I just got the Commissioners to agree with the purchase of a pair of PM-1500s. They are on the way! What does everyone think of this radio???
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Already did 3 months worth had 2 to chose from the motorola and a kenwood. The thread was just me asking what other people thought. Our decision was already made, I was just conversating with my peers. But hey thanks for pointing out the flaws, clearly your on top of your game at 630am PFFFFT!
Already did 3 months worth had 2 to chose from the motorola and a kenwood. The thread was just me asking what other people thought. Our decision was already made, I was just conversating with my peers. But hey thanks for pointing out the flaws, clearly your on top of your game at 630am PFFFFT!
jim202
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The questions I have for you:
Who is going to program the radios?
What type of radio system are they going to be used on?
Are these radios new or used? If used, what is the firmware version on the radios?
The reason I ask about the firmware, is that when the PM-1500 first came out, they had a scan problem. They would open up on a PL received signal the first time and then would not open up the audio again. You had to change channels, take it out of scan or do something else and then it would open up one time again. Motorola had to do an upgrade on the firmware in both the radio and the M5 control heads.
Once you get past that scan and open up the audio problem, the radio is a good radio. It just takes some getting use to to do the programming if you have never done the programming before. It uses the same software as the XTL series radios. Channel info goes in the zone, scan channel info goes in the scan list, scan list number goes in the personality.
I try to keep the 3 different sections all in the same zone. That way if you make any changes, it is easy to keep them all straight. If you go back and add a zone, it will screw up all the scan lists and you will have to go through each one to make sure every body is in line with where they should be and not a zone out.
You will need one of the USB programming cables to plug into the mic connector, HKN6184C. Then you will need the software to do the programming. If you have an account with MOL, you can download the software and any updates that may come along.
Hope this answers some of the questions you may have had.
Jim
I think it's a solid radio. We have quite a few of them still in service. I used to have one in my work truck, but replaced it with a more feature rich and higher tier XTL5k. What I really like about the PM1500 (and the XTL1500 for that matter) is the giant volume knob. Makes it real easy to adjust volume while driving with little effort. Especially in darkened conditions....less effort to feel around for the knob while keeping your eye on the road, and you can adjust it with one finger instead of two.
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