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phrawg

well look at it this way, At least when we see a radio with a bar
code scanner in the top of it, it will probably work without
17 revisions like a lot of radios that come out of /\/\
these days. Phrawg

phrawg

Simply put, The product aint bad, (save the newest junk)
but the "we are GOD of radio" attitude doesn't cut it.
Maybe some of the other brands aren't quite as physically hard,
but they can blow /\/\ out of the water on technology. Phrawg

phrawg

I absolutely agree on the 5100's. I have a small quantity of them
in the fleet I maintain and even though our rail system seems to
have a propensity for using them for wheel ckocks, they have
done well so far. Beware Ma /\/\ !!!!!!!!! Phrawg

phrawg

You just answered a 2 year old post :-? Have not seen Elroy here in AAAAAAAaaaages . And welcome to the board. Do a lot of reading in the other areas also and you will find a vast wealth of information. Specifically suggest our rules and operating policies and then peruse the model specific informat...

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Quite true ! They really did open the doors behind us to come in and the first camera flash caught them square in the eyes ! That being done we felt sorry for them being so unexpectedly blinded and invited them into our picture. ( of course they were moooooooooore .... than eager to do so !!!!! ) ( ...

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Important factors are your placement on the tank. On a rail around the side can be a disaster as far as pattern is concerned regardless of the 400 foot height difference. On the top near center is ok. How much feed line is involved at each location ? are they basicaly in the same area or is there a ...

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OH,, and Terry, I moved to Houston in 79, wasn't me .......

phrawg

Doug, I sent you a pm about that real wacko ham I told you
about last night. Enjoy

Oh yeah, he did have a great view back there.
I can personally attest to that ! Phrawg

phrawg

Another thing most folks seem to not be aware of. WATER itself will short nothing. Water in it's purest form or distilled is NOT conductive. It is the disolved solids and other polutants that make it conductive. To see a dramatic demo of this, rig a socket with a regular screw in bulb ( 110 v 25-40 ...

phrawg

I can see it now "self destruct initiated.. . . . ...."

phrawg

As far as 2 to 16 channel is concerned just see the information
under the "model specific" section. t will tell you exactly where
and what to hex edit to make the controler a 16 channel.
Phrawg

phrawg

I took the CET MANY years ago And hold a 3 digit reg number (300 something) issued in Ohio. If tests now like they were then it was a very practical experience test. Of course that was I guess somewhere in mid 70's. ISCET had only been in existance for about 6 months and the tv repair shop I worked ...

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COOL ! I am in. Keep me informed.

phrawg

check your pm's I sent a number to keep me informed.

phrawg

Ill third that motion, keep me informed and count me in. Phrawg

phrawg

Actually it is no mystery. THEY BREED !!!!! When you find one like that it is simply that you caught then soon enough after they completed the act, that they did not have time to let the stiff internal wires return to a proper relaxed state and let the cord return to original form. Lesson learned by...

phrawg

OHHHHHH !!!!! EXTREMELY GREY AREA POST !!!

Pls see rules concerning software requests.

phrawg

just forget about pin 15 altogether. Yes there is voltage there but it is not a very high curent source and should not be used for this purpose. Pin 5 should be fed by switched ignition from the vehicle. This allows the radio to deactivate when the ignition is turned off. The pin 15 is really a logi...

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NO leave the pin 15 alone. no connection. just the 5 to ign, the jumper previously mentioned and the speaker leads. The jumper is for sensing an emergency switch. If it is opened when the radio is on it will go into emerg xmit mode. If it is sensed as open while the radio is booting it will cause an...

phrawg

AHHHH Scott beat me to it by just a minute. Power to pin 5 speaker to pins 6 and 7. Most electronics supply houses or computer supply will have a db 15 male plug. That will solve your problem. The 15 pin needed by the way is the same as found on joystick or game ports of computers. Phrawg

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Look in the model specific section of this site. It will give you what all of the connections are. That 15 pin is also the speaker connection points. DO NOT let any of the connections to the speaker become grounded. This is a totally floating audio system. YES, The ign sense must be hooked up to pow...

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Nothing to it. Just use 2 small soldering irons to remove the bad one. Heat both ends at the same time and flip it out of the way. Set new one in place, hold down with a small probe, heat one end to get even a small solder flow to hold the part, solder other end, then go back and finish the tacked e...

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I would vote for the referal thing. With over eight thousand users the chances that someone who is wishing to be a serious user/contributor surely knows someone who knows someone etc who is already known on the board who would be glad to give them a thumbs up to become a member. Then I would suggest...

phrawg

and remember to place the fan so the airflow draws ait through
the fins, not tries to push it through. Cooling is MUCH more
efficient that way. Phrawg

phrawg

Well, the earliest versions of the rss were written in
fortran 86 and you entered all of the data through
a punch card reader !

phrawg

Yes I would believe you could do that with a fair chance of recovering the radio. Just make sure that the model number and bandsplit for the code plug you create from scratch is exactly what the radio really is. I would give it a shot. Those sabers are pretty robust when it comes to doing this type ...

phrawg

The squelch is adjusted in the alignment and service portion of
the RSS.

