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Can the spectras and syntor x9000s be modded or programmed to be fpp? ( for ham use only) i ask because sometimes i travel and have a couple of these in my truck already and thought it would be cool to find local freqs on the spot without having to reprogram every new freq i find.

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Someone will take exception to this, but in general PS personnel don't need FPP. FPP, I believe, grew out of a need of one particular service to have it; that's the forestry services of the Feds and the states, where exceptions in the rules exist to allow it, otherwise, as you already know, it's not supposed to be an available feature on common, FCC regulated, commercial radios. Hams like it and use it because first, it's convenient and, second, because they're allowed to use it. FPP is still not a "total" feature on commercial radios because there are some things, such as scan lists, which you can't set up via FPP but must go to the software to change or set up. The ham portables and mobiles, OTOH, allow us to modify all radio parameters from the front panel, so I guess they're the only real "totally FPP" radios.
 

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whats with this cowthief???? they mention him on bat boards too. i just want to know if its possible... sorry if im stepping on someones toes on a touchy subject.
 

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Oh the bovine burglar and his FPP, multi-band Spectra!!!!! Seriously, what are you talking about b7spectra?
 

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ok, i asked a question in good faith to get an honest, experienced answer, and i get all this crap about a cowthief. all i wanted was a simole yes or no answer. mods, please close this thread. i dont want a convo thrad started about someone i dont know about.
 

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your right. i did get my answer, and i appreciate the responses. but i subscribe to my threads via email, and i get enough of them as it is. i dont want my thread hyjacked oversome guy that " did the impossible". thank you much for theanswers guys, but dont run it for the guy you dont like. i got my answer, no discussion needed. thread closed.
 

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To the best of my knowledge, there has never been an FPP Motorola mobile.

BK? Yes.

I believe that the current Motorola APX7500 mobile can be flashed for FPP, so up until the 7500 came along you're correct. I don't think you'll find a reference to this capability in the spec sheets, however. The FPP unit works with the 03, 05, and 09 control heads.
 
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