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- Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2017! Who's in? The official 2017 thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7144
Re: DAYTON 2017! Who's in? The official 2017 thread
Orlando is worth going. ive been there most of the last 20+ years. the tailgate is good too.
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2017! Who's in? The official 2017 thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7144
DAYTON 2017! Who's in? The official 2017 thread
Moderators can you make this post a sticky, like each year in the past. Whos up for Dayton Hamvention this year? It will be at located in Xenia, Ohio…..about 15 miles SE of Downtown Dayton. Hamvention will be held May 19, 20 and 21, 2017 I have compiled some information to help make your planning mo...
- Sun Dec 25, 2016 10:01 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2758
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Merry christmas Batlabbers.... hope you got that APEX this year
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:08 pm
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: APX 800 radios on SPRINT LTE NETWORK?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2631
APX 800 radios on SPRINT LTE NETWORK?
i did some searching but didnt find an answer to what im wanting to ask. i realize alot of the new APEX series 800 radios also do LTE, im figuring thats the future, with public safety getting set up with their own LTE trunked network, or eventually just using commercial network. my question is this,...
- Sun May 15, 2016 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2016! Who's in? The official 2016 thread
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2215
DAYTON 2016! Who's in? The official 2016 thread
i forgot to start the thread back in January. Better late than never. moderators can you make this a sticky? As usual, i will be attending..... i will be running NXDN on 151.880 and 462.7125 BOTH Ran 1 using 3161DS and 4161DT AND P25 NAC293 on my XTS3k if i can bring my XPR7550 UHF ill run it on 462...
- Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:43 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: GR300 no TX PL with ZR340 Controller
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1217
GR300 no TX PL with ZR340 Controller
hi everyone, ive searched the site and havent seen anything that addresses my question. i have a GR300/GR400 Repeater with 2 GM300 mobiles. the mobiles are programmed with the correct accy pins and it does receive and transmit as it should. the RX mobile is programmed with 103.5 RX pl and the TX rad...
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2015! Who's in? The official 2015 thread
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4462
Re: DAYTON 2015! Who's in? The official 2015 thread
i booked last night after an hour and a half looking for a reasonable hotel and found one south of the Hamvention with a indoor pool for 101$ a night. its about 15 minutes away from fest. its the Country inn and suites by carlson, gets high ratings on Orbitz. all the miller road hotels that are reas...
- Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2015! Who's in? The official 2015 thread
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4462
DAYTON 2015! Who's in? The official 2015 thread
moderators can you make this a sticky like each year. IM DEFINITELY GOING! i encourage all of you to buy your hotel rooms soon, they book up very quick, often by march its hard to find a room in the closest areas to the fest. popular hotels i know of are all the hotels on miller rd, they are an exce...
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: David Simpson, W6OPS, SK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2442
Re: David Simpson, W6OPS, SK
a few other pics from that night..... http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah186/Photoguy1974/Batlabs%20dinner%202005/DSC00531-1_zps913e93a6.jpg http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah186/Photoguy1974/Batlabs%20dinner%202005/DSC00466-1_zps2615f12a.jpg http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah186/Photoguy...
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: David Simpson, W6OPS, SK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2442
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: David Simpson, W6OPS, SK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2442
Re: David Simpson, W6OPS, SK
I was there at the 2005 Bat dinner, such a cool and crazy night. all the talk and stories, the vehicle equipment/radio/Cellphone ringtone comparisons, the Ham sexy "ham guard" deodorant stickers put on everything from the salt and pepper shakers, to the bathroom hand drier. at the 2005 din...
- Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:45 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Motorola PX300-S (MX300 in a box) Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3518
Motorola PX300-S (MX300 in a box) Question
i picked up a PX300-S lunchbox radio. (former navy unit) the radio was missing the usual Secure module, and Prom, common with military decommissioning of MX gear but also missing a variety of other modules. i transferred my C revision EEPROM to it, the DES NLD7900D board so all the audio paths work,...
