TX_Shooter
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- Oct 14, 2014
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I'm a new user to RadioReference.Com, and I've noticed a LOT of sub-forums here, but can't seem to find a heading that really fits my needs. Some say 'Monitoring', and that leads me to believe that they're meant for the purpose of strictly monitoring a radio signal.
I'm seeking a forum that can help me and my company when it comes time to install a telephone type product, and this product integrates with a wide variety of military-grade radios (HF/VHF/UHF AM or FM). However, what used to be something that we would ask the Air Force to do, we are more often-than-not being faced with having to do the wiring integration ourselves.
I'm hoping to find a forum that would be able, AND WILLING, to help with pin-outs, setups (to include programming options to specify to the local radio shops if one is nearby), audio signal specifications (impedance, power, keying, etc.), and just general knowledge.
Some of the radios we've already integrated with are fairly old and archaic, but the military still uses them even though finding someone on base or nearby with actual knowledge of the radio is becoming scarce. Some are ground-to-ground, while most are ground-to-air. Some are backpack, some are desktop, and some are vehicle, but we always integrate with them inside a building (never vehicular). Sometimes we'll connect via a rear connector, and sometimes we'll use the front microphone / handset connector. Sometimes we'll do something so bizarre and out of the 'norms' that any tech after the fact have to call the person that performed the actual integration just to get an idea of what they're facing during their service call. (We rarely will integrate with any radio that encrypts, but it does happen from time-to-time.)
Our primary device that handles the radio integration is the Connect Systems Inc (CSI) Flex II (specially modified for our telephone system). This takes ONLY analog audio and PTT signalling. Sometimes the radio will be placed very far away, so we have to use a digitizing device to get the signals to the CSI via fiber optics, but we still re-convert that digital signal back to analog.
Often times we just need pin-outs, but sometimes we also need to know more specific information about the analog signals before we can engineer an integration solution. That's where I'm really hoping to find someone here that can help.
Such radios we've interfaced with include (but definitely not limited to):
URC200
PRC117
GRR-23/24 w/ GRT-21/22
Pacer Bounce
PRC68
XTL5000 (LMR)
Soooo, can anyone here point me in the correct direction?
Many thanks for answering this, and for providing such a great forum.
-Shooter
I'm seeking a forum that can help me and my company when it comes time to install a telephone type product, and this product integrates with a wide variety of military-grade radios (HF/VHF/UHF AM or FM). However, what used to be something that we would ask the Air Force to do, we are more often-than-not being faced with having to do the wiring integration ourselves.
I'm hoping to find a forum that would be able, AND WILLING, to help with pin-outs, setups (to include programming options to specify to the local radio shops if one is nearby), audio signal specifications (impedance, power, keying, etc.), and just general knowledge.
Some of the radios we've already integrated with are fairly old and archaic, but the military still uses them even though finding someone on base or nearby with actual knowledge of the radio is becoming scarce. Some are ground-to-ground, while most are ground-to-air. Some are backpack, some are desktop, and some are vehicle, but we always integrate with them inside a building (never vehicular). Sometimes we'll connect via a rear connector, and sometimes we'll use the front microphone / handset connector. Sometimes we'll do something so bizarre and out of the 'norms' that any tech after the fact have to call the person that performed the actual integration just to get an idea of what they're facing during their service call. (We rarely will integrate with any radio that encrypts, but it does happen from time-to-time.)
Our primary device that handles the radio integration is the Connect Systems Inc (CSI) Flex II (specially modified for our telephone system). This takes ONLY analog audio and PTT signalling. Sometimes the radio will be placed very far away, so we have to use a digitizing device to get the signals to the CSI via fiber optics, but we still re-convert that digital signal back to analog.
Often times we just need pin-outs, but sometimes we also need to know more specific information about the analog signals before we can engineer an integration solution. That's where I'm really hoping to find someone here that can help.
Such radios we've interfaced with include (but definitely not limited to):
URC200
PRC117
GRR-23/24 w/ GRT-21/22
Pacer Bounce
PRC68
XTL5000 (LMR)
Soooo, can anyone here point me in the correct direction?
Many thanks for answering this, and for providing such a great forum.
-Shooter