I was told they were a cheap unit, depends if you want it to just take care of repeaters, but for service work, avoid it. That is how it was put to me.
Mathew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Holman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:59 PM Subject: Re: Service monitor question (was Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cushman CE-4) > > What about this Ramsey Service Monitor ? Is it good or just something to > advoid ? > Mark Holman AB8RU > Happy Holidays > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "wb6ymh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:25 AM > Subject: Service monitor question (was Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cushman > CE-4) > > > > > > > > The CE-5 has 1 Khz steps and does not do full duplex. There are > > various options on the IFRs some have tracking generators. > > > > I've done a bit of googling for IFRs and Cushmans, but I guess they > > are too old, I found very little information other than old for sale > > ads. (And one guy that had a picture of himself and his CE-50 along > > with his other "family album" pictures !) > > > > There seem to be quite a few Motorola service monitors on ebay, but > > from what I remember they had a reputation for being unreliable. > > > > I'll bet the CE-5 drifts a little less than the model 80 it's > > replacing (grin). > > > > 73's Skip WB6YMH > > --- In [email protected], Bob Dengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> At 12/13/2004 08:23 AM, you wrote: > >> > >> >I bought a CE-31A on e-Bay for $225, then saw one go > > at "Deerchester" for > >> >$125 (sob !!). > >> > > >> >73, Dick, W1KSZ > >> > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: wb6ymh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >Sent: Dec 13, 2004 9:45 AM > >> >To: [email protected] > >> >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cushman CE-4 > >> > > >> >I just bought a CE-5 on ebay for $205.46, the last one from the > > same > >> >guy when for $199. He has yet another one up for auction now. In > >> >the picture it looks to be in good condition, but I haven't > > received > >> >it yet ... a bit of buyer remorse is already starting to set in. > > I > >> >use to use a CE-3, they are not small or light. I also don't want > >> >to admit how many times I rebuild the attenuator pad! > >> > >> Will any of the above mentioned monitors do full-duplex > > measurements? How > >> about freq. step size at UHF? Some of the low-end monitors only > > do 12.5 > >> kHz, which can be a problem for us in SoCal as we now use 20 kHz > > throughout > >> 420-450 MHz. > >> > >> Bob NO6B > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > 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/
