Can I program a Motorola p25 radio such the sts2500 or xtl2500 to just listen and be like a scanner on a system like North Carolina’s VIPER system
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Motorola P25
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Can you? Yes
Should you? No
Programming a radio for a P25 system is complicated enough on it's own. Programming one so that it "monitors only", is entirely different. I would recommend that you buy a scanner or a Unication Pager. Or lay out the cash for a radio that has the option of Non Affiliation on a trunked system.
Should you? No
Programming a radio for a P25 system is complicated enough on it's own. Programming one so that it "monitors only", is entirely different. I would recommend that you buy a scanner or a Unication Pager. Or lay out the cash for a radio that has the option of Non Affiliation on a trunked system.
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