Yes.... as well as scan add delete etc....
At 08:29 AM 3/2/2010, you wrote:
So it had memories built-in?
Joe M.
Doug Bade wrote:
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>
> It was not a single channel device it had at least 10 channels... It
> took over the radios pll from outside so radio channel programming and
> capacity was irrelevant... It also had scan, simplex offset and a few
> other amateur features...
>
> I was involved in application testing on a few of the radios under my
> first callsign of KB8GVQ as well as Jim WD8CHL...
>
> It programmed the pll chip that runs the synthesizer by isolating that
> in the radio... the radio though it was on whatever was in a particular
> channel and the PLL was actually wherever Joe and the User wanted it...
>
> The reason for different versions was it had to account for how a given
> PLL was programmed and the offset differences based on the IF for receive.
>
> Doug
> KD8B
>
>
> At 02:50 AM 3/2/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> On the contrary, the docs were very enlightening.
>>
>> Perhaps the reason there was little interest was the fact that it
>> appears to make the radio 'single channel only', and I'm sure many
>> people would have wanted to keep the multi-channel capability. But, as
>> an add-on to the radio as-is, it would have been very interesting.
>>
>> What microprocessor did he use? And are any still available?
>>
>> Joe M.
>>
>> Chuck Kelsey wrote:
>> > There was, but it's all gone now. At one point a link to his site
>> was posted
>> > on the Repeater Builder site. Joe made several posts to this list
>> and became
>> > discouraged at the lack of interest. The documentation would be of
>> no value
>> > as you need the programmed microprocessor chip to make it work.
>> >
>> > Chuck
>> > WB2EDV
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "MCH" <<mailto:mch%40nb.net>[email protected] <mailto:mch%40nb.net>>
>> > To: <
<mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]
>> <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>>
>> > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:44 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 900 meg Spectra radio
>> >
>> >
>> >> Interesting. I wonder if there is some tech info on this that is
>> >> available. Any idea how much the cost was and what mods were required?
>> >>
>> >> Or, perhaps some tech data on the synthesizer as far as what pins
>> >> control the frequency, as well as any binary-to-frequency info.
>> >>
>> >> Joe M.
>> >>
>> >> Chuck Kelsey wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Joe Burch was his name. It was a frequency agile control head that
>> could
>> >>> be set up for most any type of synthesized commercial radio. You
>> entered
>> >>> the frequency and tone via a keypad.
>> >>>
>> >>> Chuck
>> >>> WB2EDV
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> *From:* Chuck Kelsey < mailto:[email protected]>
>> >>> *To:*
<mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]
>> <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>
>> >>> < mailto:[email protected]>
>> >>> *Sent:* Monday, March 01, 2010 8:20 PM
>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 900 meg Spectra radio
>> >>>
>> >>> Been there, done that. There was no interest in the ham community.
>> >>> Why? It required modifications that most were not willing to tackle.
>> >>> At the moment, the name of the guy escapes me, but I did one of his
>> >>> modifications to a 6-meter Delta-S several years ago. He has since
>> >>> given up on the idea, but it worked on most any radio.
>> >>>
>> >>> Chuck
>> >>> WB2EDV
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