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:45 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR5550 can it display BOth Zone and channel name on screen?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2521
XPR5550 can it display BOth Zone and channel name on screen?
im looking into an xpr5550 mobile... can it display both zone and channel name on the same screen?
if it can, where do you enable that. the radio im looking at currently shows channel name and then above that name says CH 10, it would be great to replace the CH 10 line with zone.
wazz
if it can, where do you enable that. the radio im looking at currently shows channel name and then above that name says CH 10, it would be great to replace the CH 10 line with zone.
wazz
- Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:37 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3399
Re: XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
i returned the radio, but im still curious about development firmware.
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:38 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3399
Re: XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
what would be the History on a radio like this? was it not Ment to be released or was it released for a special function?
i did a batboard search for development firmware and only came up with another thread about an xts2500 with it but didnt really answer my question.
i did a batboard search for development firmware and only came up with another thread about an xts2500 with it but didnt really answer my question.
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:42 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3399
Re: XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
heres all the info on the stickers Sticker #1 Model: AAM27JQH9LA1AN S/TANAPA: PMUD2043AANB FCC ID: ABZ99FT3082 IC: 109AB-99FT3082 Sticker #2 TANAPA: PMUD2043A 7164 VER no: D01.20.16 SERIAL 038THQ1881 the head has a sticker on it but it has been skewed and is hard to read all of it some of the visibl...
- Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:48 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3399
XPR4550 starts reading then Errors at end #1060
i picked up a VHF XPR4550 recently, and sent it to the shop for programming. they advised its not reading correctly. it will read and progress indicator will finish, then it will error 1060. the shop is using TRBO SW 10.7 model AAM27JQH9LA1AN ver D01.20.16 (or .18 hard to read) they have tried multi...
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 2:48 am
- Forum: Converting Motorola Equipment to 900MHz Amateur
- Topic: XTL2500 900 mhz in ham?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7708
XTL2500 900 mhz in ham?
im interested in 900 ham and i see theres XTL2500 mobile does 900 too, does anyone know how hard it is to set up one on 900? maybe it will do it out of the box??
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 2:40 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR4580 800/900 will it do 900 ham band?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2035
XPR4580 800/900 will it do 900 ham band?
im interested in a trbo xpr4580 800/900 mobile and was wondering whats involved in setting it up on the ham band? i did a search for the model on here and only came up with a few posts, nothing about using on 900 ham band.
wazz
wazz
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:57 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: CM300d analog radio needs upgrade to Mototrbo
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2193
CM300d analog radio needs upgrade to Mototrbo
i have a CM300d i found out its analog only. what does it take to upgrade it to DMR? im sure the simple answer is send to M, but that is likely to be $$$$$$$$$
wazz
wazz
- Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: RICK Bidirectional problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1191
RICK Bidirectional problem
hi all, trying to set up a rick for bidirectional. following the directions sheet, setting the switches, it will operate fine in one direction, but when transmitting in the opposite direction, it pulses TX several times a second continuously. the radios are set up correctly. i have used an aftermark...
- Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:30 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Motorola ht1250 usage?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1472
Re: Motorola ht1250 usage?
there are used genuine ht1250 batteries for sale on ebay currently, even a used good moto battery beats a aftermarket new batt
- Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Keyloading fail XTS3000 question EMC 3.55
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1679
Keyloading fail XTS3000 question EMC 3.55
hi all, ive done plenty of searching on the site on this topic before i post i have a VHF model II 3k, when i put it in service mode i get EMC 3.55 but KG1-KG4 show none. at first, connecting the DX loader (DES-XL) has loaded analog and P25 astro sabers/spectras no problem the radio displays KEYLOAD...
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:55 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2014! Who's in? The official 2014 thread
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7303
DAYTON 2014! Who's in? The official 2014 thread
moderators can you make this a sticky like each year. IM DEFINITELY GOING! i encourage all of you to buy your hotel rooms soon, they book up very quick, often by march its hard to find a room in the closest areas to the fest. popular hotels i know of are all the hotels on miller rd, they are an exce...
