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Can you post a link to the one in Canada? I don't have the same problem of you, but I do have another problem with a CF-28, that I believe is driver related.

Thanks

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Firemedic,
Can you expound on that a bit, what are you using to interace the video devices and the radios? VHF, UHF or 800??? I'm asking about this more of as a hobby idea than actual use in the field.

thanks

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About a year ago I was having a conversation with a tech who told me that he had used two Maxtracs to send vido via simpex for about a quarter of a mile. I didn't think too much of it at the time and kinda just forgot about it........ Until now. Has anybody ever done this? I'm hard pressed to believ...

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Now, copy this link and paste it directly into your browsers address bar:
http://www.angelfire.com/droid/174/radio/HT1250.jpg
Sorry, it won't link directly, you have to copy and paste it.

This diagram, coupled with the info on the other topic should set you on your way. Let me know how it turns out.

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Here's a start for you:

http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=46328

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I'm all to familar with JPS equipment. Unfortunately, that costs money. My intent here was to solve a problem with very little money. When we need these 'cross patches' done, we need it done in the field, in a hurry. Most of the time we operate on talkgroups that our Dispatch centers can't access, s...

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It's hard for me to believe with all the talent here that 70+ people have looked at this and no one has any words of wisdom for me on this?

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First of all let me explain what I'm trying to do....... Our agency uses Type 2 800 M Trunking. Many of the agencies we deal with that surround us use Motorola Trunked radios as well. Just about everyone carries either MTX, MTS or XTS radios. No one has a common talkgroup, nobody wants to share a ta...

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I've been on the road at work and haven't checked in, in quite some time and missed this. Monty was one of the first members of this forum that I met here. We shared many, many interests and explored several ideas together. This was a very sad day, I wish I would have known about this sooner. A grea...

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You can program the top knob to change conventional channels, I don't have my software right in front of me, so I can't remember exactly how you do it. I have several of them that are set up both ways. As far as using the "step" button, if you only have 3 buttons on the face of the radio, ...

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If it does Type II, then chances are it's a GPS processor.

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I spoke with a guy the other day who told me that on the Astro Spectra Plus, there is a rubber plug on the back that has to be removed to access a programing port that utilizes the serial port and a rib box.

Can anyone else confirm or deny this?

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I use Goo Gone on a regular basis, only once have I ever had it discolor anything. Another thing that seems to work is regular car wax. Really! you can wax the sticky stuff off in clumps!

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Digital trunking. XTS-3000's for portables, Astro Spectras for mobiles.

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I used the tip of a very sharp test probe to slightly bend back the tabs of the pins, then used a thin plastic straw to help guide it out of the hole. I've done three of these this way and attached a DB9 with about a foot long cable on it.

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I heard a rumor, okay I actually read this elsewhere on this board, that there are two different cables. One that goes through the USB, and the other that uses the RIB box and the serial port. Apparently the one that goes through the serial port is a straight through cable? Can anyone confirm or den...

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Am I to assume that the portion of the cable that is fatter contains some secret circuit, or does someone have one of these cables that can be ohmed out to figure out the pin-outs? While I'm visualizing programming this radio, does this cable require a rib box? Or is that what the swelled cable is a...

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I want to read out a Spectra Astro Plus. Looks just like any other Spectra, but I'm thinking it must take a newer program cable. I've searched all over the site, but I can't find any specific cable or software info. Will my DOS software read this? Which version(s)? Does anyone have a cable that they...

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Actually I forgot, I have one of them, a 32 channel VHF that keeps the wind from whipping around the door on my shed when I need it proped open. Sorry I forgot about that application.

Great radios!

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I have no idea why you guys would complain about Mostars! They are great! I have 2 shelves of them in my garage in VHF and 800. I love these things, they have that neat little DB-15 on the back that I pull off and re-configure to use on my spectras. Then a small piece of rope liberally applied aroun...

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Great, now if somebody can just tell me how to tune an 800 Maxtrac receiver down to something around 815.xxx, I could take this pile of maxtracs I have here and make something useful out of them!

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I've repaired several of them. Here's how I get them open - Place them in a vice. Use a piece of cloth on either side so you don't scratch them up any more than possible. You want to place it in the vice so that it's pushing inward on both sides, but not on the back. Avoid placing pressure on the PT...

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I've used an 80 db piezo beeper and had real good luck, it just sounds like a really loud pager going off and you don't need to use a relay! Stay away from ones that sound like backup alarms.

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Tell me how to make this work on an E.F. Johnson and I'll be your friend!

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I had a buddy who purchased an older computer just for programming, it previously had Win 3.x on it. He removed the entire windows directory but when trying to program radios, he would get that "power fault" problem. We went through a whole series of looking for things for problems with th...

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Hartley, Thanks for the help thus far. Unfortunately this radio is on my bench at work and I'm at home. I'll do some probing on Monday and see what I can come up with. I've been sucessful with this before, but I started out with a regular dash mount, so I thought that the change might make the diffe...

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Okay, somebody give me some insight here into what I'm doing wrong... I started with a Spectra with a 9000 head. I removed the 9000 head and put on a dashmount head. I can't tell the difference from a A3 and an A9, it's one with rocker switches for mode and volume, and only 3 buttons where the full ...

