Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-14 Thread no6b
At 12/13/2007 13:01, you wrote: By the way, if you have not noticed it yet, the RUS signal on a GE system is a combination of the COS and CTCSS signals, and works great as the COS input to your controller. It shows a slight delay coming up (while the CTCSS decoder locks up) but turns off

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-14 Thread no6b
At 12/13/2007 09:48, you wrote: Randy, I've experienced problems similar to what you describe on several MII and found it to be harmonic noise on the ptt (osc 10v) line. Installing a 10 uh inductor where the line enters the exciter pcb did wonders for mine. You may also want to install a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-14 Thread no6b
At 12/14/2007 07:50, you wrote: At 12/13/2007 13:01, you wrote: By the way, if you have not noticed it yet, the RUS signal on a GE system is a combination of the COS and CTCSS signals, and works great as the COS input to your controller. It shows a slight delay coming up (while the CTCSS

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-14 Thread Steve Smith
PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur At 12/13/2007 09:48, you wrote: Randy, I've experienced problems similar to what you describe on several MII and found

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-14 Thread Jim Brown
Bob, I have four repeaters in service using a Zetron 38A controller, and had the following experience. When I enabled the courtesy tone at the end of a transmission a station that was on the edge and 'picket fencing' would be unreadable for all the beeps the controller would insert. It seems the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-14 Thread no6b
At 12/14/2007 17:56, you wrote: Bob, I have four repeaters in service using a Zetron 38A controller, and had the following experience. When I enabled the courtesy tone at the end of a transmission a station that was on the edge and 'picket fencing' would be unreadable for all the beeps the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread Paul Plack
-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:44 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur Thanks Bob Paul for the response. Yes it is the unit with the compensation line running between all ICOMS. This is kind of where I have been leaning to.. Course

[Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread wb8art
Thanks Bob Paul for the response. Yes it is the unit with the compensation line running between all ICOMS. This is kind of where I have been leaning to.. Course the consternation is that its been working for a long time without an issue or at least one on that freq. It may have just moved

[Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread wb8art
Yes I checked power levels and change in power has no effect on the issue. Yes see where the connections are on a station/repeater. More a question of how of it. With Molex connectors on backplane or what works the best? Randy --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jim Brown [EMAIL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread Jim Brown
If the spur is causing a particular problem to someone and is caused by some harmonic of the LO chain beating with the transmitter, you could move the beat by changing to the opposite side injection on the receiver. Check the new beat frequencies to make sure you are not just trading one problem

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread Jim Brown
Randy, a method I have used a couple of times is to take an old computer card back-panel with a cutout for a 9 or 25 pin connector and bend it so that it picks up a couple of screws on the rear of the card cage top or bottom. (You kept those and did not throw them away did'nt you) I then wired the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread Steve Smith
. NO6B may want to revisit his problem MII and look at the ptt line. He may be pleasantly surprised. -Steve - Original Message - From: wb8art To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:44 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

[Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread wb8art
Hi Jim, So you just solder wires onto the back plane circuit board? I quess this is my quest to see where most people connect to the repeater. Randy --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jim Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Randy, a method I have used a couple of times is to take an

[Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread wb8art
- From: wb8art To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:44 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur Thanks Bob Paul for the response. Yes it is the unit with the compensation line running between all ICOMS

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread Jim Brown
Yep - I used the info on the Repeater-Builder site to identify the pick off points where the signals are found, and soldered directly to the backside of the pin that the boards plug into on the other side. You can figure out which points they are by looking at a schematic of the card cage also.

[Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread wb8art
QSL Jim and yes I am aware of RUS CAS and with the dual squelch mod as have been running MastrII mobils for years as repeater and MVP's for remote RX and links. Kind wished the PS unit was set to loop out to a voter and back. Guess we can roll our own. Still to looking for the controller in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MastrII Mobil repeater spur

2007-12-13 Thread scomind
Hi Jim, Makes a pretty clean installation, although one of the controller manufacturers on here recommended against using computer serial cables as interconnects for controllers That'd be us. A PC cable consisting of two D-sub connectors and a long, 25-conductor cable enclosed within