XTS5000 and XTS3000 as a two way walkie talkie

[david082]

Thanks again for all of the replies.

So based off much of the advice I took the radios to a programmer. They said both radios are set up as UHF and that using GMRS freqs would fit my needs. But the programmer said the XTS5000 is trunking only and is useless for my purposes.

So it sounds like my only real option is to sell them.

 

[mikewazowski]

But the programmer said the XTS5000 is trunking only and is useless for my purposes.

Your programmer needs to get a new job. An XTS5000 that has trunking in it will also do conventional. There's no such thing as a trunking only XTS5000.

 

[ElroyJetson]

Mike is correct. Conventional operation is the most basic function of the radio. If you order the cheapest possible XTS from Moto and don't want to pay a penny for any options, you will get a conventional radio.

And conventional operation can't be deleted from the features of the radio.

Your programmer lacks competence and knowledge.

 

[rapidcharger]

And recommending GMRS for your line of work?!?!

RUN, don't walk, to another guy.

 

[902]

Your programmer is not competent.

Ditto to all of the above.

 

[hitechRadio]

Thanks again for all of the replies.

So based off much of the advice I took the radios to a programmer. They said both radios are set up as UHF and that using GMRS freqs would fit my needs. But the programmer said the XTS5000 is trunking only and is useless for my purposes.

So it sounds like my only real option is to sell them.

I honestly feal bad for you David,
You come here trying to get some help, and get all kinds of miss information and confusion.

Here are the FACTS,
UHF will work perfect for you, better than VHF for a city enviroment on Talkaround (Direct). And the radio's you have are VERY capable of being programmed for conventional operation.

What City do you live in? We can help get you to a good Motorola dealer.

You will have to apply for a business license, it is not expensive at all.
DO NOT let them give you GMRS, Get you own license. You will be a very happy camper.

I highly recommend you have them do a quick Check on the radio's for correct operation. May cost a little extra, but you will have piece of mind they are in working order,Up to you though.

Good luck!

 

[svfd17]

Thanks again for all of the replies.

So based off much of the advice I took the radios to a programmer. They said both radios are set up as UHF and that using GMRS freqs would fit my needs. But the programmer said the XTS5000 is trunking only and is useless for my purposes.

So it sounds like my only real option is to sell them.

I don't see any point in selling perfectly good radios, especially since you will eventually be able to get them up and running for your intended purpose, I say hold on to them and somewhere down the road you will possibly have use for them. I've purchased radios that have sat around for a good while before I was able to get them programmed, just my 2 cents.

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[svfd17]

I honestly feal bad for you David,
You come here trying to get some help, and get all kinds of miss information and confusion.

Here are the FACTS,
UHF will work perfect for you, better than VHF for a city enviroment on Talkaround (Direct). And the radio's you have are VERY capable of being programmed for conventional operation.

What City do you live in? We can help get you to a good Motorola dealer.

You will have to apply for a business license, it is not expensive at all.
DO NOT let them give you GMRS, Get you own license. You will be a very happy camper.

I highly recommend you have them do a quick Check on the radio's for correct operation. May cost a little extra, but you will have piece of mind they are in working order,Up to you though.

Good luck!

Very sound advice.

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[hitechRadio]

Out of Curiosity David, after he told you that the 5000 was trunking only? Did he then offer to buy them from you?

Lets assume he did read the radio and he has never programed a motorola XTS5000. First off if he has the CPS once he read it it would say right in the programing tree view +CONVENTIONAL.

And just so you believe me that the guy has no clue, let me put it this way. If a public saftey trunking system went completly off the air, is it logical to think that the officers,FF, EMS Etc. would have no communications at all. No it's not, they simply change to designated direct or backup conventional repeaters. Not only that but all public saftey radio's will or should have conventional national interop Call/Tac frequencies programmed in them.

I would not deal with that shop period! I would not want him programing or servicing my radio's.

Give us the City you live in and someone on here will help you out if I can't.

It just really gets under my skin, there was a local shop that used to do the same thing to unkowoing customers, and take advantage of the situation.
Maybe the person you took it too really thinks that it is trunking only, maybe he only read the feature set, which maybe could led them to believe it is trunking only, but I dought that it is the case, I think he is/was trying to screw you over.

After everything that has been said on here lets just keep it simple.

1. We can help you find a reputable service shop.
2. The shop will help you file for a business license.
3. The shop will Program them up and service them if needed.

End result, good reliable communications! For your saftey and others!

 

[szron]

Im surprised noone said that yet.

If you are a bail enforcer then I assume you work in a rather large area. Buying a freq will be expensive and pain in a butt.

Find a local TRBO Trunking system where you can lease channels. Ask for encryption. Pay a subscriber fee.
Enjoy good coverage and secure comms without the hassle of getting own license.

 

[david082]

Out of Curiosity David, after he told you that the 5000 was trunking only? Did he then offer to buy them from you?

Lets assume he did read the radio and he has never programed a motorola XTS5000. First off if he has the CPS once he read it it would say right in the programing tree view +CONVENTIONAL.

