Mostar Programming Question

[Purpleman]

Assuming the two radios are tuned correctly, is it possible and reasonable to "clone" the EEPROM of one Mostar radio with a standard PROM burner, store the hex file, erase the second radio's PROM, and burn in the first radio's program? UHF 2-channel versions, if it matters.
Thanks,
Phil

[Jim202]

Assuming the two radios are tuned correctly, is it possible and reasonable to "clone" the EEPROM of one Mostar radio with a standard PROM burner, store the hex file, erase the second radio's PROM, and burn in the first radio's program? UHF 2-channel versions, if it matters.
Thanks,
Phil

Those radios are so old, I am surprised they still work. Go for the prom swap. You will probably have to touch up the alignment of the radio before you done.

Hope your not trying to use them on a commercial channel.

Jim

[Purpleman]

Jim,
I have a couple already on GMRS, the plan would be to pull the EEPROM on one of those and copy/burn to the "new" ones.
Andy Brinkley tuned up the original pair, they work great. This pair is supposedly on 463.x , so the receive may b a little off.
But I bought them for $26.00 shipped with one clamshell and one desk mic, so
the radios themselves are sort of gravy here...spares. Hence the question.
Thanks,
Phil
WQPA892

[Satelite]

Hello:
463.x is not a GMRS freq.
Just so your aware .
No sense in going through the work to find that out later.
Satelite

[jackhackett]

Cloning it in a PROM burner should give you an exact copy, so you could just swap the programmed chip into one of the radios and see if it works. If it does, a cloned chip should work as well.

[Purpleman]

Thanks jackackett, that is exactly what I hoped to hear.

Satelite, to be clear: I want to "clone" a MOSTAR that is already programmed to 462.XXX wideband GMRS frequencies. The *target* radio is *currently* on 463.XXX, hopefully on 462.6 in the future!

Phil

[Satelite]

Hello:
Oh gotcha now = My bad
Satelite