[Motorola] Micor System 90 question

[Michael Clarson]

Geoff/Jack: Wasn't the channel selection module really a Wild Card module,
with the switches wired to switch channels? The only thing special would
have been the escutcheon. So, yes, its a multichannel head, but it takes up
two slots. While its not "Motorola", I still like my BCD (or just plain
binary)  idea -- wouldn't require a special cable either. Is that how it
was done on the Syntor? My Moto background pretty much stops at Micor/Mocom
70. Not even much Mitrek. If I remember correctly, its not difficult to
modify the switches to make them non-interlocking.  --Mike, WV2ZOW

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 4:26 AM, Geoff Fors <Geoff at wb6nvh.com> wrote:

> The Motorola catalogs of the time only show a 4 channel maximum Systems 90
> ACM as available off the shelf.
>
> That being said, there were 8 pushbutton positions available ( 9 to be
> precise) and there were some produced as specials.  For example, the Orange
> County Sheriff UHF Micor Systems 90 head shown on my web pages here:
>
> http://www.wb6nvh.com/miscrad2.htm
>
> That radio also had a second receiver and a few other special features.
>
> Thus if you wanted an original 8 channel ACM you would have to try to find
> some -SP version that had them, and it's hard enough even finding a
> standard 4 channel one these days.
>
> I was thinking you could make one by using the deck from a Syntor era ACM,
> when 8 channel versions were somewhat standard, and modifying it to work on
> the Micor radio.
>
> Geoff
> WB6NVH
>
>
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