Everyone: All the more reasons that when you order Crystals; PLACE THE ORDER
by LETTER with all crystal types, operating frequency, and oscillating
frequency specified in writing, so there is no misunderstandings! Make and
keep a copy of the letter order until all items are correctly received.
Fred
W5VAY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Coy Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:43 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Mastr II Rx Freq Drift
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> I ordered 7 crystals from Bomar in December on the phone. When I
> received the order they had gotten a repeater pair reversed IE the
> pair was for a link radio on a repeater, what I actually got was the
> crystals for the repeater frequency, the Tx and Rx frequencies were
> reversed. When I called they said that I had made the mistake and
> that they would be glad to make the crystals that I needed for 10
> bucks each. SAY WHAT? SO BOMAR is on my nasty list. Great customer
> no service!!
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> --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Maire Company"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > At one time I had ICM make me some for Motorola HT-210 and HT-90.
> They
> > worked ok in Florida but when we took them to Gatlinburg TN in
> winter almost
> > all the radio's had problems of being off Freg. never ordered
> from them
> > again. Been using Bomar for many years for repeaters and HT-500
> and GE
> > mobiles with no problems.
> >
> > that is my 2 cents. John
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Dengler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II Rx Freq Drift
> >
> >
> > >
> > > At 2/7/2005 12:19 PM, you wrote:
> > >
> > >>I recently rebuilt my 440 repeater and got away from the Mastr
> II mobile
> > >>w/ tripler PA and went to a Mastr II Station. As a part of the
> upgrade, I
> > >>sent a set of 2C icoms to International Crystal and had them
> recrystaled
> > >>to my frequency. It has been on the air since the end of
> December. When
> > >>I first put in on, everything was great. After about 2 weeks, I
> couldn t
> > >>get into it anymore. After some experimenting, I found that if
> I tuned
> > >>down from 449.325 (rx freq) to 449.310 I could bring it up.
> Went back to
> > >>the site with the service monitor and put it back on frequency.
> That was
> > >>3 weeks ago. A few days ago, can t bring up the repeater. I
> tried at
> > >>449.320. Bingo! There it is.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>My question& Is it normal for a crystal to drift that much
> over the
> > >>first month or so? I don t remember having this problem before
> but it s
> > >>been a while. No, the building is not climate controlled but is
> insulated
> > >>very well and the temperatures have been pretty mild around here
> lately.
> > >
> > > Although crystals do age a very small amount, it's not normal
> for it to
> > > move this much. Sounds like some contamination got inside the
> can.
> > >
> > > For as much as ICM charges for crystals these days, you should
> have no
> > > problem getting a replacement from them at no charge.
> > >
> > > Bob NO6B
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