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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