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--- In GE-Mpa@yahoogroups.com, Jim <wd8chl@...> wrote:
\n>
\n> On 2/14/2011 2:55 PM, Cezary wrote:
\n> > I was wondering lately is there a possibility to control a M-PA in a
\n> > EDACS system by the TX/RX port. I'm thinking of something like a
\n> > small program showing the current channel, ID in a I-CALL and to
\n> > changing a system or enable/disable scanning.
\n> > If this is possible and is there any development documentation for
\n> > this?
\n>
\n> No. MPA's have been out of production for about 15 years now. Support is
\n> long gone. For most bands, they won't be legit to even use them in a
\n> couple of years, at least in the US. They will be relegated to ham use
\n> for the most part.
\n> 800 is about the only exception.
\n>
\n> > I would like to make a small base station putting a M-PA in a Car
\n> > holder. It has a TX/RX out/input, connect that to a RIB and further
\n> > to a COM port.
\n>
\n> First, once you connect a "RIB" (which is a Motorola term, btw) to the
\n> side of the radio, it goes into program mode and all that can be done is
\n> reading to and writing from the radio for programming and alignment. The
\n> radio is not usable as a radio.
\n> None of what you want to do is available at the UDC connector. All you
\n> can really do is put what amounts to a speaker-mic on it. Basic tx and rx.
\n> If you want to be able to change channels, etc, you need to get a
\n> mobile, like an Orion/M7100/whatever or newer.
\n>