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Thanks. That is what I figured the answer was going to be. I guess my dog will just run and hide every time the other dept gets toned out and the pager goes off :lol: Anybody else have a dog that listens to their scanner and can tell the tones and the names of the depts that surround you? Thanks aga...

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I am trying to set up my pager with 3 sets of tones. I have my home dept that I would like to have in the OFF duty position (call1). For ON duty I would like our neighboring depts tones (call 2 & 3). We are auto mutual aid 6am to 6PM but dispatch seems to forget to stack tone us. Since I work in...

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My '08 1500 for work has the sensor in the middle of the dash. If it gets a notebook, hat, etc.... thrown over it the lights will come on and radio will dim.

Kevin

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Ordered one up...we'll see how it works out.

Kevin

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I figured I was taking a chance on another one....guess I'll have to order up a PCMCIA serial card.

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I am trying to use a USB-serial adapter ( I know some don't work). The first one that I bought didn't do anything on the radio but the second one trips the display to "PC" so I know that it is communicating in some fashion. What I was wondering was if anybody knows what the serial settings...

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From looking at the auction he has the 2 individual radios and also the cable kit (KRK-7DB) seperately. These can be dual banded but there are some internal mods that need to be made. I just set up a TK-690/790 in my truck. I set it up dual band with dual control heads. I have been very pleased with...

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The TK-690/790 is a dual band VHF low and VHF high setup. It has the function of a x-band repeater built in. I am looking for a legal highband freq that I can use.

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I have my Kenwood TK-690/790 set up now and I am looking to setting up a x-band from our lowband dispatch freq out to my highband handheld. I am wondering what would be a legal freq for me to use. Would I be able to use a MURS freq? Thanks for any input on this.

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Bump......

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My fire dept uses TK-760 in all of the vehicles and TK-270 & TK-272 protables. I have programmed a 2-tone alert into all of these for an in house alert system. Using KPG-56D for programming I can set the alert tone volume (changed from continuous to level 31) in the TK-760. It seems that this is...

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My VFD just put in a highband VHF repeater and also a second channel for interior attack. I programmed a 2-tone alert into all of the radios for a "get the HE** out" warning. We can also use it through our repeater for a "self dispatch" while we are waiting on the 911 system to d...

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System??? I was 4 miles line of site to the tower with 110 watts on 46.060 and they wouldn't answer me. I hate to say it but our whole 911 system in this county is a joke. Our FD highband repeater worked like a champ though. I am so glad that I convinced them to spend the $$$ on it. Kevin N2ZPY

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Well I got to put this system to the test the other night. I responded to a 1 car rollover with 2 ejected in a neighboring district the other night......long story about our lousy 911 system and them sending all the fire/EMS units to the wrong end of the district. It was very nice not having to keep...

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Fullsize picture is here.

Fullsize picture is here.

The lowband and HF mounts on the rear were designed and built by me. I have been very happy with them.

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pics are here......

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I finished the main install in my 2000 S-10 ZR2 yesterday. I already had the IC-706 MkIIG set up on HF - 440. I added the TK-690/790 with dual heads. The main head is installed in the front for everyday use. This head will eventually be upgraded to the advanced head. The second head was set up on th...

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I am not sure what our GE stuff is set at but all of the Kenwood around our station are set at a 60 sec TOT.

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For some reason the ign wire is not working properly. It will function fine within about 10-15 min of the ign being turned off but any longer and it will not turn the radio back on. The MLS radios in our engines have had the power buttons disabled and just have the main power leads hooked up to a sw...

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Can someone give me the procedure to disable the power button on a lowband GE MLS. I am looking to not use the yellow ign wire and just switch the main power to have the radio come on and off.

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Just ordered one.

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I am in need of a schematic for this programming cable if anybody has one. If anybody can help it can be emailed to mtckb@catskill.net

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I use windows media encoder to broadcast the audio from my house so that I can listen at work. Very easy to set up and I have had 0 problems with it.

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Well I have decided on the MV8317 LEDs that are 5500 mcd. I jsut ordered 1000 of them for $159 (enough to do 4 bars). I just sent in an order to digikey for a batch of N-channel MOSFETs to do the switching and a 6 position rotary for the pattern selection.

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I have now located and purchased both radios. I am looking to set these up as a dual band with dual heads. I am wondering if anybody has any documents to help me with this.

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I am looking for a .pdf of the install manual or an online link to it. I have purchased a 790 and I am looking for a 690. If anybody has access to this file and is willing to share it email me at mtckb@catskill.net .

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Opinion about LEDs to use if I build my own bar....... I have narrowed it down to 2 different LEDs that I am looking at for this project. Both are from Fairchild Semiconductor. The first is part # MV8317 and the second is MV8306. The 8317 is a 5500 mcd with a 12deg viewing angle. The 8306 is a 3500 ...

