Minitor I and Alert Monitor Servicing?

[Kevin_CCR]

Hi all,

Recently I was able to get my hands on two Minitor I's and an Alert Monitor. The two Minitor I's appear to work and the Alert Monitor seems to have a feedback problem with the speaker. Rather than static when pushing the reset button, you hear what almost sounds like feedback from a guitar amp. One problem is that they are all on 154.190mhz which is the frequency of the next county over. Where I live and volunteer uses 154.205mhz and I'd like to have them work on that frequency. Is there anyone that still works on the Minitor I's and Alert Monitors that would be able to recrystal them? I'm not too worried about tones as one of the Minitor I's looks to have been converted to take Minitor II tones and I have quite a few of those. Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

 

[mikewazowski]

For the price of the crystal, it might be worth moving up to something programmable like a Min III.

Here's a link to a thread that has a couple of options for repair of your Alert Monitor (85) VHF Motorola Alert Monitor | RadioReference.com Forums

 

[meridiangold]

UCC WIRELESS may be able to help, or at least give you some advice on how to solve the issue.

 

[trp2525]

...Is there anyone that still works on the Minitor I's and Alert Monitors that would be able to recrystal them?...

I think you might be hard pressed to find someone to re-crystal your Minitor I pagers. UCC Wireless, located in St. Charles, MO and advertising as "USA's #1 Minitor repair facility" has the Minitor I very conspicuously missing from their Minitor repair page. They do have the Minitor II, III, IV, V and VI listed for a $109 Flat Rate repair.

Gerry, from G & G Communications located in LeRoy, NY, has the Minitor 1 (as well as the Minitor 3) on his no-repair list because of "Lack of reliability and repair parts." He may, however, be a very good choice for repair of your Alert Monitor as he does repair those for $40 plus parts plus shipping.

If you find yourself in need of a Minitor I housing refurb kit, there is currently an eBay seller that has 2 brand-new genuine Motorola OEM Minitor I housing refurb kits for sale for $49.00 each (plus $5 shipping). That is definitely a rare find these days as the original Minitor I is from the late 1970's/early 1980's.

 

[Kevin_CCR]

I think you might be hard pressed to find someone to re-crystal your Minitor I pagers. UCC Wireless, located in St. Charles, MO and advertising as "USA's #1 Minitor repair facility" has the Minitor I very conspicuously missing from their Minitor repair page. They do have the Minitor II, III, IV, V and VI listed for a $109 Flat Rate repair.

Gerry, from G & G Communications located in LeRoy, NY, has the Minitor 1 (as well as the Minitor 3) on his no-repair list because of "Lack of reliability and repair parts." He may, however, be a very good choice for repair of your Alert Monitor as he does repair those for $40 plus parts plus shipping.

If you find yourself in need of a Minitor I housing refurb kit, there is currently an eBay seller that has 2 brand-new genuine Motorola OEM Minitor I housing refurb kits for sale for $49.00 each (plus $5 shipping). That is definitely a rare find these days as the original Minitor I is from the late 1970's/early 1980's.

Thank you for the information! Luckily I was able to find a Minitor I and amplified charger on eBay last night that had the right crystal in it so hopefully that solves the Minitor I part. But that's good news about the Alert Monitor! I was thinking it would be the other way around where the Minitor would be easy to get serviced and I'd be hard pressed to find someone to service the Alert Monitor. I'll shoot Gerry an email and see if it's something he'd be interested in working on.

Thank you again!

Kevin

 

[Kevin_CCR]

Alright so I got in contact with Gerry at G & G Communications. He is able to repair the Alert Monitor but unfortunately he doesn't have the crystal in stock. He did say that a good company to buy the crystal from would be International Crystal Manufacturing though when I googled it said they are no longer in business. I tried calling the number listed and got the automated number has been disconnected message. Does anyone have any leads for an Alert Monitor crystal with the frequency of 154.205mhz? I'll be starting the hunt for one now so any help is much appreciated!

 

[trp2525]

...Does anyone have any leads for an Alert Monitor crystal with the frequency of 154.205mhz? I'll be starting the hunt for one now so any help is much appreciated!

Give Bomar Crystal located in Middlesex, NJ a try. Per their website: "We would like to let you know that Bomar Crystal is once again supplying radio crystals."
Email: sales@bomarcrystal.com
Phone: 1-732-356-7787

 

[Kevin_CCR]

Give Bomar Crystal located in Middlesex, NJ a try. Per their website: "We would like to let you know that Bomar Crystal is once again supplying radio crystals."
Email: sales@bomarcrystal.com
Phone: 1-732-356-7787

Thank you for the information! I just sent off an email to them, hopefully I'll hear a response soon. This makes me one step closer to getting the alert monitor working again.