Back to the subject: IMNTBHO, this is certainly stupid, bordering on criminal. And if it's on a county or other government building, who, if anybody, approved this siting and then signed off the installation? Hmmm, electrical inspector for grounding, building engineer/manager for safety, what else? ...

Maxars are pretty long in the tooth; don't look to sink a lot of money into them before you buy new. Maxars use crystals; you should be able to get them from ICM (I recommend) or Bomar (never dealt with them). $15 or $20 per crystal? Tuneup is pretty simple with basic service monitor & the manua...

The itty-bitty palm mic? (note to self; do NOT insert naughty label about this mic, comparing it to fluffy kittens and such...)

Open it with a BFH. Then attach a new one to the end of the cord. Then replace the ratty coil cord.

Can you call the head of dispatch center and get that info? It seems like a reasonable request to make. Seems to me 'twould be in interest of dispatch to not have you responding to false page-outs. Don't know yet what you can do to the radio to fix it; that will depend on the other answers that come...

That's the point of asking you for the tones of the other agency; we can't help you without more information; maybe one of your tones is too close to one of the other agency's and the Vertex decoder is too wide. Maybe the transmission from dispatch is overdriven and causing distortion in your Vertex...

What are the two pairs of tones that are actually setting off your pager, and what pair is programmed into the pager?

I've got some familiarity with VX-180's & such....

Chuk

Wow. Condolences to any family that loses a member because of this. But first. What is the real (not supposed, but the actual) structure of the system? You say there are other towers in the county; (btw, I found this: http://www.wpascanner.com/oh/lawroh.htm. Does that have any relevance?) Where are ...

Well, everyone, granted it's on the expensive side, but if you feel you must be woken up, there's a lot that could be done with the Federal Tone Alert Receiver: http://www.federalwarningsystems.com/products.php?prodid=25 Very versatile, very programmable, 2 sets of SPDT relay contact outputs, & ...

L = Tabletop; Consolette, 5 = Med. power, maybe 50 watts or so, 1 = lowband, 25-50 mhz (but doesn't tell the split) JJ = Model series; Mitrek in this case B = 120VAC powered 3 = PL squelch 1 = "narrowband", as reference to changeover in the what, 60's, 1970's? 0 = 1 channel TX, 1 Channel R...

Well, nmfire10 and motoman have the better initial idea; what SHOULD the system be doing? This is where a lot of things can happen; systems don't get PMed properly, or at all, or whatever, and each portion of the system degrades a bit, and the net effect is a general loss of capability, without any ...

Yes, John, you are going in the right direction. First, tho, what is the form of their current communictions system? Repeater? Simplex base? Radio close to dispatch, or far away? I'm gonna hazard a guess that you'll be looking at a 'voted receiver' system; two or several receivers scattered around t...

I haven't done very much ever with the Knwd 805 series, but IIRC, it doesn't have much in the way of interfacing; esp. getting RX audio out thru the mic jack might involve more modification than you're comfy with. Here's my suggestion: pull out the Moxy, open it up by sliding the cover off and then ...

Hmmmm, another fine example of M's 6-sigma Quality process capability program. The short version of 6-sigma is that 99.99995% of the results of a process is 'good', or correct, or within specification. nmfire10 posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:38 pm Post subject: We do have this recurring problem where th...

Actually, to be more accurate, when you call them, they will first send a technician to break it even more and cause a whole new set of problems. Then they will resubmit it as a problem requiring a higher level tech. This will go on for about 4 days minimum. After those 4 days, they will realize th...

No, you're not missing anything; the two main reasons most VHF stuff comes with PL259 connectors is A) they aren't >>as bad<< at VHF as they are at UHF & 800, and B) they're a bloody lot cheaper than N connectors, both to buy & to install. Chuk KB4MDZ Did some research on the above connector...

First, something off my chest. It's "Chuk"; C - h - u - k. One C, only at the beginning. Long story, never mind, I have a verbal routine that I sometimes use to club people over the head about how little they listen, but not here, not now. Back to JPS. Configuration of the SVM's (Signal Vo...

