Buying A$TRO radios is not an acceptable answer. As for the Spectras, I've had no problem with a UHF Spectra going to 440 and 470. The only thing I hate about them is the primitive CSQ channel priority. Even in the commercial world, that is ridiculous. Try using it on a channel that has an LTR system on it. You will never hear any other channels.
The Maxtrac would go several MHz out of band without issue. Try doing that with a CDM. I know of nobody who has gotten one to do 449.9875 and 470.0125 in one radio. Joe M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:23:58 -0500, MCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Motorola has become very ham unfriendly anymore. > > I would suggest becoming more friendly with Motorola's product line. > You now have XTS and XTL radios that cover VHF as 136-174 or UHF as > 380-470 and require no software range mods. > > The ASTRO Spectra line had been the worst for 440 support, or starting > VHF R2 at 148MHz though software moded to 146-ish. That's definitely > no longer the case with the XTL line. Very ham friendly in my opinion.
