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That is usual on Motorola repeaters....its so the ID is polite.....wont run during a conversation....also it prevents a CW ID during P25 operation.....only way to correct it is set timer to LESS than 10 min...I set mine to 8 but heavy use systems need it as low as 5....Users WONT hear it as the ID r...

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I have a 900Mhz Quantar I am trying to interface to a RLC Club controller....made up the cable from the 50pin Centronics to the DB9 for the RLC....PTT and PL/COS work and I THINK RX audio works BUT I have fighting TX audio issues....I changed the SC card to a different one and that was even worse......

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I have several 900MHz 6580s I would love to get rid of the trunking . HOW do I do it?? I have searched just about everywhere and people don't post anything helpful... Cmon folks, links or something is better than "mine got converted" and nothing else!! As in one repeaterism, "if thou ...

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Got a CDM1250 on UHF for free...want to put it on UHF ham...my CPS is WB capable but the radio was already NB....won't accept WB channels....Motorola just retired the WB entitlement this past week and its no longer available.....is there a way for LAB / Depot CPS to make it WB capable again? Thanks ...

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HAHAHAHA!!! No they don't....the TX VHF FM Society has gone to crap...coordinating 10k splinters on 2m with 16K0F3 emissions!! Something the membership NEVER voted on...I'm a former BoD member (twice) life member since 1979 and former coordinator....NEVER got notified as REQUIRED by the bylaws of th...

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Figured it out... a ~ is a space......so I put one at the beginning of the callsign and now the transmitter is fully up before the ID starts....Yeah!!! I dont think there is a way to have it send PL during an ID....maybe via Wildcard setting??? But Im happy its just as I want it...next up, to interf...

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Yep, got it done....and set it at 40w....running great now...Love them boxes

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Is there a way to insert a space before the start of the CW characters? The quantar takes forever to key up and the ID starts spitting out the first letter and half of it doesn't get sent properly

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VHF Quantar...does 125 on key up then drops to 45w then next to nothing after a minute. Anything I can do to fix it or ?? I'd be happy with 45watts

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Except it's NB only...oh well, gonna try and older version today

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Well got 14.12 and it loaded fine on my Win10 64bit....YEAH!!

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I have Quantar RSS 14.....tried to load it on my Windows 10 machine....loads but when I click the ICON, I get an error msg....suggesting restarting the program. That doesnt work. I thought maybe it was a Java issue...loaded Java successfully but no change...Tried using Windows XP compatibility....No...

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Is there a way to force PL decode ON and scan to work on a APX8500 with NO mic hangup wired? Or is it just mandatory I install one? I looked in the CPS and see HUB...is that referring to the hangup box?? If so, I think I can disable that to make the radio think there is one..(which is fine..I dont h...

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The CPS, using R27, doesn't allow 900 MHz freqs to be entered..is there a hack??
Chris

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Tnx...I set up channels for MPL and set a MPL list but the softkey never showed..may have missed something in CPS The 8500 skips 902 to 928 programming...the 8000 shows it in the frequency range but won't take the freqs..maybe there is hack. Wanted to put a local 900 rptr in it but looks like it won...

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One downside of the kd2sl antenna is that it is horizontally polarized as are all "turnstile" type antennas. Horizonal is normal polarization for TV broadcast and also for typical Ham fixed operation but not mobile. Cross polarization can cause major degradation, especially on higher freq...

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Is there a way to send 4th column DTMF (A B C D) on an 8000? I have mine doing hot keypad and the DTMF tones work great but need 4th column to control my ham stuff....I COULD use a DTMF generator on my phone but I'd prefer to have the radio do it directly.

Tnx
Chris

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Tried searching but didnt see this as a previous post. APX8000XE....trying to set up MPL so I can change PL on the fly on ham entries...set the MPL list 1 up and uploaded CPG to radio (CPS R27.0) ...never saw a softkey for MPL (It was added in the CPS features and buttons, etc) and the radio started...

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Is there a CD or PDF of the service manual available?? My 2670 got water on it (it was outside under a cover overnight and dew accumulated...now some of the buttons are stuck and the unit wont power up correctly..it does say PASS...but the screen doesnt get bright or large...was working fine before....

