So, before you buy your radio make sure you make yourself familiar with the Motorola’s model numbering system. I ended up selling the radio on eBay and using the money to buy the right radio. Not great, since amateur repeaters are down around 440MHz. The radio I purchased was configured for 450-512MHz. But there’s a catch, there’s more than one flavor of UHF. The one I bought was UHF, which should be fine since the repeaters I want to talk to are UHF. Some are VHF, some are UHF, and some are 900MHz. There are many different XPR6550s out there. Out of the blue, I found one at a garage sale, for far below market value and scooped it up. I had been using a club XPR6550 and decided to look for one. But having moved downstate recently, I decided I wanted to stay involved in DMR, and needed to purchase my own hardware. For a long time I just used club equipment. Please respect this.Some years ago my club (W8YY) joined DMR MARC as the first node in Michigan’s UP. We cannot jeopardize the ability to provide the RadioReference services by allowing this activity to occur. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola). The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate just purchase it.įor M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so.

Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:

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