Kill the power. Pop the control head off. Make sure the circuit board is firmly seated inside the control head (push it in). Also make sure the ribbon connector is fully inserted on both ends. Let us know if that helps.

Actually, the R.I.C.K. book does include dip switch settings for bi-directional repeat. You need to make sure the the mobiles have TOR programmed to output on the correct pins. If you need, I can write down a step-by-step.... I do this frequently...

Jon

Edited to add it anyway....

S2-1 On
S2-2 On ...

It is nice software - I used the free version testing the telephone line audio cards. Works great. If only it did more channels.... I just shot the guy a paypal donation to see if I can get the "pro" version and play around with it. Who knows maybe it will work?

Jon

Its also very easy to remove the plastic frame around the accessory connector and carefully solder a wire from the ignition pin (where it hits the PCB) over to the V+ bus. Takes less than 5 minutes and I assure you works well - have done it to probably 30 or 40 of them. Nice internal mod that can't ...

Hello all (again),

Reading the recent post about two-tone decoding software got me thinking about a project of mine that is (still) sitting on the bench waiting for me to finish it. I have a PC with a number of audio inputs and would like to use it to record a few tactical channels. For the sake of ...

Hello All!

I have a R-2200B service monitor with a few problems. I normally just use this for frequency error, so I have no idea how long this other stuff hasn't worked. I notice that deviation alarm, power meter reading, and actually the deviation reading (period) doesn't work. I have the service ...

Hi all,

Im designing a RICK type product for the use of tying two radios together (single or bi-directional) configuration that works faster than a RICK. In the past I assumed the EASYLink from IDA was the answer, but its not. In high moisture environments, the telephone connectors corrode (like in ...

I'm going to bump this. I have a WHOLE BUNCH of CDM mobiles that are driving their users absolutely crazy with slow PL decoding. If a CDM and a Maxtrac are put next to each other, the Maxtrac is MUCH faster at decoding the PL, and opening the receiver. The CDM also (not surprisingly) has a long ...

No offense, but I think a suburban is overkill.

I use a 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX. 25 MPG, lightning fast, run 8 strobe lights in the front (fire chief) and a pile of LEDs (all undercover). The rear of the vehicle (what you are interested in) contains a service monitor, watt meter, tons of crimp ...

To make a REALLY long story short, my FD is looking at having a series of members who can be dispatched by two different frequencies, either of which may be active at one time.

Is there a way to set up the M5 to alert if the QCII set is dropped on either of the frequencies?

To clarify....

151.100 ...

Hate to ressurect an old thread.... BUT

Has anybody with a Vertex VXR-1000 ever found that when another VHF signal is 'on-the-air', the unit will not key up to repeat something?

In other words, our setup may be...

450Mhz Mobile
150 Mhz Repeater

If a radio is talking on 149.850, the 150 Mhz VXR ...

I just got off the phone with QuickMount (again). The only productive suggestion they had was to run the whole radio setup off a separate power supply (like an Astron) and see if the problem went away. They also suggested a bad ground. The two QM boxes have their OWN awg 10 grounds to a substantial ...

Got a good one if anybody on here has any suggestions....

Installed dual CDM1250s in a Pierce Dash with quickmount boxes. When the headlights (high beams) are turned out, when the Q2B is pressed, when a hard bump is hit, when the moon lines up just right, etc. the control heads fade to black and ...

I have had the same thing happen to a Min V Low Band we bought (one of the first ones). Its now deaf to the world unless its close to the broadcast tower. Sensitivity is now worse than a min III.

Jon

60/hr shop 120/hr field

This comes with the explaination that we do not charge for technicians "shooting the $hit" .........

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Hi,

Getting ready to install into a utility vehicle. 2 CP200 portables need to live in this vehicle, so it would be ideal if they had their own chargers in the unit. Moto does not make a CP200 vehicular charger per se (do they?). Suggestions? I'd like to be able to squeeze 2 of them side by side ...

In all fairness, have those 1250's that were problematic been checked out afterwards for alignment?

To my knowledge, they haven't been checked. Almost every 1250 they have doesn't transmit very good at all. They've had them for about 2 months now.

Check alignment, programming, and make sure you ...

I've never had any problem with CDM Series radios and use them in dual head configurations on a number of fire apparatus...

Jon

that is the case, they bought it from another vendor and we are just installing it, the place is local and also does do installs, they just don't get much of the business

Well assuming you are a dealer for the equipment in your hand and the customer bought it somewhere else.... actually whether ...

Just looking for some advice. We received a new led light-bar to install, don't know so much if brand matters, that wouldn't power up on our test bench prior to install. After troubleshooting and opening up, found that the power supply was unplugged, making it a quality control issue. After ...

Have you thought of fender mounting one of the antennas and leaving one towards the rear of the vehicle on the roof? The vertical seperation might make a big difference.

pretty common on american cars to switch the high beams on the positive side, whereas some forgien cars switch on the negative side.

Hey,

My Subaru WRX (made in US) has positive switching for headlight power (in other words +12 gets turned on to the bulb common lead) and uses negative switching ...

RIGHT NOW, the control stations are on another roof-top several floors below the paging transmitter. It has a noticable effect on weak signals there. In a few weeks, it is moving up to that same rooftop as the paging transmitter and I just anticipate it being totally useless on the same horizontal ...

The sad part is... we own the paging transmitter!

RIGHT NOW, the control stations are on another roof-top several floors below the paging transmitter. It has a noticable effect on weak signals there. In a few weeks, it is moving up to that same rooftop as the paging transmitter and I just ...

Buy the louder, new and improved Minitor V!!

Jon

It's done? How did you do it and did it speed up what you were aiming to speed up?

Jon

I noticed one thing that all of these incidents have in common. That’s that someone illegally accessed a trucked radio system, hence the computer hacking. Would the same “computer hacking” laws also apply if someone were to program conventional frequencies into there radio?

I highly doubt it ...

Our county is currently operating on Low Band. Due to circumstances outside of our control (geography and lack of maintenance in the com center), the low band really doesnt work in our area (especially in buildings). My fire company set up a VHF to lowband repeater on our base station. Its basically ...