thanks Colin, and you are correct, the dos based Motorola software was a 
breez to use compaired to the current versions.
thanks for the tip about my local club, will have a look on the WIA site for 
info.
anyway this captain bravo bogan  must put on his tracky dacks and go to 
work! <big LOL> <grin>
73's
IC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Iaen Cordell" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: commercial radios


> Hey Ian:
> Motorola software is difficult even for the average sited user never mind 
> those of us who use a screen reader.
> Apparently the old stuff was usable in a dos environment, but recent stuff 
> is not.
> I find it very useful to be a part of my local amateur radio club as there 
> are a few who can program pretty much any commercial radio for my 
> needs...from local public safety agencies to ham bands and all the rest.
> I know your not licensed yet, but if you haven't already, maybe scout out 
> the local ham club and use your need to have a few radios programmed as an 
> ice breaker.  Most hams are big into monitoring and so on of course so if 
> the know how is available they would likely be eager to help out a new guy 
> intending on getting his certificate.
> You are obviously not just another captain bravo bogan lol so you will be 
> more likely to get a welcoming response.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Iaen Cordell
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: commercial radios
>
> G'day list, I am looking at reprogramming several Motorola xtl 5000 for 
> the
> 70CM band, that way I can listen to the apco25 repeaters in my local 
> airier.
> this brings me on to the subject of using commercial radios on ham
> frequencies.
> the Motorola RSS software is not speech friendly and I am wondering what
> other commercial radios Icom, Kenwood and the like can be programmed up 
> for
> ham use.
> I have a large collection of commercial radios mostly on mpt1327 and 
> apco25
> GRN networks and from my experience most of the programming software is 
> not
> speech friendly.
> cheers
> IC
>
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