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w4rez

I've got one of these things that I'm trying to use on the amateur 70 cm band. It programmed up and the VCO locks just fine on 70 cm but it was pretty deaf.

Unfortunately I have little in the way of test equipment, and only have access to service manual for the VHF version of the radio. What I do ...

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Things might be different in the USA, but up here in Canada, you cannot use a commercialy built radio on Amateur bands unless it has a type acceptance sticker. The only radios that don't require type acceptance to operate are home-brew radios. If that were the case, my FT60 (or any other ham radio ...

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I've quit communicating with him now. But earlier tonight, in response to being asked why suddenly all of his "OEM" auctions vanished, he responded with this:

The only reason my listings changed is I ran out of inventory. The margins on OEM product are low, so I will only carry aftermarket ...

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There's a Moto dealer on this board who shall remain anonymous (unless he wishes to come forward...don't want to get his name involved without his permission) who's going to send it off to Moto and get me a genuine charger.

So, should I decide to send it to him, and timbo gets his money back ...

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Latest word from him:

You obviously have no idea who you are *censored* with...you have provoked the wrong person this time. I hope you have had fun. It will not be very fun for you very soon.

You are either very young or very naive, or both. You have zero understanding how the law works. Your ...

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giguchan wrote:you might be able to teach him a lesson by NOT buying his garbage..

Well if I'd known that he was selling junk I wouldn't have bought it to begin with...and I'm sure not going to be a repeat customer.

w4rez

Jonathan KC8RYW wrote: Be sure to fit the radio model to the character. A security guard wouldn't be using an Astro Saber. They'd be using an SP-50, or some other cheap r

Not exactly Astro Sabers, but back when I was a security guard we used Maxtracs and P200's.

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Been having fun fighting with this guy through email. He's threatening to sic my state AG on me for interfering with commerce or something. It's funny that I called the AG's office today and they told me "Uhh...we take complaints from consumers about businesses, not the other way around." It's even ...

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If my business or life depended on it, sure, I'd buy from a dealer. It's-just-a-hobby. Either way I don't think it's too much to expect OEM products when they're advertised as such, regardless of whether or not it's a dealer.

w4rez

Well like you said...to save a buck.

I'm a ham operator and general tinkerer. My life nor anybody else's life nor anybody's business is at stake with my radios. It's a hobby, and is only one among many rather expensive ones. So...I try to save whenever possible...and sometimes I guess I'm gonna ...

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Yep that's what I love about the MCX1000s and the Maratracs. They're LOUD!

w4rez

Well that's why I was asking. All I know is that it's engraved "N&W RWY", has a bunch of rail frequencies programmed into it and grouped into zones geographically, and won't let me do much with it with the "regular" RSS.

w4rez

Well appearance-wise it looks just like any other MCX1000. I have 2 others here and there's no difference in appearance at all, aside from one of the others being longer due to having the DES board.

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Outside view:

Top of PCB:

Bottom of PCB:

Wall wart:

w4rez

I'd thought about taking pictures and now that somebody has asked, I shall do that sometime later today.

w4rez

Nah this is definitely a MCX1000.

Model # is MBD43URA7K00AK

w4rez

After threatening to contact Motorola about this charger, the guy refunded my money and replied with this:

will refund your money, but not because I am acknowledging sending counterfeit product, but because I state in my listings that I offer a 30-day money back guarantee.

Let me advise you on ...

w4rez

I recently picked up a VHF MCX1000 for practically nothing. From the engraving it appears that this radio used to belong to N&W. I have found that I can read from it, but cannot write to it, with the "commonly available" MCX1000 RSS. The radio is apparently reporting an odd model # to the RSS which ...

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I see everyone saying that GP-68's are not type accepted, but since there is a type acceptance number and documents on file with the FCC, unless the later models had some major changes from the early ones that shipped with the number, they all should be type accepted.

Just because /\/\ stopped ...

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As far as what the radios are being used for, it's actually not OK to resell a ham radio that is not type accepted if it will go anywhere but ham freqs. You can build one for your own personal use, but any radio manufactured or marketed in the US must adhere to type acceptance rules. Pilot tried ...

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What I find funny about this is how Motorola thinks they can enforce such business tactics with litigation. Apparently they don't understand the term "grey market." Lots of other products get sold in the US this way too, and you don't see the manufacturers going after the owners of the products ...

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What I find funny about this is how Motorola thinks they can enforce such business tactics with litigation. Apparently they don't understand the term "grey market." Lots of other products get sold in the US this way too, and you don't see the manufacturers going after the owners of the products ...

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You could say it's for an AP73 and probably stay legit.

Yup, like Jonathan said. This same charger was also used on MV52 and MU42 portables (also US market items).

You guys would probably be amused by the fit of Tourette's I would launch into with the person on the phone if they threatened to ...

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hahahahha
Actually the toys from the old days were pretty robust !! I used to smack my "little brother" around with them all the time....
if i did that now he'd arrest me.

Right. I had one of those Fisher-Price "record players" that withstood years of my abuse. After my son was born, he ...

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giguchan wrote:Radios by Fisher-Price? No way!!!

If Fisher-Price made radios they'd be the most indestructible radios on the planet.

w4rez

"Hi, motorola? I want to report a fake charger. What's it for? Oh, a GP68. What's that you say? You never built them for US use? You want it back? You'll prosecute me if I don't comply?"

