I've been looking for information on the Motorola Spectra DA3KX which I received for free recently. I called up Motorola and they were happy to check and see if they still had information on it, but they said they had no information regarding it. If anybody has any information or documentation on this thing, that would be amazing. It's really elusive and I'd like to get it to work on the amateur bands since it is a VHF model.
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Motorola Spectra DA3KX+067W information
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mmckenna
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Try this BatLabs page:
There's probably a wealth of information over on repeater-builder.com also.
There's two VHF models:
If you've got a range 2, then you're good down to 146, but I'm pretty sure I had mine down lower, at least into the upper 144MHz range without any challenges. It's been a LONG time since I touched a spectra, so I don't remember what the steps were off the top of my head.
Be aware, these are notorious for leaky capacitors. Free is about the right price to pay for one of these.
There's probably a wealth of information over on repeater-builder.com also.
There's two VHF models:
- Range-1 136-162 MHz
- Range-2 146-174 MHz
If you've got a range 2, then you're good down to 146, but I'm pretty sure I had mine down lower, at least into the upper 144MHz range without any challenges. It's been a LONG time since I touched a spectra, so I don't remember what the steps were off the top of my head.
Be aware, these are notorious for leaky capacitors. Free is about the right price to pay for one of these.
Project25_MASTR
Millennial Graying OBT Guy
The shift trick should work on them to get them just a ltitle lower.
mmckenna
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That's jiggling the memory. Pretty sure that was the trick. I've still got that radio in a drawer and I had it programmed for a repeater that had an input at 144.850.
But I'm sure the capacitors have crapped the bed. The display was getting weak when I last used it (probably 15 years ago).
Awesome, thank you!
