them to give to some of our clumsier field personnel who seem to go through phones like a change of pants.