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Thanks to everyone who has responded. It looks like I will need to get a DIU3000 and go from there!

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I am new to Quantar repeaters and recently got a UHF unit. I would like to have it set up with a local microphone and speaker so I can talk and listen to P25 users who are on the repeater without having to use a radio. Ideally I would like to connect something like an MC3000 digital remote base unit...

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I was able to find the radio thickness measurements, SL300: 0.87" vs XPR 3000: 1.43", so the XPR 3000 is 0.56" thicker with the thin battery. BTW, there are after market Li-ion thin batteries for Visar's on eBay. I got one around a year ago and it works great. The only possible issue ...

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I have an XPR3500 with the standard battery. How does the SL300 compare regarding thickness? I see that there is a slim battery for the XPR3500, how much does this reduce the thickness by?

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I got it working! I had to set the Digital Contact to "All Call". Thanks for the help!

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Trey - thanks for the info! I did have the Admit Criteria set to Always, but didn't have the Contact Name. I populated the Contact Name and can now transmit without the warning tone. I have the XPR6550 and an XPR3500 and set up simplex digital channels on both radios. Regardless of which radio I tra...

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Can someone post some pictures of an SL300 next to a Visar and EX500?

I think it would be great to see a side by side comparison!

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First off, I'm new to working with MotoTRBO DMR radios. I have a UHF XPR 6550 that I programmed simplex analog and digital channels. The analog channel works fine, but when on the digital channel, the radio puts out a steady warning tone while the PTT button is pressed. I checked online and saw refe...

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Thanks for the reply. I have attached an image of the RF board. The only capacitor that I see that is under a shield is C210. Is that the VCO adjustment? If anyone can tell me what the other adjustments (C105, C305, C208 and C109) do, it would be very helpful. http://www.gotcomms.com/E/motorola_mini...

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I am trying to find information on changing the band split on a Minitor IV pager. I'm able to change the band split using Engineering Mode in the programming software, but it doesn't receive on the programmed frequencies. I've done a lot of Internet searching and found references to having to adjust...

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I recently purchased some Minitor pagers with amplified chargers. The pagers charge fine when placed in the small desk chargers, but Do Not charge when placed in the amplified charger units. The red "pager" LED comes on when I place the pager in the pocket and the audio works, but the page...

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I have an XTS2500 HT (Firmware R20.50.05) with an IMPRES battery that shows lots of capacity left on standby/receive but gives low battery alert when transmitting. When not transmitting, the battery gauge shows two out of three bars and the BATT information shows: RatedCap% 70 Rem Cap 1329 EST CHGS ...

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Thanks for the info so far. I checked the radios. Both of them have the "Ignition Switch" setting set to "Blank" in the Radio Wide Advanced section. The way this setting is described is "Radio powers-on with a radio-user power button press" leads me to believe that if t...

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I have a couple of mid-power XTL5000/XTL2500 radios that I am using in a base station configuration with an AC power supply. I'm trying to keep the wiring to a minimal and would like to eliminate the need for the red ignition sense wire that goes to pin 25 on the 26 pin J2 connector on the back of t...

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I'm looking at getting an XTS5000 that is flashed for both Trunking and FPP. It my understanding that Trunking and FPP can only work on a radio that has older firmware. I'm okay with this as long as the radio is basically functional. I have heard that a radio can be flashed for both Trunking and FPP...

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Hi Will, We have Ham repeaters in my area that are Wide Band. There are some that are Narrow Band, but many are Wide. This is why I need to find a solution so that an XTL2500/5000 can have channels programmed for either Wide or Narrow. I have a 900 MCS2000 mobile and an EF Johnson 5100 HT which can ...

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The post has information which might be applicable to other topic areas, but I think this is the best forum for my question. I have a 900 MHz XTL2500 mobile which I plan to use on the 900 Ham Band. I HEX edited the CPS to accept frequencies in the ham band and am able to program the radio. The issue...

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I have a UHF Minitor III voice pager that I want to use to listen to Ham frequencies. It is an A5: (450 - 457.9999 MHz) split. I have the Windows PPS Version 1.8.1 (Sep 28, 2004) and can enter the Engineering mode to change the Band Split. The big issue is that the next lower Band Split is the A4: (...

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I am going to be reprogramming some PR400 HT's for a Sheriff volunteer group. I have a Chinese serial cable which has been working okay, but I don't like that a 9 Volt battery has to be connected for it to work. I would like to get a USB cable to eliminate the need for the 9 V battery and also to al...

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Thanks for the replies. I was wondering if there was a way to modify the firmware so that FPP would work on the ham
frequencies. Are there any how to instructions on where to find the FPP frequency settings in the firmware?

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I've seen some 900 MHz XTS radios out there. Can these be set up for FPP for keypad entry of ham band frequencies, or will FPP only
work for the radios specified frequency range and ham frequencies can only be entered via CPS on a computer?

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I'm looking at getting a 900 MHz XTL radio for use on the 900 Ham band. I was told by someone
that has one that they are only Narrrow Band. Is this the case, or can they be programmed or
flashed to do both Wide and Narrow Band?

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I have an XTL5000 with a UCM installed that I want to load with a KVL3000. I would like to build a
keyloader cable. Does anyone have the pinout for this?

-Thor

n6fnp

Thanks. I think its the cable that goes into the red jack (J200) and looks like its more than just the ignition sense and that
the control head gets its power from this connector. I was hoping that it got its power from the cable that goes to the drawer.

n6fnp

Thanks - I did try that, but didn't get anything on the display and didn't even get any beeping from the speaker.

