Bravo to you for doing the right thing! Far too many people these days are in a rush to get a repeater on the air right away, and figure that it's okay to bypass the compensation steps. I guess they have the money to go back and fix the problem they created, later and at considerably greater cost. I went to the "do it right the first time" school.
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] crystal/channel element compensation.. My last two dealings (within last two years) with Bomar have me skeptical. One GE ICOM had to go back because it was drifting all over the place and I did pay for the temperature compensation. I told them to take their time when I returned it as I wanted it done right. This was a UHF 2C. They had it returned in a little over a week - certainly a bit hurried. I also had some GE crystal elements sent in for re-crystal and temperature compensation and all of them came back with the same comp caps installed. I called and asked their engineering department and was told "they usually work fine with the existing capacitors." It didn't leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling. Next time back to ICM. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "na6df" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jammerdave%40gmail.com> > To: <[email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 6:55 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] crystal/channel element compensation.. > OK, I usually use International, but how is Bomar doing these days, > quality-wise? ICM seems to be pretty pricey these days. Bomar says $35 > for re-crystalling a channel element. (I assume that means > compensating as well). Thoughts welcome.. > > na6df dave