Yes there is a way to clear the list.
Do the opposite of entering the channels and you will end
up with an empty list. In other words just delete them one by one.

Phrawg

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yes, these series had quite an effective voice pattern recognition squelch system. I have owned several of them in a desktop consolette configuration and that was one of their best features. It would ignore 95% of a lightning storm going on nearby but open on a voice pattern with no hesitation at al...

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Doing a trade in the last few days with another fellow labber. Trade involved some radios called STX. NOW, here is the question, There were multiple of the hand held radio involved, soooo............ Is the plural of STX, just STX, stxs, stx's, stixes, stxices, stxisces, stices, sticises, or maybe j...

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Interesting thing about some of those clear cases though is that they can void all type acceptance in some radios that use, in their normal housings, a metalic film on the inside, to stop leakage of signal from internal oscillators. Makes them fail standards for incidental radiation under part 15. S...

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Well, if I remember correctly, There is no limit as long as they are entered into each individual personality or mode. BUT, if you have a saber of the more advanced types that have multiple user selectable pl codes from a table, I believe the number of codes in that table is limited to 16. Sure seem...

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Sounds like some component has become "microphonic". That means that it is picking up vibration from the speaker and that is affecting the way the circuit works. Kind of a feedback loop happening. I would first open the radio and see if there is a module loose just enough to cause this. Ma...

phrawg

AGHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!

NOW THERES A SCARY THOUGHT !!!

Phrawg !!!

phrawg

I absolutely remember the "BY" series. It has a round speaker in the front center and the knobs mounted along the strip at the bottom edge of the front. Some had a meter off to one side that you could switch to meter different functions with one of those knobs. We usually left them on 3 or...

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you are quite welcome to the help. that is the whole idea behind why we are here. Oh and sometimes pressing the button will NOT make the reciever go deaf.. If you are in a strong enough signal area you may not see a change at all. The radio will receive quite well anyway. The best way to test is to ...

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Absolutely on our friend Nand, Very good and experienced radio man. Miss him on here. do you suppose he is out at the GATE visiting with his brother, sister, and cousin ? you know them Nor, And, and Or ... . . ....... ok,ok, I know it was bad , but I asked him directly the same question a few years ...

phrawg

Sounds like you almost assuredly have a pad PA module.
That happens when a device in it get "leaky" and draws
current even when there is no drive. It is not repairable.
just drop a new pa module in it and go on. Phrawg

phrawg

There will BE nothing in the rss. The switch is a piece of hardware in the side of the radio. See the small round spot near the top of the acc conn ? that is the button that pushes the switch if it exists. best to be sure is to pop open the radio and see if there is a real switch in there on the ckt...

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That kind of mic is not repairable, but if you must look inside it, usually the aplication of about 16 ounces of steel attached to a handle, (hammer) swung swiftly and aimed accurately will cause the thing to reveal its innards ! Also a good squeeze in a vice will crack it but does so without all of...

phrawg

might need a new battery on the submit button.
looks like it is working rapid fire also !!! Phrawg hee hee

phrawg

No problem with that. What I am saying is the attendees
of such are to be bat members. If they happen to be hams
also then so be it. I am a ham also but would like to have a
/\/\ oriented gathering. Makes for a bit more professional
atmosphere.

phrawg

otaku, I dropped you a pm

phrawg

well I was more thinking about just a bat meeting rather than a ham meeting. Yes Brenham has one. it was 2 weeks ago. I was there. just a small social gathering really but I picked up a few small things. I had been wondering if anyone would bring back up the subject. Ok, lets work on it. Phrawg

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I used some header pins on 6 and 8 and cut a small hole on the db25
shell and I move a jumper pack between one pair or another
using a pair of tweezers or needlenose. no size increase in the db25
or extermal stuff and wont get knocked off easily. Phrawg

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He has a JT1000 and needs a NOISE KIT not ht1000 front panels.
I will look when I get to work monday. I may have a couple
on the shelf or if not I should be able to track down the # for you
if you have not got it from someone else by then. Phrawg

phrawg

The ruggedized sabers are different physically on the outside from the normal saber. The only pocket charger I know of is for the normal saber. If you are refering to the radios to each other yes as long as they are in the same band and bandsplit and programmed to do so. But if you are refering to t...

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"PROLLY" ??

not !

phrawg

He is saying that the machine must have NO traces of windows whatsoever. Windows handles ports in a completely different way than DOS. Has to do with the fact that windows uses "virtual UARTS" and dos uses hardware. The serial port card you have may be just the line driver and receiver chi...

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Well, setting the frequencies wont correct for the physical non-resonance of the hardware. Still must be done. I have set up many of them for 6 meters. Not at all difficult. When I am done they are +/- 5 watts of norm across the 6 meter band. Then I use 6-32 brass screws in the front end coils to be...

phrawg

AHHHHHH !!!! Many thanks to those from the land waaaaay north
of me. (Texas) That is what I was looking for. Phrawg

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