Motorola UHF Business Radio

A Motorola two-way radio was stolen from a management office approximately a day ago. We believe we know who has the radio, and where they live. They were broadcasting over it for about a 24 hour period and finally the battery wore out. The communications by these kids were also including profanity, and caused a great deal of disruption to business for that entire time period. They also stole other items as well as a security/special police radio and were broadcasting over that as well. The battery is now dead so they may ditch the radio, however if these kids are later caught somehow with enough probable cause does anyone know what "federal" charges are possible? Not sure if it falls under the wire tapping statute or something else. Im hoping someone from the FCC or someone familiar with this can help. They would of course be charged with possession of stolen property at the local level, and possibly Breaking and Entering if it can be proved, however I'm looking for federal charges.

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The radio is a motorola HT1250 and is programmed to 466.XXXXX MHZ and was stolen and being used inappropriately all day and interfering with business. What kind of device specifically could I use to know where the radio is located when they start transmitting again if they find a way to charge it (they forgot to steal the charger). I know the general area within a 1/4 mile of where the radio is being used. I want to see the signal on the meter get stronger as I walk closer to the person thats using it.

I would suggest talking to your local HAM radio guys. ( Look up the local group for your area on google) It is possible to triangulate the radio, but you need some seriously fancy equipment to do so... ($$$$$) There are radio's which do have signal strength indicators built in, but it's not much use for the pin point accuracy you want.

I have some commercial radio for my business and I am trying to sell them. I have the Motorola HT1250 LS Are there any companies or websites that I can post them on? I need to sell them fast. I already placed it on Ebay and Craiglist.

I have read over many times GMRS, HAM, FRS, and MURS documents. I know MDC Signalling which is used on Motorola Products Is prohibited from use on FRS and GMRS. I havent found anything on the MURS though saying you cannot use MDC 1200 (- or +) signalling on MURS un licensed freqs. Of course certain restrictions apply like cannot exceed 2 watt output and no repeater, and no antenna exceeding 20 ft. but does anyone here know for a FACT or work for the FCC that MDC signalling isnt allowed on the free VHF Un licensed MURS channels? I am GMRS/HAM certified though planned to use a MURS channel for my small business within the store/property. I know it is also prohibited to run on carrier mode using MURS and DPL/PL must be used and not interferring with other users in area. I know the factory 2watt Moto's for MURS use a cheap chirp at end of transmission for user hearing, so bascially would the MDC signal tone (just for that purpose, not a PTT ID system) be illegal to use on MURS?

47 CFR 95.1307 "Permissible communications" states: (a) MURS stations may transmit voice or data signals as permitted in this subpart. (b) A MURS station may transmit any emission type listed in Sec. 95.631(j) of this chapter. (c) MURS frequencies may be used for remote control and telemetering functions. MURS transmitters may not be operated in the continuous carrier transmit mode. (d) MURS users shall take reasonable precautions to avoid causing harmful interference. This includes monitoring the transmitting frequency for communications in progress and such other measures as may be necessary to minimize the potential for causing interference. 47 CFR 95.631(j) states: (j) A MURS transmitter must transmit only emission types A1D, A2B, A2D, A3E, F2B, F1D, F2D, F3E, G3E. Emission types A3E, F3E and G3E include selective calling or tone-operated squelch tones to establish or continue voice communications. MURS transmitters are prohibited from transmitting in the continuous carrier mode. Those alphanumeric emission designators are defined in 47 CFR 2.201. F1D and F2D stand for frequency modulation of a single channel containing quantized or digital information without the use of a modulating sub-carrier (F1D) or with the use of a modulating sub-carrier (F2D), excluding time-division multiplex, for data transmission, telemetry, or telecommand. While I'll let others debate the finer points of whether MDC-1200 is F1D or F2D (see http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=54757 ), assuming MDC-1200 is either F1D or F2D, then MDC-1200 should comply with 95.631(j) unless there is some other limitation on MURS of which I'm not aware or the FCC has some other interpretation, provided the transmission is not made using a "continuous carrier mode." You'll note that someone in the discussion on batlabs.com mentions Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH of the FCC. You might want to check to see what his thoughts are on MDC over MURS.