Re: [Repeater-Builder] [Fwd: [DStar-Gateway] Angle Linear]

2008-04-01 Thread Paul Holm
Does this have anything to do with today's date? - Original Message - From: Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] [Fwd: [DStar-Gateway] Angle Linear] Ken Arck wrote: At 07:03 PM

[Repeater-Builder] Angle Linear 3/31/08

2008-04-01 Thread Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)
I just received a note from Chip Angle that he will continue to provide preamps for the ham community. Filters and duplexers for amateur applications were taking a disproportionate amount of time and he is discontinuing that part of his business. 73, Steve NU5D

[Repeater-Builder] Zetron 48 B Manual?

2008-04-01 Thread Jim Kvochick
Does anyone have one? I'd love to at least know how to reset one to default, and what speed the RS-232 interface runs at. Thanks Jim WB8AZP

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Zetron 48 B Manual?

2008-04-01 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 04:44 AM 04/01/08, you wrote: Does anyone have one? I'd love to at least know how to reset one to default, and what speed the RS-232 interface runs at. Thanks Jim WB8AZP There's a Zetron 48-Jr manual on the Zetron page at www.repeater-builder.com The parts you are looking for MAY be

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola MSF5000

2008-04-01 Thread wjpcolorado
Hey folks, I just brought a Motorola MSF5000 UHF repeater home. It worked great when I picked it up- but when I got it home- it won't transmit. The fail light is not on, and it powered up fine. I have hit the reset switch and it still doesn't work. I live on a mountain with a very bumpy

[Repeater-Builder] Static on grounded feed line system.

2008-04-01 Thread wa5luy
Our repeaters are located on a 200 foot self supporting tower at the top of a 1200 foot mountain. Anytime there is a storm with in 50 miles we get a lot of pulsing static on the 2 meter repeater which is a Micor. This is not noticeable on the 440 repeater. We hear this when the receiver is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola MSF5000

2008-04-01 Thread Bob M.
First, give us the model number. It should be stamped onto a metal sticker on the station junction panel on the right side of the cabinet. It will be 11 or 12 characters long starting with C. With this info, we can tailor our diagnostic procedure to your station. There are two green LEDs on the

[Repeater-Builder] COS location on Midland 13-513

2008-04-01 Thread kc8lts
I'm looking to use this radio as a link radio on my 900 repeater to link it to my 220 repeater and need to know where to find a good COS signal location. I'm planning to tie this signal into one of the open pins on the accessory connector on the back, so all the needed signals are available

[Repeater-Builder] Dayton and Parts you might need....

2008-04-01 Thread Paul Finch
Hello All, I will be traveling to Dayton with an enclosed trailer full of parts and pieces. I have a couple Mastr II UHF 100 watt base stations, some Micor VHF and UHF stations (unknown power), Motorola Service manuals, 6 foot GE Mastr II and Quintron cabinets (cheap) GE (grey) voting cages,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Static on grounded feed line system.

2008-04-01 Thread no6b
At 4/1/2008 07:25, you wrote: Our repeaters are located on a 200 foot self supporting tower at the top of a 1200 foot mountain. Anytime there is a storm with in 50 miles we get a lot of pulsing static on the 2 meter repeater which is a Micor. This is not noticeable on the 440 repeater. We hear

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Static on grounded feed line system.

2008-04-01 Thread william474
According to Motorola R-56 standards a 200 foot tower requires the coax to be grounded at the top and the bottom using a coax ground kit. If the run from the tower to the building entrance is greater than 20 feet the coax should be grounded at the entrance to the building as well. The

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton and Parts you might need....

2008-04-01 Thread Paul Finch
Benjamin, This was a two way shop I got most of the Motorola manuals from, I doubt if they had much in the way of phones but I will look and let you know. Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Naber, Benjamin L. SPC

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton and Parts you might need....

2008-04-01 Thread Naber, Benjamin L. SPC
Do you have any service manuals for Motorola analog phones? ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Paul Finch Sent: Tue 01-Apr-08 17:44 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton and Parts you might need

[Repeater-Builder] Coordinating DSTAR freq with current analog 2M/440 rptrs

2008-04-01 Thread johnmichaelwelton
We are investigating the possibility of adding 2M/440 DSTAR. At the university, we currently have the following analog repeaters at ~175 ft HAAT (in/out): 144.850 - 145.450 449.825 - 444.825 We will have access to the roof of the new hospital (about the same HAAT), about 1 mile away and would

Re: [Repeater-Builder] COS location on Midland 13-513

2008-04-01 Thread Joe
I can't find any information about the best place to pick off COS, but I did find an article in 220 Notes that describes a modification to the 13-513 squelch that makes it operate faster and cleaner. I can scan it if you are interested. 73, Joe, K1ike kc8lts wrote: I'm looking to use this

[Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread tgundo2003
Firefighters' Distrust of Digital Radio System Grows http://www.fireengineering.com/display_news/159642/25/none/Firefighters'_distrust_of_digital_radio_system_grows

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread TGundo 2003
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_news/159642/25/none/Firefighters'_distrust_of_digital_radio_system_grows Copy this link and it should workSorry Tom W9SRV tgundo2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Firefighters' Distrust of Digital Radio System Grows

[Repeater-Builder] MSF 5K - Bounces off-frequency on receive

2008-04-01 Thread Nate Duehr
A few times over the last few years, a friend's UHF MSF 5000 has been found to be off-frequency by 5 KHz on receive. We find this out, of course, because everyone sounds bad, and then one day we thought... hmm, that sounds 5 KHz off frequency... Repeater is on 449.625 TX, 444.625 RX.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread Paul Finch
VERY interesting and I don't think it's off topic at all but I am not the moderator. Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tgundo2003 Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:31 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread Joe
Whenever you replace a radio system with another that has a different frequency range and/or different sites you are going to have a problem. P25 digital just compounds the issue. It's all in customer perception. The customers perception is reality. Some of the offshore fishermen in the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSF 5K - Bounces off-frequency on receive

2008-04-01 Thread Bob M.
There are a lot of interconnections on the Uniboard. That's the board that lies underneath the aluminum cover of the RF tray, under the plastic controller enclosure. I'd pull that board and make sure everything is good and tight and clean. Plugging in the RJ45 metering cable should NOT reset the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Static on grounded feed line system.

2008-04-01 Thread Kevin Custer
At 4/1/2008 07:25, you wrote: Our repeaters are located on a 200 foot self supporting tower at the top of a 1200 foot mountain. Anytime there is a storm with in 50 miles we get a lot of pulsing static on the 2 meter repeater which is a Micor. This is not noticeable on the 440 repeater.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Coordinating DSTAR freq with current analog 2M/440 rptrs

2008-04-01 Thread MCH
I would go with the .80/40 since both duplexers will be rejecting both TXs nearly to the maximum. I would keep the UHF close for the same reasons. Joe M. johnmichaelwelton wrote: We are investigating the possibility of adding 2M/440 DSTAR. At the university, we currently have the following

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread Chuck Kelsey
What do you bet none of them would give up their digital cell phones? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: tgundo2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:30 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Static on grounded feed line system.

2008-04-01 Thread Jeff DePolo
My question is grounding the outer shield to the tower a good practice? Most definately. There should be a ground kit at the top of the run ABOVE the hoisting grip (if one is used), one at the bottom of the run before it makes a horizontal bend, and at the entrance bus bar. If the cable is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Yet my digital TV outperforms the analog channels by a huge margin. And all the stations here moved up to UHF. I'm over 60 miles from the transmitters to boot. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 01,

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Static on grounded feed line system.

2008-04-01 Thread wa5luy
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 4/1/2008 07:25, you wrote: Our repeaters are located on a 200 foot self supporting tower at the top of a 1200 foot mountain. Anytime there is a storm with in 50 miles we get a lot of pulsing static on the 2 meter

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
It still word wraps. Try this: http://www.fireengineering.com/display_news/159642/25/none/Firefighters'_distrust_of_digital_radio_system_grows Properly written email clients respect the characters around a URL. That is part of RFC 1738, the standard that defined what a URL is. Mike WA6ILQ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Coordinating DSTAR freq with current analog 2M/440 rptrs

2008-04-01 Thread DCFluX
I'd go with 50 to 100 kHz spacing from the analog channel and use circulators for the transmitters and a spliter to allow operation through the existing antenna and duplexer system, Like IBOC. On 4/1/08, johnmichaelwelton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are investigating the possibility of adding

Re: [Repeater-Builder] COS location on Midland 13-513

2008-04-01 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
The combination owners/service manual for the 513 is on the Midland page at www.repeater-builder.com If you end up with any info on a COR please pass it along. Mike WA6ILQ At 07:45 AM 04/01/08, you wrote: I'm looking to use this radio as a link radio on my 900 repeater to link it to my 220

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Static on grounded feed line system.

2008-04-01 Thread albemarle7
To WN3A..I'd like to tune in to this interesting conversation. What frequency stub are you referring to? Please be a little more specific on which side of DC ground arrestor. Thanks, Gary K2UQ **Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home.

[Repeater-Builder] Maximum split on Sinclair Q2330E duplexer

2008-04-01 Thread ve7ltd
Here is an interesting question. I have been asked if I can tune a Q2330E duplexer (high split VHF) on a 12meg split between TX and RX. I have only ever tuned them for 600Khz split, and it seems like a real waste to use these nice duplexers for such a large split. Will the caps tune the notch

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola SVA Manual?

