-
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.
Russian Military using Motorola Digitalđź‘€
- Thread starter JayG1176
- Start date
- Status
Maybe a MTP series Tetra radio?
Looks like it says Motorola across the top.
N4KVE
Member
Several years ago, I purchased some NOS XTS2500 NTN9858C batteries from a seller in Russia. They were still new in the white box, & I was the first person to charge them. They took about a week to get to my door from Moscow, & the tracking number provided allowed me to track them from the moment they were shipped in Russia, until they got to my front door. I think they were $35 each including shipping. So they do use Moto radios in Russia.
XPR7550 or an export revision of that same style
yes...
MTP3000 Series Radios - Motorola Solutions EMEA
The MTP3000 Series (MTP3500 and MTP3550 TETRA radios) rugged design, audio and fully featured radios are essential for safe and effective operations. Discover more!
There has been lots of video of the Ukraine military using Moto DMR, so I wouldn't be surprised if the other side was too. Or maybe that is an 'apprehended' radio, who knows.
Looks similar but that's not it. The radio he has is a DP4801(e).yes...
MTP3000 Series Radios - Motorola Solutions EMEA
The MTP3000 Series (MTP3500 and MTP3550 TETRA radios) rugged design, audio and fully featured radios are essential for safe and effective operations. Discover more!www.motorolasolutions.com
Any way to stun these radios in the field? 
That would be funny to seeAny way to stun these radios in the field?
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2006
- Messages
- 262
Also reports of DMR flowing over Iridium satellites, unsure from what user.
The_B_Chief
Member
The Russians and their "Allies" have been using VHF TRBO for years. Most of the militias and Russian ground forces in Ukraine carry DMR radios to talk to their respective "Command" regardless of what side of the fight they are on. The BN and platoon radios are usually cheaper analog CHICOM radios. It is not uncommon for opposing sides to monitor and agitate the other side on their own channels. There is little to no encryption used.
The Battalions of the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics have their own DMR network that I'm sure the Russians have access to. Most likely they probably furnished it years ago. More recently we have seen UV5R's with Kenwood logos on them. Don't ask, you wouldn't understand
None of this is uncommon for the militaries in the east and mid-east. I'm sure we all remember the Radius, Vertex and Kenwood portable radios with the long whips from the Chechnya, Georgia, Iraq and Afghanistan military conflicts.
Most Russian armored outfits are operating on Low-band. Recently (like clockwork) they have been heard on the 25 mHz band on FM which is monitorable in the weee hours of the morning on the east coast of America. They use a "blanket linked" repeater systems and have for decades. Not too far off in design from what the Nazis used in WW2 only theirs was UHF (480 and above) and on AM.
Keep in mind that things are really different in that area and most of the east and mid-east. It can be mind boggling for westerners to understand. You almost need to forget everything that makes sense and that you have learned in our western world.
Also keep in mind that this is only a new war and new battlefields to many of us in the west. For the belligerents in Ukraine it is not a new conflict at all. It has been sustained for decades and has become a way of life. They have been using the same equipment for decades and decades in many instances. We (the west) have only recently tuned in in masses.
Some of you may get a chuckle out of this. There was a Russian born Novorossiya (New Russia UKR) BN commander of the Sparta BN whose call sign was "Motorola". Arsen "Motorola" Pavlov was a "wireman" during his service with the marine infantry in Russia and was extremely handy with Motorola equipment thus receiving the nickname Motorola. He worked his way up through the Russian military ranks and became a Battalion Commander of the Ukrainian Sparta Battalion in the Donbass region. Motorola was whacked by the Russian government in 15 or 16. This was after the second battle of Donetsk Airport but probably unrelated. He was replaced with a Ukrainian born commander by the Russians which actually makes sense. He had a sidekick nicknamed Radius.
