RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola TLD-1100 Wanted,please help if you can.

2008-10-23 Thread greg huffman
Hi,after I just e-mailed you I got thinking,my friend wants to hook up the old bag phone to the head.You guys in this club are much more knowledgable on the old stuff than he is so I figured I would ask if this is the best way to do it. What would you advise ? I would put in a whole unit if

Re: [Repeater-Builder] eBay security

2008-10-23 Thread K
Just forward the message to [EMAIL PROTECTED],com and they will tell you if it is from them. Thank you 73 Kenny KG5KS DEC B AR

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola TLD-1100 Wanted,please help if you can.

2008-10-23 Thread lenaw12
...my friend wants to hook up the old bag phone... The FCC has just allowed the Cellular companies to discontinue Analog service and it is already happening around here...in a year the bag phone may be useless? LW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, greg huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Repeater-Builder] Re:eBay security

2008-10-23 Thread George Csahanin
Chuck- My Ebay account was hacked a few years back. The way you get it back is to contact support there, and they will call you at the phone number on record to verify. But you initiate it all, not them. And I don't remember a SSN ever being used with Ebay. Are you actually not able to get

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola TLD-1100 Wanted,please help if you can.

2008-10-23 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 07:26 PM 10/22/08, you wrote: Hi,after I just e-mailed you I got thinking,my friend wants to hook up the old bag phone to the head.You guys in this club are much more knowledgable on the old stuff than he is so I figured I would ask if this is the best way to do it. What would you advise ?

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola TLD-1100 Wanted,please help if you can.

2008-10-23 Thread Derek J. Lassen
See http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/8928/ At 10:26 PM 10/22/2008 -0400, you wrote: Hi,after I just e-mailed you I got thinking,my friend wants to hook up the old bag phone to the head.You guys in this club are much more knowledgable on the old stuff than he is so I figured I would

[Repeater-Builder] Guideline for scanning manuals?

2008-10-23 Thread George Henry
What are the guidelines for scanning manuals for the RB site?  I want to scan upload the manuals for the MSR 2000, but they are HUGE...  Tried doing the VHF manual today at 200 dpi, and even choosing Acrobat's reduced file size option, it came out to 101 MB!!!  (the UHF and Audio/Control

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Guideline for scanning manuals?

2008-10-23 Thread Chris Carruba
If you scan and save the files as TIF's they will be very large no matter what the resolution is.. choose jpg or jpeg Best Regards, Chris Carruba (WQIK389) CompuTec Data Systems Co Administrator irc.spidernet.org http://www.spidernet.org «§» Amateur Radio Programming Discussions RSS files

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Guideline for scanning manuals?

2008-10-23 Thread Eric Lemmon
George, I do a lot of manual scanning, and I have evolved a standard of sorts that I personally follow, and recommend to others. This is a personal preference, and should not be considered a requirement for any submission to be published on the Repeater-Builder site. Herewith are my personal

[Repeater-Builder] DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread n3dab
I'm running out of antenna mounting positions at my site. Has anyone tried any of the following ideas and if so what were the results ? The intent here is to run 2 rptrs. using a common mast to support 2 antennas. 1. Mounting the dipoles and harness from a UHF DB420 on the same mast as a VHF

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Guideline for scanning manuals?

2008-10-23 Thread Kevin Custer
George Henry wrote: What are the guidelines for scanning manuals for the RB site? There really aren't any except for common sense. Manuals that are of quality are going to be big in size, especially when the manuals have lots of pages. Newer manuals that are produced digitally are smaller

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread Chuck Kelsey
You should be able to utilize the lower section harness as well. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - 3. Taking an existing DB420 antenna and feeding the upper and lower halves with separate feedlines to make 2-6 Db antennas on the same mast. The lower harness section would be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread Maire-Radios
they have made them in the past DB John - Original Message - From: n3dab To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:06 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] DB antenna question I'm running out of antenna mounting positions at my site. Has anyone

[Repeater-Builder] Re: DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread Laryn Lohman
Chuck, what do you do with the unconnected N connector at the top end of the bottom harness? Laryn K8TVZ --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should be able to utilize the lower section harness as well. Chuck WB2EDV - Original

RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread Jeff DePolo
1. Mounting the dipoles and harness from a UHF DB420 on the same mast as a VHF DB224, or vice versa. (UHF and VHF antennas on the same mast) There will be a lot of interaction between the two. I wouldn't do this. You'd also likely need extra filtering on the ground between the VHF and UHF

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread Chuck Kelsey
It gets cut off along with the Y, the short section of VB83 and the balance of the pigtail. You should end up with a section of VB8 that you can add a new connector to. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Laryn Lohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread rb_n3dab
How do you suggest terminating the connector that normally connects to the top half. Just seal it water tight ? -- Doug N3DAB/WPRX486/WPJL709 Chuck Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = You should be able to utilize the lower section harness as well. Chuck WB2EDV -

RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread rb_n3dab
Thanks Jeff. OK, idea 1. and 2. are basically shot down in flames. Idea 3. I can handle. Again the question, if I use the original harness how do I terminate the connector where the lower section joined the upper. Just weather proof it ?? Answer to your last comment is no All my antennas

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: DB antenna question

2008-10-23 Thread rb_n3dab
I can't see ruining the bottom half of a good harness when I have top top half from another antenna that is been damaged that I can use. Last time I had to replace one of the connectors on a DB antenna the VB material in the cable either was still sticky or got that way from trying to solder