Brent, more models of Motorola mobiles will go into some amateur band than those that will not. More importantly though are the limits you might need to place on such an investment for example, newer models will generally cost more to acquire but they often offer more features and/or capabilities than some earlier equivelents. Also, while there are a few models made over the past 20 years or so that can work in the amateur 10 meter and 220Mhz bands there are far more that operate fine in the amateur 6 meter, 2 meter, 440Mhz, and 902Mhz bands and very few cover more than one band in one radio. Which band(s) do you want to start with? I suggest studying the online resources such as http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/ and http://www.batlabs.com/ (and other sites) to learn more on the complexity of each model and perhaps the investment you may have to make in programming materials as well as any special tools you may not already have. Generally speaking, the newer models tend to need only programming modifications where as some older models may need that and perhaps a hardware mod or retuning that requires some test equipment. Also, look around for a mentor in your area, someone further along with using commerial gear in the amateur band that may be willing and able to help you find your first radios and learn how to get them going. That's the best way I know of to avoid buying a radio on the wrong split or, buying someone's bench-built that may or may not work fine or, buying a radio that's been hacked into an unrecoverable fault condition, etc. my 2ยข, Gary
emt747 wrote: > Hello, > > Can anybody tell me what programmable moto mobiles can & will easily > (or not so easily ) go to ham frequencies > > Thanks, > > Brent > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
