Hi I just bought a GP68 and got the manuals.  It says to remove R417
for programming.  So where is R417?  I opened up the unit and it is
not obvious where R417 is located. It does not match the layout in the
manual.   Can someone help me?

Much appreciated.
Ed Fong WB6IQN

I want to set up certain channels for Rx only. is this possible??

i need user instruction for motorola gp68 vhf

Just received my Radio today. I can not get it to go into Channel
Display Mode. It will on stay in Freq display mode. I was looking for
jumper R417 and can not find it, even by using the posted schematic.
Any help would be appreciated. I already did a factory reset and still
no luck.  Thanks

If I recall correctly there is a very thin flat multi conductor Interconnect
cable that goes from the controller board to the rf board. This cable may not
have been seated into the receptacle on the board. I have attached a jpg from
the service manual into an email below all of the text that will be sent to your
private email. Pardon the quality but it was a quickie taken with my cell fone.
But you will see that this flat ribbon cable is on the left side and just might
be the culprit.

Be Careful and good luck

Garth


   ----- Original Message -----
   From: chaser1108<mailto:chaser1108@...>
   To: gp68@yahoogroups.com<mailto:gp68@yahoogroups.com>
   Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:08 PM
   Subject: [gp68] screen problems


   I just recieved my GP-68 and now the screen will pause. I can push on
   the left side of the radio and everything will go back to normal. But
   when I take the pressure off of it, it will pause again. The radio
   works perfect, just the screen is messing up. If anyone can help me
   write back.

   Thanks
   chaser1108

I just recieved my GP-68 and now the screen will pause.  I can push on
the left side of the radio and everything will go back to normal.  But
when I take the pressure off of it,  it will pause again.  The radio
works perfect, just the screen is messing up.  If anyone can help me
write back.

Thanks
chaser1108

Please help I believe my programming problem is because the jumper has
not been removed, I have the black and white diagram picture that
shows a few componets near R417 but I don't know where to find it on
the board, or which board for that matter, the only place I have not
been is under a metal box on the board that is mounted to the back
cover (I don't know how to remove it and don't want to break
anything). And I have not looked on the board facing the
speaker,(again its hard to remove).  Any help would be great. Thanks
naa674

--
yup contact a local pmr dealer(yellow pages under two way radio)they
will point you in the right direction,you may be able to lease a
repeater on a day to day contact,this would more than likely be the
cheapest option,you may be able to pick one up secondhand if you want
to buy one be it must be still currect spec to get a licence for
it,owe you would need a licence also.

but at the end of the day o dont know if you would get a licence for
a mobile repeater type system in a car,though i may be wrong and
ofcom may have channels set aside for this type of set up.


some pmr radio dealersrun there own CBS repeater systems,this is a
uhf or vhf repeater with a number of local users paying for time on
the repeater for a flat fee every month,you would get your own ctcss
code,this means you would only here traffic for your group of users
and not joe bloggs skip hire,but be ware,these repeater can have to
many users on them,this makes getting air time a pain at peak
times,askboutoverage,and can you use your own set or do you have to
rent from the dealer.

get the best deal you can that suits you and your pocket

regards brian




- In gp68@yahoogroups.com, "ian845907" <ianmoseley@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> Does anyone know anything about repeater stations for a UHF GP68.
>
> I live in UK and run some military skirmishing events in a large
> forest that is quite undulating and the comms sometimes drop out,
> which is a real nuisance when you lose contact. We have approx 10
> gp68's in use on the day.
>
> I was told a repeater fitted to one of our Landrover and suitably
> parked would improve this problem.
>
> A, What is a repeater
> B, What sort would I need
> C, Do they work ?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Ian.
> Hereford
> United Kingdom
>

dear friend,
  In GP68 hold the * button for more than a minute will automatically
locks the station tuned or the frequency you have set.


