[arm-allstar] Programming Motorola CDM1250 for Use with Maxtrac Adapter?

[ve3rwj at winsystem.org]

Hi.

 

I’m about to respond to this for sale ad. 

“I Have 7 Mobile Radios UHF 400-470 Mhz, 45 Watts CDM-1250 model
AAM25RKD9AA2AN, complete with Mic, Bracket, in excellent shape, free
shipping in Canada. (He wants $115 Canadian, about $100 US per radio).

 

I’m blind, and the Motorola programming software is not accessible to my
Windows screenreader. So, I will have to ask him, or someone else, to
program it for use with my Maxtrac and Pi running Hamvoip.

I know nothing about Motorola really, other than the quality is great.

 

Questions:

Can these be set to lower power? If so, which power level should I choose?
i.e. I want to generate the least amount of heat. Yes, I have a
temperature-controlled fan ready to go on top of the radio. Some radios seem
to generate more heat on their lowest power setting.

 

Besides putting in my frequency (446.140 simplex), what other things does he
need to program so things work with the Maxtrac and Hamvoip? This needs to
be plug-and-play.

 

The noe is in a basement, below ground, and will be connected to a ¼ wave
wire j pole, and I do not typically get any intermod on 70 CM. Do I really
need to set a PL tone? I’d prefer full audio bandwidth, i.e. not engaging
Hamvoip’s audio filtering if possible.

 

All help greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Chris