I think it still works and I should probably sell it to someone that actually cares.Ībout 7yrs later I went back to work for them in the land mobile div and at one point I was the sole repair guy for all land mobile and marine. The design got changed slightly and I currently have the production sample they took to all the shows with a plexiglass top cover so you can see the insides. Larry gave me #2 prototype of that radio when I left. It had a 25w final and a voltage regulator that you could bypass and increase power quite a bit.
Just before I left Larry had designed a cool base station not related to any other US made radio that was AM transmit but AM/SSB receive, very unusual. I also knew Larry Hirsch or "Laslo" upstairs in engineering and also Gene Proctor. His wife also worked on the US assembly line. I worked in imports when I first hired in 75, didn't know that many people on the US assy side except for Leonard who wore a cool jacket that had a cartoon character on the back that said "Mad Puppeteer" which might have been a CB handle. Yes, I sort of remember someone with that description. Just noticed where you worked at Pathcom. About that time, Pathcom concentrated on their marine VHF prcguy : Do you remember a tall slender guy with straw hair and a bit of handlebar moustache, worked in one of the cages ? I don't know about the base but that had the same board. My days at Pathcom ended when the 1000M lost FCC certification for excessive harmonics. Pull the final and replace with a 50 watt Motorola device, these would do 25 watt PEP out very easy.
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Popular mods were the clarifier for a 'slider' (?) and adding a switch to the PLL for out of band. Watch for preamp clipping too with mic gain. Now the AF out/modulator can exceed the 100% range which just makes the AM dirty, flattopping and splatter. The SSB filters were the best for the days. After balancing, a 2 tone peak adjustment.
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I did the biasing of the audio and full alignments. A rather well engineered radio with true high level AM. I did the post assembly alignments on the mobiles. Commercial, Professional Radio and Personal Radio.We cannot jeopardize the ability to provide the RadioReference services by allowing this activity to occur. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola). The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate just purchase it.įor M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued.
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The only rub is that the "S" meter reading is very "stingy" on AM. Might there be a component that could be bad in the meter circuit on AM that I am overlooking? I love using this old radio, it's a nice clean vintage unit, and it talks quite nicely. I did a receive alignment, but didn't really change anything for the meter movement on AM. On SSB, the meter reads as it should, with audio clear and loud.
The receive audio is great, clear and loud. The trouble is that on AM, when receiving a strong close range signal, the meter shows only about 3-4 "S" units. I didn't really see any board number anywhere on it, but if I can locate a board number, I'll post it here on this thread. I cleaned it up, did a tuneup on it, and lined up all the crystals so they are on frequency, for the most part (this radio goes up to 27.605). I recently acquired an old Pace Sidetalk 1000B 23 channel AM/SSB base from a friend.
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