-- In gp68@yahoogroups.com, "nyshortwave" <bobar8@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a gp68, but it only has the star button with no keylock on
the
> button, just the *, Is this a different model?
>

Hi,
I have a gp68, but it only has the star button with no keylock on the
button, just the *, Is this a different model?

Hey,

Have you received any responses yet? I'd hate to have you flooded with
responses or something. If you havent, I'd be happy to help you out.

Thanks,
Ray
Quoting naa6742003 <naa6742003@...>:

> I am a new user to the GP-68 and was wondering how to program the
> unit.  Do I just need to input the frequency that I want to transmit on
> or do I need more than that?  please respond
>
>

Hi Folks,

I'm a new owner of a GP68 I got from eBay, and while it works great so far, I
can't seem to be
able to enter the Channel mode. The manual says to click the Mode/Backspace key,
but
hitting that does nothing.

If my radio is one of the "95% new" ones that is partially disabled, is that a
common
symptom?

Many thanks,

Lurch
KG6VOE

I am a new user to the GP-68 and was wondering how to program the
unit.  Do I just need to input the frequency that I want to transmit on
or do I need more than that?  please respond

hi, if anybody can provide me the Manual of Motorola GP68/GP 68 Plus.

Thank you very much

--- In gp68@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Bivin" <tctchief@...> wrote:
>
> If I remember correctly, the transformer in the 220v unit has a
center-tapped output, connected to two diodes for rectification. By
replacing the two diodes with a bridge rectifier, disconnecting the
center-tap (now no connection), placing the negative output of the
bridge to where the center-tap was, and connecting the positive output
of the bridge to where the two diodes originally met, and the
transformer leads that once went to the diodes to the AC inputs of the
bridge, you should double the output of the supply, and make it work
on 110 instead of 220.
> (That's what I did and it's working fine for me.)
>
>
>
> -Jon
>
>
>  Thanks...will give it a try.

--- In gp68@yahoogroups.com, "Santosa" <santosa@...> wrote:
>
> thanks all,
>
> I found batery case/try the contents 6 batery, costing 125.000 rupiah
> or around 14 dollar..
>
> Bought in harco glodok, Jakarta, Indonesia..
>
>
>
> >
> http://www.nsiradio.com/accessories_gp68.html<http://www.nsiradio.com/
> accessories_gp68.html>
> >
> >  A bit stiff on the price! I know there is another guy selling them
> I will look again
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Martin<mailto:g4zxn@>
> >   To: gp68@yahoogroups.com<mailto:gp68@yahoogroups.com>
> >   Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 4:16 PM
> >   Subject: [gp68] Re: batery pack replacement
> >
> >
> >   Garth
> >
> >   I would also be very interested in the six cell unit when you
> find the
> >   supplier.
> >
> >   Cheers
> >   Martin
> >
> >   --- In gp68@yahoogroups.com<mailto:gp68@yahoogroups.com>, "Garth
> Conover" <EWRTSA@> wrote:
> >   >
> >   > I will have to poke around a bit. I know the place I used to
> deal
> >   with closed. Owner passed on and the wife gave it a try but was
> just
> >   too much alone so she sold the last of the inventory of Moto
> stuff
> >   about 2 years ago. I recall seeing one or 2 others that had the 6
> cell
> >   holder I just do not recall who they are right know. I will look
> >
>Hey Guys...I found replacement battey packs on E-bay for $3.85 U.S.
with 12.00 shipping.  These are the hi capcity batteries ordered one
and it works great.

--- In gp68@yahoogroups.com, <k1par@...> wrote:
>
> I took the internal workings out of my GP68 charge and
> wired in an universal charger which does R/C batteries of
> the same voltages. I works great with the large batteries
> I use.
>
>
> OK, thanks for
>
  the info.  What voltage and milliamps was the x-former rated at?
Also where did you hook the 2wires to?  This had a center tap x-former
in it, and when I tried it on 120 volts it had 17 volts on each leg.
So it stood to reason the transformer should be 33 volts CT.  Thanks
for the quick reply.  It's terrible to have a new radio and no way to
charge the battery.