This piece of information is over 10 years old, but I don't see why it's not true. Some research might prove me right, or wrong. The first character of the 3 - letter string in the s/n was the place of manufacture; The only one I remember from that time was "F" for the Fort Lauderdale plan...

If you're looking to do it new, look at JPS Communications; (http://www.jps.com) SNV-12; I've been in on putting in 3 different systems so far; One word: Slickerthansnotonadoorknob. Highly configurable & flexible; up to 12 sites in one chassis & you can daisy-chain up to total of 3 chassis' ...

Tough question; I've got a friend in another jurisdiction who dropped a couple questions on me regarding Centracom Gold Elite, but I had to tell him I'm ignorant. He's trying to double check what he's been told by those who are 'supposed' to know. Anyone here can PM me & I can ask the questions ...

Look at the JPS NXU-2; http://www.jps.com Neat boxes, I've been involved in a project with them, but only from the 'hook this wire here, program these settings' aspect; not the theory, so I'm not sure about what's behind them. I think they're a proprietary coding or something, so they'll be secure e...

Mavericknet - Wow, do you sound like you have problems. Couple questions, and maybe you can also re-cap for everyone: You say the MDC is annoying; that I can believe. There should be an option to not repeat MDC signalling; even to mute it going to the dispatch console. (I know of 2 systems that do t...

The 4010 is a nice little console unit; I've installed a couple of them and they're fairly straightforward. Nine freqs. is a good level for the 4010. Any more & you would want to step up the chain of complexity to a 'big' console. The Zetron Model 25 is just a paging encoder; you set up the each...

Let's back up a step; give the board a listing of your frequencies in the repeater, model of duplexer, type of antenna and length of cable, and yes, how it's interconnected with the amplifier; cable type, connectors, etc. As you may have guessed, there are dozens of items, some interrelated, that co...

Definite rant time. I don't know what burns me more; the crap that I see that customers have paid good money for from a supposedly professional shop, or the wisecracks about how bad hams are for doing things on the cheap. Cables wadded under the floor mats (real fun when you're doing a removal after...

Oh, happy day. Got tired this afternoon of having poor RX performance on a lowband Maxtrac I bit-banged up to 6 meters quite some time ago. Pulled it outta the truck, put in on the bench and started trying to figure out how to broaden the front end. Hmmm, no tiny screws in my culch-pile. Suddenly in...

I was in a local (Central North Carolina) dispatch center one day when a med call came in; the dispatcher, who is very experienced, went thru the whole protocol very well; age, gender?, condition?, location?, do you have a dog? yada, yada, while he was setting up the page to EMS. Told the caller EMS...

Mavericknet -

Contact me off list and I can give you some pointers.

Chuk Gleason
kb4mdz@ipass.net

MSF5000; answered.

Glory, Glory, yes the PC RSS does do this station; I done fixed someone else's hose-job and life is good. Thanks to all who answered; (and yes, Andy B., I questioned my source when he told me it was ...RLB.. in the model number.. )

OK, looks like consensus is with RSS; RVN4077 and the programming cable. Yeah, that "RLB" in the model number threw me; If it's not programmable with the RSS, I'll be looking for someone to blow a PROM fo rme...

Thanks,
Chuk

I'm doing other leqwork, here. I was given the model number as "RLB"; definitely NOT CLB or CXB. That's what had me confused..., thus the question. Thanks, Chuk On 2001-12-07 16:29, kb4mdz wrote: Need to chase down something; an MSF5000 Limited station, repeater, model C64RLB7106; is it RS...

Need to chase down something; an MSF5000 Limited station, repeater, model C64RLB7106; is it RSS programmable with standard RSS, or is this the old R1801 suitcase programmer?

Thanks,
Chuk Gleason

Yes, Andy, that is what I'm looking for; but is the DG programmed in the console I'm using? And is it according to a local engineer's option? Some of the users pagers have AB/AC (or is it AB/CB?) reeds installed, for first responders...So it's not like a group call; Man, it's been so long since I lo...

Trying hard, to convert a decoder from 'old timey' Quik Call (2+2) to Quik Call II; I've got a scheme worked up that will allow sequentially numbered decoder names "Site 18", "Site 19", "Site 20" , "Site 21", "Site 22" and tone plan I'm using takes t...