Cool. Thanks! This is very helpful . Mine is for sure a synthesized Delta. I have to order my programmer as well. They do have some just not listed on Ebay right now.
Vern From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:04 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GE Delta I operate all my Rangr's without a control head, and also have a crystal controlled Delta operating packet on a montaintop without a control head. You just have to scope out the pins and apply voltage to the ign +12 and the main +12 to fire them up. Be careful putting a speaker on the Delta, as it uses a floating speaker connection. Do not hook either side of the speaker to ground. I am attaching my mod to run the Delta without a control head. I jumper to a 25 pin D connector to get compatable with common connectors. The two large pins are the high current + and - for the final amp. The Rangr connector is the same as a synthesized Delta, while the older crystal controlled Deltas use the Delta configuration I show here. I am also including the diagram of the connector I plagerized from a packet mod for the Rangr. It is a good description of the layout of the interface connector. 73 - Jim W5ZIT mung_bungholio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cool. I will check to see if it has the chip. They don't have any programmers listed right now. I will ask them if they have any not listed. How about testing this thing out without a control head? I have a service monitor so I just need to know how to power it up and listen to the speaker and make it tx so that I can see what it is putting out? Thanks, Vern --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> , Jim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the unit you are looking at is a programmable type, you can program with the RFGuys programmer by removing the chip and plugging it into their programmer board which plugs into the parallel port of your computer. You have to use DOS to generate the personality (a 256 byte binary file) to move to the chip. They supply a program to generate the personality. > > I use one of these programmers to generate personalities for GE Rangr and GE Phoenix radios. I don't have any programmable Deltas. Some folks have indicated problems getting their computer to work with this programmer, but I use an IBM 390 laptop and it works fine. > > Be aware that there were lots of crystal controlled Deltas made also. You will have to order crystals for those types. To verify that your radio is programmable you will find an XR2212 EEPROM near the microprocessor in a socket. This is the chip you remove and plug into the RFGuys programmer. > > RFGuys markets their unit on Ebay. > > 73 - Jim W5ZIT > > mung_bungholio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well I was over at the junk store looking for UHF commercial radios for > the GMRS project and didn't find anything for that but did find the > drawer unit for a low band GE Delta for $5.00. > > So now what. I would love to be able to slide this thing into 6m and > use it for something. > > How does one go about programming one of these puppies? I have seen a > lot of different things out on the net but nothing that seems to say > the easy way to get it programmed. > > Will it slide into 6m by just programming it or does it need to be > modded as well? > > I know another project but that is how these things happen. Go looking > for one thing and find something else to play with. > > Thanks, > Vern > KI4ONW