----- Original Message -----

From: barryrcurtis

To: gp68@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:55 PM

Subject: [gp68] Charger for GP68

Hi, bought a GP68 and need to know how to adapt the 220 volt charger to
U.S. 120 volt. Or does anyone know where I can get the charger cup to
adapt the gp68 battery to go into a sp50 charger? Thanks.

I took the internal workings out of my GP68 charge and
wired in an universal charger which does R/C batteries of
the same voltages. I works great with the large batteries
I use.


On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:55:50 -0000
   "barryrcurtis" <barryrcurtis@...> wrote:
> Hi, bought a GP68 and need to know how to adapt the 220
>volt charger to
> U.S. 120 volt.  Or does anyone know where I can get the
>charger cup to
> adapt the gp68 battery to go into a sp50 charger?
> Thanks.
>

Hi, bought a GP68 and need to know how to adapt the 220 volt charger to
U.S. 120 volt.  Or does anyone know where I can get the charger cup to
adapt the gp68 battery to go into a sp50 charger?  Thanks.

You are in one of the programming modes.  You should be able to get
back to the regular mode just by turning the unit off, then turning it
back on again.

in that mode you can edit your scan list, dtmf features, time out
timer, etc.

Hope it helps!

Matt



--- In gp68@yahoogroups.com, "Carl" <carl.flynn@...> wrote:
>
> I don't know how I have arrived here, I think I did a long keypress
on
> the MEM button (changing antenna) and then switched off when switched
> back on I get r1.01 and then Scnl.st. Please can anybody tell me how
to
> get back to normal function?
>
> Many thanks to anyone who can assist, Carl
>

I don't know how I have arrived here, I think I did a long keypress on
the MEM button (changing antenna) and then switched off when switched
back on I get r1.01 and then Scnl.st. Please can anybody tell me how to
get back to normal function?

Many thanks to anyone who can assist, Carl

Hi,

I recently just purchased a GP68 myself, and I've ran into a few
problems that hopefully someone might be able to answer. First off,
the ceramic cover on one of the crystals (labeled N 7.9488 08.) has
popped off, and it seems like the crystal is fried. I'm not getting
any connectivity across the leads.

Also, when I plug in a external mic/speaker system, I'm not getting
any audio output. I can still transmit, and if I don't use the
external system, the built in speaker works fine. I just can't seem to
get any audio output via the jack.

If anyone has any info, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ray

thanks all,

I found batery case/try the contents 6 batery, costing 125.000 rupiah
or around 14 dollar..

Bought in harco glodok, Jakarta, Indonesia..



>
http://www.nsiradio.com/accessories_gp68.html<http://www.nsiradio.com/
accessories_gp68.html>
>
>  A bit stiff on the price! I know there is another guy selling them
I will look again
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Martin<mailto:g4zxn@...>
>   To: gp68@yahoogroups.com<mailto:gp68@yahoogroups.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 4:16 PM
>   Subject: [gp68] Re: batery pack replacement
>
>
>   Garth
>
>   I would also be very interested in the six cell unit when you
find the
>   supplier.
>
>   Cheers
>   Martin
>
>   --- In gp68@yahoogroups.com<mailto:gp68@yahoogroups.com>, "Garth
Conover" <EWRTSA@> wrote:
>   >
>   > I will have to poke around a bit. I know the place I used to
deal
>   with closed. Owner passed on and the wife gave it a try but was
just
>   too much alone so she sold the last of the inventory of Moto
stuff
>   about 2 years ago. I recall seeing one or 2 others that had the 6
cell
>   holder I just do not recall who they are right know. I will look
>

dose anyone no how to change band width...on the gp68 from wide to
narrow trying to put 462.66250 step 2.5 khz ctcss 118.8 tx freq
462.66250

Hi

Thanks for that will try and give it a good look over
soon.

many thanks

Nile

dose anyone no how to change band width...on the gp68