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I am having trouble with hex editing is there anyone that can help me?
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CPS R04.01.04
Unmodified does 403-477.0000 no problem on an Astro Saber.
All of my other Astro radios are VHF.
Astro Saber III (136-174) - 136-179.0000
Astro Spectra (136-162) - 133-171.0000
XTS3000 UHF (450-520) - 445-521.0000 (codeplug I have for some reason?)
All of the above values are using unmodified CPS.
Unmodified does 403-477.0000 no problem on an Astro Saber.
All of my other Astro radios are VHF.
Astro Saber III (136-174) - 136-179.0000
Astro Spectra (136-162) - 133-171.0000
XTS3000 UHF (450-520) - 445-521.0000 (codeplug I have for some reason?)
All of the above values are using unmodified CPS.
Scott
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I am trying to do the VHF side I want below 146.000 the rss I am using is 9.05.00. I have tried Hex editor but have not gotten anywhere.
David
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Well, I know my buddy was trying to get his 450-512 A/S down to the 440 range but the CPS wasn't allowing the file to be saved. If you put the Ham freqs in using the DOS RSS, then read the radio with CPS it'll let you keep the OOB freqs but won't allow any new entries, even for the Talkaround freq. As we all know, once you do anything to the radio with CPS you can't go back to the DOS RSS. Tried hex editing but couldn't find the right places in the file(s) to edit. If someone could post the specific addresses in the AstroPort.exe file to edit, that'd be helping alotta people.
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Okay, since the other thread got locked, I'll post here.
I recently came into a Q-split consolette W7 Astro Spectra and my goal is to get it to play as far up as I can with as few hardware modifications as possible and without labbing a different codeplug into it. I have a D44 midsplit UHF analog Spectra to pull parts from, so that's not a problem. It plays all the way from 440 to 490.
It's already been established that the RF board is common to all three UHF Astro splits.. good. The prefilter is a definite swap, also good. That leaves the VCO and PA. I'm thinking the opposite of the 900MHZ VCO mod can be done; that is, remove portions of the etched trace with an X-acto knife or whathaveyou to push the operating range up instead of down. The PA is the kicker, though. I don't have service manuals for either the analog or Astro radios, so I have no idea what the component value differences are here. If anyone has an idea what they are, I can get the parts and replace as necessary to make it a midsplit PA.
As for the codeplug, CPS 04.01.04 is pretty out-of-band friendly as it is, but I'm guessing it won't let a Q-split radio go all the way up to 470. Assuming I can make the Batlabs hack work and get it to accept frequencies that high, what other alignment values do I need to look out for? I'm guessing the VCO crossover freq is probably going to need to be changed, but to what? Again, I don't have any service manuals, but I do have a sexy R2590 service monitor to play with.
I recently came into a Q-split consolette W7 Astro Spectra and my goal is to get it to play as far up as I can with as few hardware modifications as possible and without labbing a different codeplug into it. I have a D44 midsplit UHF analog Spectra to pull parts from, so that's not a problem. It plays all the way from 440 to 490.
It's already been established that the RF board is common to all three UHF Astro splits.. good. The prefilter is a definite swap, also good. That leaves the VCO and PA. I'm thinking the opposite of the 900MHZ VCO mod can be done; that is, remove portions of the etched trace with an X-acto knife or whathaveyou to push the operating range up instead of down. The PA is the kicker, though. I don't have service manuals for either the analog or Astro radios, so I have no idea what the component value differences are here. If anyone has an idea what they are, I can get the parts and replace as necessary to make it a midsplit PA.
As for the codeplug, CPS 04.01.04 is pretty out-of-band friendly as it is, but I'm guessing it won't let a Q-split radio go all the way up to 470. Assuming I can make the Batlabs hack work and get it to accept frequencies that high, what other alignment values do I need to look out for? I'm guessing the VCO crossover freq is probably going to need to be changed, but to what? Again, I don't have any service manuals, but I do have a sexy R2590 service monitor to play with.
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UPDATE
The etched trace on the VCO WILL NOT CUT. Turns out it's a little more stout than your average phenolic board with copper overlay. I tried slicing it with an Xacto knofe and the tip of the blade just ground off. So I was forced to use the VCO from my midsplit analog Spectra.
Luckily for me, this particular radio read with RSS, so I didn't have to dick with out-of-banding it with CPS. However, it doesn't look like modifying the existing Q-split codeplug is going to work. With the prefilter and unmodified VCO from the midsplit Spectra, I get no receive below 450 MHz and no transmit below 460 MHz. Lengthening the etched trace was no help. I got it down to 445 MHz receive and 450 MHz transmit, but the top receive limit plummeted all the way down to about 470 MHz. The receive is slightly desensitized as well; .32 - .35 mV squelch threshold from 450 to about 485 MHz versus the normal .17 - .23. The PA was a pleasant surprise, however; it transmits 35 watts all the way up to about 470 MHz. And the deviation took quite a bit of tweaking to get it back in spec.
I'm not ready to give up quite yet, though. Suggestions?
The etched trace on the VCO WILL NOT CUT. Turns out it's a little more stout than your average phenolic board with copper overlay. I tried slicing it with an Xacto knofe and the tip of the blade just ground off. So I was forced to use the VCO from my midsplit analog Spectra.
Luckily for me, this particular radio read with RSS, so I didn't have to dick with out-of-banding it with CPS. However, it doesn't look like modifying the existing Q-split codeplug is going to work. With the prefilter and unmodified VCO from the midsplit Spectra, I get no receive below 450 MHz and no transmit below 460 MHz. Lengthening the etched trace was no help. I got it down to 445 MHz receive and 450 MHz transmit, but the top receive limit plummeted all the way down to about 470 MHz. The receive is slightly desensitized as well; .32 - .35 mV squelch threshold from 450 to about 485 MHz versus the normal .17 - .23. The PA was a pleasant surprise, however; it transmits 35 watts all the way up to about 470 MHz. And the deviation took quite a bit of tweaking to get it back in spec.
I'm not ready to give up quite yet, though. Suggestions?