RE: [Repeater-Builder] db224 Down Tilt

2010-01-24 Thread Jeff DePolo
I've never seen one for a DB224, though I have seen them for a DB408 (4-bay UHF) with 9 degrees of downtilt. A DB224 has a pretty fat 16 degree beamwidth in the elevation pattern. You sure you really need downtilt? If your problem is dead spots extremely close to the base of the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-24 Thread Thomas Oliver
skipp, can you recommend a good low voltage disconnect? tom skipp025 wrote: Do you have a low voltage disconnect on the system? s. rrath rr...@... wrote: I would like to thank all of you that replied. I asked the question because I thought the batteries they were bad. After

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Was Repeater Battery Question

2010-01-24 Thread rahwayflynn
http://www.newmartelecom.com/LVD-Rackmount/LVD-Rackmount.html http://www.newmartelecom.com/LVD-Wall-Mount/LVD-Wall-Mount.html --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Oliver tsoli...@... wrote: can you recommend a good low voltage disconnect? tom

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Building a notch duplexer with notch cans.

2010-01-24 Thread Mike Dietrich
Hi All, If you have a tracking generator and can check the notch skirts to see if that will give enough isolation between freqs on the notch cans, You could use the 2 or 3 notch cans on the TX side to notch the RX freq, then use the 2 or so pass cans on the RX side. Hope this helps and good

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread skipp025
Thomas Oliver tsoli...@... wrote: skipp, can you recommend a good low voltage disconnect? tom Hi Tom, Sure... in the keep it simple world I like the Newmar units like the LVD 12-30 and LVD 12-75. http://www.newmartelecom.com/LVD-Wall-Mount/LVD-Wall-Mount.html There is also a rack

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread Eric Lemmon
Skipp, A low-voltage disconnect (LVD) is normally incorporated in commercial solar charge controllers, and does not need to be purchased separately. I use SunWize solar charge controllers in my commercial repeater systems, one of which has been in service 24/7/365 since 2003, and they display a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread AA8K73 GMail
Just curious, what is the current drain of the LVD 12-30 and LVD 12-75 when operating? Have you had a chance to measure it? It isn't mentioned on their spec sheet. skipp025 wrote: Just between you and me... the only difference between the 30 and 75 amp model is the size of the internal

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Hamtronics COR-3 to TS-64

2010-01-24 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 11:20 AM 01/23/10, skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com wrote: na4it na...@... wrote: It is connected to 2 Mitreks, with COS and PTT both positive voltage for action. There are a lot of different mods and connection points possible in the Mitrek, so we'd have to know a bit more about how the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread skipp025
Eric Lemmon wb6...@... wrote: Skipp, A low-voltage disconnect (LVD) is normally incorporated in commercial solar charge controllers, and does not need to be purchased separately. Not in the formerly Trace C30/C4 and now Xantrex C60 units I've been using for a long time. They can be

[Repeater-Builder] kenwood tkr 820

2010-01-24 Thread cberende
Hi People A new member with a litle problem I bought in a Kenwood 820 repeater on internet and according the info the transmitter is not working Received the machine in Brazil with the idée to set up a local repeater on 70 cm Switching it on the machine all the led's start burning and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Skipp - Do you have your schematic posted somewhere? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:32 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread skipp025
Hello again, The decision making circuit probably draws less than 10 to 20 milli amps above about 8 volts. Less than 8 volts pretty much nothing. The core decision making circuit is pretty much a very ingenious single zener diode controlling a bipolar transistor circuit. When the voltage

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread Eric Lemmon
Skipp, My most recent installation uses a 30-ampere-rated SunWize Omega LCD controller, for which I paid Tessco about $150. It operates at 24 VDC and uses two Siemens 90 watt panels and two Concorde 250 Ah AGM SLA batteries. The repeater is a Motorola MTR2000 running at 80 watts output. More

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread skipp025
Chuck Kelsey wb2...@... wrote: Skipp - Do you have your schematic posted somewhere? If you read my answer right... no the diagram is not posted on the web, yet. You might email me direct if you want some ideas about the circuit. s. - Original Message - From: skipp025

[Repeater-Builder] programming software needed - motorola GM338 UHF

2010-01-24 Thread Benjamin L. Naber
does anyone have the programming software for the motorola GM338? Please contact me off-list. I have the cable, just need the software ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread skipp025
Eric Lemmon wb6...@... wrote: Skipp, My most recent installation uses a 30-ampere-rated SunWize Omega LCD controller, for which I paid Tessco about $150. That's a nice price... but the de-mark in a lot of solar charge controllers is the current rating... with the corresponding

[Repeater-Builder] Information needed on Norcomm NC 401 ctcs encoder-decoder

2010-01-24 Thread Wayne
From the web sight it looks like Norcomm turned in to Selectone which turned into Comm. Spec. This product is not listed on their sight. If anyone has information on this encoder- decoder I would appreciate hearing from you. The unit looks similiar to the Comm. Spec. TS-64 but the pin out is

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Information needed on Norcomm NC 401 ctcs encoder-decoder

2010-01-24 Thread Eric Vincent
hearing from you. The unit looks similiar to the Comm. Spec. TS-64 but the pin out is deferent. Wayne, WA5LUY __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4802 (20100124) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread Chuck Kimball
The 100 to 200ma to hold the coil in on some of the older LVDs can be more than the entire load at some sites. I run several solar powered digipeater sites where the standby current is 50ma. Last summer I ran across the Samlex LVD's that are all solid state, and the load is only 4ma.

[Repeater-Builder] Cell Phone Connection to Repeaters

2010-01-24 Thread William E. Janes
All, I saw one post about the Telular devices. These are great devices, we have 3 of them on our Mobile Command Post. Depending on the carrier, and device, they are capable of acting as a modem as well as phone. I just did a quick Ebay search for Cellular Terminal and also Telular and found a

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread skipp025
Chuck Kimball n0...@... wrote: The 100 to 200ma to hold the coil in on some of the older LVDs can be more than the entire load at some sites. You are right... but what's running through the 75 Amp rated contacts is probably more than most of the lower cost solid state LVD's can

[Repeater-Builder] Re: XLINK BT, Blue Tooth for Cell Phone Connection to Repeaters at the site

2010-01-24 Thread wb6dgn
We're Radio Shack! You've got questions; we've got blank stares! --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, gerald bishop orangetruc...@... wrote: Your coment on the deer in the headlight reminds me of my resent trip the the local Rat Shack ! Asked if they had any light bulbs,panel

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Voltage Disconnect and Very Remote Site Operation

2010-01-24 Thread skipp025
Hi Laryn, larynl2 lar...@... wrote: So Skipp, you're getting away with using a cranking battery because you never discharge below, maybe, 90%? Laryn K8TVZ getting away with? No, I used the 8D battery because it was a really cost effective more time sensitive choice (the site was

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Information needed on Norcomm NC 401 ctcs encoder-decoder

2010-01-24 Thread Steve Passmore
Norcomm's web site is http://www.norcommcorp.com As far as I can tell they are still independently owned. Steve On 1/24/2010 15:21, Wayne wrote: From the web sight it looks like Norcomm turned in to Selectone which turned into Comm. Spec. This product is not listed on their sight. If

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Information needed on Norcomm NC 401 ctcs encoder-decoder

2010-01-24 Thread Steve Passmore
Also could it be the NC104 you have?Here is a link to the manual for it as I don't see it actually listed on the site http://www.norcommcorp.com/Publication/Manuals/NC104-00.PDF On 1/24/2010 22:48, Steve Passmore wrote: Norcomm's web site is http://www.norcommcorp.com As far as I can tell