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Thx for that info. I am mostly concerned with performance a few mhz out of band, propably not below 146. nor below 442.

I'm probably going to wait until after I move before I decide which one to get but they are on my wish list anyway.

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My advice to the author is this:
Find a dealer that will let you test drive the radios. Hold them, touch them , squeeze them. Which one is the easiest to grip? Which one doesn't awkwardly bulge out of a rear pocket? What is the audio quality like? How are they built? (on the inside)
Those are things ...

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I'm seriously considering Vertex-Standard. Well made. A lot of features for the money, cheap and legal to program with real legal software, a serious looking radio (some models look like toys, some dont) I hear Kenwood makes some great commercial radios now but I can't say from experience. None of ...

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I'm also interested in the answer when you get a chance to check on it.

How about the vx600? or any mobiles?

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So CAP,

How did that big mac taste with all that yummy spit in it?

I wish the fast food restaurants would not use murs frequencies. If you're using those with someone who's new to radio with you and you hear orders being taken on your $2000 radio they ask, wow how do you get that on your C.B ...

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I don't know, I was talking to someone tonight who said they were having some trouble following the programming primer. At which point I told him he'd find *someone* via google of course, who was so proud of their accomplishment, they have already documented what you need to do step by step ...

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Well if you only plan to monitor....

I hear radio shack has some scanners still.

Lot cheaper than an HT1000 revision C or D, those are in hot demand and definately will be for some time.

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Unless you have some strange oddball euro version of it (Which would probably be called something else anyway) the MTS2000 is an analog radio.

PErhaps it refers to the securenet capabilities? I'm not much of an mts2000 buff, but I know with an optional module it will do securenet Maybe it has ...

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Yeah, ht600's go out of band pretty easily compared to some of the others. PRetty bland radio in the bells & whistles department but the rock solid lobster-like construction makes up for it.

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That's an easy one.

There is MBE (Multi-Band Excitation) and IMBE (Improved Multi-Band Excitation) and also AMBE (Advanced Multiband Excitation)

They are of course speech compression algorythms. They were developed for use in other digital voice applications, not just Project 25.

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Sure. My radio does select 5. What's the "modat" number?

After listening to some recordings online (hard to find with the actual burst in there) I've determined that it's 98571. If someone has a real good recording I'd like to slow it down and figure it out that way. Set it to go in less than ...

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Instead of using MDC on the ham repeaters, I use Select V. I have a 5 character value set for a 10 second burst pre and post. No one seems to mind. :lol:

In all seriousness mdc sounds different on portables than it does on mobiles where it has a richer sound, and on the portables it's more of a ...

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I have also noticed this with an in-depth anaylsis!
They also sound different with what you enter in there.

One thing though, is the length of the MDC burst adjustable? Because I've noticed that some are longer than others (slightly) and I know other data bursts are adjustable. MAybe that's it?

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http://www.mrfac.com/

Personally, for 2 or 3 radios short range, I would go with Murs. You don't need to licenense.
151.820, 151.880, 151.940, 154.570, 154.600
These frequencies are typically not used by anything other than businesses. If you are looking for quieter, try the ones that start with ...

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That is the same as the p50+. Only the plus had the keypad. It also has kwik kall II. You can usually tell if it's the low power (2 watt) version just by looking at it, but it's kind of hard to tell from that picture because they are in the charger. The high power models are taller.

Strange though ...

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Anyone know if Kenwood and Icom are the same way?

I inquired about becoming a midland dealer and my inquiries remained un-queried. It seems like they want their dealers in small towns (judging by the dealer locations list)

As far as the storefront thing goes, I think what Monty meant was you gotta ...

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Shouldn't there be a "china style" battery connector dangling out the side on some flimsy wires?

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And I would also add the following

having done this same project, only with a RICK, I took the route less travelled, being two antennas rather than a duplexer because I wanted to be able to have multiple frequencies in there. That way you can repeat frequency A sometimes and frequency B sometimes ...

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Thanks for that info walt. I think I've heard someone talk about that 900 system you have over there over IRLP before. Perhaps it was you.

I'm trying to source the cables though. I take it these aren't included with the board. I have been unable to find these either for sale or even a schematic or ...

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I have never taken a close look at an IRLP board, but what I would like to do is set-up a simplex node using existing mobiles (gm 300) with the board. I haven't been able to find any documentation on using it with motorola. I'd also like the option to link it up to a repeater on an as-needed basis ...

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Good excuse to buy another radio! :lol:
I should try that one sometime! I just throw them away as soon as the antennas get a litle bent and buy a whole new radio. Didn't know the antennas are replacable.

I have found that the Jedi series also has a delay, but unfortunately nothing to compare it to.

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Nand, where are you that you are "running out of frequencies"?

Would it be Southern CA, Chicagoland, or Florida?
Those are the only places I have ever heard of having really crowed ham bands.

There may be repeaters, but only a handful actually have users. There's a ton of 440 repeaters to use ...

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Well, those are some nice cabinets if "portability" is your thing, and it probably isn't. For the prices they have on their web site, you can build a small concrete block building/shed for that. I don't think one of those cabinets will fit everything in there comfortably.

Someone mentioned cutting ...

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A well established ham / retired RF engineer in my area uses a vehicle jumpstarter rechargable battery pack that you find in discount stores for $29. He uses this as his PRIMARY power! He claims to get 6 hours from it running his 2m radio at 60 watts. Simply plugs it in every now and then for a ...

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1 more thing.

