RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-03-02 Thread Bob Dengler
At 2/28/2007 08:19 AM, you wrote: Bob You seem to want to lump what is characteristically a complex impedance (R+or-jX) into a single number in order to simplify your argument that a non conducting RF output transistor is an open circuit because the transistor is not having any RF drive

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-28 Thread Bob Dengler
At 2/28/2007 08:19 AM, you wrote: Bob You seem to want to lump what is characteristically a complex impedance (R+or-jX) into a single number in order to simplify your argument that a non conducting RF output transistor is an open circuit because the transistor is not having any RF drive

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-27 Thread allan crites
Since when is the Xc of the Collector-Base capacitance of an output transistor or the Drain-Gate capacitance of a FET considered an open circuit at RF? Allan Crites WA9ZZU Jeff DePolo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bypassing the relay shouldn't have an effect on the TX output Z when

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-27 Thread no6b
At 2/27/2007 13:30, you wrote: Since when is the Xc of the Collector-Base capacitance of an output transistor or the Drain-Gate capacitance of a FET considered an open circuit at RF? Allan Crites WA9ZZU OK, maybe not a million ohms but high enough compared to the nominal 1 ohm or so output Z

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-26 Thread Jim B.
Bob Dengler wrote: At 2/23/2007 12:50 PM, you wrote: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically that there is sufficient TX/RX shielding to prevent any desense at any power level the conversion is capable of operating? In my

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-26 Thread Bob Dengler
At 2/26/2007 08:27 AM, you wrote: Bob Dengler wrote: At 2/23/2007 12:50 PM, you wrote: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically that there is sufficient TX/RX shielding to prevent any desense at any power level the conversion

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-26 Thread Jeff DePolo
Bypassing the relay shouldn't have an effect on the TX output Z when not TXing, as the final RF output transistor is going to look like an open too. Bob NO6B But the open transistors would be at a different electrical distance away from the duplexer than the open T/R relay was.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (Z-Matcher)

2007-02-24 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:53 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (Z-Matcher) At 10:19 PM 02/23/07, you wrote: In a message dated 2/23/2007 6:36:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In regards to the question

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-24 Thread Kevin Custer
Yes, and as the article referenced below points out, switching the UHF Mastr II to High Side Injection eliminates the problem. We originally thought that HSI eliminated the problem totally on 220, but it didn't, there is an overlapping range that one side or the other doesn't fix; that is what

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (Z-Matcher)

2007-02-24 Thread Kevin Custer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/23/2007 6:36:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my most critical applications, I use permanent in-line Bird samplers. Then, cabling lengths don't change because I don't remove the samplers; and you know exactly

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-24 Thread Jeff DePolo
I never suggested that the cable between the TX and the duplexer had to be an exact length and if the TX output is a true 50 ohms then any cable length produces no consequence at the cavity input. But if the TX impedance is not 50 ohms, I think any cable length other than half wave will

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Jim B.
Ken Harrison wrote: Thanks for the recommendation, Don. Though I'm sure a MastrII would be a great conversion for 220, we (in the group sense) want to try to save some of our money to get a remote base setup going on our repeater, too. Our small savings would be wiped out to replace the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread cruising7388
For Scott: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically that there is sufficient TX/RX shielding to prevent any desense at any power level the conversion is capable of operating? 2. When these converted mobiles operate with

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Jim B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Scott: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically that there is sufficient TX/RX shielding to prevent any desense at any power level the conversion is capable of operating? At

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Scott Zimmerman
] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? For Scott: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically that there is sufficient TX/RX shielding to prevent any desense at any power level the conversion is capable of operating? 2

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread cruising7388
In a message dated 2/23/2007 12:00:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It probably isn't exactly 50 ohms, but should be close. And the cables from the duplexer to the radio do NOT *REPEAT* NOT need to be an exact length. This again indicates an impedance mismatch in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Scott Zimmerman
Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? In a message dated 2/23/2007 12:00:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Bob Dengler
At 2/23/2007 12:50 PM, you wrote: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically that there is sufficient TX/RX shielding to prevent any desense at any power level the conversion is capable of operating? In my experience, yes. In

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Gary Schafer
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:06 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? In a message dated 2/23/2007 12:00:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Kevin Custer
I'm not Scott, but maybe I'll do... grin See Below [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Scott: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically that there is sufficient TX/RX shielding to prevent any desense at any power level the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread cruising7388
In a message dated 2/23/2007 4:32:54 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: as all better repeaters builders know, the equipment might have to be tuned as a system using custom cabling lengths or Z Matchers for optimal performance. Can you comment on a difference of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Kevin Custer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm particularly interested in any shortcomings of the G.E. that are not easily overcome. Repeatability of a band split conversion, out of band (high-band to 222) conversion, (where sensitivity is concerned) and tuning stability. It seems that *some* MASTR II

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread Gary Schafer
_ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Custer Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:34 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread mch
Weren't there some 440 frequencies that had issues, too? Joe M. Kevin Custer wrote: I'm not Scott, but maybe I'll do... grin See Below Yes, there is sufficient isolation for single box conversion with absolutely no internal desense from the MASTR II Mobile, with the exception of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (MVP?)

2007-02-23 Thread Scott Zimmerman
] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? For Scott: With respect to using the GE MII mobile frame for repeater applications: 1. Can you say categorically

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-23 Thread cruising7388
In a message dated 2/23/2007 6:15:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you use a cable with the bird that makes it a ½ wavelength total line length when you insert it in line? That should not change things when the wattmeter/cable are removed. I'm not sure I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (Z-Matcher)

2007-02-23 Thread cruising7388
In a message dated 2/23/2007 6:36:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my most critical applications, I use permanent in-line Bird samplers. Then, cabling lengths don't change because I don't remove the samplers; and you know exactly what you have and where

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-22 Thread no6b
At 2/22/2007 19:01, you wrote: Ken, We not only do complete repeaters, we can custom build just about anything you want or need. We can simply build a rock-solid high-quality 220 receiver for you. We have done several receivers in the past that are rack mountable in a 2 unit rack space. I have