Allow me to show my age ...
To me, the HT-220 is/was a Xtal Controlled Ht !!
Allow me to show my age...
The HT here is a VHF Engineering 2 Meter Portable
assembled from a kit... and it still works.
:-)
s.
ps: Surplus Motorola and GE Lunch Boxes don't count on
the bragging scale.
At 07:55 PM 07/26/10, you wrote:
Hello group,
I have been playing with repeaters for quite some time and now I
finally own a real piece of test equipment. An HP 8924c, before
almost dumping more money into one more, one function, piece of
equipment, a spectrum analyzer, I found these 8924c's
Thanks for the reply Eric,
I have the Maintenance Manual. Did they make a How To type of manual? I know
a little bit, but really not sure how to navigate around it.
Anyone?
Robert
KD4YDC
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Eric Lemmon wb6...@... wrote:
Robert,
I have good news and bad
I don't know a thing about that voter. Maybe someone will chime in here.
My voter will do tone signaling so I'm ok with the 7x24 keyed down link
transmitter. In fact I think it's probably the way to go. It's just that it
requires something with the duty cycle to handle it and I'm looking for
Well, I guess I will just have to decide betweena a packet station or an APRS
station. I don't have the kind of money they want for those things. I have seen
picture of bandpass/reject filters. They son't look that hard to make. Tunning
them would be another, but I do have a spectrum analyzer.
Robert,
I have a user manual for my R-2200B, not sure of the similarities between the 2
models?
Cheers,
Jack VK4JRC
Sent from my Apple iPad Tablet PC
On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Robert kd4...@juno.com wrote:
Thanks for the reply Eric,
I have the Maintenance Manual. Did they make a How
From those files the Agilent Technologies 8920A-B Application Handbook
08920-90126.pdf manual might be what you're looking for, but you'll need to
find out if this works for the 8924C as well considering menu structure,
buttons etc. From my E8285A I know that some things work different than
There is also a Yahoo group for these units.
Search for hp8924 (without the quotes, of course).
Kevin, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but I think your calculator batteries
need to be changed.
0 dBM = 0.2236 volts in a 50 Ohm circuit.
+20 dBM is indeed 100 mW and P=EI and inserting 100 mW into the Eq. for Volts
in a 50 Ohm system, E= the sq. rt. of the quantity (.100 x 50) = sq. rt.
I have a metal He-Man lunch box with lead based paint. Does that count, or is
it strictly two way stuff? ;-)
John Hymes
La Rue Communications
10 S. Aurora Street
Stockton, CA 95202
http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn
- Original Message -
From: skipp025
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Kevin, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but I think your
calculator batteries need to be changed.
0 dBM = 0.2236 volts in a 50 Ohm circuit.
+20 dBM is indeed 100 mW and P=EI and inserting 100 mW into
the Eq. for Volts in a 50 Ohm system, E= the sq. rt. of the
quantity (.100 x 50) =
And for your SoCal types..
I remember seeing Dick McKay walking around the Sahara in Vegas,
talking into a Motorola mic (with just the coil cord hanging down)
and listening on '94.
This was during SAROC in the 70's
Ken
Mike Morris wa6...@... wrote:
The idle marker tone system was designed for wire-lines
and adapted to microwave shots.
Also known as Status Tone
But there are ways around it. The simple method:
Have a local 1950 oscillator at the voter site. It can be done
with a 88mh toroid, a few
Hi,
I recently aquired an IFR 1200S and was wondering if similiar training info
exists for this machine like the HP?
Tom
From: radioman762 fwb...@mminternet.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:10 AM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Service monitor newbie
Boy, I must be old...I actually remember those radios.
de KM3W
From: La Rue Communications laruec...@gmail.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, July 27, 2010 12:07:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)
I have a
I sure did. Thanks to you Jeff for your response and my sincerest apology to
Kevin.
I did the calculation four times and got the same wrong answer four times
before
I hit the send button.
Only after I sent did I redo the calculation on another calculator and was I
horrified to learn of my
allan crites wrote:
Kevin, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but I think your calculator
batteries need to be changed.
0 dBM = 0.2236 volts in a 50 Ohm circuit.