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Hartley,
I was afraid that's what you were going to tell me. I was hoping it was merely a matter of installing a jumper. I'll go back and take a look at my software, I don't remember seeing this option there, I'll take another look.

Thanks for the help, I'll let you know how I make out.

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I'm working on a special project (again). I believe and am not 100% certain that the hand-held control head for the spectra has a toggle switch on it to activate the the horn/lights function. I need someone who has one to first of all confirm this for me. Then secondly I need to know what that switc...

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Here's an FYI for you. I've been trying to do the same thing in the way of an inexpensive portable 800 conventional repeater. After doing some research, I discovered that the receiver in a conventional 800 Desktrac is the following model number: D05M3A7DA5AK Good luck trying to find just the receive...

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Question: Is it possible to attach a VRS to an 800 Spectra to create a mobile conventional repeater system? If so, what parts (availability) do I need to look for in order to make this happen? Any "special" rss needed? Anything else that would be needed. I'm looking for an inexpensive way ...

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I work for a city that has a Motorola Type 2 system. There is one particular Nextel site in our city that completely wipes out our 800 radios for almost a half mile in every direction. Our MDC's are 800 conventional, they are wiped out for about a mile around the site. Our radio techs have worked wi...

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So, if I bid an entire 50 cents on this, you think we could come up with a "stump the tech" forum?

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It's "Power Fault". Turn off EMM386 in your autoexec.bat and command files and it will work fine. Your probably using a computer that had Win 3.11 on it at some time and it's grabbing the port. If you've got the original setup disks, it gives you this in the setup instructions. I've encoun...

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Our original MDT's had what looked like Maxar's for the data radio. My best guess is that this is some sort of status change signaling device using a Maxar based chasis?

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Not sure I fully understand your problem but... It's been awhile since I programed a Syntor. Take a look at your scan options to see what it is supposed to stop on. There's a couple of options there. Channel Activity, Channel Activity and Proper code, there should be an AND/OR option there. If I und...

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For trunked, place a dynamic regroup mode in slot 14

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I've been told that there is a transparent or clear case that was made for the jedi series radios. In particular I'm looking for one for a front display full keypad MTX 8000.

Anyone know of a part number for those particular cases?

Kel

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I have two different dash mount heads for 800 Mhz Spectras that both have the same problem. They buzz non-stop. It's not a loud buzz, just enough to bug me. If I dim the display, the buzz gets quieter. If I turn the light on the display all the way down to off, the buzz goes completely away. The pro...

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Okay, I'm in! Suggestions on control issues: 1. Stop posting in public areas. 2. Decide on a money amount for dues, fees, whatever. 3. Set up a pay point. 4. Alex? Set up a web page for info, with individual passwords. 5. Once you fill out your application, then your emailed your password. 6. Just l...

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Will,
Can I assume that the directions to EXACTLY where those wires go comes with it?

Funny how Metro and I work on the same type of projects at the same time, especially when were not in the same state.

I'm looking to do the exact same thing as well.

Kel

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This may have already been covered on this board somewhere, if so, I'm sorry, I only get to come read here about once a week now. An aquintance of mine recently told me that there was a legal decision made about toolproofing. Someone challenged M on the basis that toolproofing was a violation of the...

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Along that same line....... Has anyone ever used either method to make an 800 Mhz conventional repeater using two maxtracs? And if so, HOW the heck did you program/tune the maxtrac to recieve low enough for the proper 45 Mhz split? I've been looking for a way to do this for months, everyone tells me...

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Here's a final thought on this subject - If your radio is "perfectly legal", how did you program it with LAPD info without a system key? Seems to me that there has to be some violation there somewhere. If it were my investigation, you certainly wouldn't have gotten the radio back. Just a t...

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I live in Arizona which is still part of the old west. Anyone over the age of 18 can legally carry a firearm in public. But, if you were to climb up on top of your house with a legally owned high powered rifle and just sat up there, chances are someone is going to call the cops. Now, you may legally...

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Your absolutely right on that, I was thinking of another radio that I recently did. The minimum amount is "1". And your also right, if you set it to "0", then it never times out. I've done a couple of these and have made the wrong connect tone and set the time-out down to "1...

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I've got the exact same repeater sitting out in my garage. It's two GP300's. Everything about it stated above is true, it has an autopatch and is a real cute short range repeater. Mine has an overheating problem in the power supply. I'd love to find someone who has some documentation on this unit. I...

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Your going to need a system key or FTR in order to program any systems into it. That's your biggest problem, then your next problem will be to make it so that it won't transmit. You can use the wrong connect tone for starters, but that will still allow you to catch a squelch tail. The other thing to...

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Thanks for the two cents, but, I'm fairly certain that it's an MDC, as in Mobile Data Computer. Let's see, it has a 4 gig hard drive, it runs software, not just send and receive data, although it does have a built in data radio. You see the MDC and the 9000 head with the deck box is to seperate unit...

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Hmmm, that's a tough question, Let's see, it' a 1975 Porsche that's been converted to an all electric vehicle, it has 18 lead acid batteries that propell the vehicle down the road at speeds of over 70 MPH. It has a vector light bar, tomar strobes, a non-functional MDC, that does have a dummy program...

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