<click>

<dialtone>

:lol:

Oh god don't *even* get me started with that. It won't be pretty. Besides ...

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I recently bought a rapid charger for a GP68 off eBay. While I know that there's a boatload of fake Motorola stuff on there, I thought that maybe since this guy was stateside that his stuff might be the real deal. I get the charger and there's no charging microprocessor in it, no tri-color LED, and ...

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Thanks everybody!

w4rez

Is there any way to turn off ignition control on the Maxtracs with the 5 pin accessory board? I'm not finding the option anywhere in lab.

-- EDIT --

Bah nevermind. I must've overlooked that section on the Maxtrac page because I found the solution. Anybody got the Digikey part # for the proper fuse ...

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Thanks D119....that's about what I figured so it's not too much of a letdown.

How about a Zetron 4010?

w4rez

Is there a quick and dirty alignment procedure for the MCX1000? This one is tuned for 165-170 MHz and is therefore nearly deaf on 2m where I need it to be able to hear.

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I would like to see these as well.

w4rez

I've recently obtained one of these on the cheap.

What line of products is this mini console from? Centracom? CC II? All I have is the console itself. I am going to need a power supply, microphone, CEB rack, BIMs, etc., in order to be able to play with this thing, not to mention finding somebody to ...

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it is possible to inhibit a conventional radio. and if that was done to it then that radio was on a frequency that it wasn't supposed to be on and that's the reason we tell everyone to get a scanner. and unfortunately the only thing that can undo that problem is the console that inhibited it. i'm ...

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Got it. Pulled the command board, blew the dust off it, reseated the ribbon cable that connects it to the RF board, and it programmed right up.

w4rez

If all else fails drop the eeprom in the mail to me and I'll program you a couple of channels at no charge.

Alright man appreciate it. Right now I really have no need for the radio. I just finally got ahold of a means to program the buggers and was tinkering.

I still have a Delta and a Maratrac ...

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I think you have found the problem.

Go back to the software and select the 2 channel display model in the software, not the NVR model. The NVR models used a different eeprom and are easily distinguished by the red color of the command board.

Still a no go. I've got a nice siren if I were to ...

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The conventional Mostars are actually pretty decent radios after you get past the programming. The don't care if the mike is plugged in or not.
The siren sound indicates corrupt codeplug data.

Try dumping the archive of the radio back into it and see if it brings it back to life. Also make sure ...

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The "Location 0000H did not program" error usually means that one of the switches on the front panel pressed in, or there is something pulling one of the inputs to eeprom down.

Check the switches, and try to reprogram it a couple of times. Also check the radio, sometimes the radio will take the ...

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I'm trying to program a 2 channel UHF Mostar using Mike's MIB and the original Mostar RSS. When trying to write to the radio I get a "Location 0000H did not program" error. Can't seem to write to the radio using Mike's software either.

Bad EEPROM? Do I now have an antique Motorola doorstop?

w4rez

Not to add to your issues, but if you are going to remotely control a radio that is 40 miles away, how are you going to comply with the license requirement of monitoring the frequency before transmitting in order not to cause any impermissible interference with a co-channel user?

Monitor function ...

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I've never worked with MCX1000 RSS before but most of them will identify it as "TX CLEAR TONE", or something similar to it.

Yeah I thought there should be something like that in the RSS too but if there is, I'm blind. I also have a UHF MCX1000 but it does not have this problem.

I have double ...

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I have recently acquired a VHF MCX1000. No matter how I set this radio up, it emits a short beep from the speaker every time I key the mike. I originally thought this might have something to do with MDC1200/600 signaling but I checked and both of these options are disabled. This radio also has a ...

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Oh cool so that's what they meant on the Batlabs Maratrac page when they were talking about the heads being electrically the same.

I love the audio of these radios. Loud too. How many watts is the audio output?

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I have a Maratrac with one of the clamshell heads. The part number is faded but it's something HCNx034 with x being indistinguishable. This head has a volume control, an 8 position mode control, and a 2 position zone control. As received this radio was programmed with 16 modes. Am I correct in ...

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Yeah the lack of an alpha display is a bit of a con, but for my purposes it will do. I mostly just want one because the Moto Mafia says that I can't have one.

w4rez

What about all of the Regency/Relm radios that can be made to be FPP by moving a jumper? These are all type accepted, right?

I've recently become interested in buying one of these radios (the GP68) just for kicks, and I'm seeing a few people in Hong Kong selling them for peanuts. Anybody had any ...

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Yeah....that 286 is dog slow. You can get the RSS to run on a 60 MHz Pentium without using Moslo? My slowest Pentium is a 75 MHz and I get the infamous divide error when trying to run mcx1000.exe without Moslo. I can get the executable to run on it using moslo but, as expected, it still won't read ...

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What's the fastest PC any of you have managed to run this software on successfully? I am currently running it on an old IBM Model 30 286 but as you could imagine, this old boat anchor is quite cranky, and replacement parts are pretty much unobtanium, so I would like to replace it.

Everything else I ...

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Because....

For this application all I need is a pair of wires going from point A to point B and they're already in place and don't touch the telco. I can interface the remote on one end and the remote adapters on the other end without having to put any other equipment on the wires in order to ...

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