Motorola Minitor 1 Recrystal

[E-542]

Does anyone here offer freq. tuning/recrystaling of old Minitor 1 pagers? I don't know whether my minitor's RF board needs to be tuned, or if it needs another crystal. It is, according to the ebay listing, and the freq. plaque on the pager, to be on '154.2500'. However I have determined through experimentation, listening, etc, it is on '154.2200'.

I wouldn't have thought just 0.03MHZ to be much, but. Apparently it is enough it can't pick up County Fire.



So which brings me back to my original question. Is there someone here I can get help from on this?

Thanks.

 

[GTR8000]

G & G Communications - Scanner Radio Sales & Repair

 

[E-542]

That, only appears as a white blank page to me.

 

[fireside]

That, only appears as a white blank page to me.

I just tried link and site came up.

 

[E-542]

I just tried link and site came up.

What browser are you using? I'm using the latest Firefox, and I tried on Chrome. Same results for both.

 

[GTR8000]

Works fine for me also. Try this link directly to the pagers section.

G & G Communications

 

[E-542]

Works fine for me also. Try this link directly to the pagers section.

G & G Communications

Ahh that got me there! I just got off the phone with them, and once I get ahold of a crystal on 154.2500MHz for the Minitor1, then, I'll have a full-functioning M1! Thanks guys, great help on this.

 

[E-542]

Also, where abouts can I get a crystal of pre-mentioned frequency? I did some looking around, haven't found anything BUT G&G, who doesn't have it.

 

[GTR8000]

Try these guys. According to their chart, the catalog # for a Minitor I crystal is 161170. I don't recall how much they charge, but I'm pretty sure they accept orders for single crystals.

Crystals, oscillators, filters, precision crystals, TCXOs and more from International Crystal

 

[E-542]

Try these guys. According to their chart, the catalog # for a Minitor I crystal is 161170. I don't recall how much they charge, but I'm pretty sure they accept orders for single crystals.

Crystals, oscillators, filters, precision crystals, TCXOs and more from International Crystal

Thanks a bunch. It's gonna be $20 to make the crystal and ship it, so, not too bad I guess. Just have to wait for my debit card... My card number got compromised so I'm waiting on my new one. Once I get the crystal, which they said could take a week, I'll get the pager up to you, so you can get it re-crystaled for 154.2500MHz.

Thanks a BUNCH, you have been a LOT of help.