Old Motorola GP350 w/gr1225 repeater health checkup

[SouthernBoudreaux]

Absolute rookie here,

First post,

I got a dozen Moto GP350s (16 channel) and a Moto Radius GR1225 repeater (w/desktop mic thing) that has sat on the shelf since 2006 as a disaster response kit. They all talked at one time and they at least hold a charge.

How would you go about testing them to make sure they're in good working order?
Any precautions for working with old radio equipment to not have capacitors explode (repeater) or would you suggest simply taking it to some kind of repair shop to look over everything?

Apparently the batteries are as new as 2012 and were never used.
I'd appreciate your time to educate a young fella hoping to wrap my mind around this whole radio world.
Going to dig through forums but I figured with a mfg. date of 1996 some folks around here ought to know them well.

Thank you

 

[jeepsandradios]

Any MSS should be able to do a check on the GR1225 repeater. The same for the GP350. Depending on use I dont recall if the GP350 would do narrowband and is a requirement in the part 90 segment.

 

[R8000]

GR1225, narrowband compliant. It is still very useful in today's world. Parts are pretty much NLA.
GP350. Parts are NLA. OEM batteries are NLA. You'd need to source aftermarket batteries. They are not narrowband compliant and not legal to use on commercial channels. GMRS and ham would be ok to use since they are exempt from narrowbanding.

The GP350 batteries are probably shot. I wouldn't worry about caps exploding. Fire it all up and see what happens. If this is on licensed commercial frequencies, you must modify your license for narrowband operation and get new portables. The repeater will reprogram to narrowband operation just fine.