I converted one.... it wasn't too bad, and it works well. With the short antenna & low cap battery pack, it make s a nice compact rig. Do it, it was fun!


K8icv

As i have no room for a spectra control head in my car, i'm trying to get an HHCH working on my 900 spectra. I believe i will need an HHCH A3 MLM board.......anyone have one?


tnx,


Joe K8ICV

thanks to all who replied - i picked up an ebay 9 pin cable & it worked perfectly - tnx agn!

Hi Folks~

I have an EX600-XLS uhf, marked 5.04.00 on the inside tag & i am asking 2 questions:

1- i see there are USB & 9-pin programming cables available - are either better/worse?

2- what CPS version is needed? I am assuming 6.10.4, but might it need something older/newer? Any way to tell for ...

PJ-

tnx - i see now that nO 12 vdc is applied on the RR rigs..... i am using a 25 mhz toughbook w/moslo at 10% - the software opens (any higher i get the divide by 0 error), but im wondering if it is still too fast? My guess is yes.......


joe

i have the cable to program the low power STD & 900 spectras & it has 12 vdc inbound to the radio on db15 pin 5, but the RR spectra shows VIP 1 IN on pin 5 & i dont see where the 12vdc needs to go. Is pin 5 still correct? The rest of the prog. cable looks the same.


tnx,

joe k8icv

hi group~

I picked up a couple of no display mtx-9000's at dayton cheap. they program up a-ok, but they show only having 16 channels max. I can program much more personalities in to it & i was assuming i could do 3 zones of 16 channels each using the A-B-C switch (like my display top version)

Is ...

anyone have an analog 900 MSF-5000 manual they can part with?


joe K8ICV

greetings all.......

i have an msf-5000 analog repeater on 900, but is missing the hi stability osc module.... i heard there is a work around where the HSO module is not needed....... anyone have any details?

tnx,

joe ki8hp

I got this dtmf mic on a GTX mobile & works fine on it... when i put it on a 900 maxtrac the RX audio is very muffled. As the mic connectors between the rigs are *supposed* to be the same, im not sure why it isnt completely compatible on the maxtrac - no manulas at this time to compare prints either ...

I see a ton of aftermarket 1200 maH batteries for the ht600/mt1000 line out there, but is anyone making the short, lower-maH, slow charge packs any more? A UHF 600 with a stubby antenna & a lo-profile battery made a nice small-ish package......

Just picked up a GTX mobile at the Ft Wayne hamfest - all programmed up & working great, but the beep tome is REAL loud! I dont see anywhere in software to lower it - anyone had sucess in quieting the key-beep?


The KreicK

That did it! I didnt think to look at the VCO, as we were TX/RX everywhere we needed, but it was low, and after a touch of conductive paint we are in business.

thanks for the advise!


kreick

Bob- good idea, i will reblank & try again, once i get my laptop back up - my old slow toughbook died....waiting for the replacement to arrive....


kreick

I swapped out the firmware, and no change. anyone know of any other abnormalities to cause the SQ not to open at all, but receive a full quieting signal with the MON open? BTW set the RX to carrier SQ as well, still nothing....

tnx,


the kreick

I have a d27 900 maxtrac that i did the ham conversion on & everything looks a-ok, but the squelch wont open, nor will the busy light light. I have set the RX for carrier squelch, still wont open. I have keyed my GTX portable right next to it, & i can hear it on the maxtrac across the room, but not ...

this *is* a smartnet radio, so you may be right. I will have to look at the bits & see what is up.

it may be a while - work has beena bear lately!


~the Kreick~

In the origional program there was only one trunking mode, in mode 01 & i left that alone. If i add a conventional mode, after 01 named mode 02, the RSS lets me do it with no warnings or errors, but after i load it into the radio, all i get is mode 0 ... which was not there before - like it somehow ...

radio is a D44ZXA5JC7AK (and is a remote mount radio although the model # shows dash mount, so it may well be "pre-buggered")

Also, even with only one mode for trunkng, if i only add ONE mode conventional it sets the display to "mode 0 " and i can not select either mode. By reprogramming with the ...

OK, heres a question..... i have a uhf mobile spectra (off ebay), and it came with one mode (a trunked mode) programmed. When i read the plug it shopws the max # of modes as 250, and the RSS will allow me to add up tp 128 conventional modes, but when i dump this to the radio, it boots up & says ...