Replacing Minitor V RF Boards ...

[knr]

Everyone,

Would anyone happen to know if it is possible to replace the radio frequency boards in the Minitor V pagers?

I was given a UHF Minitor V dual channel that I'd like to convert to 151 - 158 VHF. I've already done the "hard work" in engineering mode, now I need to do the serious hard work and swap the RF boards.

I haven't been able to locate any part numbers for the radio board, or even a phone number for M that I could call to order the board itself.

Anyone have any thoughts or insight?

Thanks,

-Kyle

[tcash158]

Why do you have to change the rf board in the pager, cant you just change the band split?

[DJP126]

Motorola does not sell parts for the Min V. They consider it to be depot repair only due to the intrinsically safe rating. NOTE: Once you open the housing, your pager is no longer IS or FM approved.

[ai4ui]

DJP126 is exactly right. The only parts you can buy are the belt clip, the battery, and the little tab thingy that holds the battery in place. I am having a real issue with the rubber that covers the reset button decaying. Every time one of our pagers does this I have to send it on a Mexican vacation (at $80 a pop no less) for what is really a bad design made with inferior materials. Never had this problem w/ Minitor IIs.

The best thing you could do is trade it for what you are looking for, or sell it out right & buy what you are looking for. Probably not a huge demand for UHF pagers, so good luck.

To answer the other poster, changing the bandsplit won't work. Electrically it is a UHF receiver. Just telling it that it is a VHF receiver won't make it a VHF receiver. None of the parts are resonate on any VHF frequencies.