Hello, Wesley! KC5DBH Matt
________________________________ From: Wesley Bazell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:47:53 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Icom IC RP1520 Repeater Receiver needed Hi Matt & Skipp, Just wanted to say Hello to Skip. Have always enjoyed his Gems of Wisdom. Wesley AB8KD ----- Original Message ----- >From: Matt Harker >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:41 PM >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Icom IC RP1520 Repeater Receiver needed > > >Thank You, Skip! I've had no luck getting parts for that old repeater. > KC5DBH Matt > > > > > ________________________________ From: skipp025 <skipp...@yahoo. com> >To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com >Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:05:43 AM >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Icom IC RP1520 Repeater Receiver needed > >Hi Matt, > >Re: Icom IC RP1520 repeater receiver needed > >I had such a horrible time trying to get parts for >an Icom 220MHz Repeater Receiver Repair that I >retrofitted a Synthesized Hamtronics right into the >Icom Chassis/box. > >Much to my delight... the replacement Hamtronics >Receiver worked Killer (excellent) and I put the box >back in service for a number of years until the >Transmitter VCO died (became to unstable to trust).. > >Now that the Icom Repeater is pretty much a non working >cabinet I pulled the Hamtronics Receiver from the Icom >Repeater Chassis, bought the matching Hamtronics Transmitter >strip and made the pair into a repeater. Last May I created >a folder in the Group Photos Section to provide some pictures. > >http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/Repeater- Builder/photos/ album/0/list > >"224 MHz Home Brew Repeater Project" the first folder in >the Group Photos Section. > >The "Homebrew 224MHz Repeater Project worked out so well... I >have since built six of the little buggers, three four our >system needs and three at the request of others. > >So the retrofit Hamtronics Receiver is an option you might >consider. > >cheers, >skipp > >skipp025 at yahoo.com > >> Matt Harker <kc5...@...> wrote: >> >> Hi Everybody! >> >> I have an Icom IC-RP1520 2 meter repeater station that has a bad receiver in >> it. It has always had a problem with low sensitivity and, has had some >> damaged tuning slugs in the IF coils. >> >> If anyone has one of these they'd like to part with, please let me know as >> I'd like to get this Icom repeater working again. >> >> Thank You! >> KC5DBH Matt >> > > > > >------------ --------- --------- ------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >
