To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:

Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity.

If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request.

To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.

The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate; just purchase it.

For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).

This is a large and very visible forum. We cannot jeopardize the ability to provide the RadioReference services by allowing this activity to occur. Please respect this.

XTL/XTS5000 Adapter cable for XTS and RTX4005B

Thread starter wa8pyr
Start date Apr 28, 2021

Status: Not open for further replies.

wa8pyr

Technischer Guru

Staff member

Lead Database Admin

Apr 28, 2021

Anybody ever tried building an adapter cable cable to go from an RTX4005B test set to the DB25 connector on the USB cable for the XTS-series portables?

I've got an RTX4005B test set and a couple of defunct old programming cables which have perfectly good connectors for the 4005B. It would seem to be overkill to either buy the RLN4460 (not going to happen at that price) or spend an inordinate amount of time building a 4460 clone, when a perfectly functioning 4005B should be able to do the job.

I have a VHF XTS5000 but don't have access to the R800B with auto-tune I had at my previous job. I do have an 8920A and all the other necessary gadgetry, and I think it's more fun to do it the old-fashioned way anyhow.

Tom