SP50 telemetry

fawest · Post by **fawest** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:48 pm

What does 3 short beeps when you release the PTT mean? I have a couple here and they both do it.

Thanks

Al
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nh7cy · Post by **nh7cy** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:49 pm

is it anything like the low battery chirp you hear on many moto radios?

might be an aftermarket board on the radio too, i've never heard of an sp50 doing that before but i know they'll beep after PTT when the battery is starting to run low

fawest · Post by **fawest** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:58 pm

Thats what I was thinking, but I have hooked them up to a power supply and they still do it. I'm charging up an almost new battery to see if the beeps go away. Thanks for the comeback!
73
Al
K7JUB
Tucson, Az.

nh7cy · Post by **nh7cy** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:05 pm

no problem

also did you try looking at the inside of the radio to see if there were any special boards inside? anything unusual showing up in the software?

fawest · Post by **fawest** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:19 pm

Yup, I've opened up both radios and there are no "suprise" boards inside. Good try though Jason! Thanks

73
AL

nh7cy · Post by **nh7cy** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:39 pm

Lol alright, well be sure to post your solution if you find one, now you've got me interested to know what it is.

RadioSouth · Post by **RadioSouth** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:12 am

Yup, like already stated sounds like the low battery chirp. Before releasing the PTT take a look at the TX light, if it's blinking rather than
glowing steady that would confirm the low battery condition. Or in your case the power supply not providing enough voltage or current.

bellersley · Post by **bellersley** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:21 pm

Strangely enough I've heard of this on a few SP50 radios before. I don't know much about how they work inside, but perhaps the circuit that senses the battery voltage has gone insane and is always thinking the battery is dead? Isn't there a way to disable low battery beeps?

ffighter_94 · Post by **ffighter_94** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:06 pm

You should be able to change the Alerts setting in the RSS. I think it has Battery Warning Lights, Beep, Both or none. Or something like that. While we are on the topic of SP50's, I have a couple of 10 channel SP50 Compacts that I picked up the other day. To my suprise, scan is not an option in the RSS. It that a version issue with the radio? Or do the VHF not scan? I have a rental fleet of UHF that all do, I was suprised that it has no mention of it at all in the RSS. SP50 v 2 on DOS.