Attached are pictures of "Motorola" and his Kenwood UV5R (zoom in). Also attached is a picture of the Sparta BN patch and its big M
The Battalions of the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics have their own DMR network that I'm sure the Russians have access to. Most likely they probably furnished it years ago. More recently we have seen UV5R's with Kenwood logos on them. Don't ask, you wouldn't understand
None of this is uncommon for the militaries in the east and mid-east. I'm sure we all remember the Radius, Vertex and Kenwood portable radios with the long whips from the Chechnya, Georgia, Iraq and Afghanistan military conflicts.
Most Russian armored outfits are operating on Low-band. Recently (like clockwork) they have been heard on the 25 mHz band on FM which is monitorable in the weee hours of the morning on the east coast of America. They use a "blanket linked" repeater systems and have for decades. Not too far off in design from what the Nazis used in WW2 only theirs was UHF (480 and above) and on AM.
Keep in mind that things are really different in that area and most of the east and mid-east. It can be mind boggling for westerners to understand. You almost need to forget everything that makes sense and that you have learned in our western world.
Also keep in mind that this is only a new war and new battlefields to many of us in the west. For the belligerents in Ukraine it is not a new conflict at all. It has been sustained for decades and has become a way of life. They have been using the same equipment for decades and decades in many instances. We (the west) have only recently tuned in in masses.
Some of you may get a chuckle out of this. There was a Russian born Novorossiya (New Russia UKR) BN commander of the Sparta BN whose call sign was "Motorola". Arsen "Motorola" Pavlov was a "wireman" during his service with the marine infantry in Russia and was extremely handy with Motorola equipment thus receiving the nickname Motorola. He worked his way up through the Russian military ranks and became a Battalion Commander of the Ukrainian Sparta Battalion in the Donbass region. Motorola was whacked by the Russian government in 15 or 16. This was after the second battle of Donetsk Airport but probably unrelated. He was replaced with a Ukrainian born commander by the Russians which actually makes sense. He had a sidekick nicknamed Radius.
Attached are pictures of "Motorola" and his Kenwood UV5R (zoom in). Also attached is a picture of the Sparta BN patch and its big M
Attachments
Last edited:
RFI-EMI-GUY
Member
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2013
- Messages
- 7,384
Holy cow; I remember discussion about the Russian Cmdr "Motorola" from years back. Do you have any information on the "blanket linked" repeater systems? Especially the Nazi WW2 UHF stuff?
RFI-EMI-GUY
Member
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2013
- Messages
- 7,384
There is Iridium PTT available, and it is TDMA. How DMR fits in, I dont know.
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2020
- Messages
- 357
Many videos of Russian soldiers using MotoTrbo. The quick and easy way to ID is by the talk permit tone. I’ve heard both encrypted and clear talk permit tones being used.
Depending on which level of encryption they are using - simple - advanced might make breaking their “encryption” pretty easy. In general they aren’t using repeaters but only simplex.
Their latest and greatest military radio is the Azart - made in China. Don’t be fooled though, the Azart is a pretty respectable radio in its own right. Covers low band, VHF high, and UHF with the ability to pass data and perhaps even photos. They just don’t have them to issue in mass. I’d like to get my hands on one just to have a super fly all band portable. Perhaps after the war they will start appearing on the market.
Depending on which level of encryption they are using - simple - advanced might make breaking their “encryption” pretty easy. In general they aren’t using repeaters but only simplex.
Their latest and greatest military radio is the Azart - made in China. Don’t be fooled though, the Azart is a pretty respectable radio in its own right. Covers low band, VHF high, and UHF with the ability to pass data and perhaps even photos. They just don’t have them to issue in mass. I’d like to get my hands on one just to have a super fly all band portable. Perhaps after the war they will start appearing on the market.
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2018
- Messages
- 185
Kenwood makes a UV5R or did someone steal the Kenwood branding?
Motorola DP4800, similar to the Asian market XiR8668 and North America XPR7550/7550w. https://acaciasatlink.net/product/motorola-dp4800/
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2006
- Messages
- 262
Just a chinese rip off clone.
TETRA is the prominent protocol in europe. Motorola is a TETRA market monster.
- Status
Similar threads
XTL/XTS5000
Xtl5000 head swap help
