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--- In GE-Mpa@yahoogroups.com, "John Parks" <jparks29@...> wrote:
\n>
\n> ok, picked up some decent MPA's, 136-150.8, PAGTPX...EDACS
\n> conventional...PAGTA6-S001 is on another sticker on the back..
\n>
\n> well, here's the funny thing... they're marked GE-Canada, AND
\nthey're
\n> "FCC ID" is AXATR-NONE, lol...
\n>
\n> on TOP of that, when read with EDACS it spits out 136-150.8, but
\nwhen
\n> you write it, it spits back saying incorrect bandsplit...
\n>
\n> so, I decided to update to group 19 flash........
\n>
\n> it now thinks it's a friggin MTL, and maintenance won't tell it to
\nbe
\n> an MPA system(which it is/was)...
\n>
\n> original flash was I9564M12 08/24/95
\n>
\n> I'm going to make a few assumptions, and I'm hoping mark can throw
\n> some corrections my way.....
\n>
\n>
\n> 1.they're SP canadian MPA's for a canadian customer, with a non-
\n> standard bandsplit..
\n>
\n> 2.they're using an SP flash, which is why the "normal" flash thinks
\n> it's an MTL.....
\n>
\n>
\n> ok, so WTH is going on here......mark?? any help?
\n>
\n> they ALL seem to have FACTORY engraving, OP6-019980 with a funky
\n> looking Q, except the "," on the Q is a lightning bolt.....
\n>
\n> ummm.. that wouldn't be ontario power would it?? I'm not even sure
\nit
\n> exists, but it would seem that OP, and the Q not being a Q, but an
\nO
\n> with a lightning bolt through it......
\n>
\n>
\n> so, how do I get it back to recognize itself as a system radio?
\n>