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Wow; I'm trying to reflect on where I was in my life almost twelve years ago when I left my pithy comment for this thread. Well, a PD I once worked at used two-channel GP350's. We beat the crap out of them and they never had any issues. No speaker/mics or fancy holsters. A couple guys used some of ...

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Lol thats why we're moving to the Swissphone product. I personally have used a Swissphone for at least four if not five years and they work great. The receive is par with the Min II's and they are very tough. In fact, my original RE529 Swissphone is still in service; now held by "the new guy" as it ...

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I'm trying to gather up information for a proposal to phase out our Minitor II's. I can't keep up with the repairs. Does anyone here know when the Minitor II was initially sold to the public and when it was last sold? Also, when the Minitor II reached End-of-life with Motorola?

There are only ...

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Interesting; I will do that and report back!

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I just checked the Eaton UPS management logs. The voltage stays at a constant 122V. The input power slowly fluctuates from 122V to 124V so that looks okay.

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My apologies, --- it would usually clear with a hit of the transmit button --- not hitting the "Monitor" button again. So basically, it is not reverting back after hitting the transmit button. I'm running over there right now to get a voltage log form the Eaton rackmount UPS that powers the MTR and ...

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Here is the setup: MTR2000 on VHF with a DPL of 131. It is hooked up to a C200 Tone remote deskset at the radio and a VoIP link to Central Dispatch. It works well. TX's from the deskset just fine. RX's just fine. The problem is odd -- it has never done this before until now. When someone presses the ...

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Anyone happen to know what the latest firmware is?

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I actually got through to Swissphone N.A. and they stated that their wideband pagers in circulation can be changed over for a small fee; around $25. I also heard that the narrowband pagers are working on wideband just fine too.

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Whats the bottom line on this? I can't find anything specific on this. Will we have to throw all of our Minitor II's and Swissphones in the trash for narrowband ready ones?

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The quick and dirty is that we are linked to central dispatch via a Motorola Canopy wireless LAN setup and then utilize Telex's VoIP IP-223 boxes on each end to tx/rx audio to the MTR2000 at our fire station. This was all done in response to 10 years of the frequent failure of the wireline ...

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I would like to record audio from a MTR2000. What kind of connector is the P5601? I see that I can buy an interface cable from Motorola (01-85180U01) but I don't have time to wait. Is this a modular connector or a special-must-order connector?

Would I be better off pulling audio from the wireline ...

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Update: Our wireline's Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Program authorization code was designated as a level 05. This is a very low priority and according to our dept's communications genius, we should be at a level 03. So in a nutshell, it is in the works to get our restoration priority ...

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By all means the cheapest plan would be to just spit fire at AT&T when there is an extended delay in repair and for frequent outages. As kb4mdz was saying; involve the Public Utilities Commission. My goal here is to have a solid path to the remote transceiver. With our allegedly 40-year old wireline ...

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I'm using Tsunami's at work right now, never have had one issue with them; I never even thought about using them for this application. I know that Canopy have special public safety versions on 4.9Ghz too. I'm utilizing the link estimator right now...

Results are in -- we would have an estimated 0 ...

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When my 9C1's alternator blew out last summer I bought a used OEM from eBay for $22 shipped. It was the lower amperage one (105amps I think?) but I haven't had any problems EVEN with my 110w Syntor X9000 with siren. I run front strobes and everything else is LED. There is a noticable dim when I key ...

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It is a remote tx/rx site powered by a MTR2000. If the wireline goes down, we go down. No one has "lost their life" because of this (under 400 runs a year total run volume) but its starting to get me angry. Some folks have suggested an alarm line that would give notification if the line was broken ...

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We have a transmit/receive site that is connected to central dispatch via wireline. We have had nothing but problems with this setup for at least the past 10 years. Are there any recommendations for a fail-safe setup? We currently utilize VHF and the state's 800Mhz digital system has decent coverage ...

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This bump is just for reference since the providing website no longer provides free copies of the manuals. Thanks to web archiving we can revisit ye old days of the internet. Enjoy:

http://web.archive.org/web/200302171843 ... guides.htm

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Its doesn't have the little shark teeth on the end like a mini-UHF.

Its too small to be a TNC too. I really need to get out there with a caliper and measure this up.

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My first reaction was that they were just "reverse SMA". Then I examined the threads. This is just a tad bigger in diameter than an SMA. I will try to go out in the production area tomorrow with a digital caliper to verify this. I brought along a SMA antenna last time and this connector definately ...

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Can someone help me identify this type of connector - it looks like a reverse SMA on steroids. It is just a tad bigger than a SMA. This is a 900Mhz data radio for a Fluke logging device. Half of our units have true SMA connectors and the other half have this odd connector.

http://pics.brienware ...

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The 2100 bar is a great bar. Very bright and comparable to any of the Whelen Liberty series. Your frustration, and others, seem to float around the LED-X modules that are used in some of the 2100 bars. The Optix modules are the ones you need. I have no clue why Code 3 still sells the LED-X modules ...

