No My mistake I am sorry On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Mike Besemer (WM4B) <[email protected]>wrote:
> Sorry guys... I replied to the wrong email. This should have been in > reply > to Gregory's email. > > Better keep me away from any powered circuits today! > > 73, > > > Mike > WM4B > > From: [email protected]<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected]<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>] > On Behalf Of Mike Besemer (WM4B) > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 2:59 PM > To: [email protected] <Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor newbie needs advice > > > Rick, > > Yeah… I failed to mention that they're mobiles. > > The original builder stripped all the unneeded parts out of each unit (no > TX > parts in the RX, and vice versa) so there's no hope in swapping them. > > I 'might' be able to swap the 440 RX into the 2-meter slot (haven't even > looked into the 440 cabinet yet) and create a temporary 'Frankenrepeater) > just to see if it's the plug or not. The problem is, I'm working on a > system designed by two hams (one of which is deceased now) and the other > just hasn't got time to help me. I've got limited drawings at this point, > and I DON'T want to make anything worse. I REALLY need to go out and mark > a > bunch of cables… the labels are starting to fall of and if I disconnect > something by accident (which I've done several times) I'll have a heck of a > mess! > > I ought to have better sense then to get into situations like this! > > Mike > WM4B > > > From: [email protected]<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected]<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>] > On Behalf Of Rick Szajkowski > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 2:24 PM > To: [email protected] <Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor newbie needs advice > > I had the same sorta set un till I got a harris Radio Phone 60 watts cont. > duty right out of the box and thay tune to the ham bang nicely > > When I ran the Micros I had both worked for RX and TX so if my RX died I > could flip the radios and be back on the air > > thats an idea if it was set up that way .. I will look in my spare part to > see if I have my bench set up still kicking around > > Rick > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Mike Besemer (WM4B) > <[email protected]<mwbesemer%40cox.net> > > > wrote: > Greetings all, > > I normally maintain a couple of 'out-of-the-box' (Kendecom) repeaters, but > recently I've been asked to help out with another system that is homebrewed > from Micors. It consists of 4 Micors (TX on 2 meters, RX on 2 meters, TX on > 440 and RX on 440) linked with a CAT-500 and a set of homebrew controls. > > Lately, the 2 meter RX has become intermittent. For a while, I'd been able > to either wiggle the plug on the front of the receiver or give the receiver > a good whack and it'd come back to life, but lately it's become more and > more obstinate. A couple of weeks ago, I brought the RX back to my shop and > pulled all the boards, cleaned the pins and did my best to look for obvious > problems. I really didn't see anything wrong, but when I reinstalled the > RX, it work fine and I thought (after it ran for a couple of weeks) I must > have fixed it. (I have no way of running it on the bench... so it was just > a plug-and-pray fix.) > > Unfortunately, it crapped out again a couple of days ago, and this time > reseating the plug and banging had no effect. One thing I did notice that > I'd not seen before (it's hard to access the rear of the repeater) is that > the plug (on the harness) is missing a piece of plastic surrounding the > three pins nearest the hinged side of the handle. I haven't had time to > pull up the drawings yet to see what those pins are, but I suspect that may > be at the heart of my problem. > > At any rate, I'd like to be able to run this beast on my bench. Where can I > come up with a harness and control, and what (if any) additional hardware > would I need to be able to get this thing hooked up? > > Second, IF the harness plug IS the problem, what's the best course of > action? Changing the plug looks like a real bugger. I haven't traced it up > to the homebrew controls yet, so I'm not sure how difficult it'd be to swap > out the entire harness (if I had one), but either way doesn't look like > much > fun. > > 73, > > Mike > WM4B > > > >
