Out of Band

Many commercial radios were not designed to operate in the amateur radio bands. However, many of these radios will tune to and perform well on almost all the frequencies allocated for amateur use (within their designated bands, obviously). Most radios will operate with nothing more than a software modification to allow for programming out of band frequencies, some radios include the amateur bands in their frequency range, and a select few radios will require hardware modifications to allow them to tune to the frequencies in the amateur spectrum.

Out of Band Radio Support

Motorola Radios

Jedi Series
HT1000	Fully working, shift-key method
JT1000	Unknown
MT2000	Fully working, hex-edit method
MTS2000	Fully working, hex-edit method
MCS2000	Fully working, hex-edit method
Astro Series
Astro Saber	Fully working, hex-edit method
XTS3000	Fully working, hex-edit method
Astro Spectra	Fully working, hex-edit method with hardware mod

Methods

Shift-key Method

For early DOS-based software such as the Maxtrac and Visar RSS packages, entering out of band frequencies is as simple as holding down the shift key while entering your desired frequency. At first this will appear as though you are typing jibberish into the frequency field, but it will automatically change to the entered frequency when you exit the field. Note that you must fill out the entire field while holding the shift key, including adding extra zeros as necessary until you run out of space. Some RSS packages will give a warning about out of band performance, but for the most part you can ignore this.

A partial listing of known RSS packages that support the shift-key method is shown below.

• HT1000/VISAR RSS
• Radius/Maxtrac RSS