+20 dBM is indeed 100 mW and P=EI and inserting 100 mW into the Eq.
for Volts in a 50 Ohm system, E= the sq. rt. of the quantity
Well, I have heard that it can be done...question is how big a pain is it? We
have access to a couple and before we nab them, wanted to feel out how much
effort they would be or to wait for some other opportunity
Also is it documented on the web anywhere?
Get a Mac. Much more efficient and crash free..
Keep your PC for programming if its old enough. :)
John Hymes
La Rue Communications
10 S. Aurora Street
Stockton, CA 95202
http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn
- Original Message -
From: allan crites
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
I soldered the f and D bead and sill wont work... I assume you meant you
tried soldering D and F, but not both at the same time. Both at once is
invalid, and maybe could cause the no tx audio.
Maybe there is mic bias voltage on pin 4, and you are loading it down,
causing the loss of tx
I still have a working HT-200 on 2 meters...
(and a vibrator-supply 50's mobile on 34/94!)
George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413
From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 9:00:36 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)
Allow
I (and several others) have a Motorola HT-200 handie-talkie on 29.600 MHz. It's
worked 33 states and Japan using the long whip antenna, running 1.4 watts
output. Another local friend has an HT-200 on 52.525 MHz.
-Original Message-
From: George Henry
Sent: Jul 27, 2010 11:07 AM
To:
Gentlemen (And Ladies) -
I will be listing some service manuals over the next few weeks to months on our
eBay store. If there is any interest in a particular manual (Mostly Kenwood and
Motorolas) for the archives here, please feel free to let me know. I wanted to
give the group exclusive
John-
i am looking for a SpectraTAC Voter manual and a manual for a Micor 250W UHF
PA- May be from a PURC station manual (Sorry, don't have the exact model # in
front of me). Let me know if you might have either of these.
Thanks!!
Tom
W9SRV
--- On Tue, 7/27/10, La Rue Communications
Sorry that was supposed to be direct..
Tom
--- On Tue, 7/27/10, TGundo 2003 tgundo2...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: TGundo 2003 tgundo2...@yahoo.com
Subject: {Direct Reply}Re: [Repeater-Builder] Service Manuals
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 1:29 PM
I just applied for my GMRS license yesturday evening. I got a confirmation
email saying that I did pay my 85.00 bucks. How do I know what my call sign is
and all my license information. Will I get another email when all the data is
processed by the FCC and everything is confirmed. Will they
What is a good radio for building a one way 420 link? The
link will be for a remote receiver and will not need to be
duplex... RX at the voter and TX at the remote receiver. The
link RX has to live on a noisy hill. Thanks for your advice.
My preferences, in no particular order, would be
And even the 88 split Mastr/MVP stuff works fine with minimal
modification at 420. Most of it just tunes, thouhg you need to add some
padding to get stuff the peak in a few cases.
On 7/27/2010 1:17 PM, Jeff DePolo wrote:
What is a good radio for building a one way 420 link? The
link will
I got mine in the mail.
-BDH
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Andy agrimm0...@yahoo.com wrote:
I just applied for my GMRS license yesturday evening. I got a confirmation
email saying that I did pay my 85.00 bucks. How do I know what my call sign
is and all my license information. Will I
Whaddaya mean lunchboxes don't count? I have a pair of GE Portamobile II's in
the shop just begging to be recrystalled and ready to rock. If course, I was
considering building those into APRS trackers or packet boxes, where everything
was built inside, and all you needed to do was plug in a
You'll get a paper license in the mail 1-3 weeks after filing for the
license. That license will have your call sign on it.
Welcome to the service.
-Brian
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:52 AM, ZPO geekdownra...@gmail.com wrote:
I got mine in the mail.
-BDH
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:06
At 09:24 AM 07/27/10, you wrote:
Mike Morris wa6...@... wrote:
But there are ways around it. The simple method:
Have a local 1950 oscillator at the voter site. It can be done
with a 88mh toroid, a few resistors and caps, and a single
transistor.
Can't think of the last time I saw
Which 800 station are you trying to move? It needs to be an 896 station
to actually work on 900 - the lower 800 radio won't go far out-of-band
enough.
Start here for info:
http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/msf/msf-index.html
Mark - N9WYS
-Original Message-
From:
ULS License
General Mobile Radio (GMRS) License - WQHI739 - Raker, Brian
- Original Message -
From: Brian Raker
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] GMRS License Help
You'll get a paper license in the mail 1-3 weeks
You can check the FCC ULS database under your name to see if they have the
callsign listed.
http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/index.htm?job=home
Click to search licenses, and enter the information pasrameter(s)..
