Very cool, Michael. If it's not too much of a hassle, it would be nice to know who was first :-)
Ken At 09:36 PM 9/19/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Ken: > >About that same time a friend of mine in Norman, Oklahoma >modified his UHF to VHF remote base to add a home built >GLB synthesizer to his tube VHF remote. He built the >logic for it and I think that he used a 567 tone decoder >set. I remember this because it was after I got out >of school in 1975. I think we later went together and >bought a Telenetics (?) hybrid digital tone decoder and he >built it onto a plug in board and substituted it for >the 567's. It worked great and the remote base was a >lot of fun to use. > >In fact, somewhere I may still have an extra set of GLB >boards and the assembly instructions. > >He stored the frequencies in registers to program the GLB. >When he had it ready, we put it up on the same building >as the club repeater on the Oklahoma University Campus >for which I am the trustee. > >The remote used Ringo Rangers, not good antennas. We put >it about 100 foot horizontally down the building to avoid >desense from the 146.88 repeater, but there would still >be some when the remote came up. > >He could bring up the receiver, change frequencies, >then bring up the transmitter, and switch between hi >and low power. > >Later he designed a board using 1702 eproms to use an >IC-22s in a remote base. I laid out a PC board for >him and made him several copies. Another very close >friend of mine, K5JB, built one of the boards and used >a KIM-1 (6502) microprocessor to control a 22s and make >it scan. I may have the radio because he left me a >bunch of his radio equipment when he passed away. In >fact, I probably still have an EBKA Familarizor Single >Board Computer which was very similiar to the KIM-1 which >I got from the fellow who designed it and was an >acquaintance of mine at the time. > >I could probably go back and try to get a closer date >to when this was. > >Micheal Salem N5MS > > > > > > > > >Ken Arck wrote: > >> Hi folks >> >> Is anyone aware of the earliest use of a synthesized remote base on an >> amateur repeater? One that allowed full frequency agility? >> >> My take is that it happened in 1976 (and of course, I think I know who did >> it <g>). >> >> Ken >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> President and CTO - Arcom Communications >> Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. >> http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html >> We now offer complete Kenwood TKR repeater packages! >> AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 >> http://www.irlp.net > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html We now offer complete Kenwood TKR repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
