I recently bought a Motorola MTS2000 and was wondering how to program it.
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How to program MTS2000
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ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
You might want to start with this topic.
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Programming MTS2000 (newbe)
Hello everyone, We have in our city a small club for HAM operators. The local police department has changed the radio system to tetra now so we have got all the old handheld Motorola MTS2000. None of us has ever played with that kind of radios. Can anyone point me to the right direction...
Here we go . . .
What band ? What do you want to program ? Do you have a license to be on said frequencies ?
eBay is absolutely flooded with 800MHZ MTS2000 radios going for next to nothing. Having one that’s actually in a useful band ( VHF and especially UHF ) are becoming much more rare now.
If you happened to pick up an 800MHZ one for $12.50 shipped, just toss it in the bin and move on as those are essentially useless in 2022.
What band ? What do you want to program ? Do you have a license to be on said frequencies ?
eBay is absolutely flooded with 800MHZ MTS2000 radios going for next to nothing. Having one that’s actually in a useful band ( VHF and especially UHF ) are becoming much more rare now.
If you happened to pick up an 800MHZ one for $12.50 shipped, just toss it in the bin and move on as those are essentially useless in 2022.
Sadly I do not know what band it is. I messaged the seller about it and they dont know either.
mmckenna
I ♥ Ø
So, can we ask WHY you bought a radio that you know nothing about?
What are your expectations? What is your long term plan with a radio on an unknown band?
Just trying to figure out how people can best help you. Not a lot you can do with a 30 year old radio on an unknown band sold by someone who doesn't know what they have.
SteveC0625
Order of the Golden Dino since 1972
Please post the model number of the radio. With that information, someone here will be able to tell you the band and possibly other features.
Or you can find a model number chart on the net and determine this info for yourself.
Try batlabs first.
Or you can find a model number chart on the net and determine this info for yourself.
Try batlabs first.
The Model # is H01UCD6PW1BN
SteveC0625
Order of the Golden Dino since 1972
Thank you! I just checked and it's sadly an 800MHz radio.
I may end up putting it on display because recently I have been collecting old Motorola Radios.
Thank You to everyone who helped!
mmckenna
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Yeah, not much you can do with that.
There are no amateur radio frequencies this radio will cover.
There are no itinerant or "free" channels it can be used on. Everything is public safety or business.
Those are 30 year old radios. When I retired my old trunked system, I e-wasted about 400 of them. Even back in 2011, they were going for about $20 on e-Bay and most of them were beat within an inch of their life. It wasn't worth the effort to do anything other than wipe their memory and toss them in a bin. I think I wiped a few, disabled them and gave them to my nephew to play with as toys.
They are analog only, and with most users running digital now, not much you can do with it. Depending on your exact location, there may be some analog stuff you could listen to, but probably not worth the effort.
Finding the CPS and cable isn't difficult, but these are not easy radios to program.
Display piece is about all it's good for.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
If you don't know what a band is, I have to wonder, why do you even want a radio? It's like saying you don't know what a road is, but you want to buy a car.
Frequency band. The range of frequencies in which a radio operates. There are many, but for our purposes, the four that are of most interest are VHF, UHF, 700/800 MHz, and 900 MHz.
For what purpose do you want a radio?
Frequency band. The range of frequencies in which a radio operates. There are many, but for our purposes, the four that are of most interest are VHF, UHF, 700/800 MHz, and 900 MHz.
For what purpose do you want a radio?
I know what a band is. If you were referring to when I said ( Sadly, I do not know what band it is. I messaged the seller about it, and they don't know either. ) then you might have read it wrong.
Agreed, I currently have an MTS and pager in my collection. I'm working on getting a XTS5000.
I began my “collection” with a “Minitor” (the ORIGINAL) at he age of about15.
Then GP300 (my first NEW) then HT1000…
I’ve collected so many throughout the decades. Sabers, Astro Sabers, HT/MT, Visars, APCOR.
Most are vintage (of my era)
Now I love this stuff;
nearing retirement, my last cool purchase is a APX6000
That was a good thread you only got 1 maybe 2 radio cops, a few rude comments, like they matter, and the rest were helpfull
Maybe there is hope for us after all
Maybe there is hope for us after all
Nice! Drool-worthy collection right there 👍
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
I used to have a nice collection of portable radios, over 50 of them, dating from the HT200 up to XTS5000s.
I sold the collection off several years ago and don't really regret it, EXCEPT that I should NOT have sold my 48 channel MX300S,
which was fully working and was a tweaked and tuned radio with all hand selected, best of the best performing modules. RF preamp,
VCO that would lock over a 24 MHz frequency range, custom retuned preselector, everything.
I sold the collection off several years ago and don't really regret it, EXCEPT that I should NOT have sold my 48 channel MX300S,
which was fully working and was a tweaked and tuned radio with all hand selected, best of the best performing modules. RF preamp,
VCO that would lock over a 24 MHz frequency range, custom retuned preselector, everything.
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