Programming the Motorola SP10
a.k.a. 19-1206
"We've got batwings, and 12,000 less employees..."
The SP10 is a 1 watt handheld radio transceiver designed to operate on one
of 16 different frequencies assigned to low power/itinerant communications
in the VHF-hi business band (150.775-174 Mhz.). While this is one of
Motorola's "low end" radios, the quality is still up to Motorola's
excellent standards. The SP10 is commonly available; even being sold by
Radio Shack, and a preliminary inspection indicates that the unit should
offer many opportunities to the RF hacker. A full review of the SP10
appears in the February 1996 issue of Popular Communications magazine.
To program the radio, remove the battery compartment cover, battery, and
plastic cover underneath the battery. On the bottom right hand side of the
radio you will see four dip switches. The position of the dip switches is
what determines the operating frequency. Use the table below to determine
what dip switch settings pertain to what frequency; where 0=ON and 1=OFF.
Frequency Switches Frequency Switches
--------- -------- --------- --------
151.625 0011 151.655 1000
151.685 0101 151.715 1010
151.775 1001 151.805 0110
151.835 0010 151.895 1101
151.925 0001 151.955 1100
154.490 1011 154.515 0111
154.540 1110 154.570 1111
154.600 0000 158.400 0100
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It would be my guess that most, if not all, low-end Mot handhelds have a
similar method of programming. Also, the Relm MPV32D
http://www.usascan.com/files/mp32.html is another possibility, since they
are easily field programmable.