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I wondered when that was going to start making the rounds. W9CR has an amazing site, btw (not me, but I learned a great deal)

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........if you're not married to moto, the EFJ5100 will do exactly what you are asking. Its' what I am running. Not as sexy, and audio leaves a little to be desired, but...

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.... or a .mil type, would be more likely.

Shawn

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Hey;

Does anybody have a list of all the features you could have ordered with a new MTS2000? Also, could you get Johnson Trunking as a MTS feature, hack the radio to accomplish it or is that strictly for LS radios?

thanks!

Shawn

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Sorry. Wished I had saw this earlier. I did a LOT of research trying to build one up for a project where the end result was to run two sirens in parallel. What I never could find was a digikey or mouser p/n for the plugs to fit the jacks. I had them narrowed down, but never found one that would work...

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I have always wanted this handheld control head. Now I have one. Problem is, I'm not sure which radios I can hook it to. 1 - Search feature appears to be down for me. 2 - googling doesn't really answer the question for me. 3 - Yeah I know. Cart<>horse. I get it. Thing is, for this application, I am ...

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Also, allegedly, the XTS2500 is capable of this, as well. Also, there are supposed to be two types of FPP personalities, some have enabled both in their radios (allegedly) with some untoward side effects. Additionally, the JT1000 needed a special doodad to force it into programming mode, right? It w...

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Since we are talking about alternate boards, and we all are appear to be members of them all, what happened Hamsexy??? First the Lounge started having problems, then HSF. I blame motorola.... lol On a serious note, I have ALWAYS appreciated the other forums. Because of how critical a resource the La...

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Anybody have a low cost source for fully populated XTS/MTS and MX accessory port connectors? I need a couple each. Don't really want to go the shoulder mike and solder route...

Thanks!

-Shawn

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I think I can speak for us all when I say that I am truly glad you chose to be clothed when you shot the bumper pic....

Did you run into any unforseen hitches upfitting the ex?

-Shawn

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This guy I found has a bunch of what he calls data cables. One end has a MTS/XTS style plug, and the other a DB9. I think I have the pins in an email.... I'll try to look for it. I *believe* the cable is a NKN6504. You think this could be whacked to build a keyloader cable? He's on ebay, hope its' h...

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they need to be on the same channel. Not to sharpshoot, but, no. The only people on the entry team talkgroup needs to be the entry team and everwho stays behind to quarterback. There needs to be an incident (what the hosedraggers call fireground, I think) meet me channel so that they can all give i...

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Another point I haven't seen covered: When you are doing your thing, the LAST thing you want is multiple radios AND your surroundings AND your team AND the suspects all talking at once. Oh, and your personal phone and your department batphone ringing, too. With nextel chirping. The most I have ever ...

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"quad band" Well, if the dual band is two sided.... one of you guys aughta photoshop a four sided radio. Look like a fencepost with antennas poking out of it..... lol At least they aren't following their legacy business plan. If they did, the data side would be covered by a plate, and they...

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So, I am guessing my old 486/33 will remain benched.

doh. someone needs to reread a post, huh.... sigh

-Shawn

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Will - funny that you mention that, as I read it was actually reading that very topic! I figured my DMM might not give me what I needed, so I am planning on bringing my scope home and seeing how much of a difference in states there are. OR, I may just blindly change the values. I have radios backing...

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So, you don't find the 486 too fast for the earliest stuff? I have a 486/100 toughbook that I tried, but didn't have much luck at all. I even found a way into the UARTS to slow them down, and still had all kinds of errors. What I thought I would look for is a 286, but maybe this 386 I have now shoul...

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I have been having the *worst* trouble lately. My venerable old programming laptop finally unrecoverably died. So, I bought a new one on eBay. They said it was one speed, they lied. So, I bought another. It's finicky as hell. It doesn't like my sandy ganz rib or something, because it will NOT let me...

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Reading this thread, a thought occurs: If he is telling the rss to save to a specific location, say c:/mrss/archives, and the program hasn't been changed to reflect pulling information from there, it might be trying to search inside its' own archive and coming up empty, saying, no, that isn't a vali...

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I came back here to answer that.... I saw two the other day, but couldn't get the camera in time. Just as he says, they are pop open vents. Looks like a flap on top. ...... or, they could be part of the men in black early warning system, but I am putting my money on the vent concept. I kinda thought...

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but it gets obnoxious when anyone with a lip or magnet mount posts some pictures. That's because, often times, you see people that compound problem upon problem with what I call "mag mount syndrome". I am NOT saying that there can't be a professional job that includes the use of a magneti...

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Hey - basically, glass mounts suck. In addition to what Tom says, you gotta be certain that you clean the glass well, that there isn't any tint in between the aerial side and the box side, and that whereever you mount it a little aught to stick up over the roofline. Seriously, unless you have a spec...

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THAT sounds like a GREAT idea! Thanks much!

-Shawn

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Thought I would stir things up a little.... Reading through the threads, and talking to people, what is it with the huge reticence to make a permanent change to their vehicles? I mean, they seem to let the car drive them, so to speak. You should be having vehicles that perform what you want them to ...

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What they are trying to tell you is that all consoles are just variations on a theme. Some might be better implementations than others, but they all kinda sprang from the same well. If you are trying to build one in metal, everything you need is at your local big box hardware store. Wood is the same...

