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A buddy of mine had a Eberspacher gas-fired heater in a 1972 Volkswagon. I used to have one of those for pre-heating my airplane engine in the wintertime. It was installed in an old toolbox with a quart can of gas and a motorcycle battery. Very portable. Had a flex duct that would blow the air righ...

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I'm on!!

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Thales - ("talus") rhymes with Dallas

I once mentioned Thales - ("Thails") in front of a company FSR and he corrected me...

Cheers,

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Why would a trunking (or encryption board for that matter) have what looks like a keypad array on the backside?

Just a question...

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For a good primer on the leaky caps, you can either search here or try http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorol ... -caps.html

Cheers,

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Batman wrote:...Prefer FPP, must be commercial lmr radio...

Aren't those two mutually contradictory? (not a slag, just a question...)

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Even with a computer background, I used to get that all mixed up... Thanks for the clarification... But back to the subject if I may, as it is actually very relevant to my situation here. I'm currently writing up a proposal to our powers-that-be for more interoperability for our unit. We provide som...

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I thought Key Erase was a feature that could only be accessed from the Menu on the front keypad. I don not believe that it can be programmed to a button on the side or top of the radio. The 'emergency zeroize' feature is hard-assigned to pressing the purple and orange buttons at the same time. The ...

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Hi there, I did do a search and this topic did come up, but very truncated so I'm assuming that the original requester was one of our banninated members (OK, I know it was, cause I've even discussed this with him off-line...). As such, I'm going to re-start it rather than lazarus a cut-up post. I'm ...

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That means that my CPS is the wrong software, correct? The trick is understanding that unlike some other companies, Ma' M has different programs for different radio families, indeed sometimes for different radios... Having CPS for one type doesn't necessarily mean you can use it on others. Probably...

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My current is

A - High Power
B - Low Power
C - CSQ

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I have never done that as I have always treated them as a check with bank deposits. As you discovered, banks treat these (like they do to bank money orders) like any other international cheque. In the future, bring postal money orders (not bank money orders!) to any US Post Office, then you get you...

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Cool, I stand corrected... I just wasn't sure if the top-display models would show the info after the 5-push.

I think I have to get me one for playing with...

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Mfire39 wrote:Just turn it on, and press the side button just above the PTT 5-times in a row.. The display will show the firmware version..

Model 1 has a display???

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Wasn't there also something in there about the radio not being able to transmit when in programming mode? If you install the key or short out the jumper, it cannot be able to be used until returned to normal?

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[quote="Pj...Mutually exclusive.[/quote]

Un-related would probably be a better word... But then again, that's just me being picky...

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Actually, the same question pops into my mind everytime I see mention of these radios? Was Nauganet a one-off of some sort?

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Thanks a lot for that info. It gives me a good idea of where they come from. I'd just always found it suspicious that while there was a lot of info out there on the PS side of Motorola, I couldn't, for the life of me, find any info on these particular beasts. There were always a lot of mentions of M...

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Wow, exactly what I was looking for... I'm still having flashbacks... Thanks to both PETNRDX and wb0qqk for the quick info. Especially wb0qqk for the picture :D . Just a question though... I'm pretty familiar with the general MOT lineage, but where in it did the MOCOM line sit? Was it based on a pre...

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Can anyone ID item B on -03 and Item V on the last page (same thing...)? My dad used to have one of these in his company car in the early 70s and try as I might, I haven't been able to ID it. The only difference I can see is that ours only had two knobs (vol/sq), so I'm assuming that the third was f...

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And no motorola batteries are not designed to better specs anymore. They are getting there cells from china now! How does that make you feel? So what? All politics aside, you can get crap from China, and you can get very good product from China. It really has nothing to do with origin. It depends o...

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I would think you would be safe with the bubble pack radios, anything else would be risky. Even then I'd do a bit of research. Many countries don't have an FRS equivalent and thus they would be illegal to operate w/o a license. We've had a lot of trouble when deploying people to other countries whe...

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I'll repeat the kudos of everyone else so far on an excellent article, and add my 2 cents by stating how pleased I am that we now have what was sorely missing in lots of previous works: Pictures of the actual items!!!

Keep the stuff coming!!

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'After-the-fact' contracts have rarely been legally enforceable according to my cousin who is a copyright/IP attorney in CA. As they can not force you to accept their terms after the sale has been made. I fully agree that after-the-fact EULAs are crap, but this isn't what we are talking about here....

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Interesting; maybe they should include that disclaimer statement in their software or put a license.txt along with it. Well, Mother M won't even sell you the software unless you agree to their licensing provisions, and it is very well spelled out. Doesn't need to be in a .txt file like a lot of sof...

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I just got word - Apparently, the verdict is in. It is OK to sell used/remanufactured radios - providing that it is clearly stated that it is such. I would await the final writing of the court to come out or someone who attended to fill in the rest of the holes. From what I understand, the individu...

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Get a boot disk and boot into 'real' DOS, not the Win DOS box. Windows does not let any process access the COM ports directly, and this screws up the hard-coded timing loops in most RSS.

And don't even get me started on the fact that you're using ME...

Cheers,

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So the FCC licenses receivers now, eh? Last I checked, licenses were for TRANSMITTERS ONLY. And to my knowledge, if the T & R are not physically separable and it can retain the capability to transmit, it's still seen as a transmitter? My old Heathkit was great before I got my license because I ...

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Hi There. At work, most of our mobiles are a mix of MC900 and GM900. They look the same, and I suspect that we got some of them in the days when we still had air bases in Germany. Is there any difference between the two?

Dan
Ve4EOD

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One comment about using WiKi. You still don't deal with the main issue of what is IP and what isn't. Just look at WiKipedia, and you'll discover that many pages get pulled by the admins for copyright issues. I agree that it is a good idea for format, but there are deeper questions about limits of IP...

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This Motorola ebay "agent" is very interested in buying some current auctions. Wonder what he (THEY) are looking to find if they win... http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewBidItems&sort=3&userid=mot_software&completed=1&all=1&rows=0 I'm wondering ...

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I think that there is a misconception here about intellectual property. You own your radio, period. You don't necessarily own or have the right to fiddle with the software inside... There is nothing preventing you from selling your used car (or Motorola radio), regardless of the IP contained in the ...

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Sounds closely related to the EBay/Intellectual Property thread in the General board http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=37849 From what I can surmise, you might own the radio and unless it was stolen, they'll have to physically return it to you, but they own the IP within it and control wha...

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On behalf of all Canadians, I am flabbergasted that someone doesn't recognize Ricky, from that work of art, 'Trailer Park Boys'. A truly shining gem on what is otherwise a wasted medium...

Sulking back into my corner...

Dan
VE4EOD

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Speaking of which... How is our favourite "lame security company " doing? I haven't seen any recent additions/rants in the scanmanitoba forums in a while...

Dan
VE4EOD

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Mike, they don't need to know who you are... They just have to find the transmitter (think IC radio cars???). Fox hunting is a tedious process, but fun...

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My job keeps me moving around the country every few years, but it seems to be the same with our fleet wherever I go: A mix of GM/MC900 models.

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Can anyone tell me what the difference is (if any) between the GM900 and MC900? We seem to have a mixed fleet here and they seem to be identical.

Dan VE4EOD

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They're pretty well bullet-proof. We used to always bring one on deployments with us when I was with my P-3 squadron (I was a maintainer). We used it mostly on UHF for talking to the planes as they came back so they could give the servicing desk a heads-up on maintenance gripes. Very reliable. The o...

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Difference between two radios?

GM900 / MC900