zmanpro96 said:
Hey guys i was wondering if iI could buy a motorola 800mhz radio(preferably xts300) and program it to my states system? All i would want to do is monitor, not transmit......If so how hard would it be to program one of these radios?Can it be field programmed?
If you want something that you can program yourself for trunking a scanner would be the best, otherwise you need a slow pc, rib box, cables, software, system key and alot of work to figure out how too!
There are some people out there that will program the radio for you, But it isn't Legal, they could stop the radio from transmitting, but then you couldn't talk to your friends. If you want to talk to your friends on a good radio, then you could get a Ham Radio or Mur's radio on a conventional frequency (VHF), I believe you might need a Licence depending on your area. GOOD LUCK!
By the way, you dont need a XTS, You could also get a MTX or MTS alot cheeper aswell as Many others that would work just as good since you don't need Dgital