[Repeater-Builder] email

2006-03-04 Thread Ian Wells
Hi guys.The following email was just received by me .Anyone else received this .? The following is an email sent to you by an administrator of "repeater-builders.com.au". If this message is spam, contains abusive or other comments you find offensive please contact the webmaster of the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Cable

2006-03-04 Thread Bob M.
I'm pretty sure it is straight through. I checked my manual: pins 1-5 are metering 1-5, pin 6 is NC, and pin 7 is ground. They specify some 5-conductor shielded cable, 11 inches long. I didn't make mine that long, which might be a mistake - I won't know until I try to put it into the chassis. I

[Repeater-Builder] MTR 2000 PDF

2006-03-04 Thread David Wolfe
Hi Kevin, In repeater-builders under links ... Motorola there is a PDF listed for interfacing a controller to the MTR 2000. I get an error when trying to access this PDF. I can read others. Is it something wrong here or has it been deleted? Can you email it to me? Thanks, David Wolfe WA4VVX

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Cable

2006-03-04 Thread N9WYS
You know, Bob, that's not a bad idea... The hardest thing will be making a jig for drilling the holes at the correct spacing. And I think I have some brass finishing nails around here - somewhere. Another project. One of the things I like about the hobby - I can always putter around and make

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Cable

2006-03-04 Thread Eric Lemmon
Or, you could just buy the 7-pin plug from Motorola Parts. It's part #2884208B01, about $3 apiece. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of N9WYS Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:52 AM To:

[Repeater-Builder] Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Dave VanHorn
I've noticed that I can get a lot better sensitivity on my receivers if the source I'm measuring against is either unmodulated, or I set the deviation to 1 or 2 kHz. When I get up to 3-5 kHz deviation, the apparent sensitivity of the receiver is significantly less. I notice this on many

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Bob M.
I thought that's the whole idea behind the SINAD measurement method, and why it's so much better than the 20dB quieting method. I figure this reply will elicit all sorts of opinion, so I'll just sit back and let it fly. We're due for a heated discussion. Bob M. == --- Dave VanHorn [EMAIL

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Eric Lemmon
Dave, Depending upon the symmetry of the IF and detector component responses, there will be a difference in the apparent sensitivity with different deviation levels. The operative word is apparent. If you intend to use the receiver for FM voice which averages about 3 kHz deviation, then you

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Cable

2006-03-04 Thread N9WYS
Thanks for that information, Eric! It's nice to know that the plug is still available from Motorola parts. Mark - N9WYS -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Lemmon Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:32 AM To:

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Dave VanHorn
Depending upon the symmetry of the IF and detector component responses, there will be a difference in the apparent sensitivity with different deviation levels. The operative word is apparent. If you intend to use the receiver for FM voice which averages about 3 kHz deviation, then you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Steve
Hi on the rx discriminator is ther a test point ?. You may have to connect a test meter and from a signal generator input a fairly heafty signal and tune the discriminator for either zero or center balance. As a matter of interest what is the rx 25kc or 12.5 if 25 then peak dev is +/- 5Kc/s and

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Dave VanHorn
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Bob M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought that's the whole idea behind the SINAD measurement method, and why it's so much better than the 20dB quieting method. It may well be, but for those of us without sinadders, then what? Yahoo! Groups

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Chuck Kelsey
I'm willing to guess that if you built one, someone here on this list could help you calibrate it against their service monitor. Chuck WB2EDV I wouldn't mind building a sinadder, but I don't know how I'd calibrate it. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Curt Seaton
Hello to the list. A very good and super inexpensive Sinad meter can be an old Heathkit audio distortion meter. Any distortion meter will work, but the old Heathkit units are around and are super cheap. Simply connect across the loudspeaker and with a strong signal into the radio to be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Receiver Tuning

2006-03-04 Thread Steve
Hi This is true, part of the problem maybe it is limiting due to say being a 12.5Kc and the mobiles are over deviating, ie, peaking at over 3kc/s or so. Just a thought. 73 Steve - Original Message - From: Ralph Mowery [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent:

[Repeater-Builder] Harris mobile unit

2006-03-04 Thread wa8ili
Have a Harris drawer with tag: FCC tx/rx 1555A1. Can anyone id this unit, vhf/uhf? Thank,Bernie Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

[Repeater-Builder] WTB VHF Engineering modules TX-144, RX-144, etc

2006-03-04 Thread Mark Nallick
Still looking for spares for my VHF Engineering repeater. Please email what you have and price I do have GE MasterII NOS parts and many PA tubes etc for trade if interested or cash..tnx MarkN wa4mn at arrl.net Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Harris mobile unit

2006-03-04 Thread Burt Lang
You say a drawer?? I have a manual on a Harris CT-1555 VHF/FM car telephone. According to the spec sheet the FCC approvals on the RX and TX modules are the same 1555A1. If it is in a drawer, maybe it is some kind of a remote base or something operating in the same MTS or RCC phone system

[Repeater-Builder] Tower Climber Competency and Tower Rescue Pix.

2006-03-04 Thread Kevin Custer
Here is a gallery of pictures of a very recent Tower Climber Competency and Tower Rescue School that myself and 9 others (successfully) completed. The school was held near Bradley Illinois at the local College, Kankakee Community. http://www.kuggie.com/tower-school/towerschool.html The school

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Climber Competency and Tower Rescue Pix.

2006-03-04 Thread Leon Ingerick
Kevin and All,This is good to see. I think that anyone who climbs should have some kind of knowledge about what they are doing in the air and what they can do to prevent any kind of mistake before it happens as well as helping someone that is in need of help. I work in the tower industry