IRQBlaster
Newbie
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2018
- Messages
- 2
Hey all,
I don't want to waste anybody's time with atrociously newbie questions. The short story here is that I've recently acquired (legally) four Motorola XTS 5000 Mod 1's. Essentially I closed down an old shop in the middle east and there were a pile of old motorola radio's sitting in a corner. The items were clearly abandoned and not on any hand receipt so they went home with yours truly back to the US. They've been used heavily but are still in good working order. I was hoping to eventually use these up in Northern Michigan in a very remote part of the state for two way communication. I've used this type of radio pretty extensively for range communications since I've been in the military and on the face they seem well suited to the task. What I'm hoping to learn from all of you is 1) Are these legal to use (from a few posts I've read I'm starting to guess that they are restricted) and if they are not, what would need to be done to make them legal to use? 2) What are some good reference sources I could use to educate myself on the correct process for learning to fill, maintain, and use these radio's legally? Many thanks in advance for any advice that can be given. Definitely not looking for anybody to have to spend a lot of time explaining anything that you've already explained a thousand times. If you point me in the right direction, I'll happily figure the rest out!
I don't want to waste anybody's time with atrociously newbie questions. The short story here is that I've recently acquired (legally) four Motorola XTS 5000 Mod 1's. Essentially I closed down an old shop in the middle east and there were a pile of old motorola radio's sitting in a corner. The items were clearly abandoned and not on any hand receipt so they went home with yours truly back to the US. They've been used heavily but are still in good working order. I was hoping to eventually use these up in Northern Michigan in a very remote part of the state for two way communication. I've used this type of radio pretty extensively for range communications since I've been in the military and on the face they seem well suited to the task. What I'm hoping to learn from all of you is 1) Are these legal to use (from a few posts I've read I'm starting to guess that they are restricted) and if they are not, what would need to be done to make them legal to use? 2) What are some good reference sources I could use to educate myself on the correct process for learning to fill, maintain, and use these radio's legally? Many thanks in advance for any advice that can be given. Definitely not looking for anybody to have to spend a lot of time explaining anything that you've already explained a thousand times. If you point me in the right direction, I'll happily figure the rest out!