[Repeater-Builder] Re: [radio-prog@yhgrps] Delayed response to repeater

2004-11-20 Thread Eric Lemmon
Brian, I am very familiar with this problem. There are several possible contributing factors: 1. The users speak too soon after keying the mike. 2. The repeater may be slow in responding to incoming PL. 3. The PL frequency may be well below 100 Hz. 4. The PL deviation may be too low (not

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-20 Thread Daron J. Wilson
Well...sorta. The feed line in question is referred to as 'air dielectric', as such instead of a foam or polyethylene dielectric to keep the center conductor centered where it is and provide insulation between the center conductor and ground, there is a spiral piece of dielectric material to hold

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Mobile duplexer tuning (some theory offered)

2004-11-20 Thread Laryn Lohman
Kevin thank you for the fine explanation. Digging deeper into my junque box, I have come up with a Phelps-Dodge duplexer which was on a low power in-house repeater on 464 mc. This one is designed for TX low/RX high, and is the one that will be used for this project. I am tuning and evaluating

[Repeater-Builder] Re: radial tire static?

2004-11-20 Thread Laryn Lohman
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Daron J. Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One local broadcast station is notorius for running out of nitrogen on the hill and letting it go for months on end. When they finally decide it is time, I put a new tank on, crank it up, climb the tower and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-20 Thread Mark Holman
I bought Kelly Tires for my 1994 Dodge Shadow and I use regular Air , one thing ABT Dodges is that they designed their vechicles for 2 way applications like running DC PWR cables thru a rubber plug that slits w/a jackknife. 204,700 Miles and still running. Mark Holman, CRO AB8RU -

[Repeater-Builder] Jumper help!

2004-11-20 Thread tgundo2003
I am finishing up my uhf repeater buildup, and I made up some 1/4 superflex jumpers from the radio (Converted mitrek) to the duplexer to replace the crummy ones I am using now (One is a RG-8, the other an RG-8M,lots of adapters and everything, yuk!). The connectors on the radios are so-239,

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Where to buy DB 224e

2004-11-20 Thread Doug D.
What state and city are they located in? thanks, dougd KC2KGY WPSI726 --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Adam C. Feuer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They do not have a website. I just purchased a ham split DB408 and was very happy with them. You just have to call them and see if they

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Where to buy DB 224e

2004-11-20 Thread Adam C. Feuer
I believe the office I spoke to was Glassboro (or something like that) in New Jersey. They also made mention of another office somewhere in Georgia. Adam N2ACF - Original Message - From: Doug D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004

[Repeater-Builder] GE-Moto (relay question)

2004-11-20 Thread Paul Kelley
Kevin, That is one awesome repeater! Nice mix of GE and Motorola stuff. I sort of have the reverse situation with GE receiver / exciter and Moto PA. I have questions concerning the PA selection relays. I assume you have relays at the PA outputs as well as the inputs? What type of relays are

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Jumper help!

2004-11-20 Thread Joe
Did you measure the 50 ohms with a multimeter? If you did, try putting power to the cables with a radio and measure the reflected power of the jumper by itself. Sometimes a DC 50 ohms does not equal an RF 50 ohms. The other possiblilty might be that the RG8 was the exact lengths to make it

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE-Moto (antenna relay question)

2004-11-20 Thread Kevin Custer
Paul Kelley wrote: Kevin, That is one awesome repeater! Nice mix of GE and Motorola stuff. I sort of have the reverse situation with GE receiver / exciter and Moto PA. I have questions concerning the PA selection relays. I assume you have relays at the PA outputs as well as the inputs?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE-Moto (relay question)

2004-11-20 Thread Steve Grantham
How about running the exciter PTT or A+ through timed relay contacts that will open on a power failure, and then close again after sufficient time for a cold switch to be made has elapsed? The brief interruption of signal should be of little consequence to voice users, and might also serve to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Where to buy DB 224e

2004-11-20 Thread russ
They also do have the DB-224e in stock I bought one from them last week. I got the price from Dean in the Glassboro NJ office. We installed it this morning and it is working very well on our 147.315 repeater in Chester PA. It is nice that some one still stocks good antennas in the Ham bands and

[Repeater-Builder] Question for the list...

2004-11-20 Thread Mike WA6ILQ
I've run into a situation, and thought I'd tap the assembled knowledge of the group... Is there a software package available that will let someone drag-and-drop JPG or GIF image files and produce a single PDF file? The current situation is 27 individual page scans from a Motorola manual that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Where to buy DB 224e

2004-11-20 Thread Mike WA6ILQ
Cook Towers, and all their phone numbers, is on the Suppliers page at www.repeater-builder.com I think it's under antennas. At 05:05 AM 11/20/04, you wrote: I believe the office I spoke to was Glassboro (or something like that) in New Jersey. They also made mention of another office

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Question for the list...

2004-11-20 Thread Mathew Quaife
To create a PDF file you will have to have the full version of Adobe Acrobat, it is the only program that is able to creat them. There is a software license on that one that to my knowledge has never been broken. Mathew - Original Message - From: Mike WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Question for the list...

2004-11-20 Thread TGundo 2003
Do a google search for a PDF printer driver, there are many free ones to use. Throw all of your gifs and jpegs into Word and create you document. Then, after installing a pdf printer program, you select the pdf printer as your default printer and "print" your word doc. A box will come up that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Where to buy DB 224e

2004-11-20 Thread russ
They Have offices in Glassboro NJ (south NJ), A big warehouse in New Castle Del., A sales office in Eagleville PA. and a Office out side of Atlanta GA. Contact info. NJ- 856-881-6777 PA- 610-631-3447 GA- 770-423-7553 DE- 302-328-0339 Toll free- 877-992-2665 No web page. E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Question for the list...

2004-11-20 Thread Rob
There are other third party PDF creators. Google around and you'll find them. I think there is one called PDFCreator on SourceForge.Net - Rob At 06:22 PM 11/20/2004, you wrote: To create a PDF file you will have to have the full version of Adobe Acrobat, it is the only program that is able

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Question for the list...

2004-11-20 Thread Richard
Another way is to use Windows picture and fax viewer (available in XP), select all of the JPGs for printing, then send 'em to the pdf driver. That's what I use. Richard, N7TGB -Original Message-From: TGundo 2003 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Question for the list...

2004-11-20 Thread Micheal Salem
Mike: It may be more expensive or trouble than you are looking for, but Paperport Pro 9.0 will allow you to scan directly to PDF. You can scan individual pages and Paperport allows you to drop them onto each other to stack them into a multipage document. I use Paperport 9.0 and it is an

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Question for the list...

2004-11-20 Thread Mike WA6ILQ
From: Mike WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 3:16 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Question for the list... I've run into a situation, and thought I'd tap the assembled knowledge of the group... Is there a software