Mark - N9WYS
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Brian
when did they raise the price? I remember paying $65 for mine and Mine
haven't expired yet?
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 14:36, Andy agrimm0...@yahoo.com wrote:
I just applied for my GMRS license yesturday evening. I got a confirmation
email saying that I did pay my 85.00 bucks. How do I know
Jeff,
When you say low split, are you talking about the Motorola TRE1201/TRE8031
406-420 Mhz receivers? What Canadian sources might have these?
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jeff DePolo j...@... wrote:
What is a good radio for building a one way 420 link? The
link will be for
Thank you Steven for showing me something that I already know...
-Brian
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Steven M Hodell st...@shodell.net wrote:
ULS License
General Mobile Radio (GMRS) License - WQHI739 - Raker, Brian
- Original Message -
From: Brian Raker
To:
I don't know. I just know I had to pay 85.00
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, AARON LEWIS DINKIN cyan@...
wrote:
when did they raise the price? I remember paying $65 for mine and Mine
haven't expired yet?
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 14:36, Andy agrimm0...@... wrote:
I
When you say low split, are you talking about the Motorola
TRE1201/TRE8031 406-420 Mhz receivers?
I don't have a manual in front of me, but yes, 406-420 receivers, they'll
work fine well into the mid 430's without mods.
What Canadian sources might have these?
Well, Spantek comes to mind
it looks like the 800 Mhz on. C85CXB5103BT
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Mark n9...@ameritech.net wrote:
Which 800 station are you trying to move? It needs to be an 896
station
to actually work on 900 - the lower 800 radio won't go far out-of-band
enough.
Start here for info:
Sory I meant the lower 800 Mhz one./...not the 896Mhz split
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Kraly ckr...@... wrote:
it looks like the 800 Mhz on. C85CXB5103BT
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Mark n9...@... wrote:
Which 800 station are you trying to move? It needs to be
Greetings to all,
I apologise for enquiring about a medium
frequency
component on a Group that works on VHF and above, but I would be
grateful if anyone can point me towards a supplier of STK-077 power
transistors or their equivalents.
I have inherited an Icom
I have a MTR 2000 for the 900 MHz band (hacked to the ham band). It has never
been used as a repeater since I acquired it a few years ago, but was scheduled
to be on my 927.1125 repeater freq. one of these days. I turned it ON after it
had been OFF for a better part of a year (out in the garage
Are all the original cards in it when it was programmed? If it was programmed
with any optional boards installed they must be in place at all times after.
Also have you've added any cards after programming that will also cause this
fail.
Ross kc7rjk
From: w5rdw
Sent: Tuesday, July 27,
Wow.. memories... A Link 50UFS low band base station.. We have one here, too...
Still works.
Lance N2HBA
- Original Message -
From: La Rue Communications
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age
All original cards are in I assume as I have never taken the radio apart.
When I bought it, I successfully programmed the ham band freqs
927.1125/902.1125/tone access, etc. I used it at home as a backyard repeater
mainly just learning how to set the audio, etc.. I put it aside for about a
How about a GE PR 36? Does that qualify for old? (Esentially I think anything
in our two-way museum that we're getting set up eventually qualifies as old) :-)
Nice thing about the older gear - is that its SO hardy! Incredible that some of
the stuff we have thats old and obsolete still works and
Jack,
Does it have a long number on the bottom right corner?? (On the front cover)
Robert
KD4YDC
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jack Chomley ra...@... wrote:
Robert,
I have a user manual for my R-2200B, not sure of the similarities between the
2 models?
Cheers,
Jack VK4JRC
Ok, since it appear to be nostalgia time...
Back in 70/71, my aunt gave me a call about getting
rid of some radio equipment in a storage room. She
and her husband had owned the checker cab company
in San Antonio. I went down looked, and found a
'treasure trove' of goodies.
Frankly, at the
Thanks Jeff, I'll keep looking around for those low split UHF Micor receivers.
What about the transmit side?
Maybe I should look for a unified chassis low split UHF repeater. Swap out the
UHF receiver for a VHF high band receiver and use that for my remote receiver
site. Then use the low
Any recommendations or best practices on weatherproofing the coax connection to
a base station antenna? The Comtelco XL (or horrors! Antenex FG) series both
have a drain system at the base that need to remain open. Is it as simple as
some coax seal and avoid plugging the drain holes?
