Simple answer, They market and sell to commercial and government customers and their band splits (and everyone else's for that matter) reflect that.
Now, can we get back to discussing repeaters please? Thanks, Dan KA8YPY On Jan 20, 2008, at 5:26 PM, MCH wrote: > I'll take a few XTSs or XTLs for a couple hundred bucks each - or even > $600 each. > > But that aside, why is a P25 radio the only one you should be able to > get to do 440-476? > > Even so, P25 is a small percentage of Motorola's entire line. > > Another point: If the radio has a bandwidth of 62 MHz, why can't I get > one to do a 36 MHz bandwidth of 440-476? Why can't I get the radio > to go > 5 kHz "out of band"? You USED to be able to do that. Why has Motorola > made their units (again, I'll say it) so ham unfriendly? > > Joe M. > > Mark wrote: >> >> With all the amateur P25 repeaters going in in the major metro areas >> why wouldn't be an option. Astro portables can be found on ebay for >> as low as $200 in a model I to six hundred for a decent model III, >> all with the correct flashcodes. >> >> Yes getting the programing equipment and CPS is a pain in the rear, >> but getting tham as ham radios isn't a problem. >> >> --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, MCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Buying A$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. >>> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
