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by DarkHelmet
Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:55 am
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: Big cans
Replies: 9
Views: 4479

Re: Big cans

Sound like pass cavities from a combiner. The coupling loops will determine the insertion loss/s21 and VSWR/s11. Rotate them to get the s21 down and couple more into the cavity. This will make the response of the cavity much wider though. You can convert these to Bp/Br with adding a capacitor in ser...
by DarkHelmet
Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:35 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: 6 meter CDM1550 programming
Replies: 40
Views: 14893

Re: 6 meter CDM1550 programming

Sorry for the bump, but I recently helped a friend with this. The issue is the squelch is Auto-Moderated above 50 MHz as it has 7 tuning frequencies that stay the same if you only edit the codeplug band limits. The normal frequencies are as follows for 42-50 MHZ These appear from 0x139 to 0x146 in o...
by DarkHelmet
Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:05 pm
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: CDM1550ls+ 200 MHz programing issue
Replies: 2
Views: 2732

Re: CDM1550ls+ 200 MHz programing issue

It's a dash mount, not a remote mount. My understanding is that you can't upgrade it via the mic, and if I was going to go through the trouble of building a cable, I'd have one that would work for both going in the accessory connector. Plus I can add the other pins and have it worth with the test bo...
by DarkHelmet
Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:20 pm
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: CDM1550ls+ 200 MHz programing issue
Replies: 2
Views: 2732

CDM1550ls+ 200 MHz programing issue

I picked up a CDM1550ls+ 220 mhz version and didn't have the Motorola OEM cable for programming it, as it looks easy enough to build. I built the rib to accessory plug cable as described in the service manual and I'm able to read and write the radio using both a smart rib and a sandy ganz rib. Howev...
by DarkHelmet
Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:09 pm
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: HT1250 CPS Region Issue: Malaysia?
Replies: 4
Views: 3112

Re: HT1250 CPS Region Issue: Malaysia?

Use the unofficial codeplug tool and set the region to USA. 2.08 and 3.08 will both do this.
by DarkHelmet
Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:59 pm
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Looking detailed service manual CDM/HT radios 220/700 MHz
Replies: 3
Views: 2292

Re: Looking detailed service manual CDM/HT radios 220/700 MHz

slavik wrote:Hi!

I'm looking detailed service manual on HT1250LS+ and CDM1550 LS+, band 220 MHz and 700 MHz.

Anybody can help me?


BR!
Slavik
Did you ever find these? I'm looking for the CDM 1550 LS+ 200/700 MHz detailed service manual. I have the HT1250 LS+ detailed manual.

Thanks
by DarkHelmet
Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:35 am
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: crystal filter and preselector insertion losses
Replies: 4
Views: 2877

Re: crystal filter and preselector insertion losses

A few miles away should be plenty of spacing for the receiver to be able to reject this signal on it's own. How much power is this interfering transmitter running?

You might consider building/buying a notch stub. Lower insertion loss, and it would be tunable to notch out the particular frequency.
by DarkHelmet
Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:54 pm
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Quantar conversion
Replies: 34
Views: 8211

Re: Quantar conversion

Update again. Got new U306 chips in from Digikey. Replaced chip in non working board and still no audio. Did you do any testing or did you blindly replace the chip? It's actually easy to boot the cards on their own or connect them to a PCI bus extender for testing. Found partial schematics for SCM ...
by DarkHelmet
Sun Dec 06, 2015 8:34 pm
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: Quantar in cabinet repeat audio is low
Replies: 11
Views: 5078

Re: Quantar in cabinet repeat audio is low

Since you have not included your Exciter and PA Motorola Part numbers, Here is what I did. My Exciter is: TLD9832D (CLD1280A) Move 1K resistor from R-3701 to R-3700. Added jumper from Q3260 emitter to collector thereby ensuring that the upper Freq VCO will be used in all cases! I will need to confi...
by DarkHelmet
Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:15 am
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: Quantar important part numbers
Replies: 31
Views: 31773

Re: Quantar important part numbers

I'm wondering if anyone has a concise list of the various power supplies for the Quantar. I've assembled the following, but it's in no way complete. Partnumber Description Motorola Watts? CPN1031 48/60v input yes 600 CPN1049 AC no charger yes 265 CPN1050 AC with Charger yes 265 CPN1047 AC no charger...
by DarkHelmet
Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?
Replies: 47
Views: 88942

Re: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?

In the 2.08 kit the PMUD1761a does work and I can create a codeplug that works in the radio for the ham band. The only problem is when editing the codeplug to allow 0x12 (18d) personalities in the 0x2D8 to 0x2E9 (checksum 5A) range at 0x2E2 is the number of personalities in hex. If I change is in a...
by DarkHelmet
Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:57 pm
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?
Replies: 47
Views: 88942

Re: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?

