**NEW** CHP Resto Info

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by mac88chp

Highly, highly interesting Mike. You should send this info. to Geoff Fors who maintains the CHP Radio History website (his email is at the bottom of this page: http://www.mbay.net/~wb6nvh/chpradio.htm )

Already sent. He and I have exchanged a few emails (I used some of his pics in the CHP Resto Doc).

[mac88chp]

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

Already sent. He and I have exchanged a few emails (I used some of his pics in the CHP Resto Doc).

Good deal, did he say he's going to update his site?

This would have been good for me to know earlier as my car just went into the radio shop for hookups this AM so it looks like my "blue light special" CC*1 will be the one used in my car, at least for now.

[ImEvil1]

I haven't heard back from him yet. I'll post up when he replies.

You took your car to a radio shop?

[mac88chp]

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

I haven't heard back from him yet. I'll post up when he replies.

You took your car to a radio shop?

Cool, I'd like to hear what he has to say about this. FYI - he now has a new link on his main site that deals with programming the GE Rangr control heads:

http://www.mbay.net/~wb6nvh/GES825.htm

Yeah, I took my car to a shop that does a good percentage of radio and equipment installs for agencies in this county. The owner used to be employed by the county radio shop and came highly recommended. We spent almost 4 hours just going over what equipment and documentation I have and what I wanted done and how. He's got some experience with state installations and their low band stuff as he does some work for CDF, er...CalFire, but has never done anything with the CHP. We'll see how it goes but he figures the car will be done by the end of the week. I'm praying none of my stuff is DOA.

[ImEvil1]

Good deal....have to update that part of the Resto Doc also.

Are you trying to put an operational radio in your car? I'm sure that the channel elements have been removed from the ones I've been getting but I'm not planning on actually putting power to any of them.

[xxtrpr]

Originally Posted by mac88chp

Cool, I'd like to hear what he has to say about this. FYI - he now has a new link on his main site that deals with programming the GE Rangr control heads:

http://www.mbay.net/~wb6nvh/GES825.htm

Yeah, I took my car to a shop that does a good percentage of radio and equipment installs for agencies in this county. The owner used to be employed by the county radio shop and came highly recommended. We spent almost 4 hours just going over what equipment and documentation I have and what I wanted done and how. He's got some experience with state installations and their low band stuff as he does some work for CDF, er...CalFire, but has never done anything with the CHP. We'll see how it goes but he figures the car will be done by the end of the week. I'm praying none of my stuff is DOA.

OK i hope somebody on here is into computers enough to understand that program if anybody is able to do this i will pay to have program done i've already purchased a few of the SS2000 GE units and have a few heads. Please let me know, i have one head that has the DB9 cable already coming out of it and hope it is programmed to talk to the GE head..

[xxtrpr]

Nice work Mike !!

[NoDrama43]

+1 very good information

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by mac88chp

Good deal, did he say he's going to update his site?

Geoff just emailed and he is going to update his website.

[ImEvil1]

One small change I just realized (not that it matters for Mustangs). The relay for front light cutoff is powered by +12V. In other words, when power is applied to the relay, it activates the cutoff. Makes more sense to have the blue pilot light show lit, meaning the lights are on, just as the red one does. In the pics, when the red is lit, the terminal is putting out +12V. When the blue is lit, the terminal is dead. Therefore, when properly wired, red shows rear lights activated only, red and blue mean everything is on.