And just so you believe me that the guy has no clue, let me put it this way. If a public saftey trunking system went completly off the air, is it logical to think that the officers,FF, EMS Etc. would have no communications at all. No it's not, they simply change to designated direct or backup conventional repeaters. Not only that but all public saftey radio's will or should have conventional national interop Call/Tac frequencies programmed in them.

I would not deal with that shop period! I would not want him programing or servicing my radio's.

Give us the City you live in and someone on here will help you out if I can't.

It just really gets under my skin, there was a local shop that used to do the same thing to unkowoing customers, and take advantage of the situation.
Maybe the person you took it too really thinks that it is trunking only, maybe he only read the feature set, which maybe could led them to believe it is trunking only, but I dought that it is the case, I think he is/was trying to screw you over.

After everything that has been said on here lets just keep it simple.

1. We can help you find a reputable service shop.
2. The shop will help you file for a business license.
3. The shop will Program them up and service them if needed.

End result, good reliable communications! For your saftey and others!

As a matter of fact he did offer to buy them from me.

 

[david082]

I'm in the Phoenix, AZ area

 

[hitechRadio]

Im surprised noone said that yet.

If you are a bail enforcer then I assume you work in a rather large area. Buying a freq will be expensive and pain in a butt.

Find a local TRBO Trunking system where you can lease channels. Ask for encryption. Pay a subscriber fee.
Enjoy good coverage and secure comms without the hassle of getting own license.

That is a very good option, depending on the monthly cost and number of radios...good call!

Wide area coverage too and possibly GPS!

 

[rapidcharger]

Im surprised noone said that yet.

If you are a bail enforcer then I assume you work in a rather large area. Buying a freq will be expensive and pain in a butt.

Find a local TRBO Trunking system where you can lease channels. Ask for encryption. Pay a subscriber fee.
Enjoy good coverage and secure comms without the hassle of getting own license.

That is a very good option, depending on the monthly cost and number of radios...good call!

Wide area coverage too and possibly GPS!

An itinerant frequency license good for an entire city, entire state or entire country is cheaper than a GMRS license over the course of 10 years.
Who said anything about needing anything other than simplex? Who is up-selling now?

 

[szron]

An itinerant frequency license good for an entire city, entire state or entire country is cheaper than a GMRS license over the course of 10 years.
Who said anything about needing anything other than simplex? Who is up-selling now?

Oh! I didn't know that. I always thought you first gotta fork over dough to the frequency coordinator for studies and crap like that, then to FCC...

If you can get a itinerant frequency for his area of operation then hell yeah do it.

I'd still advocate TRBO or other DMR brands.

Cheaper and virtually same features as whacker-tastic P25.

 

[prcguy]

What's a "Key Volume Loader"? Something that programs the speaker volume in encryption mode?
prcguy

Okay this is what you do get on Ding Dong Bay and there are some good people on that site that sell good radios and get two XTS 5000 radio on the VHF side with a DES-OFB ENC boards in each radio and get yourself a nice used Key Volume Loader machine and off to the races you go.

Having two VHF radios will give you some good distance because these radios will transmit longer distances because of the higher wattage on the Tx side.

Get those radios with a good DES-OFB algorhytm programmed into the boards and nobody will ever be-able to listen to you at all. You will be gangster bail bond men's style. You can be like Dog the Bounty Hunter.

The criminals will never be-able to listen to you nor ever hear you. But these people are kind of not smart anyways. You might just be-able to get away with digital Tx and get what you need.

 

[hitechRadio]

I'm in the Phoenix, AZ area

Any one near or in Phoenix, AZ that knows a reputable dealer that can help David out?

David if you don't mind who was the dealer you went too?

Did you try Creative Communications? http://www.creativecom.com/about-cci.htm

 

[kayn1n32008]

What's a "Key Volume Loader"? Something that programs the speaker volume in encryption mode?

prcguy

Hahaha... Good one, plus "the wattage is higher"...


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[rapidcharger]

Oh! I didn't know that. I always thought you first gotta fork over dough to the frequency coordinator for studies and crap like that, then to FCC...)))

Not for itinerants. License fee only, no coordination. Not that coordination for a simplex freq or two for 5 watt portables is all that expensive. Especially in UHF. Its not. And it's not hard to do either. It's a phone call.

(((
I'd still advocate TRBO or other DMR brands.

Cheaper and virtually same features as whacker-tastic P25.

That's why I mentioned in my first reply that he might want to sell them and use the money to buy a couple of new dmr radios but subscribing to a trunking system is probably way overkill and probably won't give the most reliable in-building coverage that the OP most likely needs to conduct their activities.

 

[hitechRadio]

Not for itinerants. License fee only, no coordination. Not that coordination for a simplex freq or two for 5 watt portables is all that expensive. Especially in UHF. Its not. And it's not hard to do either. It's a phone call.



That's why I mentioned in my first reply that he might want to sell them and use the money to buy a couple of new dmr radios but subscribing to a trunking system is probably way overkill and probably won't give the most reliable in-building coverage that the OP most likely needs to conduct their activities.

He could still get on a sytem for wide area, and also have itinerant freq for direct programed. Some Shops may offer a Talkaround for there customers, the shop I used to work for did.

If the OP does not need wide area coverage best to stay with what he has got and get a UHF iten freqs.