2008-04-01 Thread Kris Kirby
Does anyone have an operator manual for the Motorola Saber Vehicular Adaptor (SVA)? I've got an ex-Indiana State Police unit that's SP02 and wondering how to fix the volume control as well as what the SP mod is. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] But remember, with no superpowers comes

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread Nate Duehr
Chuck Kelsey wrote: What do you bet none of them would give up their digital cell phones? That leads to other questions though... 1. How many HAD analog cell phones to compare? It was a relatively smaller market due to size, but firefighters often had them. 2. How many of those that HAD

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little off-topic but may be of intrest to the group

2008-04-01 Thread Nate Duehr
Nate Duehr wrote: Fascinating stuff. Push the human DSP to the limits and then back a little bit away from that point to make it hard to tell -- to save on bandwidth, in all digital products. p.s. There's another interesting question lurking in all of this... Is it better to engineer to

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Coordinating DSTAR freq with current analog 2M/440 rptrs

2008-04-01 Thread johnmichaelwelton
The problem is on the user end, if there's only 10 Khz between both TX outputs, and you're within a few miles of the repeater site, likely any DC to daylight ham transceiver will cave in when both repeaters are active. John/N4SJW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, DCFluX [EMAIL

[Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 PL Tone In Hang Time?

2008-04-01 Thread rande1
Can the MSF5000 be programmed so that PL encode is only during valid PL decode? I need to provide a hang-time (tail) of 2-3 seconds without PL encode. Randy WB0VHB

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 PL Tone In Hang Time?

2008-04-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:31 PM 4/1/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can the MSF5000 be programmed so that PL encode is only during valid PL decode? I need to provide a hang-time (tail) of 2-3 seconds without PL encode. you can with an external controller. That's how I do it Ken

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola SVA Manual?

2008-04-01 Thread Eric Lemmon
Kris, You're in luck! Both Saber Vehicular Adapter manuals are still available from Motorola Parts: 6881058C70, and 6881061C60, each about $5- less than the cost to make a black-and-white copy. These manuals won't help with the Special Product mods, but will be valuable in any case. 73, Eric

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Maximum split on Sinclair Q2330E duplexer

2008-04-01 Thread Eric Lemmon
Dave, Probably not. Try asking Sinclair Tech Support www.sinctech.com 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ve7ltd Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:32 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 PL Tone In Hang Time?

2008-04-01 Thread rande1
I have a external controller too, however it doesn't detect the reverse burst on the receive signal like the 5000 will. But it will drop PL encode in the hang time. Just picked up one of your audio delay boards so I can correct the lack of reverse burst in the panel if that is the route I go.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Zetron 48 B Manual?

2008-04-01 Thread Eric Vincent
Hi Jim and Mike, To reset Zetron 48B as factory default you can remove U6 from the Smart Socket and the RAM will be clear. Also you can turn OFF the system and install JP19 to short the leads together and turn ON, when all the led's come ON except Transmit, DTMF and Local, remove JP19. I

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola N1254A Power Amp for 2M repeater info

2008-04-01 Thread George Sintchak
Hi All, I've searched the archives website for info on this Amp and can't find anything. It's sort of similar to the N1275A or the N1248A convert-a-com amps but for a Motorcycle (I was told). It looks like the back end of a MoCom 70 heat sink. I need more specific schematic or manual info so I

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Zetron 48 B Manual?

2008-04-01 Thread Laryn Lohman
The 48 (plain), 48B and 48MAX manuals seem to be unavailable from anyone. Mike WA6ILQ Mike, before people move too far along a path that could duplicate efforts, did you ever receive the Model 48 manual that I sent to you last December? Laryn K8TVZ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II station 2 repeater conversion.... HELP no PL(CG) decode.

2008-04-01 Thread NORM KNAPP
Problem solved! CG decode restored! Reconnecting H41-H42 jumper restored the CG decode. I am now going to attemp to inteface to a RC-1000. Wish me luck. My thanks to the hams who helped. You know who you are. 73 all! - Original Message - From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Maximum split on Sinclair Q2330E duplexer

2008-04-01 Thread de W5DK
Dave, I still have a few 5 meg split sinclairs, qe they might be a better application. Are those the exact freqs? I'll try tuning a set 73 Don W5DK From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ve7ltd Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:32 PM To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola N1254A Power Amp for 2M repeater info

2008-04-01 Thread Eric Lemmon
George, Call Motorola at 800-422-4210, and navigate to Parts ID. Ask for the manual number that covers the amp. That's how I finally located the manual for my N1275A amplifier. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Coordinating DSTAR freq with current analog 2M/440 rptrs

2008-04-01 Thread MCH
Running 1 mile of feedline to the existing antennas?!? :-O ;- Joe M. DCFluX wrote: I'd go with 50 to 100 kHz spacing from the analog channel and use circulators for the transmitters and a spliter to allow operation through the existing antenna and duplexer system, Like IBOC. On 4/1/08,