Yeah, when Mobilecomm (now Arch) decomissioned their 30 and 40 MHz paging
systems here on the east coast, lowband Decibel and Celwave pass cavities
were a dime a dozen (or often free). I scooped up as many as I could store,
probably 50 or so. All but a few are in service on 6m repeaters, most of
which were converted to pass/reject and used to make duplexers. Every now
and then I still see them pop up at hamfests, but not like it was 6 or 7
years ago.
There was a guy that used to be on this list (K4YC?) who drove up from
George and hauled away all the lower-frequency cavities I had since I was
out of storage space, probably 20 or more of them. Now that my supply is
starting to run out I'm wishing I hadn't given them all away; they could
have been cut down to 6m. Maybe he's still lurking?
--- Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of skipp025
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:58 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 6 meter repeater duplexer (not used)
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> Before Ebay came on line... people were giving away low
> band cavities at the flea markets. I hauled about 8 home
> while my friends laughed at the trailer full of large
> tubes.
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> Although they still laugh about it... I have the cavities
> in service. Well... maybe they were also laughing at
> the TRS-80 Model One Computer I had on the back seat. :-)
>
> cheers,
> skipp
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> > "Mike Perryman K5JMP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I sure wish I could locate cans for that price..
> > If you hear of any let me know..
> >
> > mike
> >
> > True ...
> >
> > Before 6 meter repeaters became really popular in Oregon - last
> > several years - DB Products 40-50 MHz cans were going for $25 or
> > $50 at the local swapmeets.
> >
> > Neil
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> > Paul Finch wrote:
> > >
> > > Neil,
> > >
> > > In Texas it's 1 MHz. At least it's better than 500 KHz.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
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