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	Ordering a Quantar Station A list of the major categories one would need to specify if ordering a new station. Now you can understand why model numbers are so hard to come by and could be nearly meaningless.   Compiled by Robert W. Meister WA1MIK
	Quantar Field Replaceable Units Lists of the various FRU part numbers which should tell you what your station is equipped with.   Compiled by Robert W. Meister WA1MIK
	An Overview and Beginner's Guide to Interfacing the Quantar station Images show the major assemblies and all rear panel connectors. Describes the most common interfacing signals.   Reworked By Robert W. Meister WA1MIK
	Identifying a Quantar Station Useful information and selection suggestions, plus lists of module numbers.   Submitted by Martin A Flynn W2RWJ
	Quantar Enhanced Wildcard Features Without Leaving In The Enhanced Board This programming feature was discovered purely by accident, but it opens up possibilities.   Submitted by Josh Heide K6ZRX

As long as the Quantar and Quantro are current Motorola products, most of the later manuals are still available for purchase. The prices listed below should be taken only as a rough guideline. Motorola adjusts prices quarterly, and offers one set of prices to their dealers / service shops, another on their order desk, and a third to self-maintaining fleet customers (i.e. police departments, fire departments, etc).

As of April 2011 the available Quantar manuals are:

	6881088E90 Quantar Service Manual -   This is the service manual for Quantar, Quantro, DSS-III, ASTRO-TAC Comparator, ASTRO-TAC receiver. It includes schematics, part location details, and parts lists, fsor every module EXCEPT the power supplies. This manual is over five inches thick. Does anybody know the part number (with or without price) for the manual that covers the power supplies?	$ 186.15
	6881095E10 Quantar User Guide	$ 35.70
	6881127E40 Quantar Repeater/SAM Manual	$ 18.91
	6881085E35 Quantar/Quantro RSS manual	$ 29.50
	RVN5002AZ Programming Software, current version (as of this writing - March 2011) is R14.09.01	$ 265.00

Plus there are various separate Functional manuals for each of the above product lines. If anyone has relevant part numbers, with or without prices, please let us know.

PDF versions of any currently available manual won't be posted here at Repeater-Builder. The older manuals that are Cancelled or No Longer Available (NLA) are a different story.

Quantar Digital-Capable Station Instruction manual, p/n 6881095E05, scan courtesy of Eric Lemmon WB6FLY. This manual includes station installation, module configuration and removal, and all interfacing information for the Conventional, Securenet, Astro, Trunking, and IntelliRepeater systems on VHF (25 and 125 watt), UHF (25, 100, and 110 watt), 800 MHz (20 and 100 wattt) and 900 MHz (100 watt). When it was available in paper form it was over two inches thick. Part 1, Front Matter   836 KB PDF Part 2, Description   1.14 MB PDF Part 3 Installation 2.8 MB PDF Part 4 Operation and Maintenance   2.7 MB PDF Part 5 Receiver Modules   3.1 MB PDF Part 6 Transmitter Modules   3.16 MB PDF Part 7 Station Control Modules   7.1 MB PDF Part 8 Wireline Interface Modules   2.98 MB PDF Part 9 Station Backplane Board   1.1 MB PDF Part 10 Power Supply Modules   7.8 MB PDF Part 11 Antenna Relay and Circulators   1.95 MB PDF Part 12 Duplexers   3.06 MB PDF One of the options from Motorola for the VHF, UHF and 800/900 MHz Quantar units is an in-cabinet duplexer. Each section includes a description, an adjustments procedure, performance specifications, rack mounting informaiton, and a field tuning procedure. See the tables below for the option number to use when ordering a duplexer. VHF: (Click here for the VHF section only - 762 KB PDF) The unit that Motorola supplies is a relabeled Celwave model PD5042-1 and is factory tuned to your frequency before shipping. The performance of this six-cavity pass-notch duplexer can be better than 100 dB isolation between transmitter and receiver. Range (MHz) Part Number Option Number 132-146 0185417U01 X182AA 144-160 0185417U02 X182AB 158-174 0185417U03 X182AJ More details on this duplexer can be found here and here. Both are worth reading. UHF: (Click here for the UHF section only - 735 KB PDF) Range (MHz) Part Number Option Number 380-403 ? X182BU 403-435 ? X182AC 435-470 ? X182AD 470-490 ? X182AE 490-520 ? X182AF 800/900 MHz: (Click here for the 800/900 MHz section only - 374 KB PDF) Range (MHz) Part Number Option Number Receive: 806-824 MHz Transmit: 851-869 MHz ? X182AG Receive: 896-902 MHz Transmit: 935-941 MHz ? X182AH Part 13 Modem, Peripheral Tray and Ultra High Stability Oscillator (UHSO)   1.28 MB PDF Part 14 Station Configuration   4.11 MB PDF Part 15 Station Interfacing   1.6 MB PDF All of the above 15 sections as a single file (none of the SMRs below are included)   44 MB PDF Quantar Service Manual Revision SMR6815 dated August 2005   65 KB PDF Don't bother printing this one - it's just a text change ("from '95% relative humidity' to '95% relative humidity, non-condensing') plus a European Union legality notice. Quantar Service Manual Revision SMR6868 dated January 2007   167 KB PDF This SMR describes a VHF Power Amplifier Module change - models TLD3101G and TLD3102G have been replaced by CLD1298A and CLD1299A, respectively. It also instructs you to toss the removed pages on the old modules. I wouldn't - you never know when you will stumble across an older module and wish you had the info... Quantar Service Manual Revision SMR6901 dated Febuary 2008 3.14 MB PDF This SMR added information on the new station control modules (CLN8426A, CLN8447A, CLN8426A and CLN8447A). It is 45 pages long and replaces major sections of the manual index and several other pages. Quantar Service Manual Revision SMR6915 dated April 2008   102 KB PDF This one-page SMR descrbes a one-word correction to SMR6901. All of the above 15 sections plus the four SMRs as a single PDF   46 MB PDF The entire original manual, not scanned; no SMRs   4.5 MB PDF