While I don't have the reed freq you're looking for, I do have two SpectraTAC receivers. The PL board in those will work with either the fat VibraSponder reeds (that's what it's designed for) or the thinner VibraSender reeds. I found that the senders tend to keep vibrating longer when the signal goes away, which probably makes them work better in transmit applications where they don't need to be responsive to input signals.
I got one "sender" from MDM Radio. I then found a guy in Canada who sold me two "sponders". If you look around the web long enough you'll probably find the one you need. I also bought a brand new SpectraTAC PL Decoder board from someone to go into a chassis that never had one. Stuff is out there - it's a matter of looking and asking anyone and everyone. It appears that the "sponder" begins life as a "sender" then they solder some thicker metal around the sides to make sure it can't fit into a "sender" socket. Bob M. ====== --- "Adam C. Feuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > The Vibrasponder is needed in a Spectra Tac voting > receiver. If I'm not > mistaken, it's that fatter one. However, I have > seen the thinner one work > in that receiver. > > Thanks! > > Adam N2ACF > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 16:05 > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Vibrasponder wanted: > > > > At 08:22 AM 12/11/05, you wrote: > > > >>Hello All, > >> > >>I'm looking for a TLN8381A or a KLN6209A > Vibrasponder on 67.0 hz. > > > > The 8381 is the small fat reed used in the Motrac, > Motran > > and Micor PL decoders. > > > > The 6209 is one of the small thin reeds, and is > factory spec'd as the > > decode reed in Mitreks that use reeds (there were > two tone boards > > for the Mitrek, only one used reeds). > > > > The fat reeds were about 30% thicker than the thin > reeds, and it > > makes a difference: if your decoder expects a fat > reed and you > > plug in a thin reed you get less coupling and it > can cost you some > > decode sensitivity. There are some thin reeds > that will work in > > place of an 8381 but not all. It depends on the > decoder and the > > reed. > > > > For a photo go look at eBay item 5840180977 > > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5840180977> > > > > First of all the guy thinks they are crystals, > second of all > > the photos are out of focus, but they do show the > three > > basic sizes - > > the smallest are Permacode filters (for handhelds > - think "solid state > > reed"), > > the middle size is a small reed, and the large > reed is the 8381 fat reed. > > For the purposes of this discussion forget the > Permacode. > > > > So are you looking for a fat reed or a thin reed? > > > > BTW, what radio is this for? > > > >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >> > >>Thanks! > >> > >>Adam N2ACF > > > > > > Mike WA6ILQ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
