[Motorola] Expo charger reserection

Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:08:03 -0500 (EST)

Okay, does anyone have contact information for them, and is there any
place in Michigan that I could find parts for the Expo in the Detroit
area?

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, tvsjr wrote:

> Replacement batteries should be available from Multiplier, Alexander, and JBro.
>
> Terry
>
> At 07:46 PM 12/12/2002 -0500, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
>  >I don't know, I just happened to find the Expo on a pile of junk before my
>  >PD moved to 800 MHz trunking, and the head tech had been told to find new
>  >homes for all the old equipment a few months before, and the chief of
>  >police let me have this Expo when from seeing the ID number I recognized
>  >it  had being used by my grandfather.  It was his last mobile/portable radio
>  >that he used from 1986 to 1993.  I can remember finding it when I was
>  >nine, and his response was "I don't want you monkeying with that, its not
>  >a toy."  I guess back then it cost his department about $1500  I played
>  >with  it off and on over the years, but I was always in favor of him getting
>  >a mobile in his car with more power, and an outside antenna like what he
>  >had from 1971-85.  My intent when I found the Expo was to have it
>  >converted to 2-meters, but I am having no luck with finding anyone who
>  >knows anything about it, and I don't know where to find extra parts IE
>  >batteries and chargers and adapters or anything like that myself.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Wn4i wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hello Jeffrey
>  >>
>  >> I have a VHF and a UHF  EXPO  .....but no batteries ?  How much is a new
>  >> battery ?
>  >> Any way to replace the batteries inside an old one like I did on my MT 2000
>  >> .
>  >> I was a member of the EXPO Engineering team back in 1980--85 ...in
>  >> Plantation Fla .
>  >> regards
>  >> Yves Wn4i
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> ----- Original Message -----
>  >> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[email protected]>
>  >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
>  >> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:25 AM
>  >> Subject: [Motorola] Expo charger reserection
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> > Good morning all.  Well, the Expo charger is working again, and that was
>  >> > after I moved it from one working outlet to another, and then letting it
>  >> > go for a while.  It is warm now, and the light is on and the battery is
>  >> > charging.  I don't know what it was, but other times when the
> battery  has
>  >> > been dead I have been able to use it right after charging it, and tonight
>  >> > that didn't happen, but now everything is seemingly back to normal.  I
>  >> > guess the only explanation would be a short in the cord, but I don't
> know.
>  >> >
>  >> >
>  >> >
>  >> >
>  >> >
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