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I recently got an XTL5000 with remote O5 head. I connected the cable to one of the blue jacks on the control head and to a blue jack on the drawer unit (does it matter which of the two blue jacks are used?). I connected the speaker/ignition sense connector to the drawer unit and applied power to the...

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I have an XTVA mounted in my trunk with the speaker and HHCH mike ran into the front of the car. I was planning on being able to keep the XTS5000 in the XTVA and have a switch in the front with a line run to the ignition sense line to turn the power off. When I did some testing, I saw that disconnec...

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Thanks for the responses so far. I don't really want to get into MotoTRBO at the moment, but do like that there aren't any scanners out yet that can listen to them. I'll keep the NEXTEL DirecTalk Private Call in mind as a possibility. I'd like to have one radio that was on either VHF high band or UH...

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I am looking for a small HT with encryption for my girlfriend to talk to me with. I have some MTS2000 HT's with DES-XL which are good, but would like something a little smaller. I also have a couple of Expo's which are perfect in size, but the batteries have been dead for a long time and the radios ...

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I have a Saber I that wasn't putting out any audio from speaker and only works with a speaker mike, so I opened the radio and saw that it didn't have a speaker inside, but instead had a small PC board with wires going around the side to the back of the radio. I'm real curious as to what the board co...

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Thanks guys for the good info. I figured it was something like that, but was hoping it might
be something real cool like maybe a Fascinator or other SVM type unit that fits between the
battery and the radio like PRC-68 series radios use.

-Thor

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I was going through my box of Saber HT's and ran across a model I that has Four Battery Contacts
on the bottom. I've seen some batteries that have three or more contacts on the the top. Now I'm
very curious, what are these extra contacts for???

-Thor

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Mike,

Thanks for the info. I'll give opening the case a try and see if I can fix the display problem. I'll post the
results.

-Thor

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I have an XTS2500 which was working great for a couple of years until recently. When I turn it on now, the LCD screen is completely blank. The backlight is still working though and the front, side and top buttons seem to be working, at least the backlight comes on when I press any of the buttons. I ...

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My understanding is that it is okay to use digital (DES, etc) encryption on MURS channels, but have heard that this is not permitted on FRS or GMRS. I know that some FRS HT's have simple voice inversion scrambling options that can be used. I would like to know for sure if digital encryption is prohi...

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You could get an NMN6193B or similar speaker mike which has the earphone jack on top of the radio connector.
The output is probably not strong enough to power a speaker, but you can get a powered speaker and drive the
input from this.

-Thor

n6fnp

Awesome! I'll check out removing the screw when I get home!

Thanks for the replys.

-Thor

n6fnp

I just got an XTVA for use with my XTS5000. I would like to utilize the RF output of the XTVA to connect to an amplifier and antenna. I have a NTN8327A RF switch to put in the antenna jack on the XTS5000. This seems like it will be an awkward set up though, as if I want to use the XTS5000 as a handh...

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I am thinking of getting an XTVA convertacom for use with my XTS5000 Model 3 HT. My XTS5000 is flashed for FPP programming with the
front keypad.

If I get an XTVA with a W3 HHCH mike, will I be able to program frequencies into the XTS5000 via the HHCH mike?

-Thor

n6fnp

Were you ever able to find a wiring diagram for the Spectra T cable? I would like to make one if it's not too complicated.

-Thor (N6FNP)

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I have two Model II MCS2000 mobiles which I would like to convert to Model III versions. I have a Model III control head and understand that I will need a code plug from a Model III radio. The model numbers for the two radios that I have are: UHF: M01RHM9PW5BN VHF: M01KHM9PW5BN If anyone has a Model...

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Thanks for all of the responses for my post. I'll recommend that they keep the radios for the
volunteer group.

Thor

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I am a volunteer with the local FD. They will be retiring their fleet of MT2000 radios sometime soon. The county will eventually be going to narrow band VHF. The volunteer group might be able to get the old MT2000 radios. I have a couple of questions: 1) Can all VHF MT2000 HT's be programmed with na...

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I have a Jedi HIROSE Keyloader adapter (NTN8613B) which I would like to use to connect a mike with hirose connector with an MTS2000 or XTS5000 radio. I have two different style mikes with hirose connectors. One is the old style with square mike head (NMN6100A) and the other is the newer style (HMN90...

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Mike,

Thanks so much for your expert info. This appears to be
exactly the case here and it has cleared up my confusion.
I connected one of the other A9 heads via a cable that has
the orange and green wires and it works great!

I'm glad there are so many experts like you here on the
batboard!

-Thor

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YEAH!!!! I got it to work! I feel kind of stupid about this. It turns out that the control head cable has the green and orange wires totally cut off so I didn't think about this, especially with it working with the low-band radio. I programmed the VHF high-band radios "IGNITION SENSE FOR TRANSM...

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I have two Syntor X 9000 VHF high band radios: Syntor X 9000 radio Model: T99KX_037W ID: T73KXJ7J04BK I have an HCN1033D control head which lights up with channel information when connected to one of the radios. The first issue is that neither of the radios will transmit at all on any of the channel...

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Will,

Thanks for the reply! I'll check on the connections that you mention.

Do you know of any consoles that can be connected to an R100?

-Thor

n6fnp

I have a R100 repeater which I will be putting on the air sometime soon. I would like to have some kind of console with microphone, or at least a speaker so that I can hear the activity on the repeater. Is this something that can be done? What kind of unit would be compatible? Could a telephone styl...

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I finally got the knobs to come off! Thanks again for the help.

-Thor

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