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Help with Spectra

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:27 pm
by cahilj
First, let me say I have no background in radios, so some of what you tell me will be Greek, but I'm a quick learner. I've done some research into Spectras, and found out what I could, so I'm somewhat there.

I purchased a Spectra (ID# is T43KMA7JA9AK) online while in Iraq, and when I got home last fall, I found out I had no way to program it (stupid mistake on my part). I ended up buying an Icom and the Spectra has sat in the box since then. I have tried to sell it a few times in various places, but I have had two issues with possible buyers-

1- Since I can't program it, I'm not able to actually test it. It powers up, but I have no idea what frequencies are programmed in, so, short of spending days with a scanner, is there any way to test RX/TX not knowing the frequencies?

2- I don't know the range. I opened it up and looked for the RF modules, but I didn't see any type of code or marking on them to let me know what they are, but I might possibly have been looking in the wrong place.

Any help anyone can give me, wether its a link to some info, or a picture or whatever would be great. Thanks in advance.

Re: Help with Spectra

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:51 pm
by Code3
http://www.batlabs.com/spectra.html

Scroll down to the TEST MODE section, specifically the TST FREQ portion. This should help you determine what bandsplit the radio is as well as testing it.