ZS6HZ
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It was found inside a Motorola HLN3333 RICK interface that had been modified.
I'm trying to figure out what the modification was all about.
Regards
Marc
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Can anyone identify this component?
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It was found inside a Motorola HLN3333 RICK interface that had been modified.
I'm trying to figure out what the modification was all about.
Regards
Marc
Looks like a relay. Can you get more pics?
ZS6HZ
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I also thought it was a relay, but after a Google search for the manufacturer, I came up empty handed. I've never heard of Babcock components before...
I'll post more pics in a few minutes.
I'll post more pics in a few minutes.
My guess also is a relay. We did some modifications back in the day on those that would allow remote setup and knockdown via dtmf from a radious mobile radio. Relay would pull in on propwer DTMF and pull the setup on.
ZS6HZ
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I think it might have been some sort of switchable link because the receiver line looks to be connected to the accessory port.
ZS6HZ
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Oh wow. 1979? That's one old relay. 
It looks exactly like the antenna switching relay found in the MX series portable radios.
So that's what I believe it to be.
So that's what I believe it to be.
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Hopefully he left a basic diagram/parts list/concept of what he was trying to do. I always tried to be nice to the next technician. I've heard stories of people that would jump out I.F. stages or antenna relays just to get home at 3 AM. I've seen RCA control heads hooked to Motorola chassis (I think to show RCAs work as well as Motorola.
ZS6HZ
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Interesting. We never used MX portables here in SA but I guess the local models were similar but had different model numbers.
There's no diagram left behind so it's anyone's guess. I'm just going to bin the RICK.
There's no diagram left behind so it's anyone's guess. I'm just going to bin the RICK.
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