Any
Mouse corrosion?
_
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of w5rdw
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:58 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] MTR 2000 Help
I have a MTR 2000 for the 900 MHz band
I will take any advice, no matter what. I will look down in the innards
tomorrow! I remember when a cat decided to take up residence in my wife's car
years ago. It didn't stay long under the hood when she started the car one cold
morning! It kinda limped out of the garage!
Roger W5RDW
-
Robert,
Perhaps we are stuck on semantics here. There are only two manuals ever
published for the R2200-series monitors- the two I mentioned. The
Operator's Manual is the one you seek.
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Jack,
What is the publication number of your manual? It's probably the document
Robert is looking for.
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jack Chomley
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Your right i did solder the d and f at the same time. The intercom is a
Flightcom 403mc. Ive talked to a few people and it seems the inpedance in my
intercom and radio might not match and i need to find out how to change it so
they match. this is all new learning for me!
--- In
At 7/27/2010 10:29 AM, you wrote:

Get a Mac. Much more efficient and crash free..
At the last coordinators' meeting I attended there was one laptop crash...
Yup, it was a Mac ;)
Bob NO6B
John,
Before divesting yourself of (possibly rare) service manuals, please review
the Repeater-Builder listings to see if any of them might be a candidate for
scanning (only if they are out of print) and subsequent posting on the RBTIP
for download. A number of very generous folks (you know who
At 7/27/2010 10:15 AM, you wrote:
case you haven't figured that out)). By the way, the GE PLL exciter has
22 dB less phase noise at 600 kHz from its primary carrier than does its
multiplier counterpart, you can bet it's way more than that at 6 MHz.
That 22 dB is an interesting figure: the
Yep, Mac's crash all the time. They get virus' too.
Chuck
WB2EDV
- Original Message -
From: n...@no6b.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater receiver testing
At 7/27/2010 10:29 AM, you wrote:

Get
I'm not aware of any training for the IFR products, but I did just
download an Application Notes for the IFR1500 to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/files/IFR1500%20Application%20Notes/
Many of the applications for the IFR1500 will be similar to the IFR1200S
73, Joe, K1ike
Hi All
I would like to let you all know I have a MSF 5000 CXB for sale. If you would
like to know more email me at kd7...@comcast.net
Thanks
Bob
I was taught by an old ham who did a lot of commercial installations the
following.
His advice was to use good quality tape 3M 33 or 88 tape. Start at the
connector wrap downward past the connector. Spray with clear spray paint. Wrap
2 starts at the bottom the the 1st wrap go upward to the
Great thank-you for the fast responses. looks like I didn't get deep
enough on RB. Web searches are getting harder and harder to find
information like that. Looks like I have some reading to do.
Thanks again
Ross kc7rjk
-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Nitto make a good self sealing rubber tape which is perfect and lives for years
which is cheap and quick
wind towrds the connector and it will seal without paints in a few minutes
only thi g is it is a little tough once weathered to remove and break the seal
To:
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com, jland138 jland...@...
wrote:
Any recommendations or best practices on weatherproofing the coax
connection to a base station antenna?
I use a layer of self vulcanizing silicone tape stretched and
Tony,
Your mentor has the right idea, but a minor change might help. First of
all, regardless of the tape used, it should *always* be wrapped from bottom
to top, so that it sheds water. Doing it from top to bottom will bring
water into the splice- not good!
The preferred method of
I remember that too Ken! I miss SAROC!
And for your SoCal types..
I remember seeing Dick McKay walking around the Sahara in Vegas,
talking into a Motorola mic (with just the coil cord hanging down)
and listening on '94.
This was during SAROC in the 70's
Ken
I'll second that, Eric.
Have used that same procedure and materials for years on thousands of
connections in the cellular industry.
The only failures have been due to human error in the proper application, or
birds pecking the joint apart.
Scotch 130C is excellent stuff. I wouldn't use
Hey Guys,
I remember those days and still have both an HT-200 and HT-220 on 2 Meters.
Can anyone tell me what happened to SAROC? When I was active in the 70's it was
SAROC and Fresno that I remember most. Then when I got back into the loop SAROC
was gone and I never heard the story as to why it
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