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Any update on this ?

Anyone done an out of band on the CP040.
VHF 147-174 standard ,need it to go to 144-174.

APRS project needing CP040
Thanks

Good day To share some facts regarding the DR-3000 repeater that could save a few $'s. We had a repeater transmitter failure on the DR-3000 transmit unit . Twice I re-soldered the switching diodes on the PA board . The third time it failed I swopped the TX and RX units around and running on lower po...

Any ideas on home made controller for the Quantar ?
The current controller went belly up and am unable to find replacement in my country .

Thanks in advance

Bradley
South Africa

Hi

Still looking for step by step procedure.

Looking for Service Manual.

Thanks in advance.

Bradlingtion

It has been a good few years since I last hacked the GM660 to a GM340 . At the time I battled and tried all avenues and managed to convert one unit . Shortly after that I had to put the project aside and never made accurate notes, Anyone have a step by step procedure for this reflashing from a GM660...

Where can one get the service manual for the URC-110?

Thanks in advance

B

Also looking for any good advice to connect a linking radio to J-AUX plu or internal if need be.

Thanks Will
After much time-mainly getting modified program to old dos machine.
Took only a few minuyes to align.
Many thanks
Any pointers on the best injection / tap points for normal CTCSS?
Regards

Bradley

I built the programmer and can read and write ok.

I will be doing the mod on the file to get the band down below 450.

The question is can I mod the Hex to values below the next step being 438 ?

I need 430 to 440 for uhf in my country

I have an old R100. Looking at various posts they mention that it can do Ham band with modified HEX stating 438-470. Our Ham allocation is 430 -440 with repeater TX on the high 439-xxx and repeater RX to 431-xxx. Has anyone successfully modified a H5015B uhf version to this low ? Thanks in advance. ...

One thing I failed to mention is I am unable to change the time and date of the station .

It has defaulted to year 1900

Went to site today and removed and reseated the controller card-no change.

Any ideas before looking at reloading firmware which I assume has its own risks.

Bradley

I have a Quantar that was powering up fine on the bench 3 years ago. Took it to ham repeater site and Station Alarm after rebooting a number of times. I am looking for the error codes description for: SC_ROOT 632 SYSTEM RESET 1 SC_SERVICE_DSP_OUTPUT 1267DSP DSP_TIMEOUT After many resets the Quatar s...

HP8920A locking up: Over a short period following symptoms: Lost second audio generator on RX Lost audio from internal speaker Error code :0040 After 10-20 seconds the menu would lock up and freeze . Only way to fix was power cycle Basic cleaning: Cleaned all cards with brush and compressed air. Rem...

HP8920A I have the following problem with the HP8920A. Over a short period the machine did the following: Lost seconf audio generator(normally used to generate CTCSS etc) Lost the audio on speaker of unit. Unit would work for short while and lock up ---no chaning on menu . Continuos ERROR 0040 after...

Hi

I would like to use the MC-MICRO speaker microphone on the spectra VHD rear connector.

Any suggestions.

Thanks

Bradley

Hi I have an old spectra which I do not have a mic for and also the ignition input 5 needs to be high before power button is enabled on the front panel . I have thus two questions: 1-Any good suggestions for a homebrew mic setup using the rear 15d-type. 2-Any internal strappings to disable this requ...

Hi Tom-long time -hope all is well.

Ok I will try the other DOS versions , I did program my two Astro III's with the CPS so I was a bit confused .

Will try it out on my old laptop and see how it goes.

Thanks

Brad

I have two of H43QXN7139CN SABER MARKED SECURENET ON TOP - NO KEYPAD.
I AM UNABLE TO READ THIS RADIO .

What version of software should I be using .
My CPS " ASTRO Saber and XTS3000 CPS " software is not reading the radio .

Thanks
Brad

Hi After a long time and new PC I tried to open the mx1000 program and it is unable to open - reports missing fre.txt file. When looking in explorer to the program it is missing . Do I just have a bad program v2040 and v200 same missing fre.txt ,or is there something I have forgotten to do . It was ...

Hi Tom I have a very busy ham life with having many uhf and club vhf repeaters and all my "radios" collected over the years. I did put a lot of time and effort into the earthing etc but there is still a lot to do .Before I got married and had children I had a whole double story house and h...

Here is my final result.

Added an old Icom battery pack charging module/circuit board and it allows me to use any 12V cigarette lighter or Icom wall charger .

Also has no impact on charging in the normal saber charger.

http://zs5bg.repeater-builder.com/index.html

I am new to the securenet enviroment so I am hoping to get some answers : I have two VHF sabers. They have the wing knob. They are marked on the top of the radio "SECURENET" My question is this :Does this mean they are off the shelf ""SECURENET "radios or are they "Secu...

