At 10:56 AM 1/8/05, you wrote:
>Hello Folks, > >I know it has been a while since I've posted any news of my simplex >repeater project. I have obtained 6 Motorola Mitrek transceivers with >the control cable and control head. I have plenty of channel elements >and having them recrystaled will not be an issue either. Bomar or >International Crystal will be my choices. > >Now, I need help with something and I'm sure someone knows how to >solve my problem, so here is the issue. I tried to test the Mitreks >radios to see if they worked . I had the cable pins correctly placed >in the control head, each pin were numbered so I don't think I >screwed that up. I had the positive and negative wires hooked to the >power supply with plenty of voltage at 13.8volt DC. > >I had the radio hooked to a dummy load in case of the radio >transmitted, Power was getting to the radio by checking the internal >power leads from the control cable. I pressed the PTT on the >microphone and nothing happend. I did noticed that no power was >getting to the control head, so I looked for a fuse nothing inside >blown. I thought that the microphone might be messed up so I don't >know it might be ? > >Then a friend mentioned that I would have to fool the radio or bypass >something to make the radio appear to get 12 volts DC from the >ignition. He mentioned about heating some pins and doing something >like that on the inside to get the radio to tansmit. Anyone have any >Idea what I need to do?? Look at <http://www.repeater-builder.com/mitrek/mitrek-interfacing.html> and note the wiring for pins 19 and 20 on the control head (look for the text "Normal Mobile Installation". Mike 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/
