OT: Fujitsu Ten radios
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2002 10:29 pm
I went off today in serach of a problem with a cross-band link for one of my ambulance corps (the VHF side was stuck in CSQ)
The previous radio person (long since gone) had a thing for using the cheapest radio available, so I've been getting rid of a lot of Maxon, Midland, etc. I was afraid of what I would find at the site, and was initially rather relieved when I found a Motorola cabinet that my 2135 key opened without a problem. That's where the happiness ended.
Inside the cabinet were two Fujitsu Ten mobiles, one VHF and one UHF, with a shop-built controller, and a power supply (no mics, documents, etc.). The whole thing was apparently put together in 1989 by a now defunct shop.
Luckily, fixing the problem was as simple taking the VHF mobile off of monitor mode.
Does anyone have any information, or sources for information on Fujitsu Ten radios? These were the first I'd ever seen. The models were: FTM40-3092H (UHF) and FTM15-3092L (VHF). I'd love to find any information, manuals, and programming requirements (not that these will be hanging around if they develop problems).
The site itself made for an interesting visit. The site is located in the attic of a 100 year old chapel on top of a mountain. Since access is a bit of a climb, new equipment goes in, but old stuff doesn't come out. At the far end of the attic was an amazing collection of old GE, military, and ham gear, as well as a couple of gutted Twin Vs.
In addition to our cross-band link, there is a similar station for one of our FDs, and several remote bases for the county Bureau of Emergency Services. The AC wiring is scary (old wiring and screw -in fuses), and the back-up power is not existant. The only grounding in the place was on our station, and that consisted of a piece of 1/2" braid, connected with a Stak-On to a cabinet screw, running to an aligator clip clamped to a radiator. Not a Poly-Phaser in sight.
And- this is one of the primary public safety sites, with the installs done by "professionals" Time to make some noise...
The previous radio person (long since gone) had a thing for using the cheapest radio available, so I've been getting rid of a lot of Maxon, Midland, etc. I was afraid of what I would find at the site, and was initially rather relieved when I found a Motorola cabinet that my 2135 key opened without a problem. That's where the happiness ended.
Inside the cabinet were two Fujitsu Ten mobiles, one VHF and one UHF, with a shop-built controller, and a power supply (no mics, documents, etc.). The whole thing was apparently put together in 1989 by a now defunct shop.
Luckily, fixing the problem was as simple taking the VHF mobile off of monitor mode.
Does anyone have any information, or sources for information on Fujitsu Ten radios? These were the first I'd ever seen. The models were: FTM40-3092H (UHF) and FTM15-3092L (VHF). I'd love to find any information, manuals, and programming requirements (not that these will be hanging around if they develop problems).
The site itself made for an interesting visit. The site is located in the attic of a 100 year old chapel on top of a mountain. Since access is a bit of a climb, new equipment goes in, but old stuff doesn't come out. At the far end of the attic was an amazing collection of old GE, military, and ham gear, as well as a couple of gutted Twin Vs.
In addition to our cross-band link, there is a similar station for one of our FDs, and several remote bases for the county Bureau of Emergency Services. The AC wiring is scary (old wiring and screw -in fuses), and the back-up power is not existant. The only grounding in the place was on our station, and that consisted of a piece of 1/2" braid, connected with a Stak-On to a cabinet screw, running to an aligator clip clamped to a radiator. Not a Poly-Phaser in sight.
And- this is one of the primary public safety sites, with the installs done by "professionals" Time to make some noise...
