N4KVE
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I know Moto radios have funny names for different lines. Astro, Jedi, Cosmo, Kramer, etc. On my SI, between the model #, & the ser #, it says FACTORY ID CROSS. Wonder what that stands for?
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SSE5000
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In the early 2000’s I acquired a minty Saber SI that I used for years on our 4.1 system. It was a great radio and I thought it had fantastic audio compared to the Astro Saber, although no digital.Sure do!
Here's a side-by-side with an Astro Saber
The SSE5000 is a great radio and I hate that it didn’t really make its way outside of NYPD. Fantastic ergonomics as well as audio. The Vertex-like orange top display is a little strange on a Motorola though.
MarkHamSSE5000
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This (the top display in orange) I have to see. Perhaps you're thinking of the VX-537?
No, the SSE5000 top display is orange.
MarkHamSSE5000
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Would you mind upload a photo of this?
Are you telling me the guy with SSE5000 in his user name and a picture of two SSE5000’s doesn’t know this?
MarkHamSSE5000
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As the saying goes "your mileage may vary". For all I know, you may have a development model to be able to say the top display backlighting was orange.
I’ve seen a lot of SSE5000’s and they all had orange backlights.
Yeah, agreed. I handled them and definitely orange backlight.
MarkHamSSE5000
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Very interesting because the one's I've held (including the *one* pictured) were backlit in green. The same font for the zone and channel name as well as the icons as pictured above.
mikegilbert
MHz so good
Mine has "CROSS" as well:
I need one of those old school 800 antennas.
My SI doesn’t have tags and has darker green buttons under the display.
N4KVE
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Maybe because it was a cross between a Saber, & a Jedi. Looking at your tag, & mine, they were built in the same month.Mine has "CROSS" as well:
I held this radio at Dayton as well. The Si was a cool form factor.
Some cool information (and photos) in this thread! As a Saber fan I've always been sad that this radio or a close variant never made it into Motorola's mainstream product lineup. The Saber form factor was an excellent design.
RE the backlight color: while I have no firsthand knowledge of the SSE5000, it seems entirely within the realm of possibility for the radio to have had both green and orange (and red, probably) backlight options, since orange can be achieved by combining red and green LEDs. Reminds me of the backlight in the O5 head. Can be full green, full red, or anywhere in between by mixing the two. For a portable it would make sense to have a red or darker orange color for low light situations while a green or lighter orange would be more readable in less-than-total darkness.
RE the backlight color: while I have no firsthand knowledge of the SSE5000, it seems entirely within the realm of possibility for the radio to have had both green and orange (and red, probably) backlight options, since orange can be achieved by combining red and green LEDs. Reminds me of the backlight in the O5 head. Can be full green, full red, or anywhere in between by mixing the two. For a portable it would make sense to have a red or darker orange color for low light situations while a green or lighter orange would be more readable in less-than-total darkness.
mikegilbert
MHz so good
Here in Los Angeles, LAFD uses a 17 channel conventional analog simulcast 800MHz system. I'd love to program my Si to monitor it. My APX is cool, but there's something cool about monitoring analog with a purely analog radio with no DSP.
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Then /\/\otorola swept in and bought up Vertex.
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I agree. And the Major would be pleased.
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