fire901
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I have several Mt1000's and would like to learn to program them myself I have the DOS software and an old DOS computer and the RIB box and the cable I just need some help getting started.
Michael
Michael
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Motorola MT 1000 Programing
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fire901 said:
The first thing you should do is to read the radio and save the archive file, so that when you mess up the file you can reprogram it with the original archive. Trust me, it will save you a lot of grief some day!
The MT1000 programming uses a PL table, instead of assigning a specific PL to the RX and TX of infividual channels you need to set up a table of whatever PL's or DPL's you may plan to use on any channel. While this is OK for the 8 or 16 channel radios the 99 channel radios may have a problem if you use a wide variety of PL's.
If you have the optional front panel that contains the ANI board you might have an issue programming that with some computers. When my trusty old Tandy 286 bit the dust I could use a 386 to program the radio but I could not change the ANI. If that isn't an issue with you then you don't need to worry about that.
It has been a long while since I programmed MT1000's, We have had 2 generations of radios since then. I don't know if I would bother with them too much, as newer HT1000 or MT2000's can be had pretty cheap these days and give a lot more flexibility. Batteries and accessories for MT1000's are pretty rare.
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