Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola TLD-1100 Wanted,please help if you can.
greg huffman wrote: Hi,after I just e-mailed you I got thinking,my friend wants to hook up the old bag phone to the head.You guys in this club are much more knowledgable on the old stuff than he is so I figured I would ask if this is the best way to do it. What would you advise ? I would put in a whole unit if it's easier but I don't know how to hook it up to the modern cell networks.The bag idea is just what we were thinking was the easiest,any advice would be great,Greg. Why bother? It sounds like a lot of work, and the old analog bag phone probably won't work any more. You'll be hard pressed to find any analog cell phone sites still in operation. I know there's none here in Ohio.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR 2000 PA okay cranked down?
I have 75W Mitrek running at about 45 W out (with a fan of course), and it's quite fine. I do however have a circulator/isolator w/load on the output, before the duplexer. The MSR is the same PA, so I would do the same thing. I don't think Motorola put a circulator on those like they did with the Micor stations. I would say OK, but put a circulator on it. George Henry wrote: Well, it's going on GMRS, so I can go as high as 50 watts... Thanks. - Original Message - From: Eric Lemmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 4:06 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSR 2000 PA okay cranked down? George, The MSR2000 manual specs the TLE2283B as variable between 45 and 100 watts. You're taking a chance to run it below 45 watts, especially if it is feeding a reactive load. The specs assume a stable 50 ohm load. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Henry Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:48 PM To: repeater-builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] MSR 2000 PA okay cranked down? Will a UHF MSR 2000 TLE2283B intermittent-duty PA play nice cranked back to 30 - 40 watts, or will it go spurious on me? Inquiring minds want to know. George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413
[Repeater-Builder] CommScope Heliax 1994
Im looking for the spec's on this cable. Does anyone have any info on this model?
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Broken Rock MT. tower collapse
Was this from shearing or vibration? If they're merely vibrating off, I'd have to say this is an application for Loctite, blue grade. The nice part with the blue stuff is you can inspect the torque and/or dismantle the tower later without having to use a torch. Higher grades of Loctite are stronger but much harder to disassemble later. JS -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wa5luy Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:24 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Broken Rock MT. tower collapse Yesterday morning the one of the communications towers on Broken Rock Mt. in western Arkansas collapsed. This self supporting tower was over 200 feet tall and had cell service and the NOAA weather radio for our area. The tower collapsed with a wind of no more than 50 miles per hour and had survived hurricanes Gustov and Ike. Last year I found some large bolts, nuts, washers on the ground at a similar tower where our repeater in Hot Springs is located. We had a tower company inspect our tower and they found loose bolts and one leg connection with all but one bolt missing with no nut. I am mo expert but it appears to me by looking at the leg connection of the collapsed tower the same condition occurred. Both towers were less than 12 years old. Pictures can be seen at http://hsara.org/. Scroll below the map. The moral of this story is check those bolts and check them often. Wayne WA5LUY Yahoo! Groups Links
[Repeater-Builder] COR from a Kenwood TM 331
I've read you can get everything you need to use one of these as a remote base from the mic plug _except_ COR... that you need the Doug Hall interface to get COR from the mic. Does anyone have experience getting it from inside the radio itself? This is my first try at remote base linking... would appreciate any and all pointers. Steve, W4HKL
[Repeater-Builder] Doug Hall Remote Base Interface
Two Questions: 1.) Is there a controller under $500 that easily interfaces with the Doug Hall box? 2.) Does anyone have a Doug Hall remote base controller they'd like to get rid of? :-) Steve, W4HKL
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Doug Hall Remote Base Interface
At 02:29 PM 10/28/2008 +, you wrote: Two Questions: 1.) Is there a controller under $500 that easily interfaces with the Doug Hall box? 2.) Does anyone have a Doug Hall remote base controller they'd like to get rid of? :-) I do. Steve, W4HKL
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken Rock MT. tower collapse
