At 02:34 PM 12/19/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >2. Once every 6-12 months. When the repeater is not within +/- 700hz, its time >to make a trip to the site and recalibrate it. If this is happening sooner >than 6 months, then the element tempco is sub-par.
<----Many folks say I'm crazy but I've used Cal Crystal for probably close to 20 years. Occasionally there may be a problem but that is the exception. One of my repeaters (UHF) has been operational for over 25 years, using Cal xtals. It's xmt frequency varies, *maybe* by +/- 500 hundred cycles and I haven't had to touch it in at least 2 years. Ken (I think Cal is vastly underrated) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/