Hi Mike, As far as I know, morris softronics has nothing to do with midland radios, 'midlands' is just part of their domain name.
Their SAME decoder board allows insertion of any radios audio source, in my case a GE M2 voter rx on 162.4. I know its a little over kill, but hey the rx works good in a high IM site :) It has a couple of control bits to and from the card for wx alert status and on/off over-ride control of the wx audio. Those tie into your repeater controller of choice. Its serially rs-232 programmed for the SAME codes of interest. 73's Ralph W4XE -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Morris WA6ILQ Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] NWS SAME Decoder? I have no idea how the Softronics units work but avoid the Midland branded SAME receivers in ham radio repeater use. The midlands have a design flaw that the Radio Shack receivers don't have. The programmed SAME code opens the squelch, but the midlands then start a timer (built into the firmware), and shut the audio off when the timer expires, even if it's in the middle of a weather alert announcement. The same timer keeps the audio on for no good purpose after an RWT (required weekly test). On the other hand the Radio Shack receivers actually listen for the SAME turnoff code and act properly on it... they actually unmute the audio for the message, and remute it when it's done... what a concept. I was told that one guy modified the RS receiver to insert audio from an external receiver into its decoder section, but I've not tracked him down. If I can, I'll get enough info for an article for the RS page at www.repeater-builder.com Mike WA6ILQ At 05:49 AM 06/04/07, you wrote: >These may still be available: >http://storefront.midlands.net/msftrncs/products/nwsamd/default.htm >They work well. There are a couple in use in this area. > >Ralph W4XE > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of crackedofn0de >Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:29 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] NWS SAME Decoder? > > >I'm looking for a SAME decoder to interface to my repeater controller >via TTL outputs. It'll be taking audio from a UHF receiver tuned to a >link frequency, so a product with a built-in VHF receiver is not what >I'm looking for. The CAT WD-100 would do (and then some), but is there >another similar product out there right now? > >James K7ICU > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