I bet we can get 5, maybe even 6 or 7 Thank You letters out of this. All with your name on it Carl. Just think of how great that will feel to know your radios are being used for a great cause.

Habitat for Humanity opened up a "theme park" style education complex down here in GA ...

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you want them? gimme 50$ for all and pay shipping
gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme

Unreal.

Look, anyone interested in chipping in to the rescue the radios fund. I will begin calling organizations who I think would be very grateful for this equipment. Obviously 40 radios could be split up to ...

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I've tried very hard to keep my mouth shut here, but...

I've gone over the math. If you have 40 radios that work fine, just need crystals and maybe some batteries, that's still cheaper than programming synthesized radios because the going rate here in GA for that service is $35/radio.

Before you ...

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I hate to be a party pooper here, but if I told you I would send you a postage paid box to put them in, would you be willing to part with them if they were going to say habitat for humanity or some other worthy cause?

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I agree with you k4wtf,

I'm still trying to figure out why it is I like commercial gear so much. As are other hams. I think I got it figured out though.
1.) Durability- we all know about that
2.) Cost- love picking up a $900 HT (when new) for less than $50 on ebay
means you can afford to have a ...

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Thanks for all the really good ideas.

I am not new to leasing vehicles, and I baby them always. I have other vehicles for when the mileage is up. And I paid a little more in the front end for extra miles. A lot of times, when you turn in the car, if you lease a new car from the same dealer, they ...

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hey! that was supposed to be a secret! :lol:

Seriously, I am reminded of memories of camp counselors and teachers and whatnot with the moderators. They do what they think is right and it may give you a hissy fit, but some day you'll have a problem and they will fix it for ...

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I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but at least in my area, and I use about 2 repeaters several times daily, I have yet to find someone who is a ham that has any interest whatsoever in commercial gear.

Likewise, I have yet to find another person on this board who admits to liking amateur ...

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I think I got my radios picked out, but need some ideas for antenna placement. Got a nice spot picket out for the radios too.

The roof is obviously the best spot. But I just can't bring myself to do it just yet. I will have to graduate to that after some time. I am in that googely eyed stage where ...

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Thanks for all the help, Znarx.

Just out of curiosity, which csi model are you using? Simplex or duplex operation?

And what radio are you using with it? How is it connected?

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YOu may look at http://www.connectsystems.com
They make a feature-packed simplex and duplex phone patch that you connect to your radio. I have not done it but I plan to do it soon, as you would see from my post in the lounge about 2 hours before I read this here.

Anyway it costs about $350. They ...

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This very same thing happened to me 2 days ago. I went and bought an aftermarket programming cable, and used it with an aftermarket rib. I got the serial bus error message too. Tried everything I could think of. Finally gave up and took it to a local radio shop who programmed it while I waited 10 ...

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I had a great experience with Radio Communications today. Very helpful and courteous. Very nice shop to be in too- good decorator! They are my radio shop from here on out. They sell motorola & kenwood & nextel

Radio Communications Inc
1895 Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross, GA 30071
(770) 717-2777

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I don't know what you're smokin :D but none of the radios in the Genesis series have bandsplit

I am smokin marijwanna that is rolled up in pages torn out of a 1992 Pagecom catalog (now Bearcom)

See the image below

It would seem as if the last number in the model # corresponds to the band split ...

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I was curious. Is there an alternate source for the plastic housings for portable radios other than Motorola? I would like to do some surgery and looking for the best source of the case on a radius portable. Thanks.

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that's what I was afraid of.

Yet for some unkown reason P200's do indicate the split in the model number.

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I have search all the previous messages/batlabs and was unable to find a model number decoder that corresponded to this model number anywhere.

H44SVU7160CN

I am trying to find out the band split.

And I even went to Panik's web site and he's got several ht600's listed with this very same model ...

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If I were you, I'd call up Ed (the guy who sold you the RIB) and ask him how you know if yours is defective. I'm sure he will send you a new one to try. I have one of those and every time I think it's not working, it turns out to be something stupid like the com port cable is not pushed in tight ...

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I can't even find anyplace to mount the radio inside either. It's probably going to be jammed in between the seat and the center console for the time being until I can figure something out. But that's a whole other topic.

You mean to tell us that you bought a new car but the very first thing you ...

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Suggestion!

Back about 10 years ago, HT-90's were used at religious institutions, schools, hotels, hostpitals.... you name it.

Now they can be had for $10. You know they are swell, so why not just get those. And same thing for "Spirit" or "radius P-10" if you are looking for something smaller and ...

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HEEEE LOW? What planet have you been living on? :P

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109433,00.asp
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-992976.html
http://www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,48893,00.html
http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,78621,00.html
http://www ...

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I'm surprised to see this one still floating around here but I'm glad it is because over my weeklong trip in the northeast, I heard that on a HAM repeater.

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. Apparently there is someone in the area who gets off on keying over us, recording us and playing it back over our repeater. They even RECORD OUR VOICES AND PLAY THEM OVER OUR LOCAL PD'S REPEATER AS IF ITS US DOING IT! I've spoken to the police and the owner of the repeater. Neither care or are ...

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You may find some answers in this post:
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=18005

But it seems to me like you're spending $10.00 worth of time on a $0.10 problem.

Where the heck are you that you're having hacker problems? What is it used for? Please don't tell me it's GMRS. The only radio ...

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Starting your car creates sparks. An overloaded trailer with a dragging chain makes sparks.

I always thought the whole issue behind using radios and explosions was because if you are in a blasting area where they were detonating explosives by radio control, then the potential is there to set it ...

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