Motorola MTX 838
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:16 pm
will a Motorola MTX 838(looks like a mtx 8000) model # H01UCC6DF3AN do talkaround i need to know for local P.D.
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:38 pm
Yes it will. Wouldn't be for metro T.O. would it?
Re: Motorola MTX 838
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:15 pm
Yes, factory set for a maximum of 10 conventional channels, or 15 talkgroups, or a combination of both.harrisjt2000 wrote:will a Motorola MTX 838(looks like a mtx 8000) model # H01UCC6DF3AN do talkaround i need to know for local P.D.
Todd
mtx
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:49 am
ok what version rss is it the same one as mtx-8000?
mtx 838
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 5:50 am
the only thing i can program mine with is the mtsx LAB. But i have 99 channels with the continuous rotary(only reason i have it). My 2 position switch under the channel selector is set up to do TA.
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 6:34 am
Note that many "Privacy Plus" radios will not do the so-called "821 Channels" (866-869 and 821-824).
mtx
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:22 am
the ones i have do 823.XXXX and up maybe down to so is it just some of them that do that or all??
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:29 pm
I don't know for sure.
The PP radios I'm most familiar with are MTX8000 and MTX8250, and none of the ones I've seen (which is quite a number) will accept an 821 channel either for conventional or a control channel, though they will track to an 821 channel for voice in response to an OSW.
Interestingly enough, the STX radios I've encountered will accept 821 channels.
So I don't think there has been a consistent policy. In general, the 821 channels are limited to public safety, so (in theory) there is no point in including them in a commercial radio. But then rigid consistency has never been a Motorola trademark.
The PP radios I'm most familiar with are MTX8000 and MTX8250, and none of the ones I've seen (which is quite a number) will accept an 821 channel either for conventional or a control channel, though they will track to an 821 channel for voice in response to an OSW.
Interestingly enough, the STX radios I've encountered will accept 821 channels.
So I don't think there has been a consistent policy. In general, the 821 channels are limited to public safety, so (in theory) there is no point in including them in a commercial radio. But then rigid consistency has never been a Motorola trademark.
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:34 pm
All of the MTX8000 that I have programmed have been able to accept the 821.XXX freqs. Not to say that they weren't "played" with before I got them from Fleabay.. 
-Tony
-Tony
mtx
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:43 pm
whats said to be public safety freq. and cocommercial freq. on the 800 mhz band?
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:40 am
Yes, very likely played with. RKG is correct, a factory MTX8000/838 will not do the PS portion of the band (821-824, 866-870) by default. You must either modify the bandsplit in the MTSX.ODB file, or use a version of LAB to enable that feature in the radio. Other than the 'MTX838' sticker on the front, the radio is identical in every way to the MTX8000.central150 wrote:All of the MTX8000 that I have programmed have been able to accept the 821.XXX freqs. Not to say that they weren't "played" with before I got them from Fleabay..
-Tony
The STX radios were considered 'Public Safety' grade radios, and could do the PS freqs regardless if they were SmartNet capable or not.
Todd
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 5:53 pm
They both use the same version of RSS.