Info needed on two-way

[SilasGore1]

I need info on the following Moto 2-way MT1000 16 channel

H43GCU7100CN

[gatekeep]

H = Handheld
4 = 5-watt
3 = VHF (either 146-162 or 146-174 mhz)

and as you've stated its a 16 channel radio (because the 9th character of the model # is a 0). Stuff like MDC1200 or GE-STAR, Mandown, DTMF I think depends on the face you have ...

[EDIT] Oops, thats the 9th character not the 8th... oh and its a Revision C radio. [/EDIT]

[alex]

Please post your question only once, in one forum.

There's no need to use large fonts, or bold type - just simply ask your question once, in one forum, and if someone can help you - they will post a reply.

I'll lock your other thread.

-Alex

[SilasGore1]

Thank you for the info on the radio, and I'm sorry for posting it on two different sections of the forum, my mistake, I should have deleted the first one I posted in the wrong section before I posted the second one.

[k2hz]

H = Handheld
4 = 5-watt
3 = VHF (either 146-162 or 146-174 mhz)

There are 4 possible bandsplits, depending on the RF board, for the VHF MT1000:

136-151
146-162
157-174
146-174

The model number will not indicate which it is.

[SilasGore1]

So I could actually buy a VHF radio for use on a 154.xxx frequency and the radio won't take the frequency if it's in the wrong band spread? Makes buying an unknown radio kind of a gamble...

[k2hz]

So I could actually buy a VHF radio for use on a 154.xxx frequency and the radio won't take the frequency if it's in the wrong band spread? Makes buying an unknown radio kind of a gamble...

Absolutely! As I said in a previous post to you, if you can't get the seller to confirm what bandsplit the radio is or what frequencies are presently programmed and working properly in the radio, you risk buying a doorstop.

Even model numbers can be meaningless on some of this eBay junk. I recently bought 2 VHF, high split, 6 channel, HT600s from a reputable seller. The radios were the promised model and bandplit and worked fine. But, at some time, someone had re-cased the radios.

One was labelled with a VHF 2 channel model number but it was a legitimate 6 channel as promised. The other had the label removed but it had a UHF "H44" model number scratched in the case. If this had been the typical eBay seller, the radio would have probably been misrepresented based on the model numbers.

You don't really know what the radio is until the codeplug is read with RSS. You may have to take it apart and check the board numbers because the codeplug could have been hacked.

I had a MT1000 from eBay that drove me crazy for months. It was supposed be a 16 Channel VHF 146-162. It would not work when I attempted to program any frequencies in the 160 range. I finally checked the board part numbers and discovered it was really a 146-174 bandsplit radio that someone had forced a 146-162 codeplug with Ham frequencies into. Reprogramming to the proper bandsplit fixed the problems.

The other thing to beware of from dishonest or clueless eBay sellers is "not DOA, radios talk to each other". A radio with an almost dead receiver or blown transmitter power amp will still "talk to" another radio held next to it.

If the seller can't assure the radio has been tested, on known frequencies, it is best to pass it by. I have seen too many people that naively got some "bargain" from eBay that was only good for a paperweight.