Hi Larry, I have both the Red Book and the Yellow Book here in case he needs either one ... but I most likely have the original manual on the radios he has too.
Neil "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > He will probably need a copy of "The Red Book" or "The Yellow Book" to get > it going. People who were into converting old tube-type Motorola gear back > in the 60's - 70's to the ham bands will know what those two books were. > > However, the "G" series receiver wasn't a good Repeater receiver even when > it was new, and was never intended by Motorola to be used in Repeater > service. It was much smaller than the "A" series receiver, and was intended > for Base Station and Mobile only use - not as a Repeater receiver. The > Sensicon "A" receiver is the one he wants if he really wants to have an old > Motorola Tube-type repeater. We converted lots of those to 2-Meters in past > lives. I think I heard that Motorola still made a few of them as late as > about 1964. > > Larry > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Neil McKie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:57:13 -0800 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: trying to build my first repeater > > What frequency pair are you planning to put this on? > > By the model numbers you gave, I seriously doubt the FCC will > allow those radios on any commercial 2-way radio frequency. > > If going into the amateur radio band, you will need to adjust > the transmitter deviation to conform with your local area band > plan ... usually meaning +/- 4.5 kHz Deviation ... clearly not a > hi-fi sound. > > Hope this helps, > > Neil > > us_communications1 wrote: > > > > Perhaps I did not make myself clear. The repeater i am building will > > be nearly hi-fidelity audio and such is why i intend to use tube > > equipment. i worked in commercial 2 way radio in the 1960's and > > worked in broadcasting in the 1970's. tube equipment in highly > > reliable if properly maintained, which i can do. (i do admit that > > there are not to many of us left that know how to properly maintain > > electronic equipment. > > > > i am setting this up to volunteer a system for an group. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bob M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Your training and preference are great for hi-fi audio > > > equipment, but repeaters are optimized for weak > > > signals with voice only, and as such, fidelity is not > > > one of their strong points. 50 - 3500 Hz is about the > > > limit, and the user radios will make it sound even > > > worse. > > > > > > Today's solid-state communications equipment far > > > surpasses the older tube stuff as far as reliability, > > > durability, and ease of getting replacement parts when > > > needed. A lot of today's radios don't even need to be > > > tuned - they're wide-band but still quite selective > > > and more sensitive than the tube radios ever could > > > hope to be. > > > > > > There's a ton of good repeater-building information > > > over on www.repeater-builder.com and you would spend > > > less time reading it than you would trying to make > > > those old U43GG? radios perform the continuous duty > > > cycle required of repeaters. > > > > > > Bob M. > > > ====== > > > --- us_communications1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I attempting to build my first repeater. I have > > > > always preferred to > > > > have the best audio quality for my equipment. My > > > > training has always > > > > told me that tube equipment delivers the > > > > richest/fullest audio. So I > > > > have been rounding up all the tube equipment I can > > > > find. The equipment > > > > is all motorola and the model numbers are > > > > u43ggt-1000 and u43ggv-1000. > > > > how do I proceed on finding the paperwork on > > > > converting these to > > > > repeaters? > > > > > > > > thank you for your time. > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > > > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > 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/
