Motorola XTS 1500 Programming

[jonesy0130]

Hello,
I am new to all this radio stuff and I am looking for someone to program about 25 XTS radios for me to use. I would like them to just have Channels 1-10. The radios are 700/800 P25. Please let me know if you can help or can point me in the direction to get it done.

Thank you,

Jonesy

 

[K2NEC]

We need more details. 7/800 P25 CONVENTIONAL? Or something else? And what is it going to be used for? Public safety? Scanning? Something else?

 

[prcguy]

Not trying to be the radio police, but if the OP has a bunch of surplus radios and wants them for personal use, there is no place to hide in the 700/800 range. You can't just pick frequencies and operate, someone is on just about every frequency everywhere and you will stand out. If this is not the case then I apologize for my comments.

 

[K2NEC]

there is no place to hide in the 700/800 range. You can't just pick frequencies and operate, someone is on just about every frequency everywhere and you will stand out.

ESPECIALLY in 7/800

 

[mmckenna]

Hello,
I am new to all this radio stuff and I am looking for someone to program about 25 XTS radios for me to use. I would like them to just have Channels 1-10. The radios are 700/800 P25. Please let me know if you can help or can point me in the direction to get it done.

Thank you,

Jonesy

Some good advice above.

Are you/your agency licensed for these 10 channels?
There are no 'free', itinerant, Part 95 or amateur radio channels in the 700/800MHz band. Unless you have a valid FCC license for these frequencies, it would be a violation of the FCC rules.

If you are covered under a valid Part 90 license, then you need to talk to your employer. The FCC rules are very clear on who is permitted to add radios to an existing system. The license holder will have the correct programming info and likely has an existing radio shop that does their work.

As for programming, most Motorola radio shops can program these for you. Just make sure you have the license in hand, and approval from the licensee on agency letter head. Most reputable shops will not program radios for you on someone else's system without authorization from the license holder.

And the 700/800mHz bands are watched pretty closely. Programming random frequencies into those radios is unlikely to go unnoticed.

 

[K2NEC]

He only has 2 postings and this is his other one:

Radio Programming Question

Hello, Please remove if this is not appropriate here. I am looking to get our old department radios programmed with just a few channels for training purposes. Just want to have them programmed with like Channel 1, 2, and 3 type thing. They are old XTS1500. We just want to be able to use...

forums.radioreference.com

Pretty much sums up all our questions and it also gives him his answer.

 

[prcguy]

There is a good chance the 1500s could be programmed under their existing license for some simplex frequencies for use by the licensee but someone would have to research their license and frequencies, trunked or conventional, etc.

 

[K2NEC]

There is a good chance the 1500s could be programmed under their existing license for some simplex frequencies for use by the licensee but someone would have to research their license and frequencies, trunked or conventional, etc.

Even if they could, having the radios programmed by some random dude from the internet really doesnt look good. OP should send them to a shop and have them professionally programmed.

 

[mbnv992]

Even if they could, having the radios programmed by some random dude from the internet really doesnt look good. OP should send them to a shop and have them professionally programmed.

This exactly. This whole thread sounds fishy.