Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-22 Thread ecellison
, 2005 6:34 PM To: ecellison Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board ecellison wrote: Larry Thanks. I think the RCA Phono for PTT and Amp key is a done deal. Although Larry has stated no size concerns

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-22 Thread Larry Loen
ecellison wrote: Larry My thinking is that potentially everyone would like to have an inexpensive ptt and amp interface which protects the radio. Some may like to play with the other pins so a much lighter header could be provided to make the other open collector pins available with a light

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-22 Thread ecellison
Loen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:17 AM To: ecellison Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board ecellison wrote: Larry My thinking is that potentially everyone would like

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-21 Thread Larry Loen
Wallace Watson wrote: Folks, Attached is my first hack at the Poor Mans's UCB board design. Excuse my novice approach, but I have not drawn schematics or done board layout work for more years than I care to remember. Also the incorrect symbol usage for the Opto-Isolator MOSFETS, but with

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-21 Thread ecellison
] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board Wallace Watson wrote: Folks, Attached is my first hack at the Poor Mans's UCB board design. Excuse my novice approach, but I have not drawn schematics or done board layout work for more years than I care to remember. Also the incorrect symbol usage

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-21 Thread Larry Loen
ecellison wrote: Larry I have never disagreed with the problems with the mini jacks. However, they are readily available, small, come in different length patch cables, come with rf suppression etc. We could use RCA Phono jacks which have a lot of friction and are also readily available. I

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-21 Thread ltaft
nest. 73, Larry K2LT From: Larry Loen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/21 Mon AM 09:39:34 WET To: ecellison [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board ecellison wrote: Larry I have never

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-21 Thread Mel Whitten
]; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:55 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board Larry I have never disagreed with the problems with the mini jacks. However, they are readily available, small, come in different length patch cables, come

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-21 Thread Philip Covington
On 11/21/05, Mel Whitten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Craig Labs ProGold / DeoxIT conditioning treatment on the sound cardplugs. You may recall seeing their booth at Dayton Hamvention the pastseveal years.I've been using it for years on a variety of connectors and contacts to improve

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-21 Thread Larry Loen
ecellison wrote: Larry Thanks. I think the RCA Phono for PTT and Amp key is a done deal. Although Larry has stated no size concerns, if we ignore size then we have the bulk of a 15 pin through HD cable 6 ft long. That is heavy and is a monster on the desk. The design should allow attachment

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-20 Thread ecellison
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:45 PM To: ecellison; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board E^2, I'll give it a runthrough and see what should be on a little board to isolate the big bad world from the delicate innards

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-20 Thread Wallace Watson
rigging a 15 pin connector as I did for the foot switch. Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:45 PM To: ecellison; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board E^2

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-20 Thread ecellison
@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board Wallace Watson wrote: All, I used Dale, N0XAS's, Univeral Keying Adapter for my Amp keying scheme. This little board uses an optically isolated,MOSFET solid-state relay part # G2-1A03 as the interface

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-20 Thread ab7r
: Sunday, November 20, 2005 6:17 AM To: 'Larry Loen'; 'Wallace Watson' Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board Wally Thanks for the input, and I would definitely like to persue this as a project. Iffn you got a pencil, how about a sketch

[Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-19 Thread ecellison
Folks I think I blew the ULN 2003 open collector chip out of my radio during the Belize DXpedition by trying to connect a relay in an amplifier directly into the radio on x2-7 without any buffering. Perhaps a spike or surge. Dunno. But it brings back to mind a project I suggested to

Re: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board

2005-11-19 Thread ltaft
the amp control in one plugin. 73, Larry K2LT drakerepair.com 800-687-9161 From: ecellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/20 Sun AM 01:59:34 WET To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] RFC - Poor Man's Universal Controller Board Folks I think I blew the ULN 2003 open