So my Motorola MT1000 RIB programming cable has finally given up. It appears that I can no longer find this cable anywhere. Perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. Anyone have any guidance?
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Moto MT1000 Programming Cable
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Is that the MT1000 that is housed like an older HT600 or the newer version that shares a programming cable with the Visar? I might have both types.
You're thinking of the HT1000 (Jedi Series), completely different radio.
Yes
mbnv992
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Both the Genesis programming cable and standard ( NOT Astro ) Saber cables are super hard to come by. Only luck is to keep hunting on eBay for them and they pop up every now and then. Most of the time because they are so rare they go for $100 and up
petnrdx
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I have made several from a speaker mic, or a Hirose adapter. You have to move a couple pins.
Easiest is using a clone cable if you can find one, cut it in half and make two or just "Y" into the cable.
Most often the problem is the pins being dirty on the radio.
Next most often is the solder gets crystalized inside where the pins are connect to the main board via a flex board.
Easiest is using a clone cable if you can find one, cut it in half and make two or just "Y" into the cable.
Most often the problem is the pins being dirty on the radio.
Next most often is the solder gets crystalized inside where the pins are connect to the main board via a flex board.
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I found my old Motorola stash. Does this look like it? Has a DB25 on one end.
Agreed. Took me awhile to find a Saber programming cable, finally had to make an adapter to change polarity on two pins so I could use my Astro Saber cable.
Had to convert a speaker mike connector to get an MT1000/HT600 cable.
mmckenna
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Not sure how far you want to go with this, but I fabricated my own out of an old dust cap. Used BatLabs.com to figure out what pins to use, drilled holes in the dust cap, inserted some pins (actual straight pins I borrowed from my wife's sewing crap), wired it up with some heat shrink over the connections.
That's the one.
2wayfreq
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I have a prog/test one thats a little beat up. And keeping an old DOS 286 around helps too.
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Great, now to figure out compensation.
