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Where is the internal 5 volt regulator located in the portable? I have SMT equipment but I don't have a schematic. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Timbo

Its for programming 88XX and 87XX series radios... probbally not something you want to do.

The radio's model number is the last four digits ie 242-9653 it would be referred to as a 96XX model. I'm not sure that the Challenger interface box will work with that model... some of the later model Johnsons need a newer box and cable. I will have to research this...

Here is a little more info thanks again N4UMJ for the info! "-The ICOM W2A and the 2SRA are both fine radios when they are working. They share many of the same circuitry and therefore commonly fail with similar problems. When they die the most common cause is the voltage regulator. I have seen ...

Here is a Reply that I recieved about this problem... I'm going to post it here for anyone else that has this radio. "The W2A is a nice radio. I owned two of them and a 2SRA which is about identical but has 2M and general receive. Then after I got the BC-72A charger on e-bay the W2A just up and...

Pins 13 and 14 are used for external spkr. if you want the internal spkr put a jumper in pins 9 and 12. Good Luck,

You know why "M"om can charge so much for there software? Because they can.

Its about time that the Big M gets its butt kicked Maybe next year this time the Big M will be M\A Comm!!!

Anyone Anyone

Maybe you guys could have a link with the guys at Batlabs... On Batlabs they might be able to put a link on there page like "For Radios other than Motorola click Here" and have it route to this board... I don't know maybe not? But it looks like alot of guys over there are looking for a pla...

Will I'm interested in that mod as well... my email is n3ita@hotmail.com

I'm looking seriously at one of these portables. Does anyone have one? If so what do you think of it. Also can it be controlled by Trunker so I can use it with a PC to monitor trunktraffic? Thanks,

It looks like http://www.rib.com is still open... It is short and sweet

AH the 88XX series... I had an 8806 in my car for a while with Interconnect. I'll never forget they invalided my interconnect code - then I bypassed the validation circuitry in the radio :lol: it worked like a champ for a long time. Yeah I have a key laying around if you want just send me an email w...

Do you mean the channel elements? If so look and see what the fundamentals are on the channel elements (aka TCXO) then take a calculator and divide your output freq of each radio into the fundamental and see if the radios are using the same math to make the output freq.... That is my best suggestion.