June 2003 IPN: M5000-00-105 The Tait Orca 5000 series of portable radios A - 5
The Tait Orca 5000 series of portable radios
There are eight Tait Orca 5000 series portable
radio products:
■ Orca 5010/11 - low tier conventional
■ Orca 5015 - mid tier conventional
■ Orca 5020/21 - high tier conventional
■ Orca 5030 - low tier trunked
■ Orca 5035 - mid tier trunked
■ Orca 5040 - high tier trunked
This manual includes information specific to
all the Orca 5000 portable radios. As new
features and enhancements occur, new
revisions of this manual will be released.
The Tait Orca product code
The characters in the Tait Orca 5000 product
code provide information about the radio’s
functional parameters and various hardware
options, according to the scheme outlined in
Figure A-1. For more information on available
products, contact your nearest Tait dealer.
Figure A-1: Tait Orca 5000 Product Code Scheme
Notes:
1. The complete Tait Orca product code
standard can be downloaded from the
technical support Website:
http://www.taitworld.com/support
2. In this manual, when the term TOP x is
used (e.g. TOP A or TOP B), it indicates the
specific frequency band. TOP A will there-
fore refer to an A band Orca, and TOP B to
a B band Orca.
Operating instructions
A user’s guide is available for each radio.
Copies can be obtained through Technical
Support.
Accessories
Table A-1 shows the accessories available for
Tait Orca 5000 portable radios. Of these acces-
sories, only the chargers are serviceable.
For more information on chargers, see Part E:
Battery packs and chargers. The battery packs
available for Tait Orca 5000 portable radios
are also described in Part E.
New chassis
A new chassis and accessory connector have
been introduced in September 2002. This
provides greater strength to the accessory
connector. Old accessories are however no
longer compatible with the new chassis, nor
will the new accessories fit the old chassis. See
“Accessory connector compatibility” on
page G-8. Information specific to the old
chassis or accessories can be found in version
M5000-00-103 of the Tait Orca 5000 service
manual.
The new accessory connectors have a different
shape quarter turn tip, no hooks on the locat-
ing posts and a green dot on the outside at the
lower left corner
The new chassis has a different shape hole for
the connector’s quarter turn tip, and a green
The Tait Orca Product Code has the following
structure:
TOP-abcde-mn
where:
TOP - Family designator
a - Frequency band
b - Channel spacing/IFBW
c - User interface
d - Air interface
e - Compliance-relevant changes
m - Badging
n - Custom variations not affecting
radio/EMC compliance
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