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60hzEE

Before you give up, if you have not already sent the radio off to Will, try doing a reset of the microprocessor. As if you were replacing the command board.

That should fix the problem.

Lee
60HzEE

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From your description, it sounds like a bridge rectifier module. To confirm that's what it is, you should be able to check the diodes inside by doing a front-to-back resistance check, or, if your DVM has a diode position, that will work too. A good diode will show 0,6V forward drop. A bad one, 0V. S...

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Dan: Thanks. I'll see what I can do. I'm thinking of perhaps an ALC limit to reduce output power automatically when tuning. If I had an ICOM radio, that's already done. Not so for Kenwoods, though.

Thanks again for all the help.

Lee

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Hi, Dan. Well, I found what I was looking for from a ham who has one down Texas way. Thanks, though, for your suggestions. As to /\/\other /\/\, well, its a classic tale of as you put it, the MBA's (and lawyer types at the helm) wrecking corporate America. The firing of US talent and replacing it wi...

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Dan: Thanks. I already had looked at MOBAT's newer model. And, although the outward appearance is very similar, theirs apparently receives control info via the coax, or, at least that's what their spec sheets say. The one I'm looking at has four leads via external studs/feed-thrus on the input (bott...

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Anybody know where I can find a manual for a Micom HF 1.6-30MHz tuner, TLA-6102A?

No luck with Motorola On Line.

Lee

60hzEE

A trick I used on a 450-470MHz UHF spectra to get its VCO to lock below 442 was to carefully tack solder a little more length on the stripline exposed in the window. I took a 1/16W film resistor and tack soldered the end of its lead on the end of the stripline. Then, I bent it back, making a small l...

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True. The United States Forest Service, an arm of our federal government, is not bound by FCC regulations. They, like our military, can purchase and operate any radios that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration say they may. FCC Type Acceptance is not required. However, loca...

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Not to prolong this, but if the federal government in the form of FEMA, or even the big /\/\ themselves, had made a few hundred GP-68's or GP-338's available during the Katrina aftermath, their interoperability problems would have gone away. At least with respect to responder/helicopter communicatio...

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From my recollection, DTMF is only a 16CH radio feature. So, follow the procedure on the Batlab Thread for changing it to a 16CH radio. Remember, most 2CH radios are forever 2CH radios. The DTMF front cover has contacts on the bottom that mate up with the board. No soldering required. Just put the o...

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Before you disable the hang up box feature, one of the advantages to using it is that if, while scanning, it stops on an active channel, and you want to join the conversation, by picking up the mike, it will stop on that channel and allow you to transmit if you have talk-back enabled also. If you th...

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First, do not just blindly change things in the radio, either on the command board or the MLM. If you set one bit incorrectly, the radio could be turned into an expensive brick, and the only way to fix it would be to put in a working MLM, initialize things, and do more hex editing to get the radio ...

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The 900 spectras that I have done do not have the command board data at the address listed. It was at a different loocation on each radio I did. A very painstaking search through the data to find it. Chris But, no matter where the string was, in order for the radio to be made into a conventional, t...

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Location 6226 was found to be MoFlag 7 and was FF..everything on. But to find that location I had removed all but Mode 1 from the radio, then I could find the string that matched the B681-B690 in the Cmd board. Changed to EF and the Zone problem went away, "Not available" in the RSS. I st...

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Exactly how backwards is using vacuum tubes? When our U.S. Military were sent over to the Middle East for Desert Storm under the first President Bush, their solid state radio receiving equipment was being damaged (permenantly damaging the transistor GaasFet technology front ends) just from the Stat...

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Without sufficient additional magnetic shielding and overvoltage protection, when EMP is produced from even a small thermonuclear reaction, most solid state junctions will be broken down for a considerable distance. Don't ask me for a "for how far away" estimate or as a function of megaton...

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I'll say this again: ....... Today in 2006 more than 2/3 rds of present day /\/\ employees live and work outside the U.S.A. in India, China, Mexico, U.K., Brazil, Ireland, Poland (in fact Polish Engineers write the Cryptic Codes that our U.S. Federal Government and Public Safety Departments use), G...