- Wed Dec 25, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1592
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Merry christmas everyone!
i hope you got that APX u have been wanting
i hope you got that APX u have been wanting
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:00 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: looking for FULL duplex UHF mobile any info?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2427
Re: looking for FULL duplex UHF mobile any info?
thank you for the info.
it just happens that i have a GR1225 in the mail to me, i was going to part it out, but now i will take a closer look at keeping the radio section for a car project
it just happens that i have a GR1225 in the mail to me, i was going to part it out, but now i will take a closer look at keeping the radio section for a car project
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: looking for FULL duplex UHF mobile any info?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2427
Re: looking for FULL duplex UHF mobile any info?
could you be more specific..... 7th word is (if counting the a) GR400, the repeater.Bill_G wrote:Seventh word in - you answered your own question.
im asking about a full duplex radio to be used in my car.
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:53 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: looking for FULL duplex UHF mobile any info?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2427
looking for FULL duplex UHF mobile any info?
im setting up a 444Mhz HAM GR400 repeater with a ZR340 phone interconnect controller at my home on a tower, im interested in mounting some kind of full duplex mobile in my car that i could use as a Phone thru the repeater ive searched the forum, found references to the 800/900 privacy plus 1000, oth...
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: MFJ434 Voice ID'er interface with maxtrac mic question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1018
MFJ434 Voice ID'er interface with maxtrac mic question
i have a question for the board. i am researching the connection of a MFJ434 voice id'er with a maxtrac mic jack. several emails to mfj provided a response from one of their techs of, i think the maxtrac pinout is compatible with yaesu, but he wasnt sure. batlabs site shows maxtrac pin 5 is mic 6 is...
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3117
Re: GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour
fineshot1,
i did look over the repeater builder and the gr400 batlabs site ( i probably should have mentioned that), but i did not see the edocs site previously, i will check into it.
thank you for replying is a helpful way
waz
i did look over the repeater builder and the gr400 batlabs site ( i probably should have mentioned that), but i did not see the edocs site previously, i will check into it.
thank you for replying is a helpful way
waz
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: NON-Courteous replies to information requests - please read
- Replies: 1
- Views: 924
NON-Courteous replies to information requests - please read
hello all, several days ago i posted a request for information and another board member decided to reply with no helpful content, came off as insulting and to say he found some info but didnt share it. and later replied with more insulting comments. this has been on my mind the last few days, and i ...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3117
Re: GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour
if posts like mine trigger you or otherwise cross the line in your sandbox, maybe you could consider just not Replying to them. let someone else reply that IS willing to help.
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3117
Re: GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour
Have you even taken the effort to do a search on the internet for the Zetron ZR310? I did and found a number of places where you can download the service manual in a PDF format. I am not trying to be a hard nose here, but the people on here at least expect you to make an effort to help yourself. If...
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3117
GR400 Controller Zetron ZR310 Accessory connector pinour?
hi all i have purchased my first Motorola Repeater, its a GR400 rack mount. it has a Zetron ZR310 Controller, on it theres a set of pins in the back of it that i would like to know what the pins are, and What options exist for plugging into them. i also picked up a Radius phone patch TDN8196B with a...
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:00 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Motorola Oddballs through the years
- Replies: 308
- Views: 264943
Re: Motorola Oddballs through the years
mike great score on that auction! i have a mint condition 1973-1976 motorola product manual with fold out technical brochures for every radio, antenna, and security item i believe motorola made at the time im looking for a PDF creator program that i can organize pages in and then create PDFs of each...
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:26 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: VRS Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 908
Re: VRS Question
the vrs750 frequency is programmed in the regular radio RSS but if you need to change tuning parameters or squelch sensitivity, that is actually programmed with its own software thru a port that is behind the smooth front cover of the vrs750 (where a controlhead would normally be for that chassis) a...
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:07 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2013 - Who is in? The official 2013 thread
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9572
DAYTON 2013 - Who is in? The official 2013 thread
Im not wasting any time starting this thread this year :) IM DEFINITELY GOING! ill be looking for a XTS5000 in UHF and any other P25 i can find, aswell as may look at a DMR radio too. it would be nice to find a DMR that can be set to open squelch for general scanning of local commercial DMR systems....
- Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:07 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 855
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
hope you got that APX u are wanting
wazzz
hope you got that APX u are wanting
wazzz
- Tue May 15, 2012 2:50 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14179
Re: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
I will be leaving tomorrow monrning at 8AM should be in dayton by thursday afternoon. FYI anyone traveling northbound/southbound I75 in tennessee........................... http://www.lex18.com/news/crossover-lane-being-built-on-i-75-near-jellico-tenn-/ 'Crossover' Lane Being Built on I-75 Near Jell...
- Fri May 11, 2012 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14179
Re: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
i updated my frequencies in my previous post to simplify things.
anyone confirmed if there will be any P25 repeaters on site? freqs?
anyone confirmed if there will be any P25 repeaters on site? freqs?
- Sat May 05, 2012 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14179
Re: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
Usually, all the goofing around (and it's aalll goofing around) is on the 880 VHF channel, Astro and analog. i have noticed this too, peeps making noises, paging my id over and over and over but not talking to me, i guess they are proud they figured out the paging menu on their radio, lol very prof...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14179
Re: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
myself and a group of moto hams will be at the Golden corral at 6611 Miller ln in dayton friday night around 6:30 pm. this is fairly close to alot of the hotels that hams usually stay, in the vicinity of miller rd. if you are interested in coming, bring your treasures, im interested in seeing all th...
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:36 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14179
Re: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
Would anyone be interested in getting together for a Batlabs dinner on friday night? Bring ur radios and show off what you got
maybe at some place with a buffet? like Golden corral or something like that?
wazz
maybe at some place with a buffet? like Golden corral or something like that?
wazz
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: VRS-ep question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 674
Re: VRS-ep question
i too have a VRS EP and it has an Rnet radio aswell. i havent done much with it, but im looking for JSLM Rnet programmable radio modules and try to find the programmer for them, then try to set it up in the unit. the easiest option to get frequency configured is just getting a programable VRS, but t...
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: OLRANDO HAMCATION 2012 Whos in?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2752
OLRANDO HAMCATION 2012 Whos in?
starting a thread for Orlando Hamcation 2012, who's going? ill be there! anyone going to be bringing P25? i have a UHF portable and a VHF mobile, lets figure out a common set of freqs :) i think for the interest in showing how technology advances, anyone going to be bringing Mototrbo? what freq will...
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14179
Re: DAYTON 2012 - Who is in? The official 2012 thread
ill definitely be there! gonna bring my rubber boots in case the crap river starts again LOL gonna have UHF P25 portable and a VHF P25 mobile with me. FYI guys Yaesu is rumored to be releasing a APCO25 HAM RADIO and they may show it at dayton! theres youtube videos and other info on the net about it...
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:26 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Merry Christmas!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1359
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone!
hope you got that APX unit
hope you got that APX unit
- Sun May 22, 2011 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2011 - Whos in?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15044
Re: DAYTON 2011 - Whos in?
i had a great time at the fest, bought radios by the boxload! also picked up a transit antenna, some batteries and chargers, misc brackets. i was worn out when i was done walking around 2 times, im still feeling it sunday night, guess im getting old
- Sun May 22, 2011 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: DAYTON 2011 - Whos in?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15044
Re: DAYTON 2011 - Whos in?
Here's my notes: Simplex: Frequency Service Alpha PL/DPL/NAC Modulation 151.880 MURS GREEN DCSQ IMBE 151.940 MURS BLUE DCSQ IMBE 151.570 MURS RED DCSQ IMBE 462.6625 GMRS ALPHA DCSQ IMBE 462.6875 GMRS BRAVO DCSQ IMBE 462.7125 GMRS CHARLIE DCSQ IMBE 146.495 Amateur 67.0/DCSQ IMBE Mixed/Analog 147.495...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:21 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Failsoft video
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2314
Re: Failsoft video
i used a type 1 commercial system back in the mid to late 90s and from time to time it would go into failsoft. i had sooooo much fun talkin to other users that i normally might never talk to. but some times the channel would get out of hand, and i would have to contribute to the CB type communicatio...