I went to a local locksmith and for $3 he unlocked the box for me. Someone on the group has already agreed (graciously) to sent me a key along with the control head and cables that I am purchasing from him. After visual inspection everything looks great. There are 4 TX EC's @ 42.120, 42.160, 42.260, 42.400, 3 EC RX's @ 42.120, 42.160, 42.420, and 1 RX 5C @ 42.260.
There appears to not be a channel guard, don't need anyway. That confirms the 7th digit "N" for noise blanker. Since I am only building a simplex radio at first there are some of the "repeater" mods that I need to do and some I need to leave out. Forcing channel 1 is one that comes to mind to do and unmuting receive during tx is one I will skip for now. My next step should be to confirm operation on these freq's then send off 1 EC and 1 5C to be recrystaled (4.59166 for RX and 4.37708 for TX) to 52.525. Thanks for all the replies, you guys are a big help. Joe --- In [email protected], "Mark Holman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Getting a Key probably some Tech may help you there I know that Mot uses > Chicago Lock a dual cut like a ford key you may get lucky and secure a copy > for a resonable price. Its worth a call. > > M. H. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:03 AM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Starting out with a Mastr II > > > > > > > > > > Hello group, > > I have just purchased a GE Mastr II low band radio to start off my > > experimenting with some of the available commercial radios and the > > possibility of one day building a repeater on 2m or 440. I am a tinkerer > > at heart and would rather build my own stuff than buy it so I'm hoping I > > will fit in here. From what I have read, MAstr II's are as good a > > starting place as any and offer some good options for what you can do. I > > am also looking at tinkering with a Motorola in the future, but for now > > it's a GE to start with. Hope that was a good choice. > > > > My goal at first is to get the thing operational on 52.525 to use simplex > > mobile. This should give me some experience with the radio and its > > internal workings, tuning, and general operation. I have purchased the > > bare radio on Ebay as you can see here: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&rd=1&item=3868675552 > > I figure the $25 bucks is worth tinkering with it some. Hopefully it has > > the ICOMs in it since it's locked. > > > > Here's the questions I have: > > 1)Am I going to have to find a key before I can even check this thing out > > or is there a way to get inside without it? > > 2) I am on the lookout for a mike, cables, and control head for this thing > > now. Are they all the same for the different Mastr II's like the VHF, > > UHF, low band or am I going to have to find one specifically for 50 MHz? > > 3) Where can I find more info about this whole ICOM thing? I understand > > that they are housings for crystals, but can I just order the right > > crystals and replace them in these housings? This whole 2C 5C EC thing is > > confusing. Maybe this will all make sense when I eventually get my hands > > on the radio. > > > > Thanks guys, hope these aren't stupid questions. As this is my first > > attempt at working with any "non ham" radio off the shelf I need a lot of > > help. I did a search on this list for any info on the Mastr II and didn't > > come up with much specific info. The repeater builder site has useful > > information, but some of it is over my head right now and assumes some > > general knowledge about some things that i just don't know yet. > > > > Joe > > KG4WMP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
