firefighter23-1
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Hi im new at this site but i have several questions i have picked up a Motorola MT2000 model I top display 450mhz-520mhz. And was wondering if its narrowband compatible and compliant and helpful suggestions ???
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Motorola MT2000 questions?
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Going off memory but i do believe all MT2000 units were / are narrow band compliant..
Good radio by the way,, im looking for a top display low split UHF one for my self again.
Good radio by the way,, im looking for a top display low split UHF one for my self again.
firefighter23-1
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okay well thank you for the info but you said your looking for a MT2000 model I top display cause i have mine up for sale if your interested in it it has an extra battery and a drop in charger with a shoulder mic and a nylon strap and hoster. my asking price is $300 as is is cause the radio is still programmed with fire and ems channels and there is nothing wrong with it. if interested in it hopefully we can meet up im in south jersey let me know were your from and maybe meet up
$300 WHOA man.. are you serious..
im not sure if you have priced them or not but i can get a used working one for 15-50 on ebay all day long. LOL with accessories for 75-100.
Thanks for the offer, i think..
Oh and im in Dallas.. For that price your going to have to find someone local with no programming ability and who doesnt know much about them..
The good news is, they should be narrow band compliant..
im not sure if you have priced them or not but i can get a used working one for 15-50 on ebay all day long. LOL with accessories for 75-100.
Thanks for the offer, i think..
Oh and im in Dallas.. For that price your going to have to find someone local with no programming ability and who doesnt know much about them..
The good news is, they should be narrow band compliant..
Yes, they're NB compliant. Yeah, if you can get someone to buy that for $300, more power to you, but that's way high! Look on eBay for a good idea of the going rate.
MTS2000des
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not all MT2000's are fully narrowband compliant. Radios made before April 1998 with a F/W lower than 2.11 will not do splinter channels. All MT2000's will do narrow band (2.5KHz deviation), only later production units will work on splinter frequency assignment (e.g. 154.8225MHz).
Average price on brokenstolenradios.com aka Ebay for a newer MT2000 A7 is around $125-150 depending on the seller, condition and accessories. $300 can buy a much newer radio such as a Kenwood TK-2180 on the used market, and for not much more you can buy entry level DMR radios from Hytera.
I should have clarified myself (thought I did but I guess that was on another forum!) but you're absolutely correct, thanks.
cabletech
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mts2000des is correct. Any radio that in the specs say that it is narrow band compliant, just means that whatever frequency is allowed to be put in will be able to be set for narrow band @12.5 kz with the audio at 2.5 kz.
This does not mean it is SPLITTER compliant.
How ever, any radio made within the last 10 to 12 yeas will be able to due both.
Just FYI, stay away from the hytra/HYT and blackbox radios if you wish to maintane them yourself.
These radios can only be serviced by the manifacture and they will not sell or give you the software to do any thing to them.
Blackbox may allow you to get software for there radios, but the only thing that software can do is insert frequency.
I know, I have them fighting with them over this for 8 months.
This does not mean it is SPLITTER compliant.
How ever, any radio made within the last 10 to 12 yeas will be able to due both.
Just FYI, stay away from the hytra/HYT and blackbox radios if you wish to maintane them yourself.
These radios can only be serviced by the manifacture and they will not sell or give you the software to do any thing to them.
Blackbox may allow you to get software for there radios, but the only thing that software can do is insert frequency.
I know, I have them fighting with them over this for 8 months.
firefighter23-1
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Okay i have looked up ebay and found the MT2000 going for $100 bucks up too $300 bucks used not new but used i have 2 used MT2000s 1 is uhf 48channel and 450 to 520mhz top display and 2nd is the model 3 vhf 160 channel. And is 100 up too 200 mhz b7 front facing screen and full key pad. The model 3 b7 is up too $350 used so im going with ebay prices. The only reason im looking to sale or trade is i wanna get a MTS2000 FLASHPORT smartzone/smartnet 450-520mhz portable radio model 3 front facing screen with full key pad in good or fair condition long as it works and does what its suposed to do im good with it so if anything let me kno cause i want that radio
I think you mean "splinter"
N4KVE
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Those high asking prices are just that. Asking prices. Nobody actually pays that. I have accumulated UHF MTS2000 top display radios & never paid more than $100. That one was brand new. The used ones went for $50-$70, with the cheapest going for $28. And the MTS radio is worth more than the MT radio, as the firmware & flashcodes can be upgraded. I picked up a UHF MTS2000 with full keypad in mint original [not recased] shape from a poster on this thread for $140. So I wish you good luck in your quest to try & get $300 for your radios. This a free country, & you can ask what you want, but after several months of no one wanting to pay $300, you may get the picture. But, good luck!
firefighter23-1
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Well i been checking and asking around and found out the prices that everyone is selling theirs and they are selling at $350 to $400 maybe 450 at the max on these radios and thats locally. And heard from several communications say that the radios are worth alot and cause of them being the best and durable
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400 for an MT-2000?!? For a NIB MTS-2000 I would not pay $200 for, never mind a used MT-2000. I just bought a MTS-2000 mod 1 with charger, battery and speaker mic for US$150 shipped to Canada. The MTS-2000 are going to fetch a hight price than a MT-2000... Good luck to you.
firefighter23-1 said:
400 for an MT-2000?!? For a NIB MTS-2000 I would not pay $200 for, never mind a used MT-2000. I just bought a MTS-2000 mod 1 with charger, battery and speaker mic for US$150 shipped to Canada. The MTS-2000 are going to fetch a hight price than a MT-2000... Good luck to you.
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cabletech
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He thinks this is 2001.
RegionalComNet
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The MT2000's are all good radios, I have several, but for that price someone can buy the XTS3000 MOD1 for $140.00 and up. Good luck....
firefighter23-1
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look your looking up mode 1 which may not have sceens or full key pads that is why ur finding those radios for a cheap price but with my mode 3 160 channel DTMF with full key pad and a lcd screen im seeing expensive price for it
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Model 3 "
N4KVE
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Sorry, but model 3 MTS radios in nice shape are going for $125-$150 these days. Sure, there might be some ads on E-bay with people asking $300, but month after month they remain unsold, when similar radios have buy it now for $140. And the XTS3000's model 1 radios selling for $150 are flashed for Imbe [digital] which the MTS radios can't do. Wake up. It's almost 2013.
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Regardless, mod 1 or mod 3, a MT2000 is NOT worth 300 bucks.
MTS2000 mod1 have a top display.
Jedi radios have been out of production for a while now and as such their value has dropped considerably
firefighter23-1 said:
Regardless, mod 1 or mod 3, a MT2000 is NOT worth 300 bucks.
MTS2000 mod1 have a top display.
Jedi radios have been out of production for a while now and as such their value has dropped considerably
Even JT1000s have come down considerably in value and they use to be the most coveted Jedis, it seems.
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