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The P25 module was an add on option for the 2670...had it at a former employment (and it cost almost as much as the monitor alone!!

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KG Electronics in Witchita KS is the place for 1200s....Kurt is a former IFR engineer who can repair those boxes...knows them like the back of his hand...
KGElectronics.com is his web site...tell him I sent you..

Chris Boone
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I am looking at an IFR 1500 on Ebay. Looks to be OK except the description mentions "N.V. RAM check sum error". I am not familiar with the IFR 1500 line that much. Will mostly be doing basic tx and rx stuff as well an occasional duplexer etc. Question- Is this a serious fault with the uni...

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AND speaking of RNC3000, anyone recall how to upgrade the software from say 8.14 to 8.23??? I forgot the procedure and am out of the office right now....my cohorts in La are having issues with a RNC and it keeps rebooting....they have it on 8.14 and Im sure 8.23 takes care of that..they have the CD ...

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Whats the alarm you are getting?? I take it you DONT have the manuals?? The alarm codes are explained in there.

Chris

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FBICR is what I am planning to use on one ham rptr setup...I have a repeater on one tower 10 miles from the controller (RLC-DSP404) which sits at a "hub" site with remote bases, other links and repeaters (a 220 rptr is on the RLC site; the UHF rptr is on a 600ft tower and we havent been ab...

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Had a PA failure in a UHF Quantar.pulled it to send back to the depot...have an external 100watt amp that CAN be easily driven by the exciter..but the exciter or software doesn't like the internal PA missing and won't put any power out (in fact I think it locks in a FLEA power xmit mode beeping)..Tr...

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Nice list, Marc! It's nice to see what has been added along the line on the Astro25 platform. Waiting anxiously on one for the mobiles and the Quantar repeaters (I have all Astro Spectras on UHF.....but other areas of our fleet now have XTL5000s) I could use some upgrades probably on mobiles and re...

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Dave, No, I don't beleive so. In each side of the link thee will be one four wire E & M module. All I am looking to do is emulate a wire line for voting receivers. So it will be like this Astro Tac Rx'r -- adtran with E & M Module -- motorola ptp 49600 -- motorola ptp49600 -- adtran E &...

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I am needing to remove two DIUs from my Astro RNC to move to a new location. IF I power down the DIUs, all is ok...when I unplug the DIUs from the CEB, ok...BUT unplug from the RNC??? The watchdog timer fires, restarts the RNC and it will NOT allow a reboot of the RNC. It just stops on a reboot scre...

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I have several sites with Quantars...all running P25 and tied to the DIUs using V.24 over 56K DDS ckts....of course we only use 9600 baud of the 56.......have opportunity to place ham rptrs at sites and want to link them together with the DDS..IF I can somehow convert the analog audio to a V.24 or c...

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No RLC3 for sale (yet)...I may be looking at the DSP404 soon...have two RLC3s, one RLC1+ and a RC850...was looking at the RLC CLUB Deluxe to replace the 1+ so the 1+ can go to a new end site....I have the Quantar in flat audio mode and I moded my controllers for that as well..so I can pass DC-4kHz t...

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Right now my company has ~100 UHF Quantars (all running P25) throughout 6 states....all tied to the RNCs and consoles using 56K DDS circuits (a waste since you only need 9600baud).....Some circuits are maybe a few miles from an office with a DDS interface (Excalibar DAP) to the tower where another D...

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Is there a way to force the ID to finish running while the Quantar is in ANALOG mode instead of stopping and starting over?? I have a Quantar on my ham repeater and I hate to have to let the carrier drop and then the ID starts THEN a user keys up and the ID stops and resets to try again...ARGH!!!! I...

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Ok, I hate Mother M's RSS more and more :x I picked up a couple of Desktracs......Some V and some U....trying to put them on ham band....RSS version I have for Desktrac is R3......I DONT have Maxtrac RSS so am I screwed??? I tried hacking the HEX code of the RSS I have and manually entered a 444 fre...

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Ok, I hate MOther M RSS more and more :) I picked up a couple of Desktracs......Some V and some U....trying to put them on ham band....RSS version I have for Desktrac is R3......I DONT have Maxtrac RSS so am I screwed??? I tried hacking the HEX code of the RSS I have and manually entered a 444 freq ...