Did some more messing tonight. I built a new code plug based on the default PMUD1760B code plug from the upgrade kit. Bonus, this code plug is now 255 personalities, and has a blank serial number. This seams to fix the problem with converting these to the ham band. Ok, so this doesn't work 100%. Th...
by DarkHelmet
Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:26 am
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: MTR2000 PA repair
Replies: 3
Views: 3427

Re: MTR2000 PA repair

Sorry for the old bump, but this is a good point I've not seen made anywhere else. The amplifier "pallet" is the same between the MTR2000 and the Quantar UHF Generation 1. Pickup a broken one and desolder the transistors from one and put them in the other. The UHF R1-R3 will work for the e...
by DarkHelmet
Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:20 pm
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?
Replies: 47
Views: 88942

Re: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?

So I've been doing some work on on this and found there is an issue with the tuner software. I've used the following srecord to program the radio (after modifying the serial). This is a 160 Channel 216-225 MHz s-record that some one made (not me). The tuner software will open the saved tuner values...
by DarkHelmet
Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:12 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Quantar conversion
Replies: 34
Views: 8211

Re: Quantar conversion

PN is TTN4094 B 03 CA11YH9. firmware is on 4 32 pin chips on main board OK, great this is a EPIC 1 board (no difference functionality between EPIC 1/2/3,5). The 4094 EPIC 1 boards are special as they have the a dip switch to let you use a flash part in place of the 27c040 OTP parts. Makes it easy t...
by DarkHelmet
Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:18 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?
Replies: 47
Views: 88942

Re: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?

So I've been doing some work on on this and found there is an issue with the tuner software. I've used the following srecord to program the radio (after modifying the serial). This is a 160 Channel 216-225 MHz s-record that some one made (not me). The tuner software will open the saved tuner values ...
by DarkHelmet
Thu Nov 19, 2015 8:20 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Quantar conversion
Replies: 34
Views: 8211

Re: Quantar conversion

I've done this, it will work. What is the PN on the SCM you have? There is a fixed part which selects data only, IR or conventional. The boot firmware of the Quantar conventional, Astrotac, and Intellirepeater are all different and will prevent the rest of the code booting. What happens if you put t...
by DarkHelmet
Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:34 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?
Replies: 47
Views: 88942

Re: HT1250 220MHz Modification - Any help?

One of the Achilles heal of this mod is it's a software only mod. Even when you get the 25 KHz wide channels working, its still a narrow band IF. This causes unacceptable distortion (at least to me) on wide band. I've changed out some filters and found it works much nice on the ham bands. You need t...
by DarkHelmet
Wed May 27, 2015 6:05 pm
Forum: Converting Motorola Equipment to 900MHz Amateur
Topic: LCS2000 Hack Help
Replies: 1
Views: 7989

Re: LCS2000 Hack Help

LCS 2000 RSS Version 2.0.10 LCS.MDF These are my notes in getting this working just now. Make a backup Band Limits @0x08D4 0023 C224 0023 3C23 8624 C224 0A00 change to 0023 C224 0023 C224 0023 C224 0A00 Now to make it a 15 channel (mode) conventional radio @0x14AE make the 0A a 10 @0x179B make the 0...
by DarkHelmet
Fri May 01, 2015 11:03 pm
Forum: Converting Motorola Equipment to 900MHz Amateur
Topic: MTS2000 CPS 2.00.03 900 MHz band edges
Replies: 5
Views: 13281

MTS2000 CPS 2.00.03 900 MHz band edges

In case this helps anyone else. This is for the 2.00.03, which is the newest CPS for the MTS2000 Hex edit the mts2000.exe (make a backup first!) RX Lower Limit / TX TA Lower Limit: Default Value: 935.0125 = 9428BB37 Found two places in the file: 0x906BB4 and 0x906C8C Change it to 926.0000 = 80A33137...
by DarkHelmet
Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:14 pm
Forum: Test Equipment & RF Equipment Alignment
Topic: R2001D service manual
Replies: 21
Views: 10640

Re: R2001D service manual

It's a scan of a copy I made some time back.
http://keekles.org/~w9cr/Motorola-R2001-Manual/
by DarkHelmet
Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:20 pm
Forum: Software & Firmware Releases & Issues
Topic: MCS2000 programing via rj-45 (diagram on site is incorrect)
Replies: 0
Views: 7140

MCS2000 programing via rj-45 (diagram on site is incorrect)

After numerous issues trying to program this using a smart RIB and the Motorola bottom of radio DB-25 cable I sat down and toned the cable out. Turns out the Motorola cable had developed a problem on one of the pins (6). I decided to try a building the RIB to RJ-45 cable off the batlabs main site. S...
by DarkHelmet
Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:09 pm
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: remote radio via cisco routers..
Replies: 122
Views: 88952

Re: remote radio via cisco routers..

Cisco and Twisted Pair are absolutely IN LOVE with i.p. multicast, but you just try making it work on the typical enterprise network. The first problem is the idiot I.T. administrator who claims, "Multicast will bring down my network." Bitch-slap him, then remind him that the OSPF routing...
by DarkHelmet
Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:50 pm
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: Quantar Service Manual
Replies: 9
Views: 6131

Re: Quantar Service Manual

Thanks escomm.

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