• To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:

    Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity.

    If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request.

    To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.

    The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate; just purchase it.

    For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).

    This is a large and very visible forum. We cannot jeopardize the ability to provide the RadioReference services by allowing this activity to occur. Please respect this.

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phutt31 said:
Thank you all for your input. I am a 911 Dispatcher and we have a very rural county. I have been programming baofeng for our volunteer firefighters etc. (With Permission from license owner). Was just looking to upgrade and start programming Kenwood, Motorola vhf. etc brands.
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and every radio you touch, you inherit the liability. Liability that you own to the point of being held accountable in a court of law for both tort and criminal negligence.

I don't question your intent, but there is a reason radio shops charge what they do. They've have the overhead of hiring and maintaining a staff of trained professionals, obtaining (legally) all the programming software and hardware from the vendors, and the liability insurance (and where required) professional licensing.

There is much more programming radios used by front line public safety personnel than just downloading some stolen software off the net and cheap knock-off cables on ebay. The latter is fine for hobbyists, but anything used in an IDLH setting needs to be properly vetted by those with what it takes do the vetting.

As a 911 dispatcher, you know all about liability. You touch it, you own it.
 
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