Hi Thanks Dave - after going through the circuit I found both CR3 and CR4 were short circuit. Did not have 7,5 V but replaced them with 9,1V in the mean time and I have read and programmed the Gm300 and finally my three HT1000 portables. Next is getting the HT1000 from 8 to 16 ch - will see what HEX...

Hi Tom I have done two batteries with 6 cells so far and one with 7 , the latter I placed a diode incorrectly so I will have to take that one apart again. Regarding taking them apart I did the following two methods , First method:Drill a 6mm bit throgh the base of the pack at either edge , then with...

Has anyone taken readings on their RIB Mot box ,I seem to have a strange fault and should have taken these readings long ago for reference.

It is a genuine rib .

With Power to it -what should the states be on the given pins associated with TX /RX data etc.

Hi Tom

Thanks for the confirmation on the 8,4 Volt being nominal .

Will look at the additional cell in order to get the pack to the correct voltage .

Thanks

Brad

Good day I am wanting to repack my dead Saber battery pack . 6 cells would give nominal 7,2 V 7 cells would give nominal 8,4 V 7 cells can fit into the pack , has anyone else run 7 cells for the slightly higher voltage. These units can run on vehicle chargers etc so they should be able to handle the...

Hi Can anyone confirm the programming accessory plug information for the GM900 same as the mc2000 etc. I borrowed my lead to a radio dealer and now I need to program my one .Made up the RIB to 25 pin accessory lead but it still wont even read the radio . I can only get my original cable back ;later ...

Has anyone have an electronic version of the manual/s for this charger .

ELN1021A My charger is 220V

Local Mot agents can not assist me .

Thanks in advance.

OK-I have one saying that one cant go back and one says yes.

Confused -can you elaborate on how to go back or is there a special way to reverse the firmware.

Thanks

Brad

Is there a way to change a code plug from a higher version to a lower version .

My old GP340 is ver 4 and my newer one is version 6.0 which I do not have the software for .

Can this be done and what tools would I need to use .

Thanks /Brad

Thanks for the help -have managed to program the vhf radio and all seems to be working . I don't have a mic so will have to make do with the 15 pin d connector for now . Thanks for all the tips . Any place to download a user /service manual in order to make my self more familiar with the radios func...

Thanks for the help .

I have managed to program the vhf radio , all seems ok at this stage .

Thanks Brad

I have managed get the vhf and 900 radio up using the one dash mount head .
I am still without a mic and have not programmed it yet .

In the test mode it came up as ver. 203 .

Thanks for all the help.

OK Thanks for that I will look at it again.

I was not aware that pin 5 had to have the voltage -will try that and let you know.
Thanks Brad

I powered up both radios and no life-even after I jumpered the dB15 pin 2 and 8. Found the small white fuse Blown in the dash mount head -still not working . It looks like these have been modified and some repairs so I may be trying to get something working that is going to be too much in the doing .

Hi
I am new to the spectra range .
I have two Spectra's-one (D43 )is 900mhz trunked and the second is the remote mount chassis(D37) vhf excluding the remote head /mic(awaiting )

Is it possible to swap these two around so I can use the conventional VHF in the mean time .

Thanks in advance .

An mpt1327 system can do single channel allocation -where the unit is a control channel as per normal signalling and data -when NPD data and voice is used it switches over to a voice channel and then back once the call is completed.Many of the radio units have some intelligence where if a "loss...

No lithium Iron packs -only nicads

Hi

About the mod schemes I found this link to have the best basic explination of the differences - may warrent to experiment with the filter options in the S/W .

http://www.signalharbor.com/ttt/03nov/index.html
Brad

I am doing exactly , that until I get my charger back .

Using 200 ma and adjusting it as the battery is being charged and when it drops to 50ma I leave it overnight at 20-30 ma.

Painful process but it works for now.

Hi

What is the normal open load voltages for the standard and rapid rate chargers for the ASTRO sabers ?

Thanks in advance

Brad

Thanks for that - I know it is old but when I got it it was last programmed in DEC 1999 . These radios had not been used , so I have mint radios but old Firmware .Digital at the moment really sounds good. I cant be fussy as I am sure I am the only amateur in the country playing with commercial digit...

Mfg Code(FLASH PORT ): 0000010000009

Power-up test: AP_R03.33.00
DSP N05.01.04
EMC 2.012
KG1-DES
KG2-NONE
H04RDH9PW7AN

I am sure I did check and do not remember the H14 package.

Ok noted on you have tried this .

It was worth the try .

Can someone assit in answering me regarding MDC:1200 AS3 to display the codes on the screen.

Astro saber 3 : MDC-1200 working well and paging etc all good.

Any ideas on settings for the ID:displaying code .

Thnaks in advance

Brad

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