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Friend of mine has a SyntorXX on 10 and 6....xmtr is working fine (200watts on 10/100watts on 6) but the rcvr seems a little low in sens...is there any adjustments I can do on the radio to help it?? (I MAY have problems with my R2670 but when I can hear him full quieting on 6 in my mobile, he cannot...

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Its a 2670B with the P25 option and the 15 pin VGA jack on the left side. Manual says nothing about the resolution or any settings. Evidently my LCD TV cant handle the 640x480 screen (though it should..it handles 480i and 480p with no problem)...I'll try one of my PC monitors on it... I need to talk...

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Has ANYONE had luck feeding the VGA output of a R2670 to a VGA monitor, etc? I tried plugging my 2670 into my 32in LCD HD VGA input...no go (it DOES like my laptop)....SO is there a screen I am missing to set the output properties or is it preset or???? I would like to display the screen onto a larg...

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This seems to be an old thread but I had to add in my $0.02. My company runs Astro UHF and they bought R2670s...I have always used analog IFRs and one HP8920 (the one and ONLY one I would ever use)...IFR used to be my choice...the older 1xxx series (1000-1500s) were damn good and easy to use....but ...

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Thanks for the replies and suggestions. I'm going to go with a Larsen NMO50 or something similar mounted at pretty much the center of the roof in both directions. The hole was drilled, the mount installed, and the feedline routed last weekend. Maybe this weekend, I'll get the antenna mounted and tu...

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Many utilities get their vehicles under a lease program. This is where the no holes stand comes from. It may be a fabrication, but they are the customer. As was already stated, low band antennas want to have a ground plane under them. In many cases this is hard if not almost impossible to obtain. I...

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I am in the planning stages of my install for my 2004 Ford F150. However I have yet to find a pre-fab entrance point for my wiring. Anyone got any suggestions? My 97 F150 had a pre-fab whole in the passenger floorboard with a rubber gasket. Looking for any ideas before I start drilling. There still...

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Sounds like you are trying to run Mixed Mode...Astro and analog...in addition to setting the rcvr to PL, you NEED to also set the rcvr squelch in CSQ mode...that is done in the RSS....the front panel button does NOT do that. Go into Service/Alignment of RSS and go to Receiver Squelch Adj....make sur...

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Hey there. I've been tasked by my company to help come up with ideas to link several repeater sites in my city together 3 sites to be exact. Each site will have 2 MTR 2000 UHF repeaters. For the sake of the description I will call them channels 1 and 2. Each repeater has its own pair of UHF freqs a...

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Well it was not off freq or anything similar....another tech went to the site..and reloaded the codeplug from another site into the Quantar and reset freq and hex codes...it worked! I HAD done the same thing but not sure why it didnt work when I did..there was some questions on some filtering in the...

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Have a UHF Quantar that developed a strange issue...It is Astro and has been working fine until recently...all of a sudden, the rptr will not key up except maybe once in 20 attempts from mobiles....Rcvr is ok (analog 0.25uV or so) and in analog mode, rptr is usuable 40miles away... but put it in Ast...

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Well, did some more digging; sure enough the Astro is SPKR out while the MCS2000 uses line out....and our Consolettes are used locally as well as via the remote desksets...so it looks like a switch or L Pad for it

Chris

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Our radio system is UHF Astro. At the office, we currently run an Astro Plus W7 Consolette and have MC3000 Desksets tied to it using the interface hub box. All works ok BUT the overall radio receive volume on the DeskSets changes with the radio volume (using the Up/Down control, of course) !!! Needl...

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Would this be possible with Astro Spectras? I have a need for this on commercial service and if I can use Astro Spectras to require the correct digital code to key up the opposite transmitter, it owuld be perfect!! (it would actually be two back to back radios...one talking to a Quantar, the other t...

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Here in SE Texas we lost three towers that I know of...(not counting the Rohn 25G/ homemade looking self support towers that were poorly put up or overloaded).... Time Warner Cable lost their 500ft tower in Port Neches TX...I am trying to get pics of it...no TV antennas were on it anymore...everythi...

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