I bought a new Motorola 12 watt mobile amplifying speaker on eBay, no.
NSN6054A, to use in my car to amplify my non-Motorola handi-talkies.

Turns out that this speaker is part of the now discontinued Saber
radio system. It has a DB-25 connector with 7 pins present: four for
12 VDC power, 2 for audio and one for squelch.

Attempts to query Motorola have been futile.

(1) The spec sheet says it is made to work with the Vehicular Adapter,
which has a volume adjustment on it, so you don't have to change the
Saber's volume setting from what you like for pedestrian use. What
does this mean as far as what the speaker expects as the speaker level
voltage inputs? Will I be OK I set my HT volume knob to, say, half
way?

(2) The squelch signal is used to reduce power consumption. The specs
do not indicate what the squelch signal looks like. Anyone know?
Inasmuch as my HT's do not generate a squelch output (not counting an
LED being off), I want to force the speaker squelch to off.

3) Should I just rip out the fat DB-25 cable and connector and put
standard leads on the speaker? Or is there some demand for the thing
as is, so I could sell more easily it if I don't need it?

Ken KC2JDY

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In article ,
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I bought a new Motorola 12 watt mobile amplifying speaker on eBay, no.
NSN6054A, to use in my car to amplify my non-Motorola handi-talkies.

snippety

Ken, I think your best course would be to put this same query to
the nice folks at the Batlabs 'BatBoard.'

http://batboard.batlabs.com

It's a messaging system that is populated by several thousand
Motorola geeks. If anyone will have the answers you seek, it will be
them.

I can tell you that what Motorola told you is pretty much true.
Mother 'M' has gotten much worse, in recent years, in terms of
preserving documentation and parts for older gear.

Happy hunting.


--
Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m
Motorola Radio Programming & Service Available -
http://www.bluefeathertech.com/rf.html
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)

In article ,
says...

I bought a new Motorola 12 watt mobile amplifying speaker on eBay, no.
NSN6054A, to use in my car to amplify my non-Motorola handi-talkies.

snippety

Ken, I think your best course would be to put this same query to
the nice folks at the Batlabs 'BatBoard.'

http://batboard.batlabs.com

It's a messaging system that is populated by several thousand
Motorola geeks. If anyone will have the answers you seek, it will be
them.

I can tell you that what Motorola told you is pretty much true.
Mother 'M' has gotten much worse, in recent years, in terms of
preserving documentation and parts for older gear.

Happy hunting.


--
Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m
Motorola Radio Programming & Service Available -
http://www.bluefeathertech.com/rf.html
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:39:31 -0800, Dr. A.T. Squeegee
wrote:

Ken, I think your best course would be to put this same query to
the nice folks at the Batlabs 'BatBoard.'


Thank you, Dr. Squeegee. I have posted it to a Batwing board replete
with similar arcane messages about ASTRO gear.

Ken KC2JDY

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:39:31 -0800, Dr. A.T. Squeegee
wrote:

Ken, I think your best course would be to put this same query to
the nice folks at the Batlabs 'BatBoard.'


Thank you, Dr. Squeegee. I have posted it to a Batwing board replete
with similar arcane messages about ASTRO gear.

Ken KC2JDY

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