http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0117385075
Looks pretty SP-ish to me. Not my auction, BTW... just something I stumbled upon and have been driven mad trying to decipher. (Best I can tell is that it's Spectra-based[?])
What is/was this?
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kanabecsys
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What is/was this?
kanabecsys - short for Kanabec Systems, of course!
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PhillyPhoto
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Tom in D.C.
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What is it?
Sort of reminds me of the old CHP special control heads.
Tom in D.C.
In 1920, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled
that children may not be sent by parcel post.
In 1920, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled
that children may not be sent by parcel post.
That's an OPP head. It has been covered here before.
Previous threads that might be handy...
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=30258
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=60903
Previous threads that might be handy...
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=30258
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=60903
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jackhackett
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Re: What is it?
Tom, How would you know this? you are way back east!Tom in D.C. wrote:Sort of reminds me of the old CHP special control heads.
BTW, the OPP head looks does very much like the current GE head made for the CHP.
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Tom in D.C.
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CHP radios...
Will,
Somewhere on the web is a tremendously long and
detailed history of the CHP's radios, frequencies, and
related stuff. To the average (uninteresting, non-techie)
person it would be deadly boring, but to any one of us
it's just plain fascinating.
Of course, I read it several times, so that's how I know
about it. It's so interesting it would make a great
Motorola historical Sticky for this Board.
To me, the strangest unit in the site I read was the
Uniden scanner that CHP once used. I've never come
across one except for that reference.
Somewhere on the web is a tremendously long and
detailed history of the CHP's radios, frequencies, and
related stuff. To the average (uninteresting, non-techie)
person it would be deadly boring, but to any one of us
it's just plain fascinating.
Of course, I read it several times, so that's how I know
about it. It's so interesting it would make a great
Motorola historical Sticky for this Board.
To me, the strangest unit in the site I read was the
Uniden scanner that CHP once used. I've never come
across one except for that reference.
Last edited by Tom in D.C. on Mon May 07, 2007 4:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
Tom in D.C.
In 1920, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled
that children may not be sent by parcel post.
In 1920, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled
that children may not be sent by parcel post.
Re: CHP radios...
Nothing super weird about it, just a GE S82505 control head with some custom firmware in it...Tom in D.C. wrote:Will,
Somewhere on the web is a tremendously long and
detailed history of the CHP's radios, frequencies, and
related stuff. To the average (uninteresting, non-techie)
person it would be deadly boring, but to any one of us
it's just plain fascinating.
Of course, I read it several times, so that's how I know
about it. It's so interesting it would make a great
Motorola historical Sticky for this Board.
Also, the CHP weird control heads used to show on
eBay every so often but I haven't seen one in years.
Regards,
The S820/S825 series was pretty popular in its days... I've got one in each of my vehicles... On lowband of course
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Tom in D.C.
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CHP etc.
I misspoke. The unit I was actually referring to was the
Uniden scanner that CHP once used. I've corrected my
previous post to correct this.
Uniden scanner that CHP once used. I've corrected my
previous post to correct this.
Tom in D.C.
In 1920, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled
that children may not be sent by parcel post.
In 1920, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled
that children may not be sent by parcel post.
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Funny you should mention vintage CHP stuff... This is one of our restorations...
We basically have the right radios in it, with a RANGR, a MASTR II, and a standard S825 head. We have looked for the "correct" head, with the correct CHP-specific overlay, but have not found one yet. We have the three-button microphone, and we would like to be able to use it as intended. We have it tied to a F-S SS2000GE, which isn't exactly the right one, but it lets us control the lights and siren with the S825. Unfortunately, the CHP specific pieces aren't easy to find. I'm not sure if the regular S825 software would work with it, either.
We also have an MR8100 installed. We have purchased several on ebay. The bigger problem, for us, seems to be getting the speakers and brackets. It is interesting that the MR8100 does not have the cellular region blocked. Of course, that is getting pretty useless these days.
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Funny you should mention vintage CHP stuff... This is one of our restorations...
We basically have the right radios in it, with a RANGR, a MASTR II, and a standard S825 head. We have looked for the "correct" head, with the correct CHP-specific overlay, but have not found one yet. We have the three-button microphone, and we would like to be able to use it as intended. We have it tied to a F-S SS2000GE, which isn't exactly the right one, but it lets us control the lights and siren with the S825. Unfortunately, the CHP specific pieces aren't easy to find. I'm not sure if the regular S825 software would work with it, either.
We also have an MR8100 installed. We have purchased several on ebay. The bigger problem, for us, seems to be getting the speakers and brackets. It is interesting that the MR8100 does not have the cellular region blocked. Of course, that is getting pretty useless these days.
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Steve
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It's already in motion... the bids for the 700/800MHz portables are out... gonna be alot of Pyramid mobile repeaters hitting the market soon...d119 wrote:You likely will not find the CHP-specific firmware for th S825 until the CHP surpluses some of that stuff out if/when they ever upgrade their radio system.
I used to have two MR8100's, one in the house and one in the mobile, dumped them when i wanted PL on receive.
I still have some of the stuff laying around somewhere, i know i have the software on the old programming laptop and i even have a copy of the manual lurking.
I still have some of the stuff laying around somewhere, i know i have the software on the old programming laptop and i even have a copy of the manual lurking.
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Right, but those are specific to the CHP configuration as well, and require the S825/RANGR combo to properly operate.escomm wrote:It's already in motion... the bids for the 700/800MHz portables are out... gonna be alot of Pyramid mobile repeaters hitting the market soon...d119 wrote:You likely will not find the CHP-specific firmware for th S825 until the CHP surpluses some of that stuff out if/when they ever upgrade their radio system.
As I hear it the portables are going 700/800 with 700/800 mobile repeaters, but the core infrastructure is staying on lowband.
escomm - confirm? You would know on this one.