AdmiralCochrane

Looking at similar equipment on eBay, I noticed one seller noting that some of his resale items may be password protected that might take extra work to brick and reset. Buying from a seller like Used-Radios.com is going to get you a guaranteed ready to use machine; worth an extra few bucks in my book.

We had ducting in MD last week ahead of the weather front and got full signals from upstate NY and central MA. A guy in MA looked up our local repeater PL and joined our morning net; sounded better than some of the locals.

Companders are what make cell phones sound like 'regular' phones and not the cheap wireless junk that was first on the market. In olden times, you could tell when someone was on a wire at home or holding a cordless. Back in the stone-age of cell phones, Fujitsu was the first handheld using a compander. People where shocked when they called my number and discovered I was on a cell because the voice quality didn't give it away. Yeah, I rode dinosaurs too.

Did anyone else notice that the MXT-400 price seems to have jumped $50 everywhere during the past 2 or 3 weeks?

After my wife figured out I had the com cable driver and Midland software on different ports, I got my MXT400 programed as I want it. Confirmed you can program the blank channels to something new and that the radio recieves 70cm HAM just fine if you program it to receive it. I have 8-14 programed to monitor nearby 70cm repeaters as a convenience. When I first turned my radio on after programming and went thru the channels with the dial or hit scan, it only went up to 22, but when I pressed the up button on the mic, it went all the way thru all 30 channels and now always sees the repeater channels. May have needed to be cycled on and off again or something like that. Still waiting on 65 ft of LMR 400 to do my permenant antenna mount above my roof line.

It took me several tries, but Facebook finally showed me the posts from mid-May. It really was a lot to search thru the way Facebook presents itself to my browser and computer. My wife almost always sees things a day ahead of me, even when I click most recent. Thanks again for the help (and the picky details).

Could you point out the rude part of my comment? I asked for secondary help, no sarcasm or rudeness in the text. I truly wanted to know how far down to scroll. Thanks for the detail I was hoping to find. Is there a time limit on how far back the search feature works on? I really used it and came up blank.

I scrolled and scrolled and scrolled and I used the search feature. Came up completely blank. I don't ask for help unless its just not visable at all, I didn't ask just because it wasn't in the top 10 posts, I couldn't find it all.

Has anyone tried programing the blanked out unused FRS center numbered channels to monitor 70cm HAM repeaters? Waiting for my programing cable, already wrote it into my software.

I see the data port, but the Midland plug does not seem to be that type. The generic cord on Amazon is an octopus. How would I know which of the 3 or 4 that have the correct plug diameter is the correct one if it is this port?

How far down? I looked thru it and its like saying you will find the answer in the newspaper.

Clarification question: Does the MXT400 program thru the microphone port? The Midland programming cable appears to have an 8 pin rj45 and its one of the octopus ends on the generic cable on Amazon.

Many thanks to all who have chimed in on this thread. I guess I better get on this. I am attempting to make a Slim JIM for the repeater part of the band, having it attached to an actual functional radio should make a difference.