The tower I dismantled earlier this summer had locks built into the nuts. Engaging the locks was automatic for the tightening procedure. You simply tightened the nuts with an impact wrench. The lock was nothing more than a piece of heavy steel wire (#12??) imbedded in the surface of the nut. The thread end of the wire looked like it had been cut with a pair of side cutters. (it was chisel shaped to gouge better) When they tightened the nuts during assembly, the wire gouged into the threads of the bolt. When we were taking the tower apart, we had to go along with a hammer and chisel and unlock the locks so we could loosen the nuts. It was almost impossible to get the nuts loose without disabling the locks. Scott Scott Zimmerman Amateur Radio Call N3XCC 474 Barnett Rd Boswell, PA 15531 - Original Message - From: Jacob Suter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:05 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Broken Rock MT. tower collapse Was this from shearing or vibration? If they're merely vibrating off, I'd have to say this is an application for Loctite, blue grade. The nice part with the blue stuff is you can inspect the torque and/or dismantle the tower later without having to use a torch. Higher grades of Loctite are stronger but much harder to disassemble later. JS -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wa5luy Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:24 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Broken Rock MT. tower collapse Yesterday morning the one of the communications towers on Broken Rock Mt. in western Arkansas collapsed. This self supporting tower was over 200 feet tall and had cell service and the NOAA weather radio for our area. The tower collapsed with a wind of no more than 50 miles per hour and had survived hurricanes Gustov and Ike. Last year I found some large bolts, nuts, washers on the ground at a similar tower where our repeater in Hot Springs is located. We had a tower company inspect our tower and they found loose bolts and one leg connection with all but one bolt missing with no nut. I am mo expert but it appears to me by looking at the leg connection of the collapsed tower the same condition occurred. Both towers were less than 12 years old. Pictures can be seen at http://hsara.org/. Scroll below the map. The moral of this story is check those bolts and check them often. Wayne WA5LUY Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.4/1752 - Release Date: 10/28/2008 10:04 AM
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Doug Hall Remote Base Interface
At 08:29 AM 10/28/2008, you wrote: Two Questions: 1.) Is there a controller under $500 that easily interfaces with the Doug Hall box? The RLC-1 does http://www.link-comm.com/dpage.php?cid=2scid=11. It costs about $250. If you want something fancier, the RLC-1 Plus (about $525) adds a voice synthesizer and real time clock. The RLC-4 (about $550) will handle four radio ports (repeaters, full or half-duplex links, etc). See http://www.link-comm.com/dpage.php?cid=2scid=12 and http://www.link-comm.com/dpage.php?cid=2scid=14 respectively. Steve --- Steve Strobel Link Communications, Inc. 1035 Cerise Rd Billings, MT 59101-7378 (406) 245-5002 ext 102 (406) 245-4889 (fax) WWW: http://www.link-comm.com MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Repeater-Builder] CommScope Heliax 1994
You'll have to give us some more info, such as size, model number, markings on the cable, etc. Joe Gary wrote: Im looking for the spec's on this cable. Does anyone have any info on this model? Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken Rock MT. tower collapse
looking at the Pictures YEP an FM went off the air.. Must have been a Non Com based on the Type of antenna I only see 2 bays /
[Repeater-Builder] Re: CommScope Heliax 1994
That was it my friend. My guess is it might be 5/8 Its larger then 1/2 yet smalled then 7/8 Only markings were 1994 Comscope and the footage marker. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll have to give us some more info, such as size, model number, markings on the cable, etc. Joe Gary wrote: Im looking for the spec's on this cable. Does anyone have any info on this model? Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Doug Hall Remote Base Interface
At 07:29 AM 10/28/08, you wrote: Two Questions: 1.) Is there a controller under $500 that easily interfaces with the Doug Hall box? 2.) Does anyone have a Doug Hall remote base controller they'd like to get rid of? :-) Steve, W4HKL Scom 7K will do it, and you should be able to find a used one. The manual is here: http://www.scomcontrollers.com/downloads/manual7k203i.pdf and chapter 21 is all about remote bases and the Doug Hall RBI-1. Mike WA6ILQ
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Doug Hall Remote Base Interface
At 07:41 PM 10/29/2008, Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: At 07:29 AM 10/28/08, you wrote: Two Questions: 1.) Is there a controller under $500 that easily interfaces with the Doug Hall box? 2.) Does anyone have a Doug Hall remote base controller they'd like to get rid of? :-) Steve, W4HKL Scom 7K will do it, and you should be able to find a used one. ---Since we're plugging controllers here.. The RC210 works great with an RBI-1 http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/rc210/rc210.html -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!
