Well, If I was in production, I would just set up the Fadal VMC and let the machine do the work.
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XG-100M and features
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It’s a retrofit shop working with already painted and folded chassis… I didn’t know you could get a VMC for less than $300!
-B
prcguy
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I finally finished setting up my harem of four XG-100Ms and they all have control heads on the brick even when the brick is under the seat of a car running a remote head. That way I can grab any radio and use it as a temporary base, etc.
The XG-75M and M5300/M7300 series show up on eBay all the time and its cheaper to buy a used radio and steal the control head hardware than to buy the underdash hardware kit. My last purchase was two 900MHz radios for $70 total which included two new mics and a bunch of CANbus terminators. After moving the control heads and hardware to the XG-100Ms I still have two useable 900 radios that will fire up with remote heads if needed.
I'm so happy with the XG-100M series and wish I had discovered them sooner as I wouldn't have this big pile of Motorola stuff to dispose of now.
The XG-75M and M5300/M7300 series show up on eBay all the time and its cheaper to buy a used radio and steal the control head hardware than to buy the underdash hardware kit. My last purchase was two 900MHz radios for $70 total which included two new mics and a bunch of CANbus terminators. After moving the control heads and hardware to the XG-100Ms I still have two useable 900 radios that will fire up with remote heads if needed.
I'm so happy with the XG-100M series and wish I had discovered them sooner as I wouldn't have this big pile of Motorola stuff to dispose of now.
Any idea what would cause one to be stuck in program mode?
prcguy
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Try running the radio maintenance utility then click the "jump" box.
Tried, still no go.
prcguy
Member
Did the problem start after programming with RPM or after a firmware upgrade or something else?
ThreatLevelMidnight
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I recently had this happen to me, power browned out while programming. (Thanks Georgia Power
)I was able to rewrite the firmware using RPM, solved it for me finally.
Interesting, thanks. I'll check into it.I recently had this happen to me, power browned out while programming. (Thanks Georgia Power
I was able to rewrite the firmware using RPM, solved it for me finally.
I'll email you as not to clutter up the thread.
Learning the commands for the serial console terminal is helpful for these situations. I just helped someone out who has his stuck in burnapp mode. (ATZ15 kicked it out of burnapp)
Often times trying an operation more than once will find it will work after the second or third time. These things can be finicky at times but are usually always recoverable when you know the basic steps.
Often times trying an operation more than once will find it will work after the second or third time. These things can be finicky at times but are usually always recoverable when you know the basic steps.
prcguy
Member
The line starts back there somewhere. And if you should find one it goes to the guy at the front of the line.
prcguy
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Unlike most Motorola products.
Sorry to laugh… but you won’t find a Harris lowband amp… you can piece something together, but it won’t be part 90. So then the matter becomes the lack of support for the 6m ham band (the radio won’t let you program above 50mhz). So you can get together a working solution that’s not approved for commercial use, but it won’t accept ham freqs either. 🤷🏼♂
-B
ThreatLevelMidnight
Member
Main antenna is a TNC connector, low band is a BNC
Adapters for both are readily available online
Adapters for both are readily available online
Adapters are a terrible idea. Get the antenna with the right connector on the end of the cable. Seriously.
ThreatLevelMidnight
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Meant to say connectors, I completely agree with ya.
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Why are adapters a bad idea? I use adapters on all my handhelds to bnc.
