WHAT IS THE MOST SENSITIVE MOTOROLA RADIO?

GJ · Post by GJ » Tue May 28, 2002 5:20 am

I wonder what will be THE most sensitive radio Motorola has ever build!
I know my MX3000 is more sensitive then my MT2100 and MTS2000, both the MTS and the MT ar tweaked to the max but the MX3000 beat them almost anytime....

Greetings,
GJ

ricciticcitembo · Post by **ricciticcitembo** » Tue May 28, 2002 6:00 am

Yup got my vote too. Analog Sabers rulez

phrawg · Post by **phrawg** » Tue May 28, 2002 8:01 am

Nope ! Gotta be a lo band mitrek I have one on 6 meters ham
(52.xxx mhz) measures .07 Uv for 12Db sinad. Could not believe it
so tried on several different svc monitors and got .07-.08 every time.
I honestly believe it can really hear a gnat fart at 3.7 miles. Phrawg

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue May 28, 2002 12:06 pm

I once had a Maxar 80 that used to cry when I brought it near other radio's.

It was really sensitive.

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Tue May 28, 2002 6:19 pm

maxar 80's do seem to cry they feel some how lesser of them selfs

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue May 28, 2002 6:38 pm

I second the lowband Mitrek...I hoard every one of them I can get my greedy little hands on (:

If you stick a coat hanger in the SO239 connector, you car pick up an cricket farting in Hawaii.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue May 28, 2002 7:58 pm

I have noticed my UHF P200 seems to receive better than my HT1000's, both radios check the same on the service monitor and the Boonton gen. A UHF M100 receiver is good without the antenna switch in the PA.
AND I will second the Mitrek LB.

JAYMZ · Post by **JAYMZ** » Wed May 29, 2002 8:59 pm

My vote for the most sensitive.....GP300

I cursed and screamed at mine one day ina fit of rage and it locked up and never worked again......the radio took a trip to get repaired(replaced) and I went for sensitivity training.

john g8xgs · Post by **john g8xgs** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:11 am

i have gp300,s and a gp900-99
by far the gp 300,s seem to be far better than the 900
if only they came up with a 300 that had 900 functions
ie the following:-
wide band "designed" 303-370
more than 16 channels (hacked or unhacked)
ability for "public safety mic"
squelch overide
repeater talkround
alpha tags are handy

for close in work i would always use th gp900-99
but in marginal areas gp300 comes into its own!

sglass · Post by **sglass** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:05 am

for portables it's a tie for me between my vhf mt1000 and my gp300

the mt is just hair better though

gp's surprise the hell out of me though.

bernie · Post by **bernie** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:52 am

My two bits worth:
As far as effective sensitivity is concerned my choice is the 800 meg MSF5000. (-120Dbm 12DB SINAD)

It seems to me that the GE 4ER6 tube type "twin coffin" was speced at .2uv.

What use is a receiver with -125 Dbm bench sensativity when the site noise is -110Dbm?

MTS2000des · Post by **MTS2000des** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:42 am

my VHF Saber analog can hear things my Kenwood mobile with 3db gain antenna can't. It also runs circles around my Jedi's and VHF Visar.

jmr3865 · Post by **jmr3865** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:51 pm

my ht1250, wait was this for the best sensitiby or worst? If it's worst, ht1250!

Post by Pj » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:39 pm

For mobiles, its anything 20+ years old.

The x9000 that I have/had outperform anything else I have owned. Went from x9000 to spectra, lost some radio with that, and spectra to astro spectra and seemed like I lost more.

At one point I got rid of a lowband x9000 for an ORion, and went back to the x9000. Just can't say enough good things about it.

I have noticed somewhat the same with portables too. Newer they are, less they seem to be.

motastro1 · Post by **motastro1** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:26 pm

My VHF A4 Spectra has great recieve.It is using a 1/4 wave antenna on the trunk and hears stations 2 or 3 counties away.I am so impressed with it I just got a UHF A9 from the same guy so I hope it performs just as well.

sglass · Post by **sglass** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:22 pm

I have a 900 spectra that's kinda sensative, if I don't talk nicely to it-it cries

Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:07 pm

I have to agree with PJ here. My 9000 is the shiznak when it comes to sensitivity! If I even think of looking at another radio, tears start to well up in it's display.

wazzzzzzzzup · Post by **wazzzzzzzzup** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:21 pm

i have a MT500 that was factory crystalled, stickered and tuned for 154.600 its date code is something like 1982 and it's sensitivity on that freq blows away my HT600 GP300 p100, GE MPA and it even seems to hear a bit better than my VHF AS3 *sniff* wish the AS3 had its sensitivity. but love it anyway. i dont know what the mV of the reciever is, but it will definately hear stuff well that the other radios cant, or barely.

wazz

Tony Soprano · Post by **Tony Soprano** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:34 am

I was glad somebody mentioned the MT500, one of the finest public safety radios ever made. Of note were the three 17.9 MHz receiver filters, this receiver was exceptionally clear and sensitive. A similar receiver was used in the Pageboy II series, which also happens to be one the most sensitive voice pagers I've ever seen.

Tony

1 Adam 12 · Post by **1 Adam 12** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:48 am

For the portables, I also have to go with the older units... the MT500 and the MX series. I had one or two MXs that absolutley where incredible on rx.
Mobiles, the Syntor and the MCX1000 also when properly tuned did quite well.

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:01 am

my vote is for the X9000 decks....we have three that routinely pick up the CMED channels from out of state (we're in hartford, ct area) with the monitor open...

DJP126 · Post by **DJP126** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:51 am

I wonder what will be THE most sensitive radio Motorola has ever build!

Since you made no specifications as to radio type, I would have to say the radio that Motorola built for the Voyager space probe. That was still recieving command functions when it went past the planet Pluto!

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:12 pm

Yeah, they don't have to worry too much about intermod out there

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