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I joined the cult (New XG-100M owner)
- Thread starter Teotwaki
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Wouldn't that be a 5Runner?
Yes indeed!
Yes but your wallet remains fatter compared to buying an equivalent Motorola.
Thank you very much! I've learned bits and pieces of this information the hard way. I ended up with a -007 charger when what I needed was a -026. It's difficult to find just the sleeves to swap in in order to reuse the electronics. I have some NOS NiMh batteries that I'm conditioning right now but having a drop-in charger would make life easier. Even though the 100P wouldn't drop in without mods to the sleeve I can still put in just the battery.
For vehicular charging of my NiMh batteries I have a VC4000 tri-chemistry charger (CH-017231-002). I've searched up and down the net for the factory manual which appears to be MM-018439-001.
I'm particularly interested in the DIP switches which can control the following
- Dual Charge Rate: Allows
charge rate to be adjusted
through dipswitch configuration.
- Dual Trickle Rate (only for
Nickel): Allows trickle rate to
be adjusted through dipswitch
configuration.
- Ignition Sense (Dipswitch
configurable): Unit is turned
off when the ignition is
turned off, preventing vehicle
battery drain, or unit is on at
all times.
...and not so much interesting but who knows
- Repeater Control: Has an
enable/disable circuit for use
with a vehicular repeater.
The vehicular repeater is
enabled when the radio is
removed from the charger.
I'm particularly interested in the DIP switches which can control the following
- Dual Charge Rate: Allows
charge rate to be adjusted
through dipswitch configuration.
- Dual Trickle Rate (only for
Nickel): Allows trickle rate to
be adjusted through dipswitch
configuration.
- Ignition Sense (Dipswitch
configurable): Unit is turned
off when the ignition is
turned off, preventing vehicle
battery drain, or unit is on at
all times.
...and not so much interesting but who knows
- Repeater Control: Has an
enable/disable circuit for use
with a vehicular repeater.
The vehicular repeater is
enabled when the radio is
removed from the charger.
I think new ones are unreasonably priced but check with New London. They pop up on ebay occasionally.
I bought mine along with a 721 control head on ePay
RadioTechBench
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Howdy I just purchased my first XG-100M and I am also interested in learning the info you are sharing about the process to unlock wideband. I could not figure out how to send a PM though.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
Pretty sure newbies can’t send PMs until a certain number of posts…
-B
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You are not going to unlock wideband.
Might be just my firmware version but programming Low Band, High Band, and UHF, I have wide or narrow. 700/800 is narrow band, no exception.
This is what is stuck in mine: XLP R06T02, DES version 2.06, AES version 5.01
RadioTechBench
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Copy I have never been much of a forum guy so this is new territory. 👍
RadioTechBench
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Thanks for the reply. My xg100M actually has wide and enabled (no option 50), however I have been keeping an eye out for a portable and was curious about possibly doing the same to a portable if I found a nice one for cheap.
That is an awful elucive manual. I have a full complement of desktop chargers and pockets, and been trying to build up all the charger documentation I can fin. So far, very incomplete.
You and a lot of other people. Since the narrow banding mandate, wide band able radios are very hard to find and expensive when you do find one.