Re: [Repeater-Builder] Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m

2010-03-09 Thread Steve
Hi sounds good but what about prices ?, they arn't going to be inexpensive are they Steve - Original Message - From: David Epley To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:05 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise Level on a Duplexer

2010-03-09 Thread Kent Chong
Dear Joe, Yes, we have observed the signal with a spectrum analyser. It is a broadband noise covering our entire TETRA band. Yes, the transmitter is keyed up continually. Regarding oscillation, what circuitry will develop the oscillation in 3 days? We are thinking about the heat problem too,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise Level on a Duplexer

2010-03-09 Thread Joe
Hello Kent, Have you looked at the noise on a spectrum analyzer? Is is broadbanded noise, or is it just on your receiver frequencies? If it is only on specific frequencies, is it frequency stable or does it drift around? Also, do any of your transmitters stay constantly keyed up? I'm

[Repeater-Builder]GE Portable - Vintage?

2010-03-09 Thread La Rue Communications
Hi Folks! Looking for some info on a GE Portable I have here. In lieu of a Comb number, its giving me a P6 number above the serial number. It reads 66KDWDHX. I would like a Nomenclature sheet or spec sheet if anyone has it as I have several models very similar. If I recall correctly, this unit

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m

2010-03-09 Thread David Epley
I have VHF and UHF that I converted down from the commercial bands. They took slight retuning and a very small software hack. I liked what I saw so much I inquired about six meters. I was told that they would make any ham frequency I wanted. David Epley, N9CZV Randolph County Emergency

[Repeater-Builder] GE Portable - Vintage? P6# 66KDWDHX

2010-03-09 Thread La Rue Communications
Hi Folks! Looking for some info on a GE Portable I have here. In lieu of a Comb number, its giving me a P6 number above the serial number. It reads 66KDWDHX. I would like a Nomenclature sheet or spec sheet if anyone has it as I have several models very similar. If I recall correctly, this unit

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m

2010-03-09 Thread skipp025
Try DX radios their repeater are very flexible. If you're talking the black colored DX Radio Systems (I believe out of Canada and now the company is probably out of business)... ... the receivers are real poo poo (aka extra crappy). Someone on Ebay is selling one for a starting bid of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amphenol Connex RF connectors

2010-03-09 Thread James Cicirello
IMHO Amphenol Connectors are hard to beat and I personally do not know of any better. Especially when it comes to adapters they will outlast the cheapies many times over. Even when they discolor because of years of service, they still work good. Having said that I shop economy because of ham use,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m

2010-03-09 Thread DCFluX
Why not just buy a retired GE MASTR-II station and convert it? If your looking for something synthesized you might try Spectra Engineering Pty. Ltd. They could probably make a Band A3 39-50 MHz MX-800 play on 6m ham.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amphenol Connex RF connectors

2010-03-09 Thread Larry Horlick
But I am led to believe that the Connex line may not be a purebred. There is certainly a remarkable price difference between those labeled Amphenol Connex and one labeled Amphenol. lh On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:41 PM, James Cicirello ka2...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO Amphenol Connectors are hard

Re: [Repeater-Builder]GE Portable - Vintage?

2010-03-09 Thread countywifi
Maybe this link will lead you in the correct direction... It is a PE 66KDWDHX Personal Series Portable... 11000-6 (PC-71) http://www.repeater-builder.com/ge/product-code-indexes/index-pc71-personal-pe-series.pdf

RE: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: VHF higher power.....

2010-03-09 Thread Ham-Radio
Chris, Having work on many in the past and rebuilt 3 amp after lightning strikes. Needless to say it took several hours to repair each and 3 days to rebuild each. I do not know if the parts are still available from Motorola, but they may be. I know they do not repair them at the depot anymore.

[Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread Ross Johnson
Hello to the group, My name is Ross KC7RJK This is my first post. Most questions are answered from that amazing and up to date web site! I thank you all involved very very much for that. Well here's the question I've found little and conflicting info on the web about. So feel free to point me the

[Repeater-Builder] DeskTrac programming question

2010-03-09 Thread la88y
I have a DeskTrac AXL43SUM7000BT 146-174. Can I successfully push the transmitter to 143.685? I can program the freq (using the Maxtrac RSS. If I do read/write using the DeskTrac RSS it will not allow the freq.) but the Tx pwr goes up to 80w, clearly not good. lh

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread Nate Duehr
Answers below On 3/9/2010 8:29 AM, Ross Johnson wrote: Can a dualband antenna VHF/UHF for RX ONLY be fed to two receivers one VHF, one UHF, without a quote duplexer using a T instead? Yes. Typically performance is better with mono-band antennas, since all multiband antennas are a

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread Gary Schafer
Quarter wave length cables are the thing to use to couple the cavities together at the antenna connection side of them. The uhf cavity gets a cable that is a quarter wave length at the VHF frequency and the VHF cavity gets a cable that is a quarter wave length at the UHF frequency. These connect

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread Nate Duehr
On 3/9/2010 4:53 PM, Gary Schafer wrote: Without the proper length cables between the cavities and the antenna T connector both UHF and VHF signals will be attenuated depending on the luck of the cable length. What technical reason causes this? Nate

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread skipp025
Ross Johnson kc7...@... wrote: Hello to the group, My name is Ross KC7RJK This is my first post. Hi Ross, My name is skipp and I'm a junkoholic... hi skipp and I %#*^ scuse me, lost my mind for a moment. Moving along Most questions are answered from that amazing and up to

