UHF Help

Post by **collins110** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:26 pm

i have this GME Uhf radio laying around without a mic and im wondering if anyone would know what the model would be by looking at the pics and if you can get a replacement mic?

Post by **T_Diesel** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:05 pm

That's vintage.... Good luck.

Post by **collins110** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:10 pm

T_Diesel wrote:That's vintage.... Good luck.

i know ...i have this one laying around and i thought if i could i would re-use this instead of spending cash i dont have on a new one

Post by **Jeeps** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:53 am

It looks to be the same vintage as these:

GME 281:

GME 470:

GME 472:

So i dare say the mic is the same. Give the GME repair centre in Brisbane a call and email a pic to them. They can be quite helpful.

cheers

Post by **collins110** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:35 pm

Jeeps wrote:It looks to be the same vintage as these:

GME 281:

GME 470:

GME 472:

So i dare say the mic is the same. Give the GME repair centre in Brisbane a call and email a pic to them. They can be quite helpful.

cheers

i emailed GME in melb i think and they say there isn't one i can buy from them...so ill have to find someone that doesn't want their mic

Post by **rojak** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:59 pm

Try GME

http://www.gme.net.au/products/accessor ... ones/MC204

Post by **Jaffa** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:13 pm

If you can find out what model mic it needs, I might be able to help you out, I have a whole tub of brand new (old stock) mics.

Post by **collins110** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:53 pm

Jaffa wrote:If you can find out what model mic it needs, I might be able to help you out, I have a whole tub of brand new (old stock) mics.

at the moment all i know is that it is a five prong socket...the dude above said that the mics above would fit

Post by **Jaffa** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:59 pm

Is your radio a TX525, TX560 or TX565? It should have a plate on the back of the radio with the model and serial number etc.

Post by **krusty182** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:38 am

I'm not 100%, and the pictures are a bit out of focus, but I almost reckon I can read the writing above the mic plug on the left side as saying:

27 Mhz
??????? (Possibly AM/SSB)
TRANSCEIVER
MODEL ?????

If it is a 27 Mhz model, it's AM, not UHF and just about a waste of space these days.

EDIT: Found it I reckon. The GME TX-840
http://mail.gme.net.au/support/Customer ... /tx840.pdf

Post by **collins110** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:34 am

krusty182 wrote:I'm not 100%, and the pictures are a bit out of focus, but I almost reckon I can read the writing above the mic plug on the left side as saying:

27 Mhz
??????? (Possibly AM/SSB)
TRANSCEIVER
MODEL ?????

If it is a 27 Mhz model, it's AM, not UHF and just about a waste of space these days.

EDIT: Found it I reckon. The GME TX-840
http://mail.gme.net.au/support/Customer ... /tx840.pdf

in otherwords it is useless because it is an AM/SSB?

Post by **lokka** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:37 pm

collins110 wrote:
krusty182 wrote:I'm not 100%, and the pictures are a bit out of focus, but I almost reckon I can read the writing above the mic plug on the left side as saying:

27 Mhz
??????? (Possibly AM/SSB)
TRANSCEIVER
MODEL ?????

If it is a 27 Mhz model, it's AM, not UHF and just about a waste of space these days.

EDIT: Found it I reckon. The GME TX-840
http://mail.gme.net.au/support/Customer ... /tx840.pdf
in otherwords it is useless because it is an AM/SSB?

It is useless if ya want to talk on the UHF band tho being a 27mhz am/ssb its usefull and a mic would be easy to find for it DSE should have one that will work tho you will need to have someone in the know fit the 5 pin plug ..

Post by **krusty182** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:02 pm

As Lokka said, it's useless if you want to talk to people who are using UHF CB radios.

To get it to be able to talk to people using AM/SSB (of which I don't think there would be many these days, or at least would be an absolute minority) would be probably just as costly or a whole lot more stuffing around as buying a whole new second hand unit off ebay IF you really wanted to use 27Mhz.

If it were me, I'd just keep an eye out for a working second hand UHF instead.

Post by **mkpatrol** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:18 am

I would say its an AM set, too many knobs on it to be UHF.

Post by **marin** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:59 am

I have that exact radio, it is an AM.

I still keep it though just in case of emergency, AM can get much better distance more easily, or if you have others in convoy that have them, it can be much easier to have a channel to yourself, or even have a channel to talk to people without the others hearing

Post by **collins110** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:32 pm

marin wrote:I have that exact radio, it is an AM.

I still keep it though just in case of emergency, AM can get much better distance more easily, or if you have others in convoy that have them, it can be much easier to have a channel to yourself, or even have a channel to talk to people without the others hearing

you wouldn't by any chance know of anyone that would sell a mic for it?

Post by **collins110** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:36 pm

lol dw guys i found a site that told me the model number of the mic ...and then found a site that sells it xD...the net rocks

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