Dan, It's worse than that with the PE. You have to first take the Fundamentals of Engineering, which means that you have to have graduated from an ABET accredited college. After passing that and four years of experience (if you graduated from an engineering program), only then can you take the PE ex...

Would you be willing to give us the model number at the least? Or the options installed on the radio? I agree with Wavetar's summation. I'd look into it further, but the following applies.

If the admin isn't willing to let you put it on the network, you shouldn't do it.

I'm sorry to hear that, it brings a sadness that is not quantifiable. My thoughts are with them, and you guys.

There is an option, Multi PL Capability X286 which allows for the capability of using up to 12 PLs and 1 DPL on a single frequency. Whether it'll get you what you want, I'm not sure.

According to the parts, the answer is:
Front cover
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Battery

HAVE YOU CONTACTED AN MSS OR MOTOROLA? THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.

I stand corrected sir, and I do apologize. I was looking at the user manual, which indicates that the value 2 represents 6.25 KHz, and assumed that since it was shown in the Saber manual, that it was capable of it. Portables is not my strong-suit; I shall try to refrain from being "helpful"...

On top of that, The FCC is about to force us all to go through several steps of narrow banding – Eventually ending up at 6.25 channel spacing. Since (almost) no radios today support that, why pay extra money for trunking radios when they will all have to be replaced by a certain date? Not sure I ag...

None in the field that I know of, I'll check around.

If you take a look at most police or fire dispatch channels, you will find that their duty cycle (i.e., how many seconds of the day the transmitter is keyed up) is hardpressed to get much above 1-2%. The channel is idle (but waiting for traffic) all the rest of the time. Putting aside the motives o...

Didn't find it in the Replacement Parts section.

Looks like they're trying to kill off the 4.1 Systems.

If you have the coverage needed, the equipment provides the safety required and can handle the incidents, then stick with what works. The question you asked is kinda vague, as I don't know what the requirements for the system are. If you could use multiple talkgroups, want to tie into a zone, then g...

Well, here's some information on the radio: H01RDD9PW1BN 438-482MHz, 4-5W,Standard Control W/ Top Display, Programmable Spacing, Programmable Primary Operation, Programmable System Type, Basic Feature, Standard Package. You're not getting any fail codes though, just resets? MTS should at least displ...

I think you'll have to be a bit more specific than that. What frequency, what type, etc?

I did not see a comprehensive list for the model breakdowns on the main batlabs page. What does model# H25STE5170BN break down too? Are you sure that's the right format? I don't know STX at all, but I do know that it doesn't seem to follow the usual Motorola numbering. Example is the Saber, where t...

There's a few but I don't know the ones offhand. I'll look into it, and if I find anything I'll let you know.

If you have CSDM, go to File, Configuration Report. It'll tell you the information you most likely need.

If you have MCC500s then you have the CSDM software. It is supposed to be installed on a dedicated computer, though I know of uncertified configurations that have it on the same computer. The CSDM software should be able to tell you the wireline configuration of the stations.

:o I think people need to relax a bit. You will have to hex edit if you're trying for the low end of the 900 band, and if you're really feeling frisky you'll try to replace the VCO to get it to do the whole band. If you get a Range 1 UHF, you wouldn't have to modify the radio for amateur bands (thou...

Just FYI: You don't MODIFY these radios to work in the amateur band. You just program the frequencies in. The 2M amateur band is within the bandwidth supported by the radio. I consider hex editing modifying. =) If you're being really crazy, you play with the VCO. I've never really liked the looks o...

yes but Motorola's action should be against the company they contract to dispose of said items, not a purchaser acting in good faith. If the item isn't reported stolen, it isn't contraband and Motorola can go FOAD as far as I'm concerned. If they don't want these "second rate" scrap radio...

If a department abandoned them, it's still something that should stay within Motorola. Then tell motorola to not sell them, there, fixed. jeeez Just what dog to you have in this race? Do you sell new 2500s and don't like the egay competition? I have nothing to hide. I just want people who depend on...

The last twenty calls is an interesting idea, how useful would that be?

You have to think about it this way. If we're talking about DIYers here, I could understand how you might repair a radio and have it that way. However, a secondary end-consumer (i.e. eBay) should not be seeing radios with that serial number. If you get a radio with a development codeplug, should tha...

If this is the case, then "M" shouldn't sell them to a scrap dealer LOL... they don't REALLY, do they?? If they do scrap radios without crushing them first, that's about the funniest thing I've ever heard. They might as well just advertise them on EBay themselves, cut out the middleman, a...

I would regard any with that serial number of 123ABC1234 as a stolen item. That serial number is an internal Motorola serial number, and shouldn't leave the doors. You would never see that serial number on a customer radio.

If memory serves, Smartnet/SmartZone uses a 3600 Baud, which would be the Q806. P25 Trunking systems use 9600 baud, which would be Q361.

Jason and Alex, I'm not as familiar with the mobile/consolette line. Can you give me a picture?

The argument that I've heard against multiband radios is the preselector filter. Nevertheless, I've brought it up again. It's a great idea, and would be pretty useful for UHF and VHF. I imagine it could be done fairly easily with the 700/800s. Are there any band prefs? Keep it coming.

These are good ideas, keep 'em coming. I've always heard lots of complaints about not having a top display, and I think that that feature would be requested fairly often. The problem with the 5000s and the 2500s is they really don't have the real estate up top to put a display there. Maybe the Model...

Hasn't this been addressed by the XTS5000s?
"Multikey Feature
This feature allows the radio to be equipped with multiple encryption keys. It can support up to two
different encryption algorithms simultaneously (e.g., DVP-XL and DES-XL)."

I think even the 2500s have the capability as well.

Hello all, Been reading these forums for a while now, thought I would toss my hat into the ring. What would you change on the ASTRO line? What features would you like to see? I've always thought the emergency button is too small, and that the XTS series should get a top-mounted display. How would yo...