nj902 wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "Mr. Edgar McKinney"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "...I'd like to find cheeeeeeeeeper stuff! .."
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>
> The cheapest way I have found to build repeater projects - hands down
> - is old Motorola Pulsar car phones. You can usually get them for
> free or next to it - maybe a couple bucks at a swap meet.
>
> The circuitry in these is Micor vintage [mid 70's to mid 80's] so it
> is reliable, yet easy to understand. The transmitters are continuous
> duty [remember - it's a telephone]. And they are synthesized so you
> don't even have to buy any crystals [I said this was a CHEAP project]
>
> The beauty of the Pulsar synthesizer is that there is no computer, no
> PROM, no RSS, just a diode matrix to set up - and it is all documented
> in the manual [which is a MUST have before starting the project]
>
> By coincidence - there is a Pulsar manual listed on ebay right now.
> Looking at the posted picture of the manual you will see that it shows
> the later style Pulsar drawer unit - the one that is the best for
> repeater projects.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5715429580
>
It should be noted that only the UHF version will work. The VHF version
is designed for the RCC/IMTS offsets, and won't work at the 600Khz
offset that the 2M ham band uses.
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
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