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Another question: Does the mission requirement say it *has* to be a dual band antenna? A seperate VHF-hi band and a UHF antenna could also be plexed together if you don't have seperate ports on the radio, and a VHF-hi antenna isn't all that tall at all. Another thing you touched on but I don't think...

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You can unlock the radio most times yourself. You use one of the knobs like a vault combo dial, and punch in part of the VIN, if I recall correctly, and a sequence of buttons, and it unlocks it. I can look for the doc on how to do it, if you can't find it via Google. I *think* it may even be in the ...

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Another thought.... You might could get an aftermarket (single DIN) stereo, and use the leftover space in the double DIN to mount a radio. (I forget what you said you wanted to use, sorry). If it's a really big radio, you could even go as far as mounting it in the glove box, whacking the glovebox to...

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you could do the time honored bolt-it-horizontally-to-the-center-console trick. I don't care for it, but it is a quick solution.

Personally, I'd get froggy and whack that center button trim piece out and make a custom center install, but some people fear the drill....

-Shawn

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late 70's early 80's model suburbans. Anything else is a crapshoot anymore......

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you certain those are antennas?

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Pretty much as it says. I am doing a custom job; I have a L band sat dish that I am modifying. It has a fiberglass radome in marine white, I need it to be a little more inconspicuous. Can I paint this a flat color like black, and if I can, what kind of paint can I use that won't kill the RF? Thanks,...

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It was the aftermarket rib. Everything else swapped out ok. Go figure.....

-Shawn

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Does this series have a convertacom? Basically I am wanting a HHCH setup for a GP380 low band.

thanks!

Shawn

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Hey, sorry for the confusion. Talking about the image thing, I was referring to a way where I could basically copy the hard drive on the dead computer to the new one (I didn't do it). DA is simply a DOS program that gives me a list of programs; I select a letter and poof I'm there. No changing dir's...

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Actually, I wanted to just burn a disk image, because I use Direct Access for menu support, but I couldn't. It is failing the com test on all of the maxtrac s/w I have. They allege to be COM 1, which is the setting that works in the other s/w. I faintly recall a way to slow the UART down in either D...

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Be careful and look before you pop your holes. There are stiffeners where the dome lights are, and it makes it a LOT harder fishing through there. It can be done, but had I known, I woulda moved an inch.

-Shawn

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I really did search, and I tried the things I saw, but nothing seems to help. I got a new computer to replace the old one that finally gave up the ghost. It is a 386SL/25, running on slow speed (so says the BIOS). I have a Sandy Ganz 2.0 RIB, and built my own cables for the most part. This setup pro...

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he says it works just as good as the ball-mount they used to use: Dang dude! 6 inches high, 6 inches wide, and almost 60 inches long.... I could rip off my luggage rack and put two up there cophased.... LOL The untenna sounds like the way to go. Wonder how many hundreds of dollars one might cost? T...

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Wow - been some good posts here. I look forward to seeing some of the information you guys are bringing. I also appreciate all the technical explanations, too. I would really like to learn more about the center loaded antennae; the few places offering anything besides the ol' ball and spring don't m...

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But, why? Why would it have to suck? Technology has been pushing the edge of the physics behind propagation for years now. We've reaped the benefits in the other bands. Sure, it's a long wave. And no, I wouldn't expect to be able to talk to Canada. But there has to be a way to get a little range and...

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Yes, I am serious.

There would be a market for it.

They can make a 18" CB (27MHz) antenna. Why not something similar for 37?

-Shawn

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I tried posting this once but the forum ate my idea. This might be stupid, but have you considered doing this: Take your VHF portable, put it on a conventional frequency somewhere in the middle of the band, unscrew the antenna to deafen the front end, unsquelch it and use it like a detector under th...

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mostly. Everwho said the case is the ground gets a banana. Single wire to the rear is B+. Front yellow with black is ACC SENSE. The two we talked about is audio out, but on an 8 ohm speaker, it's quiet so I am thinking line out. Remaining wire is a trigger for the radio system, when it pulls hot it ...

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well..... it works....

I'll have to use an amplified speaker, and I am still waiting on a schematic to align it, but at least it works......

-Shawn

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That's cool. I found the patent for that case, guess they were afraid of copycats or something.....

-Shawn

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Ok, now here's something you moto guys can help with. I was searching by the patent numbers in the box, when I found this: Motorola Service Manual, Aug. 1980 Entitled "1980 Ford Remote CB Radio 80-2" Apparently a guy named Richard T. Skill was the brains behind this project. AND I learned ...

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WELL, the one guy came through and I have a scan of how to install it. Hopefully the other will so that I can align it properly.... http://www.kenselectronics.com/manual/indexM.htm Ford 80-2 models 5FD8002 thru 5FD8028 . . . . . . . factory Service Manual Looking at the scan, I have to go back and g...

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Well... tentatively, a guy on ebay has sold me a diagram for ten bucks. That's reasonable I suppose. And, I paid for, but have yet to recieve, a schematic from another place. We'll see....

But it sounds like Dave aught to have this data crammed into a nook somewhere, huh? lol

-Shawn

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Well, still no joy. People selling the manuals on eBay want from 15 to 30 bucks to scan and email me the single page. I am in the wrong business. I have a lead on a schematic, hopefully,this company will return my email. Trying to get back to the junkyard before they toss the car.... Ah well, we pre...

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