[TrunkCom] MTX-8000 Radio

[Tom Swisher]

"Matthew E. Engelbrecht" wrote:

> I have an MTX-8000 radio that I am using at the City that I work at and they
> recently added two more repeaters to the trunked system that are in the
> 868.XXXX MHz range.  Previously they had only 856-860.XXXX MHz repeaters in
> the system.
<snip>
> Is it possible that the radio does not go up to 868.XXXX MHz?!  I didn't
> think that Motorola would have only made the radio capable to go up to ~861
> Mhz?

Correct. The MTX will not do the 821/866 frequencies, and there is no
way to open it up. A few people around here ran into the same problem
with MTX radios and no luck on the 821 frequencies.

Sorry.

Tom WA8PYR
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