[Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread wb6dgn
Used to have to have it for land mobile but not any more. Still need it for avionics and marine. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, WD7F - John in Tucson w...@... wrote: I was able to use my full name in a search and it came up, however, I had a ship's radar endorsement that's not

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread wd8chl
On 3/30/2010 7:24 AM, wb6dgn wrote: Used to have to have it for land mobile but not any more. Still need it for avionics and marine. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, WD7F - John in Tucsonw...@... wrote: I was able to use my full name in a search and it came up, however, I had a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Helix / Connectors

2010-03-30 Thread wd8chl
On 3/29/2010 9:16 PM, Joe wrote: I don't think I would use any kind of compound on RF connectors. I went to the RFS aluminum CELLFLEX®Lite training and no compound was recommended. Now, I'm not a fan of aluminum cable, but if it's going to be used I would use only manufacturer recommended

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Doug Bade
I have also seen some Federal Govt repair Service Contracts that require GROL or Equivalent Commercial License in order to perform on premises. Doug From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wd8chl Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:39 AM To:

[Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread wb6dgn
Come to think of it, when I worked for the contractor at the Air Force Base, they did require it, along with security checks. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Doug Bade k...@... wrote: I have also seen some Federal Govt repair Service Contracts that require GROL or Equivalent

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Mike Wehr
I grandfathered in when then junked the 1st Class license. :-( After searching the FCC site I noticed that they have my date totally screwed up. Anyone know if their database got trashed at some time? GROL today is a simple, 'we give you the questions, we give you the answers... just remember

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Helix / Connectors

2010-03-30 Thread Joe
The Andrew connectors came with a small tube of grease, presumably silicon, that was to be used only on the O rings. Some of the newer connectors seem to come with no grease. I don't remember having a hardline connector seize up, except if it had serious water contamination. In that case,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Joe
If you're job hunting in the wireless/RF job sector a GROL can be helpful on your resume. It adds another hit on your resume if someone happens to pick that phrase to search for. Some jobs that were established years ago still contain the phrase GROL in their job description or requirements.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Ralph Mowery
It was not worth much around 1971 or 72 when I passed the first class.  I was about 21 at the time.  I had never seen a TV transmitter and only got to look into a 1000 watt AM station control room and could see the tubes through  a glass window.  Passed it the first time. I only wanted the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Wesley Bazell
Hi Ralph In 1961 took the !st Class Phone. did not pass it first time,but did on the 2nd try.It helped me to get 3 Great Jobs, also as an Chief Engineer Of an AM Radio Station. It had Value then, I feel it still does to some extent,although being 76 years old retired. Will never use it again.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Mike Wehr
You're right Ralph. We needed 1st Class years ago because the FCC required it and it was valued because people really had know something about electronics and had to work on transmitters. Today - know where the on/off switch is? PTT? Here's your GROL...you're good to go. Hmmm, kind of like

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Paul Plack
I got the First Phone about the same time, and about the same age. I was a budding DJ, and there were AM stations with complex directional arrays which would only hire night DJs with the First, because they'd be working alone in the building and were required to have a First at the control

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-30 Thread Bill Hudson
Realizing that this is off topic and will end soon. . . 1969 was my first year on the air (19 years old) (BTW: I'm 60 today, March 30), and had to get a First Class Phone Ticket. It expired in the files during my career at Motorola because we didn't post them on the wall. Feeling bad, I

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola R2008C manual

2010-03-30 Thread wb2geu
I need a maintenance service manual for a Motorola R2008C service monitor. Any help would be appreciated. I bought one of these monitors, and the power supply went out. Will pay reasonable price. Thanks.

[Repeater-Builder] Doug Hall 4RV Voter

2010-03-30 Thread Nicholas Cerreto
Hello! Does anyone have a service manual for the Doug Hall Voter 4RV Voter? Thanks Nick

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Helix / Connectors

2010-03-30 Thread Bill Smith
It's what Andrew calls Heliax 2.0  AVA, Andrew Virtual Air and AVAL Andrew Virtual Air Aluminum. They are using a new lower density foam and thinner copper to get slightly improved attenuation. Stay away from the aluminum stuff, the corrugated shield is too thin and brittle. It's hard to

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Helix / Connectors

2010-03-30 Thread Jeff DePolo
RFS also has aluminum-shield versions of their standard LCF line too - the part numbers all end in L for Lite (such as LCF78-50JL). Aluminum-shielded cable isn't anything new. It's pretty much the standard in CATV, and was quite common in two-way back in the day as well. Andrew, Prodelin,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Doug Hall 4RV Voter

2010-03-30 Thread Kevin Custer
Nicholas Cerreto wrote: Hello! Does anyone have a service manual for the Doug Hall Voter 4RV Voter? Not likely...A manual with schematic is not offered by Hall. If you need it repaired, try shotgunning the IC's or send it back to them for repair. Kevin Custer

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Helix / Connectors

2010-03-30 Thread Kris Kirby
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Jeff DePolo wrote: Aluminum-shielded cable isn't anything new. It's pretty much the standard in CATV, and was quite common in two-way back in the day as well. Andrew, Prodelin, Phelps-Dodge, et al made different flavors of it, both corrugated and smooth-wall, jacketed

[Repeater-Builder] Zetron 30 Worldpatch and a Master 2 repeater ???

2010-03-30 Thread ve2ckn
Hi well i wonder if someone here in the group have ever connected an Zetron 30 over the back panel with screews of the Master 2 ? if you done it,would you have some pictures? and where the cable,on wich screews it is connectedé thanks for your help 73/s gervais ve2ckn

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Helix / Connectors

2010-03-30 Thread Jeff DePolo
When you're pricing out 440 feet of coax, the pennies add up to quite a few dollars. Depends on how you look at it. The difference becomes insignificant when you look at the big picture. The price of 440 feet of line is a small fraction of the total project cost once you add in

[Repeater-Builder] 449 MHz Wind Profiler Radar?

2010-03-30 Thread Paul Plack
Did I miss this in an earlier thread, or is this a surprise? Paul, AE4KR Honeywell Wins Contract to Build 449 MHz Wind Profiler PHOENIX, March 29, 2010 -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that it has been awarded a $49 million contract

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Doug Hall 4RV Voter

2010-03-30 Thread skipp025
Kevin Custer kug...@... wrote: Not likely... A manual with schematic is not offered by Hall. If you need it repaired, try shotgunning the IC's or send it back to them for repair. Nicholas Cerreto wrote: Hello! Does anyone have a service manual for the Doug Hall Voter 4RV Voter?