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[quote="KF4SQB"]Does anyone know of a "quick 'n' dirty" programming interface for the high-band Ranger 89 with an S550 head? I am looking for something that I can homebrew cheaply, as I don't have the money availible to buy a commercially built unit. Thanks![/quote] Find someone ...

[quote="redbird"]I need all the rear connections wiring information for a S550 head for a low band GE Rangr. Can someone send it or tell me where to find it?[/quote] Just what info are you really needing? The cables from most Master II, Delta S ans SX, as well as the Ranger series are comp...

You would be better off looking for a UHF radio. Trying to mod a VHF to go to the UHF range is like trying to take a Volkswagon and trying to make it into an 18 wheel truck. Non of the tuned RF circuits in the radio would work. All the RF sections in the radio will need to be changed. Being involved...

[quote="N3CHU"]I need to get into the "service" mode to adjust the squelch on a 99 channel FTL1011 , can someone please give me the instructions?. Thank you very much. Davie N3CHU :([/quote] I don't think you have the right computer to make that adjustment. The interface is somet...

Have another radio problem. Radio took a lighning hit. Seems like the pin diode antenna switching isn't working. RX has about 1000 microvolt sensitivity. TX doesn't show any output on a watt meter.

Can't see any change in the DC bias on the pin diodes between RX and TX.

Jim

[quote="Medic-10"]How do I tell if my Delta is a S or SX?[/quote] By the model number and by looking at the RX front end. N3A113 VHF 136 to 153 wide band 40 watt, N3GG2W040TB N3A114 VHF 150 to 174 wide band 40 watt, N3HH2W040TB N3A117 VHF 150 to 174 wide band 110 watt, N3HH2W110TB N3A133 U...

In need of information on programming a VHF mobile model 70-13336.

Where does the programming cable connect to the radio?

Which software is used to program this radio?

Thanks,
Jim

The 70-38B I have is VHF and I am looking for programming info on it.

Jim

Guess you haven't spent much time working on any GE radios and had to do much programming. The PROM programmer may be fine for one or two channels, but when you need to do all 16, it gets to be a pain. Takes too much time and too easy to make a mistake.

Jim

You shouldn't have to do anything except play with the VCO adjustments. There is one for the RX and one for the TX. Program up a control head and download to the radio or get the EEPROM programmed in the radio. Have fun. The low band does have some image issues that you learn to live with. I am told...

Why not just use a simplex channel or the output of the repeater for simplex. That way your not fighting a desense problem for radios next to each other. Has worked great for better than 70 years.

Jim

I see that you indicated that you have the GE software. Have you made up any cables to be able to program up the Ranger? I have been looking for the interface and the cable info for some time now. I know that onew of these days my suitcase will go belly up. I bought it brand new way back about 1978 ...

Sounds like your getting a little testy. Calm down. There are limited methods to program the GE radios with the EEPROM you have. You did not indicate which control head you have with the radio. Some of the heads like the S950 , S990 and the S825 series all can be programmed and then downloaded into ...

Just about any radio will have some overload problems under the right circumstances. Even the top end Motorola radios will do this. So don't feel like your all alone. The stronger the signal your trying to listen to the better off your going to be. The further away from the other people's frequency ...

If your talking about the old GE mobile telephone type MRK II radio, the terms narrow and wideband channels hadn't even been thought about back in those days.

Jim