Going through some stuff from work and found some old walkie talkies. Boss said I can have them. So I went home turned them on and I have some cheapo walkie talkies put them on the same channel and they don't communicate with eachother. Everything I am reading it seems they need to be reprogrammed. So my question is should I just get the software and cable to reprogram them. Is it worth it? I definitely like them from the durability stand point as they are bricks.
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Old Moto PR1500
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Do the PR1500’s communicate with each other? With a little creativity, they can be turned into P25 XTS1500/2500’s. Also an auto tune should be done.
They do communicate with eachother
Can you point me in the right direction to do this kind of thing
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Unfortunately, I can not, as the “upgrade” I mentioned requires Depot software which was never supposed to leave the factory, & be in the hands of the public. However Google is your friend.
mmckenna
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What is the exact model number of the radio (should be under the battery)?
Licensing is a real issue you need to address. Which bands these radios work on will dictate what you can use them for.
There are no "free" channels, but there are options.
Licensing is a real issue you need to address. Which bands these radios work on will dictate what you can use them for.
There are no "free" channels, but there are options.
While working in the oil and gas industry, there was a time, just as narrow-banding was going into effect (January 2013) where we were using VHF and UHF Motorola PR1500's as they were relatively cheap and still intrinsically safe, with the appropriate battery. Good radio, analog only unless "modified" as mentioned earlier. Most sites that bought these eventually went DMR in the form of Motorola XPR6550/6580 radios as analog and digital brought a lot of bang for the buck. But the PR1500 was also marketed to oil support industries as an emergency response radio, with radio to radio cloning via a connection cable, which never happened. Motorola burned some customers on that aspect. Then in January 2013, they only shipped in narrowband mode, and much of the oil industry needed wideband VHF Marine channels as well as narrowband commercial frequencies in the same radio, which meant Motorola had to come up with training and Entitlement ID's for wideband restoration.
Now I carry and old XTS1500 Model 1.5 for monitoring county public safety, but still see some analog only PR1500's out and about. They use the same battery and many accessories with the XPR1500/2500 too. Have fun with those, but definitely get legal however they are used.
Now I carry and old XTS1500 Model 1.5 for monitoring county public safety, but still see some analog only PR1500's out and about. They use the same battery and many accessories with the XPR1500/2500 too. Have fun with those, but definitely get legal however they are used.
MTS2000des
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Not to mention, the PR1500 is an industrial radio and not legal on any "license free" service like MURS, FRS, etc.
Want to hand some walkies out to the kids? Head to China mart and pick up a pair of FRS radios.
Want to actually use these LEGALLY and PROPERLY? Some kind of license is required depending on intended use.
If they are VHF/UHF, they can also be programmed on ham band for LEGAL use by licensed hams.
chrismol1
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Oh man does that bring back memories of my first first time with radios and I did the same thing, tried to turn to the same channel number haha wow Nah different frequencies, different bands, different radios, but it all depends. You could get the old Astro 25 software and a cheap ebay cable and program them to the cheapo walkie talkie FRS freqs. Plenty of people do this But I must warn you some members on this will have a dim view of it, fair warning. But I'd rather people use motorolas instead of baofengs if they want to flood the band with spurious emissions
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