You can find older stuff there too with ham radio and/or other audio gear,
but ebay was one of the suggested places for Moto gear, and then of course
there are ham fests like Dayton that is just around the corner.
On Fri, 4 May 2007, John Miller wrote:
> You'd be amazed what you can find on ebay for cheap money.
> ----- 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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