How to tell what core you have?

[Astro_Saber]

Im guessing this has been asked before, but how can you tell waht core radio you have is?

I dont have rss so im guessing since it was fasc capable I believe its at least a 6d

[alex]

I believe that if you hold down the monitor button for a few seconds, and the radio beeps, you have a 6D or 8D core. If it doesn't, then you have a 5D core.

-Alex

[Astro_Saber]

going to have to say that doesnt work i dont have any program buttons set up as monitor

[alex]

Hrm... I would say program one for the sake of finding out!



-Alex

[Astro_Saber]

if you scroll up i say i dont have rss

[alex]

On 2001-11-18 18:28, Astro_Saber wrote:
if you scroll up i say i dont have rss

DOH! (I retract my previous comment)

-Alex

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: alex on 2001-11-18 21:45 ]</font>

[Tom in D.C.]

Okay guys, here are the facts: I have three 5D core Sabers. If you hold the monitor button down all you hear is noise. I also have a 6D core Saber. If you hold the monitor button down you hear noise, but after a couple of seconds it also makes a beep, which means the radio has either a 6D or 8D core. It reads as a 6D. The monitor button is NOT programmable; it only does one thing. The RAT buttons are programmable but only on 6D and up radios.

Tom, W2NJS
...in D.C.

[Elroy Jetson]

Correct. The monitor button is always a monitor button on a Saber. Hold it in. The radio will unsquelch. IF it beeps at the two second point, it's a 6D or 8D core. If it doesn't, it's 5D, no other possibility.

If the monitor button doesn't unsquelch the radio, there's a problem with it. Probably the flex circuit.

Elroy

[Astro_Saber]

well when i got my radio the ahole, didnt program CSQ in it so all it does is take away the pl codes. cant find anyone good to program a radio these days

[JohnDo]

You clould have a MX xxxx

they have a 5i core and also beep when you push the monitor button in for 2 sec

John