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Hello Everyone,

I am new to this. Another HAm gave me his motorols Maratrac radio and it works. Infact its already programmed for the 2m band but i need to program different memories into it. I have a old Windows 98 Laptop with MS-DOS on it also and it has a serial port. What all do i need to be able to program this maratrac?

I have read so much and am a little confused. I see their is a cable that goes from the RJ-45 inside the radio to a serial port. Do i need a RIB also or just that cable and the moto software?

Also where is a good place to obtain the cirrect software?

Thank you,,

Don C
 
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Maratrac uses a Maxtrac, Radius, GM300, M1225, cable.
There is a Maxtrac cable from KaWa Mall or Maxtron. They do NOT need the dammed RIB, and are direct serial RS232. Maxtron RPC-MM.

Software has to run in DOS, does not work in a DOS Box under Windows, due to the Serial bus.

More at batlabs.com or repeaterbuilders.com
 
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