[Repeater-Builder] Writing Guidelines

2010-03-09 Thread Kris Kirby
I see the guidelines for writing; what are the guidelines for scanning documents? -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread skipp025
On 3/9/2010 4:53 PM, Gary Schafer wrote: Without the proper length cables between the cavities and the antenna T connector both UHF and VHF signals will be attenuated depending on the luck of the cable length. Nate Duehr n...@... wrote: What technical reason causes this? Nate

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread Gary Schafer
_ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:24 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site On 3/9/2010 4:53

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amphenol Connex RF connectors

2010-03-09 Thread Bill Smith
The Connex line is the cheapie line. It's still better than the real cheap imported crap, but as the price indicates, nowhere near the quality of the main mil-spec products. That said, I use quite a bit of the Connex stuff unless it's a critical application. You do get what you pay for. Bill

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amphenol Connex RF connectors

2010-03-09 Thread Larry Horlick
Bill, Are you familiar with Huber+Suhner? lh On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Bill Smith brsc...@yahoo.com wrote: The Connex line is the cheapie line. It's still better than the real cheap imported crap, but as the price indicates, nowhere near the quality of the main mil-spec products.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m

2010-03-09 Thread Eric Lemmon
That doesn't meet the client's requirements. Please re-read the original post. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of DCFluX Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 9:56 AM To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amphenol Connex RF connectors

2010-03-09 Thread NORM KNAPP
I got a couple thousand feet of Huber+Suhner double shielded all silver plated cabLe. It is a little bit smaller than RG8X or LMR 240 but is bigger than RG58. I can use LMR240 connectors from RFIndustries for the most part. The center conductor is bigger than RG223, RG58 or RG142 but just a bit

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m

2010-03-09 Thread Eric Lemmon
Skipp, The company we're discussing is in Sun Valley, CA: http://www.dxradiosystems.com/ 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skipp025 Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:59 AM To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Writing Guidelines

2010-03-09 Thread Eric Lemmon
An excellent question! Although this topic has been covered by a number of postings over the past few years, I have not seen a formal list published. To get the ball rolling, allow me to offer some suggestions: 1. Always scan directly into PDF, rather than into an image format such as JPEG,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Writing Guidelines

2010-03-09 Thread Kevin Custer
Kris Kirby wrote: I see the guidelines for writing; what are the guidelines for scanning documents? PDF please. Make the file as small as possible, BUT, don't skimp terribly just to save server space. There are many methods in which to scan and save - trial and error will reveal what you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amphenol Connex RF connectors

2010-03-09 Thread Bill Smith
Somewhat. Pricey but very good quality. From: Larry Horlick llhorl...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 7:30:38 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amphenol Connex RF connectors Bill, Are you familiar with Huber+Suhner?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread no6b
At 3/9/2010 16:29, you wrote: Here's the idea. This is a remote RX site. The idea is to run something like a beefed up X500 dualbander at tower top, then 7/8 hardline 100 feet down to the receivers. Both receivers will have one or two bandpass cavities inline before the T. Would a

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread Ross Johnson
Thanks for the reply’s everyone. That cleared it up for sure. I will go ahead and build the T to cavity cables to one electrical wave length for the other band. And is that ¼ wave plus velocity factor of cable? Which will be FSJ1. Here is some more detail on the system. It will go in stages.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread wd8chl
Gary Schafer wrote: Quarter wave length cables are the thing to use to couple the cavities together at the antenna connection side of them. The uhf cavity gets a cable that is a quarter wave length at the VHF frequency and the VHF cavity gets a cable that is a quarter wave length at the UHF

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread Paul Plack
OK, question... If you put a cable which is 1/4-wavelength at VHF between the T and the UHF cavity, it's 3/4-wavelength at UHF. Since any odd multiple of a quarter wavelength will invert the impedance, what will this really accomplish on the UHF cavity side? The dual-band diplexers are

[Repeater-Builder] Programing a RITRON PATRIOT RRX450

2010-03-09 Thread Chris
Hi DId anyone sort out wwho could do this work? --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jack Hayes oversc...@... wrote: Hi Jerry The guy I dealt with is/was a dealer and set one up for me for $25 plus shipping.  I don't have the equipment to do it and since he doe them often I figured I'd

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread wd8chl
Ross Johnson wrote: Thanks for the reply’s everyone. That cleared it up for sure. I will go ahead and build the T to cavity cables to one electrical wave length for the other band. And is that ¼ wave plus velocity factor of cable? Which will be FSJ1. Actually, it's 1/4-wave times the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dual receivers on one antenna for RX only site

2010-03-09 Thread no6b
At 3/9/2010 20:12, you wrote: OK, question... If you put a cable which is 1/4-wavelength at VHF between the T and the UHF cavity, it's 3/4-wavelength at UHF. Since any odd multiple of a quarter wavelength will invert the impedance, what will this really accomplish on the UHF cavity side?

[Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 UHF exciter (update)

2010-03-09 Thread kc7stw
Hello again. So after messing with the exciter. (last post on this topic the exciter only put out .1 mw) The exciter will put out, 300mw to the input of FL101. This is just a simple tune up. But FL101 blocks the RF 'since it seems to be out of range'. Can the filter be re-build, changed,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 UHF exciter (update)

2010-03-09 Thread Eric Lemmon
Jason, You definitely should not bypass FL101, because it performs an important function. Although the service manual does not provide any information about tuning FL101, the schematic diagram reveals that it contains four helical resonators that do appear to have tuning slugs which act as