To program the radio onto the Amateur band, you can find some versions of software that have been hacked into allowing frequencies to be entered to bring the radio into the amateur bands which normally are just bellow the original working frequency. You also have to make an interface, or purchase one. If you can't find it then try your local Motorola dealer who should be able to help at a small cost. The radio requires the Motorola Software which can be found if you ask around or search for it on the FTP sites on the Internet. All it consists of is a RS to TTL level converter, that connects between the serial port of your PC and the radio's microphone socket.Īmateur Radio Conversion.
The programming interface can be made for a low cost. These can be modified to operate on 16 channels quite easily. Most of the radio's I have worked on have originally been 8 channel units. The software runs on Windows Vista 32bit.
I cannot get the radio to communicate so I will head to the forums. In a new codeplug of the same model, or download radio doctor and use some 'Advanced'.
