New Equipment for the shack

[James_Bond_007]

Got a Centracom II Console on the way. looks as if i am going to have to custom build furniture for my shack when all is said and done.

[bezking]

What in the world are you going to do with THAT behemoth??!

[James_Bond_007]

got it for $125.00 shipped so i thought it would be interesting to experiment with. he says it comes with a huge manual also.

[tonyclark]

It's huge ...like the first cellphones.

[James_Bond_007]

as far as centracom consoles go this one is small.

[Mike_NZ]

Wow,
That looks pretty cool!

[izzyj4]

You have any radios to hook up to the modules??????

[James_Bond_007]

Originally Posted by izzyj4

You have any radios to hook up to the modules??????

have lots of radios enough to populate that board 2x over.

[Astro25]

You do know that you're going to need a CEB (Central Electronics Bank) at least 2 racks tall worth of stuff just to interface that to one radio, right?

If you want plug-and-play you need a command plus.

[James_Bond_007]

Originally Posted by Astro25

You do know that you're going to need a CEB (Central Electronics Bank) at least 2 racks tall worth of stuff just to interface that to one radio, right?

If you want plug-and-play you need a command plus.

You sure about that? I have seen one similar to this setup back in west virginia and all they had was the console and some little 1 inch by 1 inch boards interfaced to some kenwood and vertex mobiles.

the board they had looked just like this one. I think you may be confusing this one with the big floor standing Dispatch consoles. the one i am getting is a desktop.

but we will find out when it gets here as it has a manual.

If i can't use it i will re sell it.

[Astro25]

They made a full and a "compact" (like you have there) however they still interface to the radio the same way; it's not any smaller of a process because the console is smaller .

[James_Bond_007]

Originally Posted by Astro25

They made a full and a "compact" (like you have there) however they still interface to the radio the same way; it's not any smaller of a process because the console is smaller .

does the command plus look similar to the compact centracom 2? if so then that may be what they had.

they definately did not have anything near what you describe. I have seen a central electronics bank here in hunterdon county hooked up to big centracom consoles.

as stated it will probably be up for sale if i can't use it or fabricate some kind of interface for it.

[razor_fish]

Duh-oh! money down the drain.

[James_Bond_007]

Originally Posted by razor_fish

Duh-oh! money down the drain.

hey we all F' up at one time or another.

I went to the source for all things motorola...
http://www.batlabs.com/centracm.html


Anyway it's up for sale in the for sale forums here...
http://forums.radioreference.com/rad...ml#post1155461

[razor_fish]

Originally Posted by James_Bond_007

hey we all F' up at one time or another.

I went to the source for all things motorola...
Centracom Console


Anyway it's up for sale in the for sale forums here...
http://forums.radioreference.com/rad...ml#post1155461

I agree i have a few times.

[izzyj4]

Originally Posted by James_Bond_007

have lots of radios enough to populate that board 2x over.

Then can I come over and play?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Goot luck with the Centracom. Used to use one in my past life as a dispatcher.

[Astro25]

The CommandPLUS and the Compact Centracom are both built on the same chassis, so they're the same size. Somewhat similar looking front layout. You would need a TNA200 or equiv. to interface to a radio. (or whatever if your application is tone, dc, etc)

[ff026]

if you want to do stand alone you need a command plus and TONE or DC remote adapters like Astro25 stated, i have had one for a while but right now it is sitting in storage. Once i move into my new house i cant wait to set it up here is an old pic from these boards i posted a long time ago....

[hippieman556]

well its still nice to see old radio equipment