The reason these radios are now coming on the market is that the Federal law on medical privacy (HIPPA) is requiring the encryption of any medical information between the field units and the hospitals. Squads that transmit patient info in the clear face severe penalties. Some of the squads have gone to digital cell phones and some are now going to encrypted radios on their trunked public safety radio system as more areas switch to trunking system. All of the MEDCOM UHF frequencies are being abandoned since encryption is not a provision of the APCOR radios. The only frequencies that we are still hearing activity on is the two MEDCOM "dispatch" channels which are being used by the medical helicopters for actual dispatch only (location coordinates, etc.) but not patient information.
Steve Helton, N8RTY [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coy Hilton Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 00:24 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola APCOR Eric, Wasn't the MX500 at one time, Motorolas Cadilac HT? Did they have the same conector problems? We had only one in our entire Fire dept. It seemed to have few but weard problems. That goes back 25 years. 73 AC0Y --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Eric Lemmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Al, > > I picked up a 12 watt APCOR unit a year ago, but have not found the time or > patience to repair it, let alone try to modify it. The Coronary Observation > Radios act as vehicular repeaters, and operate on the UHF "Med" channels in > reverse- that is receive low, transmit high. They are based upon the MX300 > modules, and use a separate channel element for each frequency. > > The service manual for the 1 watt models P24ESN3150A and P24ESN3151A is > 6881021C05, which costs just $ 3.06- an incredible price. The service manual > for the 12 watt model P44ESN3191A is 6881021C10, which costs $ 35.37. > > One of the reasons the APCOR units are plentiful on the surplus market is > because the MX300 system is plagued with connector problems, sort of the Edsel > of radio designs. The unit I have was removed from service only a few months > before I bought it. What's really scary is that it was junk, but was being > carried on an ambulance in Huntington Beach, CA! > > I have read a few articles about converting the APCOR into a Ham repeater, but > none of them spent a lot of print space to extol its virtues. > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > Al Wolfe wrote: > > > Hi, all, > > One of the few Dayton acquisitions this year was a Motorola APCOR unit. > > Apparently it was designed for medical/EMT use and is supposed to be able to > > do full duplex. Does anyone have any technical info on this unit they would > > care to share? It looks like it might make a decent field/temporary/portable > > repeater. > > > > Al, K9SI Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/