[GVARC] Thanks/Progress towards Rotary/Ham Mexico

[Pat Barthelow]

Folks,

Thanks  for all the incredible support for donating commercial grade radios 
for our Rotary Club/N6IJ Mexico Humanitarian telecomm project.  Special 
thanks to members of the GVARC for routing me to sources of Antenna supplies 
(coax).  Special thanks also to Jeff Liebermann, Bruce Hawkins, JV Rudnick 
and to Eden Communications in Salinas for supplying   and transporting 
commercial grade radios to us for use in San Vicente, on the Baja Peninsula. 
  Thanks to  Ham Radio Outlet, and in particular HRO Antenna GURU Art Snow, 
for helping us out with Coax Connectors, and 12 volt power supplies.  Thanks 
to Mary NA6E, for donating some great UHF commercial  handhelds, MT-500s, 
with rapid chargers.

I have learned during this project, of a company, named PIEXX that makes a 
computer interface for the Motorola Syntor-X line of radios, that maximizes 
versatility of these mid-80s vintage radios.  ( 
http://www.piexx.com/SynDoc/Syndoc.html )
Or http://www.piexx.com/syntorx.pdf These radios are really rugged, and with 
the computer interface, a single radio can  become a scanner, and can 
operate both on ham radio frequencies, and on Public service bands.
They are extremely well documented on the web.
We are considering implementing a dual use radio at N6IJ, as we have been 
planning to supply Marina Public Safety, at no cost to them, with public 
safety radios for their use, if ever needed at N6IJ.  Those in the ARES 
community might consider the utility of a single, commercial, type-accepted 
radio with both ham VHF capabilities, and VHF public safety capabilities.  
In a REAL emergency, the communications flexibility offered by such a radio 
might just save lives.  My question is, does anyone have experience with the 
PIEXX company system, working with Syntor-X radios?  How well does it work?
I am also sending a request for anyone who can secure some SYNTOR-X radios, 
to do so, and contact me, we will put them to good use in future Mexico 
projects.  Again, if you want some excitement during the week preceding 
Thanksgiving, consider traveling with us to San
Vicente Mexico, and working  with the Ensenada Rotary, Marina Rotary, and 
local San Vicente Ham operators to install a radio communications network 
for their medical communities.

P.S.:  I�m looking for  a Motorola radio key�
Tnx, 73 de Pat, AA6EG
n6ij@hotmail.com













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