Centracom II upgrade to Centracom Gold Elite (in my house)
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 1:38 pm
So, I have recently upgraded my Centracom II (OMI based) to Centracom Gold Elite.
The reason, I wanted to add more channels and was running out of room in the front end rack and wanted something to do. So, I acquired the COIM (thanks Rod Farva), the CIE (for $15 on eBay), found some newer BIMs, and a computer running Win 2k, after some pulling my hair out for a day or so it was MUPL'd and up and running. The system currently has 5 transmit resources including a T4/4R and 5 receive only resources. 2 more TX/RX coming when I get a couple more radios. Also an AEI running 4 old CC speakers behind the macbook. The punch block on the right and DC fuse block were originally designed for some zetron speakers. But those got scrapped because the Centracom ones ended up sounding way better.
None of the stuff was from the same system orginally, I had to piece everything together from various places but everything is working well!
A shot of the OP:
The original B&L
The original CEB:
The desk with the new setup
A shot of the OP:
The card cage as its being wired in
Punch blocks
The radios are all stacked up in the attic in no manner that I'm particularly proud of!
And as a disclaimer before anyone mentions it, I am licensed and/or authorized to transmit on anything that has TX enabled on it. ex Fire Dispatch module has a TX key just because it looks better but is just a receiver.
Hope you enjoy!
The reason, I wanted to add more channels and was running out of room in the front end rack and wanted something to do. So, I acquired the COIM (thanks Rod Farva), the CIE (for $15 on eBay), found some newer BIMs, and a computer running Win 2k, after some pulling my hair out for a day or so it was MUPL'd and up and running. The system currently has 5 transmit resources including a T4/4R and 5 receive only resources. 2 more TX/RX coming when I get a couple more radios. Also an AEI running 4 old CC speakers behind the macbook. The punch block on the right and DC fuse block were originally designed for some zetron speakers. But those got scrapped because the Centracom ones ended up sounding way better.
None of the stuff was from the same system orginally, I had to piece everything together from various places but everything is working well!
A shot of the OP:
The original B&L
The original CEB:
The desk with the new setup
A shot of the OP:
The card cage as its being wired in
Punch blocks
The radios are all stacked up in the attic in no manner that I'm particularly proud of!
And as a disclaimer before anyone mentions it, I am licensed and/or authorized to transmit on anything that has TX enabled on it. ex Fire Dispatch module has a TX key just because it looks better but is just a receiver.
Hope you enjoy!