[Motorola] Talk About Cell Phone question

Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:40:41 -0600

All of the 42 meg low band mobiles are either Micors (Vintage 1976 or so) and
Syntor-Xs (Vintage 1983 or so.)  Most of the bases are of the same type and
vintage.  As far as I know, neither GE or Motorola make any low band equipment.
There are some small companies that make low band equipment.  We have one off
brand 42 meg base unit.  It is called americon or something like that.  We have
never got the audio to sound good on the unit using dedicated phone lines for
control.  Also the tone decode boards in the unit were extremely temperature
sensitive.  I don't remember how far they drifted, but it was a long way.  More
than enough that they would not respond to the tone control and would not
transmit.  We had to remove these tone boards and put in a tone decode system
from another company.  The transmit audio on the unit does sound good when using
a local mic, but from a control line, it is very tinny.  The receiver in the unit
sounds good and appears to work fine.

Joe - AG9Y.

Ken Cechura wrote:

> what kind of radios are currenlty being used for Low band
> communications?  I heard a low band unit direct, and the radio sounded
> really good!!  the audio was quite crisp and clear.....i was really
> impressed....I think the unit was in The spring field area (District 9?)
>
> thanks
> Ken
>
> At 01:41 PM 3/17/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >Some of the commercial equipment is built to withstand a lot of abuse.  I
> >repair radios for the Illinois State Police.  I once had an officer go
> >through a flooded viaduct.  He had a 42 meg GE Mastr Pro, and a 155 meg
> >Mastr Pro in his squad.  The water was up to his windows, and completely
> >flooded the trunk and floor area where the control heads were.  Both radio
> >worked just fine after allowing to dry for a week.
> >
> >I also had the District Captain drop his Motorola Pageboy pager in over six
> >feet of water while fishing.  He some how retrieved it.  He had a rather
> >embarrassed look on his face when I asked him what was wrong with the unit.
> >
> >And getting away from water for a moment.  I had a Lieutenant leave his
> >Motorola Pageboy pager on top of his car while driving to work.  It fell off
> >at a busy intersection in town here.  Someone found it, and brought it into
> >the post, (it had an ISP inventory tag on it) but not before it had been
> >flattened by at least one vehicle.  The boards looked fine so I tested
> >them.  The unit was still working properly.  I put it in a new case and gave
> >it back to him.
> >
> >Joe.
> >
> >JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
> >
> > > Oh really?  No kidding!  Those are low end radios from what I have
> > > heard.  My talking watch I was using then was a low end one and it
> > > survived.  I'm trying to think I also has a laser pointer go through the
> > > wash and it survived and shined just like it always had before then.  I
> > > guess some of this stuff puts up with more then wht we sometimgive it
> > > credit for.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Paul Cavnar wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Jeff -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > If I may ask what HTTS did you haverescue after they came out
> > > > > of the wash?
> > > >
> > > > One was a Motorola Radius UHF that was left on top of a building
> > > > one weekend and it laid submerged in a pool of rain water....
> > > >
> > > > The other was a Yaesu FT41R that went into saltwater off a boat
> > > > dock....
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Motorola mailing list
> > > > [email protected]
> > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/motorola
> > > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Motorola mailing list
> > > [email protected]
> > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/motorola
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >Motorola mailing list
> >[email protected]
> >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/motorola
>
>       //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>      //        Kenneth R. Cechura, KC9UMR                //
>     //             [email protected]                     //
>    //           President, W0EEE, 2002                 //
>   // University of Missouri-Rolla Amateur Radio Club  //
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> _______________________________________________
> Motorola mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/motorola