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Yeah but my shares are up. I'm sure the workers can relocate to China and find a job Under the previous boss 14.48 Under Ed. 24.04 nearrly reached 25 last week Ever heard the term, "bagholder?" That's what you are, my friend. And, every other small potatoes investor. CEOs with their maxim...

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Sounds like the microprocessor is hickupping. Try resetting the microprocessor and see if that helps.

RSSI should be available on just about every button position, if I remember correctly.

Lee

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Yes bitbanging will do it, and an A9 head requires the systems 9000 remote mount cable. Jason The Spectra remote cable is all that you need. Its not a systems 9000 remote cable, just a Spectra remote cable. The newer one, not the older one with the 15 pin connector dangle. A5 and A9 heads use the s...

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You can also change the codeplug strings as explained in the model-specific Spectra section of the main batlabs site. That is, if you have the patience to do all of the hex editing that is required. Codeplug strings that determine feature/function in both the MLM and Command Board memory are not spe...

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Orlando is worth going to. I like Friday afternoon the best. If you have 900MHz amateur capability, take it with you. There are several repeaters and quite a bit of simplex on 927.5.

Lee
W6EM
Leeds, AL

60hzEE

The "1" button with a zone down arrow is 38-05671X40
And, the "3" button with a zone up arrow is 38-05671X44

You can also buy a large Zone button, and then make it a zone up or down key. The small keys work the best, though.

Lee

60hzEE

You should be able to correct by reading and then writing back to the radio. 01/82 is a checksum error, which is normally automatically fixed.

If that doesn't work, there could be a more serious problem, such as a damaged command board or MLM. Or possibly an incorrect EPROM type byte.

60hzEE

An easier approach might be to call the dealer back, the "who 'dunnit", and have him look at the archived file. He should be able to tell you over the phone which button has the Mon feature. As an added bonus (for his embarassment if "8" isn't it) you could say that its not a sta...

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Have you checked the rubber contact matrix to make sure that the home button position isn't somehow shorted? Being on the edge of the substrate, I've seen water and corrosion creep in under the rubber matrix and damage the board. Hearing the beep when you power it up sounds fishy. As if the button i...

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OK. When you cloned in the other code plug, you changed the MLM and Command board hex string to that of the other codeplug, which may have been an older series firmware. Even though you change the model number in the MLM, you haven't changed the hex strings. If your MLM is a v.6.11 or higher, load a...

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Oops, er, fast math.

25*16, or, 400 choices!!!

60hzEE

Up to 25 zone lists and corresponding scan lists. One of the reasons being zone capable is so important. Instead of only one scan list of 16, you can have 16*16 or 256 possible selections. But, of course, that's selecting each channel on two separate lists. Geographic zone lists are handy, for that ...

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Double check the Model number, you show C2 for the head type. I do not recall any 2, just 3, 4, 5 and 7, plus the x9000 A9. A Cx would indicate a trunking radio, altho the head is the same as conventional Ax. Probally a C5 radio, that would have only three buttons on the right of the 8 charictor di...

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The electrolitic in electrolitic caps is boric acid. I have never had to remove the MLM shield and I have changed out 50-100 caps so far. just use a long narrow tip. OK. If the "goop" remains to continue the process of corrosion, the boric acid has been absorbed into the board substrate s...

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But this claim that posession and sale of non-US radio constitutes an infringement on their IP rights is pure garbage plain and simple. Unless the radio is stolen (and the burden of proof lies on the plaintiff to prove it's stolen with a police report) then Motorola has no claim. There is no doubts...

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Not absolutely sure, but I seem to remember that only ver 3.2 something and higher were capable of MPL. For sure, ver 4 and higher all are.

Lee

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I've been away for about a year and wasn't able to publicly say thanks to Monty's family for the help he gave to all of us. Although I did thank his son directly via email. Monty was a great resource and always helpful. That's been said. But, truly, the hints, kinks, and small suggestions here and t...

