Thanks, all pretty much as expected. I'll fool around regarding battery. It does work and meet spec, clean transmitter, insides very clean. I'll have to come up with the blank code plugs and I know among the folks I know here in Austin, someone has a R1801 programmer.
But going to ask around about the manual. I don't think its worth $215... -GeorgeC --- In [email protected], "Ralph Hogan" <rhog...@...> wrote: > > The original M suitcase repeaters were MX based. The original standard MX > was crystal controlled. Later MX-S radios were synthesized via a internal > prom/eeprom. Specialized gear to reprogram those, but a few comm shops out > there on the web that can do them. For the crystal UHF MX it works off one > crystal for the frequency and another is the offset split. In the HT version > there usually was a 5 MHz offset and a simplex offset crystal. All three are > housed in 'channel elements'. If you are careful you can replace the crystal > yourself. In the repeater there will be two MX's radios, one only populated > with modules for the receiver and the other for the transmitter. So you'll > have two xtals to get. > > I don't have a manual in front of me, but be warned that the 'modules' which > make up the receiver and transmitter were range dependent. Usually the radio > will work if you bring it down to the ham band, but it might not meet specs > with the wrong modules installed. > > Ralph W4XE > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George C > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Suitcase Repeater data need > > Hi everyone. > > I have a Motorola Suitcase P44SYS1180BT. Looks like it was modified to -3180 > (PL), clean mod. Can anyone confirm that this is based on a pair of MX320-S > radios? I haven't had time to do more than a checkout and visual. No > duplexer, it was originally setup on an impossible split for mobile > duplexers (1.5 MHz). Battery never installed. Second thing I need to > confirm. I have heard two versions of battery info. One is 8 Volt, one is 12 > Volt. 12 makes more sense to me, but don't want to experiment. > > Lastly, I have the 450 MX pdf manual from the site here, but need original > manual or a scan. I'm not even going to call /\/\ about it, I'm sure it > isn't available. According to a posting on Batboard the manuals are: > # 68-81021C90-A > # 68-81021C95-O > > Next I'll need to reprogram, that's for another day. Its in ham band and > works fine for now... > > GeorgeC > W2DB > Austin, TX > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links >
