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How about for Saber disassembly nuts at the battery plate ? You needed one of these to remove housing and was pretty common bit back then.

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Yeah I know what you mean about Hiding the date codes in the past. I had some that could only be seen under a flashlight at the right angle.
Thanks guys, appreciate the replies.

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Anyone have the current Multiplier date codes ?
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Hi all, I've been running all M branded mobile radios for last 20 years and they all came equipped for ignition sense so no problem. Now I'm looking to add a amateur 2m radio that I'd also like to follow ignition sense but I'm only working with B+ and B- leads. I was thinking of running the constant...

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Yup, 'Made in Malysia' on the box. I was thinking 2013 as '13' appeared in both codes but RF makes points closer to what M has used in the past so 2011 looks like it. Used to be much simpler with same format on acc's/ Batteries.
Thanks guys.

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Thanks, appreciate the response. 'Use to' be predictable.
Found a date code on the speaker mic 1137 and the box 1386-MAL2, weird.

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Happy New Year !

I have a few Motorola Speaker Mics NIB (or NOS) coded 1386-MAL2 anyone have a clue on the date coding ? I don't think the model was available in 1986. Could it be 2013 8th month 2nd day or something similar ?

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Thanks Jeff. Yup, I tried that orange button a couple of times until nothing happened and then saw that power icon on the other button and tried that one as well. Tried powering with the standard Moto power cable then carefully applying B+ to pin 25 as well. Far as you know the official Moto cable h...

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Just obtained a couple of ex PD VHF mid power XTL2500 M5 radios dash mount. I attached a power cord and after getting no power up applied B+ to pin 25 with no result. Never had any XTL's before, is there anything configuration that needs anything to be jumpered ? Anything in the XTL series preventin...

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Just a word of warning on the 1177 chargers, the older ones at least use Astec Power supplies which I've seen problems reported with on Batlabs and I had one go up in smoke as well so if you're going to use them keep a watch on them while charging. Chinese batteries ? Also a cautionary word, I had t...

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The channel light would then come on to show which channel it stopped on ?

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For anyone that has a CDM750, do the channel lights chase (like old crystal scanners) when in Scan mode ?

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I notice you mentioned a RHD radio (low power) and a RKD radio (high power). Is this preventing the clone you attempted ?

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Looks like an add on board, with the M branded IC it could be a QCII decode board or could be an aftermarket board that just happens to use a Moto IC. If the radio was set up for ignition sense, yes you need to apply power to a pin on the 16 pin connector, the pinout is shown on the Main Batlabs site.

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That's a nice unit, I likely would have gotten one years ago if I knew they existed. I've been cobbling stuff together the last couple of years with mixed results unaware of something that fit the bill and ready to go being available. Looks like our usage is about the same, was planning on rotating ...

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Thanks guys, I have one enroute.

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Looks like a nice 5W repeater package with internal duplexer. Anyone using one ?

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Thanks Guys !

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Hi guys, Alright I'm still in an Conventional Analog world on my Moto stuff but recently had a couple of the VHF channels I like to listen to go P25 Conventional and I'm looking to get something to monitor. I've been seeing non display XTS1500's and 5000's on Ebay at the sub $150. mark that might fi...

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Hi guys, Alright I'm still in an Conventional Analog world on my Moto stuff but recently had a couple of the VHF channels I like to listen to go P25 Conventional and I'm looking to get something to monitor. I've been seeing non display XTS1500's and 5000's on Ebay at the sub $150. mark that might fi...

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Good deal. Thanks

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Thanks guys. The batteries I had left showed about 4.5 standing volts. After charging about 15 minutes and getting some voltage into them I was able to get them to go steady yellow (only about 5 min.) then went to steady Red. I'm guessing standing voltage on these 3 year old batteries was too little...

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Appreciate the reply. Guess I should have said NOS, they're 1413. Can't get the recondition to take, keeps going to red on every insertion. Will forcing the recondition work if these were by chance initialized in a non Impres charger ?

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Hi all, I have a couple of the single unit Impres chargers WPLN4114AR single unit non display chargers and (4) supposed New HNN9028AR Impres batteries. Upon inserting I get 3 yellow flashes then Steady Red for about 90 min. before finishing up as Steady Green. This is my first experience with Impres...

