[TrunkCom] MTX-8000 Radio

Fri, 18 Jan 2002 06:44:35 -0500

Matt an MTX 8000 can be opened up, however very carefully.    check out
http://www.batlabs.com

You need to edit a LARGE file in the DOS Only version of the MRSS Software
called the odb file.

Bill

PS  Mine works fine up to 869 Mhz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Swisher" <[email protected]>
To: "Matthew E. Engelbrecht" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 21:26
Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] MTX-8000 Radio

>
> "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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