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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: 2-meter repeater in my area using ApCO-25 digital and easy to
program gear
> Well, in the dark days before digital trunktracking scanners I was really
> seriously looking at spending whatever it took to get an 800 MHz radio to
> listen to my local police when I was shut out of monitoring for 15 long
> months. In those days a digital Motorola portable for this purpose a lone
> was $800 a lone, and that is without the purchase of software. I haven't
> actively looked for something that could transmit in APCO-25 mode since I
> got a digital scanner now, but with this repeater and also maybe some work
> on 33 CM Iam thinking of renewing my search. I ahve heard that some
> people buy baby monitors and modify then for use on 33 CM, and even on 2.4
> GHz where a ham band is and more baby monitors people are operating there
> as well.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 4 May 2007, John Miller wrote:
>
>> I haven't tried the windows software, it's too expensive to get and find
>> I
>> can't use it. I think I'd rather pay the $30 and have it programmed. I
>> need
>> a new GMRS portable, my other one, the battery blew up in. Another
>> favorite
>> company of mine, Midland, but that's just a case of every Midland radio
>> I've
>> had dating back to my CB days has broke. I'll probably get a Kenwood or
>> icom
>> for gmrs next when I can afford it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 8:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: 2-meter repeater in my area using ApCO-25 digital and easy
>> to
>> program gear
>>
>>
>> > Well, for some older Motorola radios like the HT-600 or MT-1000 the
>> > software will only work on older machines, and the newer Astro stuff
>> > will
>> > work under windoes, but you know that doesn't mean it is user friendly.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 4 May 2007, John Miller wrote:
>> >
>> >> I honestly don't remember what it was, it was just a basic Motorola
>> >> maxtrack
>> >> radio I did it with. A friend wanted it programmed for GMRS and since
>> >> I'm
>> >> in
>> >> to that too and I know the heavily used frequencies in the area he let
>> >> me
>> >> try it and it worked with my old 1.5 gig windows XP machine. This
>> >> computer
>> >> won't do it but I did it twice with that other computer, it also
>> >> programmed
>> >> my Kenwood UHF radio which this computer won't do. I'm thinking about
>> >> getting a dos box for those radios, a laptop or something but just
>> >> haven't
>> >> yet.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 8:20 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: 2-meter repeater in my area using ApCO-25 digital and
>> >> easy
>> >> to
>> >> program gear
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Well, the person who has the repeater set up works for the feds in
>> >> > radio
>> >> > but what software have you been able to use in a DOS box? I tried
>> >> > on
>> >> > an
>> >> > older computer with an external synthesizer in 98 and it could read
>> >> > it
>> >> > and
>> >> > all, but when it came to programming the radio there was too much
>> >> > serial
>> >> > bus noise. What radios did you use to program, and any trunking
>> >> > stuff?
>> >> > A
>> >> > lot of RSS will not work on faster computers from Motorola.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, 4 May 2007, John Miller wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Motorola software works in Dos, if you want to play with it you can
>> >> >> make
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> work some times in a dos box, I have done it. I never heard of that
>> >> >> on
>> >> >> 2
>> >> >> meters though, could that be that Icom DStar maybe? or what ever
>> >> >> it's
>> >> >> called?
>> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> >> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 7:57 PM
>> >> >> Subject: 2-meter repeater in my area using ApCO-25 digital and easy
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> program gear
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Hi everyone, in the last few months I've noticed that there is a
>> >> >> > 2-meter
>> >> >> > repeater in my area that is using APCO-25 modulation and is being
>> >> >> > more
>> >> >> > heavily used and activity increases all the time on it. I
>> >> >> > understand
>> >> >> > that
>> >> >> > Motorola gear with regard to RSS is not very user friendly with
>> >> >> > JAWS,
>> >> >> > but
>> >> >> > what about other equipment that can transmit and receive in
>> >> >> > APCO-25
>> >> >> > digital mode? How easy is it to program? Motorola isn't the
>> >> >> > only
>> >> >> > maker
>> >> >> > of such equipment.
>> >> >>
>> >>
>>
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