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Hi,


I purchased a few pallets of these brand new in the box from the FAA government auction. I have not received them yet, but I am eager to know exactly what they are. I thought they were motorola astro repeaters? But I do not know for sure... any idea??


Thank You For your help..

Radioman25 wrote:Hi,


I purchased a few pallets of these brand new in the box from the FAA government auction. I have not received them yet, but I am eager to know exactly what they are. I thought they were motorola astro repeaters? But I do not know for sure... any idea??


Thank You For your help..

Your not going to get much help without some detailed information. It would be of great help to have model numbers and or part numbers of just what is in boxes that you can't read the label from the pictures.

Jim

We can't even tell what's in the boxes from those pictures. Could be a bunch of Sp50's for all we know.

Love these people that make a post, ask a question and then slither away. Guess they don't care about getting any help they asked for.

Jim

Jim202 wrote:Love these people that make a post, ask a question and then slither away. Guess they don't care about getting any help they asked for.

Agreed...

This may shed a little more light on the subject: http://forums.radioreference.com/motoro ... -item.html

You have a Motorola URS Modem of some nature

This should be the dial up and leased line variety depending on configuration

Saying that is what it is then congrads on the lot should they all be the same

CoM

chartofmaryland wrote:You have a Motorola URS Modem of some nature

This should be the dial up and leased line variety depending on configuration

Saying that is what it is then congrads on the lot should they all be the same

CoM

You're right. That's what the item in the picture is - a Codex modem leased line. You can see the fold down front panel cocked slightly open in the upper left corner. You can also see the RJ cord accessories sacked on top. Judging by the plastic, this is late 90's product just before MOT dropped out of the game entirely. Probably V-kitchensink leased line with dial backup synchronous network modem that were very popular for large data users before the interwebs. Not quite boat anchors yet. There are still applications for these, but not many.

Like this Codex 3600 for sale on eBay:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/ ... ~~60_1.JPG

And tellingly these FAA references:

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policie ... entID/8780

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policie ... entID/8777

Out of curiosity would something like this work as a dial-in point to dial into a remote repeater and control/tx/rx from a phone handset or is this completely different gear?

They're modems. Primarily intended for leased line service, but they can be configured for dial up. After that, it's strictly data they pass. So, you would need an appliance that could turn whatever you do into whatever you want the other end to do. You'd probably have to invent that device, but there are books for that. In the olden days, they tied work stations back to a mainframe that processed your airline tickets, or your insurance, your credit card purchase at the gas station, your stock broker's order, or the reorder of chickens and toilet paper for the grocery store. They generally were not into turning repeaters on and off back then. But, they did like to monitor site doors and stuff.