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Model Information

By Robert W. Meister WA1MIK
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The following information was obtained from the Motorola MaxTrac Detailed Service Manual, "No Longer Available" (NLA). Some of the data may not agree with capabilities of the programming software. Note that this information pertains ONLY to the VHF, UHF, and 800 MHz MaxTrac models. Information on the 900 MHz radios can be found in this article, 900 MHz radio models by Repeater-Builder staff.

Additional information on MaxTrac logic and RF boards, plus firmware revisions, can be found in this article, An Introduction to the MaxTrac or Radius M100 / M214 / M216 Firmware, Logic Boards and RF boards by Neil WBØEMU.

GENERAL NOTES:

Generic Model Number Scheme:

The 12-character model number for conventional radios follows a reasonably uniform format, shown below in two tables:

First Seven Characters
DPower Watts Band MHzSeries
  0: 2 1: 29.7-50 AHA5: trunking
  3: 10-25 3: 136-174 MGA9: conventional
  4: 30-50 4: 403-470 MJA1: conventional
  5: 60 5: 806-870 MJA7: conventional
      MJA9: conventional
      MQA5: trunking
      MQA7: trunking
      MWA5: trunking
NOTE: I suspect that the MGA9 series is supposed to be MJA9.

As with most Motorola model numbers, you can NOT tell the band split (29.7-35, 35-42, 42-50, 136-164, 146-174, 403-430, 449-470) by information in the model number. You must open the radio and look up the RF board number.

Second Five Characters
ChansControl Head RevisionK
3: 2 04: 2ch A: earliest  
7: 6 A3: 6ch B: earlier  
D: 16 A4: 6ch trunking C: later  
J: 32 A5: 16/32ch D: latest  
  A6: 16/32ch trunking    
  B1: 2ch 1/1/0    
  B3: 2ch 2/1/0    
  B4: 2ch 1/1/1 T/A    
  B5: 2ch 2/2/0    
  B6: 6ch 6/6/2 T/A    
  B7: 10ch 10/10/10 T/A    
  C0: 16ch trunking    
  C3: 8/16ch 8/8/8 T/A    
  C5: 8/16ch 8/8/8 T/A    
  C6: 16ch trunking    
  C7: 10ch 10/10/10    
NOTE: In the Control Head column, the three digits separated by slashes (1/1/0, 8/8/8, etc.) are the number of trunking systems, the number of trunking sub-fleets, and the number of conventional channels that the radio is capable of, in that order. Also, T/A stands for Talk-Around.

Discrete Model Numbers:

General notes for the tables below:

29.7-50 MHz, 3 Ranges
ModelInitChnLB
D51MJA93A5_K 100 2 *
D51MJA97A3_K 300 6 *
D51MJA9DA5_K 300 16 *
D51MGA93A5_K 300 32 *
NOTE: The D51MGA93A5_K model number should probably be D51MJA9JA5_K to agree with all the other MaxTrac models.


136-174 MHz, 2 Ranges
ModelInitChnLB
D03MJA7304_K 50 2 *
D03MJA77A3_K 300 6 *
D03MJA7DA5_K 300 16 *
D03MJA7JA5_K 300 32 *
D33MJA1304_K 50 2 9123
D33MJA7304_K 50 2 9123
D33MJA73A5_K 100 2 9123
D33MJA77A3_K 300 6 9123
D33MJA7DA5_K 300 16 *
D33MJA7JA5_K 300 32 *
D33MWA2GC5_K ??? ?? ????
D43MJA7304_K 50 2 9123
D43MJA73A5_K 100 2 9123
D43MJA77A3_K 300 6 9123
D43MJA7DA5_K 300 16 *
D43MJA7JA5_K 300 32 *
D43MWA2GC7_K ??? 9 ????

NOTE:
The D43MWA2GC7_K model supports maximum 9 conventional channels and ofc minimum 1 trunking channel.

Source: Tsachi Yefet


403-470 MHz, 2 Ranges
ModelInitChnLB
D04MJA7304_K 50 2 5173
D04MJA77A3_K 300 6 5173
D04MJA7DA5_K 300 16 5173
D04MJA7JA5_K 300 32 5173
D34MJA1304_K 50 2 9123
D34MJA7304_K 50 2 9123
D34MJA73A5_K 100 2 9123
D34MJA77A3_K 300 6 9123
D34MJA7DA5_K 300 16 *
D34MJA7JA5_K 300 32 *
D44MJA7304_K 50 2 9123
D44MJA73A5_K 100 2 9123
D44MJA77A3_K 300 6 9123
D44MJA7DA5_K 300 16 *
D44MJA7JA5_K 300 32 *


806-870 MHz, 1 Range
ModelInitChn T/ALB
D35MJA73A5_K 100 2 No 9123
D35MJA73A6_K 100 2 Yes 9123
D35MJA77A4_K 300 6 Yes *
D35MJA7DA6_K 300 16 Yes *
D35MJA7JA6_K 300 32 Yes *
D35MQA5GB1_K 820 2 No 5172
D35MQA5GB3_K 820 2 No 5172
D35MQA5GB4_K 820 2 Yes 5172
D35MQA5GB5_K 820 2 No 5172
D35MQA5GB6_K 840 16/32 Yes 5172
D35MQA5GB7_K 840 16/32 Yes 5172
D45MJA73A6_K 100 2 No 9123
D45MJA77A4_K 300 6 No 9123
D45MJA7DA5_K 300 16 No *
D45MJA7JA6_K 300 32 No *
D45MQA5GB1_K 820 1/1/0 No 5172
D45MQA5GB3_K 820 2/1/0 No 5172
D45MQA5GB4_K 820 2/2/0 No 5172
D45MQA5GB5_K 820 1/1/1 Yes 5172
D45MWA5GB6_K 840 6/6/2 Yes 5172
D45MWA5GB7_K 840 10/10/10 Yes 5172
D45MWA5GC3_K 840 8/8/8 Yes 9123
D45MWA5GC5_K 840 8/8/8 Yes 9123
D35MWA5GC0_K ??? 16 Yes 5172
D35MWA5GC3_K ??? 16 Yes 9313
D35MWA5GC5_K ??? 16 Yes 9313
D35MWA5GC6_K ??? 16 Yes 9313
D35AHA5GB1_K ??? ??? Yes 9313
D45AHA5GB1_K ??? ??? Yes 9313

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