[Repeater-Builder] ads sr2/tk880

2010-01-11 Thread todda323
im considering implimenting a simplex repeater system for our family farm on gmrs. i have a extra tk 880h and have been looking at the ads- sr1. the repeater side of the connecting cable is rj45 and the other end is open. can the radio side of the cable be done as an rj45 to the tk 880 mic port

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread skipp025
Look on the bright side: The smart meters allow the electric utility company to immediately identify a power outage and identify the areas affected, If the meter's radio data transceiver operates on electricity, which may be missing/out... how does the dead radio notify the mother

[Repeater-Builder] Re: ads sr2/tk880

2010-01-11 Thread skipp025
There is enough in the way of tx, rx audio and logic signals available at the mic connector, which would allow you to connect the more common type of simplex repeater. cheers, s. todda323 todda...@... wrote: im considering implimenting a simplex repeater system for our family farm on

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Mitrek repeater conversion cos problem

2010-01-11 Thread Walter H
Narrowband? Did you mean 'duplex'? WalterH --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, cruizzer77 atlant...@... wrote: SNIP In a later step I also need to narrowband the radio, therefore I'm a bit worried. SNIP 73 Martin

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread MCH
Missing beacons. Same way you know that your repeater is off the air (well, not that they beacon, but they are not there when you try to key them up). Although, I know many that do beacon. Or, they might have cells or capacitors that will power it long enough to say

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Mitrek repeater conversion cos problem

2010-01-11 Thread MCH
Either one could be a challenge for some... Joe M. Walter H wrote: Narrowband? Did you mean 'duplex'? WalterH --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, cruizzer77 atlant...@... wrote: SNIP In a later step I also need to narrowband the radio, therefore I'm a bit worried. SNIP

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread AJ
Reverse the logic - if it's a non-responder (no telemetry after n minutes), it shows up on the map as a customer out. We currently have a Google maps-based outage tracking system that places a green dot for working modem, yellow for modem syncing and red for offline... Since we have SNMP

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:38 PM 1/11/2010, skipp025 wrote: If the meter's radio data transceiver operates on electricity, which may be missing/out... how does the dead radio notify the mother ship once the supply goes away? You'll be able to tell because that phantom signal you hear on your repeater input or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread DCFluX
I can already see opportunities for this smart technology to be abused. Like the meter scaling so that only half or a quarter of the power consumed is measured or drive down the street transmitting the right signal and black out a neighborhood.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread MCH
About as likely as someone driving down the street, transmitting on your input, and it triggering the code to shut your repeater off. At least I hope so if they've implemented even the most basic security measures such as coded access. Of course, it does introduce a new level of hacking. Joe

[Repeater-Builder] Looking for Vicor dc-dc converter module for IFR repair

2010-01-11 Thread kk2ed
Good Evening, I am in the process of repairing an IFR COM120 service monitor's power supply, and determined the problem to be a bad dc-dc converter module. Troubleshooting and repairing it is the easy part - locating the needed component is the hard part! IFR is of no help, only wanting to

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread Eric Lemmon
It's quite simple: when the signal goes away, the meter must have lost power. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skipp025 Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:39 PM To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)

2010-01-11 Thread Kris Kirby
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Eric Lemmon wrote: It's quite simple: when the signal goes away, the meter must have lost power. When the HF bands are clear, the BPL network must be down? -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for Vicor dc-dc converter module for IFR repair

2010-01-11 Thread Don Kupferschmidt
Eric, try this link: http://www.kgelectronics.com/ While Kurt may not have the exact parts that you need, he may be able to help you. He's a good guy - many of us on the list has sent their IFR's to him and he has repaired those monitors at a reasonable price. Hope this helps, Don, KD9PT

[Repeater-Builder] 2 tone paging tones

2010-01-11 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, Perhaps some of you creative guys in public safety can help, or come up with some creative ones. I'm actually working on a few repeaters in the commercial band for our incident notification network. One of the things i thought about doing was using some of the old clasic plectron tones

RE: [Repeater-Builder] 2 tone paging tones

2010-01-11 Thread Peter Dakota Summerhawk
Your Motorola radios, both hand held and mobile can do 2-tone encode in a lot of models. Just set one up as your base unit or use a hand held and your set. I have an XTS2500 that I can do that with for testing fire pagers on low power and the antenna removed so it does not alert everyone in the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for Vicor dc-dc converter module for IFR repair

2010-01-11 Thread DCFluX
Sounds like a goofy design, the only reason you'd do something like that was because a world voltage input SMPS didn't exist. Is the 300 volts used for some other purpose like the monitor? If not I'd replace the 2 modules with a single 15V 200W SMPS such as the Meanwell SP-240-15, assuming it