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I haven't really decided on the other part of the lights. All that I have now is the circuit. It looked like a good project for one of these cold northeast nights. I am thinking about ordering more of the yellow LEDs from digikey and making my own bars to go in the front and rear windows of my truck...

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The thing that drew me to this is that you can set your own patterns. It is all done in the PIC programming......... ;****** Pattern 0 ****** p00 equ b'11111110' p01 equ b'11111101' p02 equ b'11111011' p03 equ b'11110111' p04 equ b'11101111' p05 equ b'11011111' p06 equ b'10111111' p07 equ b'01111111...

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I ran across this circuit the other day and thought some of you might be interested in it. http://www.interq.or.jp/japan/se-inoue/gif/pic6_11a.gif It will control up to 8 lights with 5 different flash patterns and you can change the programming to your liking. I have my test board finished and now I...

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I have always had decent luck with that stuff from Home Depot. You can buy in multi packs and save a little too. Glad to hear you are putting wire in the walls.......I work for a phone/cable/internet company and nothing bothers me more than a customer who remodels a house and calls for the new outle...

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Well it looks like I will probably be going with the kenwood combo. I am still looking for some literature on them though. Looks like they dumped all of the info about the *30 series when the *90 series came out. One question that I have is is the 630 will do a dual tone decode? I am thinking that i...

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If I am remembering correctly the camera transmitters work in the 2Gig range. We have a MSA evolution 4K and it is in that range. We get about 2-300 feet out of it with the receiver and the monitor mounted inside a heavy duty shipping crate.

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Thanks for the input guys........another quick question on the kenwoods. Is there an alpha and non alpha display on the 630/730 series. Looking on ebay I see 2 different displays for them and was wondering about the differences. What is the difference in these 2 heads for the kenwoods? http://n2zpy....

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Well After my last post I am now tossing around these combos for my truck. I am interested in the Orions in a VHF lowband/ VHF highband combo or possibly the Kenwood TK-630/730 combo. Looking for some input from you guys in the industry. I have also been looking for some online documentation (.pdf d...

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Thank you for all of the replies! I figured I was going to hear that the spectra didn't come in lowband. To solve that debate our dispatch and county wide system is on 46.060 for disp and 46.22 for truck to truck. Our dept will be putting in a brand new 100 w repeater on a 153.??? in and 159.??? out...

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Well I think it is time for me to post a few questions on here. I have been lurking in the background long enough. I am looking to put a VHF lowband and VHF highband setup in my personal truck this spring (think I may be in as an Asst. Chief!). I have had my ham license for almost 10 years now and I...

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I ended up getting 2 Motorola Oncore boards off of ebay for $63 shipped. I am just working on getting the active antennas for them now and will see what I can put together. If you jsut do a search for Motorola Oncore on ebay you will turn up a couple of these units. They only have a TTL output and d...

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I have given up on finding an onstar unit and bought 2 Motorola Oncore boards to play around with. I will get some pics up when the project gets under way.

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Thank you for the compliments ! ! ! I have re-worked the audio system in the truck. I have a Sony head unit installed and I am using the door speakers as the the front and made a custom box in the back for an 8" sub and 2 6x9's . That leaves the dash speakers free for the taking. You should be ...

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nmfire10, There is great info about the s-10's at http://www.zr2.com . Head over there and just do a search for DRL in the forums. On the earlier models you could just bend a pin on the relay under the hood. On the 2000 and newer (not positive what years are involved) you have to find the relay unde...

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I believe if you click on the link in my first post there is software from Motorola available. The onstar unit would be recieving all the time if you were looking at it on a map or with APRS the unit can be polled when you are going to report your position.

Kevin

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You betchya !

Laptop, Palm, etc

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The VIU unit would only be used to pull GPS data from and would no longer be used as "ONSTAR". The GPS data would then be sent out over 144.390 Mhz to a digipeater and on to the rest of the world. Check out http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html for some more info.

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This is my amateur setup in my 2000 S-10 pickup. I have the IC-706 MkIIG remote mounted under the driver seat. The custom switch console replaced a useless CD rack that GM decided to put in there. The 10 LEDs show voltage for my secondary battery that is isolated when IGN is off (done through an 80 ...

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WAAS ???

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I have been looking around for an ONSTAR unit in a wrecked vehicle for a while and have had no luck. I am looking to use it for APRS. If anybody has one laying around or knows where one can be found cheap I am interested. I found a site the other day that details how to tap into your onstar unit and...

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Check out http://www.allelectronics.com . They have a continuous duty relay rated 80 Amps for $7.50. They also carry all kinds of other interesting stuff.

Kevin

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On Friday I ordered 2 Ramsey TD-1 kits ($10 each). The manual shows how to wire these together for a 2 tone relay closure. It will just monitor the audio from me mobile and close a relay when it hears the tones. I will let you guys know how it works.

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