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Hmm How old are you? Looks like from your use of "ascii art" that you are about 13.. I ranted(?) because i see this type of CR@P design methodology all the time. Unfortunately, your attitude is also typical. No commitment to quality, and the view that "if I put it on the net for free...

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Thank you for your detailed diatribe, you narcissistic ().() If you truly had meant your comments to be constructive, you wouldn't have ranted as you did in your original post. Perhaps you are wasting your time here, as your attitude SUCKS. Not everyone thinks as much of themselves (and their abilit...

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Hi, Just a heads up about the clone RIB circuit posted on Batlabs (filename:simplrib.pdf), by Eddie Gora. This is, unfortunately, a remarkably poor piece of design work, and/or a remarkably poor piece of drafting. Firstly, a 7407 is NOT an inverter, as shown on the diagram. A 7406 is the correct pa...

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Another way that some use on 900 conversions is 3M adhesive-backed copper tape. Its about 3 mils thick and comes in a variety of widths. 1/4" tape is the easiest to work with. Just snip off about an 1/8" of it and lay it on the end of the stripline and solder the end on the stripline to th...

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It sounds like as the last poster said, you must have problem with your hex editing of the band lower limits, since lengthening the stripline will shift the entire lock range down. I've not used the conductive pen, mainlly because its hard to get it in the small window. Instead, I tack soldered a le...

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The GP300/GP350/P110/P1225 Intellicharger requires 13VDC at 1 Amp, with center pin positive polarity. It will rapid charge NiCads or NiMh, per /\/\. You should be able to find a wall wart for a couple of bucks as opposed to the $27 /\/\ wants for one.

Lee
Bradenton, FL

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Ah, the beauty of the GP300, GP350, and P1225...... Simply plug in a $7 cigaretter lighter cable into the single unit intellicharger and you have your desktop charger in the car. Of course, the $22 antenna adapter is a little pricy I suppose....... But, on the other hand, the radio housings don't co...

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I am using a base microphone so I assume it does the off on hook, but I will recheck with a mobile mic on hook. When I try to select channels it just emitts a beep. Pushing the scan button does nothing, no action no beep. If your base mike doesn't have a "monitor" key, as I recall, it won...

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Yes, it is just an A5 control head. If the old one is not an enhanced head (HLN6337 or 6338), you may need to modify the interface board that sits between the head and the radio if its a dash mount, before you replace the head. You'll cook the audio IC chip if you don't. Look on the spectra pages as...

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The best place to find a DTMF kit is probably greed-Bay. I found a GP-350 version, which I rehoused in a GP300 front. Same electronics, just a different mike/speaker cable. Another I found at a hamfest. If its used, you can order a new plastic front and keypad rubber and it will look brand new. If y...

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Well, I browsed the /\/\ site Saber II exploded parts list and diagram. Guess what. The price was only $3979 for the plastic radio housing and a few pieces like the push to talk pad!!! Also, the speaker mike flex, item 45, was marked "no longer available". Guess product support has a new d...

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According to my manual, only a 500 millisecond 1600Hz burst is possible, as it is a microprocessor self-test check, unless that has been disabled in RSS. If the self test isn't successful, the 1600Hz tone will be continuous. You may have a trunker board added. Ive seen these, and who knows how many ...

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Yep, ur right about the knobs. The stops in the same place and the button under the knobs isnt. Good luck with it.

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Don't know what you mean by a "16CH knob." Same knob, just somebody cut the stop off the top of the radio under the knob. Wishful thinking by whoever owned it before you. My manual's a 92 version and doesn't show the newer, different two channel board. If you look at the microprocessor car...

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As Larry suggested, you might have a damaged U406. If you have a speaker mike, try powering up the radio with it attached. U406 has several different IC amps, and there are three that are used. One is common to both internal and external speakers. So, if just one of the internal amps is damaged, you...

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It should be able to receive something from another close radio or a generator putting out quite a few microvolts into it via an RF adaptor. The front ends do need some tuning if going a long way from where it was before. The same can be said for the transmitter. The P200/HT600/MT1000 series are not...

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