MOTOROLA PORTABLE RADIO QUESTION

[Colin9690]

Hi,

I am looking into buying some kind of Motorola Portable Radio. Can someone tell me which Motorola Radios are USER Programmable???
I need one that is user programmable.

Thanks,
Colin

 

[CAT]

All Motorola radios (with the exception of the very old and very cheap - think FRS/GMRS - radios) are user programmable from a computer with the correct cable/software interface.

The more important question is what do you want the radio to do... Trunking? Digital? VHF-Lo? VHF-Hi? UHF? 800MHz? 900MHz? And what style... Mobile? Portable?

 

[atlong]

You may want to check out BatLabs. There's a wealth of information there about programming Moto radios.

http://www.batlabs.com

 

[Colin9690]

I am looking for a VHF-HI radio. I'm sorry, by user programmable i meant those radios with the keypad on the front and you can just punch in the freqs, like a scanner. Im looking for a portable.

Also, what kind of software/hardware will i need to program Motorola Radios if i can't find a keypad programmable one?

Thanks,
COlin

 

[nmfire10]

What is going to be used for?

 

[N_Jay]

I am looking for a VHF-HI radio. I'm sorry, by user programmable i meant those radios with the keypad on the front and you can just punch in the freqs, like a scanner. Im looking for a portable.

Also, what kind of software/hardware will i need to program Motorola Radios if i can't find a keypad programmable one?

Thanks,
COlin

Very few Motorola radios have that feature.

I think an XTS 5000 can, but only to frequencies that are programmed into a list.

Sounds like you want a HAM radio?? :twisted:

 

[northzone]

The JT-1000 is the only motorola portable that is user keypad programable. They are on ebay once and awhile. A bendix-king might be better for you and are much easier to get.

 

[Colin9690]

isn't bendix-king an aircraft avionics manufacturer?

 

[stlscanner]

The only current field programmable (from the keypad) radios are the XTS5000 and the HT1550XLS.

The XTS5000, Astro P25 VHF, with the FPP (Front Panel Programmable) option is the latest re-programmable handheld. No programming key and no programming battery is needed with the XTS5000 FPP radio, you get direct 240 channel entry from the keypad with programmable features such as frequency, PL tones, DPL codes, Astro NACs, operating mode (digital P25 or analog FM), bandwidth (12.5 K, 20 K or 25 Khz) and alphanumeric channel display.

The other re-programmable is the HT1550xls with the programming battery option. This is an analog only radio with similar re-programmable features as the XTS5000 but still not as easy to reprogram from the keypad as the XTS5000 is.

There is also the recently discontinued JT1000, GP2000, PRO9150 and the non-FCC approved GP68, which is also a discontinued model.




Good luck!

Tony Haukap
more SCANNER stuff - http://www.cyberspace.org/~awh/main.html
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[Schnoor1648]

Motorola GP2000

I bought a pair of Motorola GP2000s. One VHF and one UHF. They are not FCC type accepted for commercial use in the US, but then you may be looking for these for amateur use or monitoring. Put "Motorola GP2000" into a search engine and there are at least two US companies that sell these. I bought mine for about $170 each from overseas.

 

[Colin9690]

Does anyone have any expierence programming the JT1000? Is it pretty starightforward?

 

[PJH]

The FPP option is only available to certain (government) customers. It was developed primarly for the US Forest Service for wildland fires.

Other than that, with all the available channels in radio's these days, there isn't a real need for it, other than having something to play with.

Prior to that, the JT1000 was FPP with a special key needed, and the 1550 with the programming battery.

FCC rules dicitate that FPP type of programming features must be restricted in nature...mostly in part to prevent people from screwing around with them. Its part of the type acceptance procedure.

Again, you need to provide more information in what your going to do with it.

The GP2000, PRO9150, GP68 are non-US radio's and you will not get any support for them if they fail (and by the rules-not legal for commerical/public safety use in the US).

The only thing you can change with the JT1000 is freq and PL. There is a little procedure in doing it, and take a min or two to change channel information.

 

[Colin9690]

What kind of "key" is required for the JT 1000? Just curious.

 

[PJH]

A special hardware key that plugs into the side of the radio.

What do you need the radio for?

 

[stlscanner]

The JT1000 does require a programming "key" but it is field programable via the keypad and can also be programmed from a computer. The keypad also generates DTMF tones that are used for control functions on some amateur repeater systems. It is a 16 channel radio that does PL and DPL. Motorola stopped selling them last fall.

You can download a user manual here...
http://web.archive.org/web/20010714111800/http://www.myradiomall.com/downloads/zipped/jt1000.exe

More information is on the batlabs page here...
http://www.batlabs.com/visar.html
including what's inside the "key".


Good luck!

Tony Haukap
more SCANNER stuff - http://www.cyberspace.org/~awh/main.html
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[nmfire10]

A special hardware key that plugs into the side of the radio.

What do you need the radio for?

It worries me that he has been asked twice now and hasn't answered. That is usually a sign that the person is hiding something.

 

[PJH]

Yup. Hence the FCC rules, and putting that feature into a (min) $4,000 radio.

 

[Colin9690]

I just adding to my collection man. I'm not hiding anything. I don't intend to transmit with it.

 

[N_Jay]

I just adding to my collection man. . .

Collection???


Weird! :roll:

 

[nd5y]

isn't bendix-king an aircraft avionics manufacturer?

http://www.relm.com

Tom