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Hi guys, Looking for coax recommendation. Setting up a portable VHF/UHF base station with Diamond X-30 on collapsible tripod. Coax run would be 50' and I'm looking for something with a stranded center conductor to minimize breakage. RG58 looks like a 5dB loss, RG8X is a little better. Anything up to...

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P110's are pretty cool, messed with them extensively in the 90's. Innards are identical to the GP300 they just put them in clunkier plastic to sell at a different price point with some different channel capacities. Can easily be recased into Gp300's to make them a bit smaller and if pre-1993 manuf. ...

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Oops I had that backward, just found the sheet that comes with Motorola NMO mounts. The models listed cover from 136-870 in 6 splits and it mentions that the spring washer and dielectric washer are to be used only for 136-150.8 MHz for impedance matching and as d119 mentions this washer effectively ...

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I recall with OEM Motorola mounts there was a removable washer that was supposed to be removed when used at the lowest of the spec'd. VHF splits which was the Air band, perhaps this would apply to the 6m, 11m antenna's as well ? Sounds like they should be checked one at a time to rule out interaction.

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EWA says only itinerant channels can be nationwide. In line with this I've noticed in ULS national retail chains with hundreds/thousands of locations have licenses issued for their individual locations (2 Km radius). These are IG licenses (Not IB itinerant). If one IG license would cover the nation...

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The Jedi's usually go +/- 10 MHz with good performance and sensitivity very close to in band results and within published specs.

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The claims on that antenna seem WAY too good to be true. To be saltshaker sized, wideband across 2 bands and claim to have gain also ? Coming from China raises suspicion as well. I Strongly suspect these claims are Not all the seller says and wouldn't try it on any radio you value without performing...

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Jedi's usually do about 10 MHz out of band with good results without tuning. Won't go much past 10 even with tuning, the hardware is self limiting.

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Just the 'D' revisions will do 2.5 KHz resolution necessary to access the 7.5 KHz spaced splinter channels. Different controllers, just like the HT1000.

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Power cords nice and tight ? I had an Analog Spectra show the same error years back and the issue was I was missing the main B+ Turned out radio was powering up with just the ignition sense line and showing that error while cycling on and off or perhaps you need recapping.

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If it's a UHF radio search SRN1202 might be your issue.

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And installed in the radio. Nothing usable on the flex just marked 072-0012-01

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The 4053's are multiplexers by Unisonic, so far nothing proprietary to identify these boards.

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Under magnification there are (12) 5W0176
(3) H4053 716
(1) 72AF2951ACMA
(1) 34181XAPH

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Under the 634-M sticker reveals it's a Motorola IC MC68HC705C8A Nothing difinitive in the datasheet for the IC.

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Thanks Jack.
Anyone recognize the manufacturer of these or know what CHP SWAT, Capitol Security detail was using before upgrade ? (these are from there)

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Transmitted carrier has a continuous lively white noise sound and modulation sounds similar to inversion but not as simple, more jumbled. Recovered audio thru like radios is quite good and white noise is stripped. There's about a 1 sec. delay on keyup on passing audio not happening when operating in...

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This look familiar to anyone ? Came out of a ex CHP capitol detail MT2000. Was attached to radio via soldered in flex assembly that plugs into module. Transcript/Midian doesn't think it's one of theirs. Looks like it's 1996 vintage. http://www.hostpic.org/images/1611180231260103.jpg http://www.hostp...

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Searching BatLabs it appears the f/w needed on MT2000's to support splinter channels is 2.13 for VHF .
UHF different ?
Reason I'm asking is I have UHF radios with F/W R02.03 and R02.11 which are not balking at taking 6.25 spaced 453.30625
Anyone know the cutoff for UHF ?

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Not rare at all. Most common probably DES-XL.

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Hi all, I have a few MTX838 mdl. B7 and would like to eliminate all trunking data so that I can clone conventional channels without having to do each one separately. I was able to eliminate some trunking data but it's looking for a system key to eliminate all. Any workaround without hacking ?

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Yup, MX300 series battery. Still have a couple going that are 16 years old but still hold a charge in the area of 70% YMMV. The KVL's have a small power drawer and I've heard of folks running them on common 9V batteries but never had the need to try.

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I just had some batteries in and they are labeled as IMPRES 2. Any idea what the difference is or what's special about IMPRES 2? http://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/two-way-radio-accessories/batteries/impres/pmnn4504.html#tabaccessoryinfo http://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/...

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