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its too bad they with the LED technology that they at least didn't offer the capability to satisfy every type of customer. I like the random though; random like a rotator bar. Many PD's around us have the Optix bars and they are very effective.

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So if you have to go above level 1, you need to look for the cause of the problem

I know the cause of the proble. Poor pager design. It is as simple as that.

We have purchased five Minitor V pagers in the past year and EVERY pager has had problems and EVERY pager has been returned to motorola ...

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Yeah I washed away the WD40 and put a dab of sil-glyde silicon grease. I just need this baby to work for a few years until the entire area finally goes to digital.

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Item Number. 0780200E01

BRKT TRUNNION SPKR BLK
Unit of Measure: 1 EA
Est. ship date Available List price Your price
09 Apr 2007 Y 9.00 9.00

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Anyway I always use the 15 pin accy cable for intercom interfacing. One simple capacitor added to the Spectra and away you go.

Will, are you using the capacitor on the speaker hi wire to remedy any balancing?

This is what I've figured out in reference to the DB15:

Spkr Hi = Pin 6
Spkr Lo = Pin ...

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KI4M good work, you nailed the problem right on the head.

After dissassembling everything, there appeared to be a small band of garbage on the shaft. Cleaned it off an everything was good. I should note that I had to work the shaft out twisting back and forth while spraying it with WD40 ...

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What radio are you talking about specifically? The type one Maxtrac's and MTX800's can be made to work with type II I believe. Search the forums and you should quickly find something.

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Yeah I pulled off the knob immediately and saw the black gasket. Had a little bit of "juice" on it; looked like a dab of silicon. I wonder of that continuous rotary knob is servicable - if there is some sort of spring inside that keeps tension that needs to be adjusted.

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Thank you W.E.C. for the quick response. $47 from Motorola and a 20 day lead. Looks like I'll buy one from them and get an eBay one and see who wins the race.

Has anyone ever experienced their A4 head rotary knob freezing?

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Can anyone relate to this happening? I searched the forum and couldn't find anything close to this. I haven't had the chance to disassemble the head. Its so jammed up that it won't turn anymore. Anyone know a part number for the rheostat? Thanks guys.

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Yeah I noticed that the MR-1X (Spectra) interface cable is $180 too. Is it necessary to used their interface box since I have the schematic? Could I just sacrifice an old mic cord and broken head?

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As an update, I finally had some time last weekend and could spare and hour.

I'm a little frustrated after rewiring and resoldering connections in the snow and intense cold. I'm almost ready to give up on this until the early summer. Anyways, after rewiring, I am very confident that its either the ...

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Yes, I was referring to the 2100 bar with optix. Its very reliable and bright. We have it in red/white and looks good during daylight.

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Yeah I'm referring to this speaker:

I will search for it very soon.

Thanks!

***UPDATE***

Found it on Mot's businessonline site. $9 each plus shipping. THanx!

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Thank you Cowboy!

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Does anyone know the part number for an external speaker bracket? Its the same bracket for the square plastic speakers you see with the old Spectras and even the rounded-edge "modern" speakers seen with the MCS's.

I have searched the businessonline.motorola.com without luck.

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We have a 2100 LED bar that works perfectly fine. Very bright and effective. I am clueless why people hate this bar.

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I called today regarding a Minitor V I sent in about three months ago; I totally forgot about it until I read this post. When I made the phone call, I couldn't find the reference number for the RMA (I have it somewhere). To make a long story short, Motorola has NO RECORD of this pager being sent in ...

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Is it easier to get a license to use freq's in the 160's or 170's for use with vehicle repeaters?

I'm considering a plan to install VRS units or Pyramid's in some apparatus.

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Would have you complained it if was a an XTS5000?

Your little event has reminded me - I shipped a Min V in for repair about four months ago and I have totally forgot about it. How long does repair take?

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Are you trying to decode QCII tones via P25 digital?

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I have used this setup for at least two years without any problems. I will verify the supply voltage tomorrow. I have checked the siren speaker pin out and it does have that R83 resistor installed.

Its just odd that it only works for little bit and quits. I will try attaching a BP100 siren in the ...

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correct; it never flashes "SPKR SHORT".

Odd, since I have used this speaker for a couple years with this siren unit. Maybe I should swap the contacts going to the speaker?

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Alrighty; received an 1185 siren box from eBay and it does the same thing!

Same old problem. I did notice that sometimes the siren works. Sometimes now (with the old and replacement siren box) the siren will put out wail/yelp/hi-lo/airhorn tones. Then if you drive for a random amount of time it ...

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Hmm... I've only had DoD investigators pull up and go into my house once. Twice is the charm?

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Alrighty; The EXT RAD works just fine and broadcasts audio thru the 100w Dynamax speaker.

The LED does work for the Siren button; to turn on the EXT RAD I hit the EXT RAD button and then hit the SIREN button and the red LED lights up and it works normally. If I hit any siren tone or the manual ...

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