Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bickering - Thompson, McElhaney

2005-01-03 Thread Frederick E. Fitte
Bravo Kevin... - Original Message - From: Kevin Custer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bickering - Thompson, McElhaney Barry Thompson wrote: Joe, your more visiable than you

[Repeater-Builder] Moto CDM-750 question

2005-01-03 Thread Rob Chris
Can anyone tell me what the input impedance for the accessory Mic input is on a CDM-750 UHF or how much drive it takes to get 3KHz deviation? I am trying to hook one up to use for an autopatch and cannot get enough drive from the patch to be useful. I suspect an impedance mismatch. I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rusty Bolt effect and noise floor questions

2005-01-03 Thread Scott
Hello Matt-- Sounds like you may be desensing yourselfWhat happens to the signal to noise ratio of a received weak signal when you turn off your repeater transmitter? The signal to noise of the output of your repeater receiver should stay the same and if it does all is well as far as desense

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: [Motorola] MSR2000 PA Transistors

2005-01-03 Thread Eric Lemmon
Mitch, RF Parts does list the M9625 on their Web site. Dunno how much $... Go here: http://www.rfparts.com/motocomm.html 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY kd4htw2001 wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Eric Lemmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken, The M1134 PA transistors, AKA 4884411L34,

[Repeater-Builder] smx4450 maxon

2005-01-03 Thread ian wells
i am chaseing information on keeping a smx4450 repeater cool .i have considered installing a bigger heatsink onto the back of the tx radio but i also remember that someone sugested installing a antenna tuner between the tx radio and the diplexer to reduce the swr so the tx module runs

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Possible Motorola duplexer?

2005-01-03 Thread Mathew Quaife
As far as the SP, I think that might be something just for them, mine has a SP1 after the model number. I can't say for sure about a busy site, my repeater was in town next to several VHF transmitters and one other UHF transmitter, as well as a Railroad radio system, and about a 1000 feet from a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Possible Motorola duplexer?

2005-01-03 Thread Joe
Mine has SP1 stenciled on it. It shows a pass and notch frequency for each side in the 456/451Mhz range, so I assumed it was a BP/BR duplexer. The label calls it a Diplexer, but the inputs are marked ANT, RX and TX. Joe At 01:22 PM 1/2/2005, you wrote: The SP300 marking on my unit suggests

[Repeater-Builder] Moving R100 to ham band?

2005-01-03 Thread n1ist
The repeater fairies just dropped off a Moto R100, model Q2932A on 462.8624/468.8625 with a code of 051. It has options L168ANSP, L658AASP, and L143AGSP. How hard is it to move this to 447.175? I have the RSS from the Russian site and the notes from Batlabs; I will build the programming cable

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Moto CDM-750 question

2005-01-03 Thread Rob
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Eric Lemmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob, The input impedance of either the front panel mike input, or the external mike input on Pin 2 of the Accessory Connector, is 560 ohms. Both inputs are factory-set at 14mV for 3kHz deviation, but the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Moto CDM-750 question

2005-01-03 Thread Eric Lemmon
Rob, The input impedance of either the front panel mike input, or the external mike input on Pin 2 of the Accessory Connector, is 560 ohms. Both inputs are factory-set at 14mV for 3kHz deviation, but the gains can be adjusted in CPS. The above information was found in Paragraph 2.3.2 of the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Moving R100 to ham band?

2005-01-03 Thread Gary
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, n1ist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The repeater fairies just dropped off a Moto R100, model Q2932A on 462.8624/468.8625 with a code of 051. It has options L168ANSP, L658AASP, and L143AGSP. How hard is it to move this to 447.175? I have the RSS from

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Portable Repeater - A Case History

2005-01-03 Thread Eric Lemmon
Kevin, Yes, it is asymmetrical. Each of the three high-pass resonators has two black plastic plugs near the connector end, while the low-pass resonators each have one plastic plug. A Celwave engineer told me that the 5085-1 is manufactured to order, and that the coupling loops are

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
Neil - you're the one with several ex-highway-patrol cars in your history The nearest I got to a public safety vehicle was the ex-DEA dodge dart undercover chase car. It had the ex-Arizona highway patrol UHF micor in it... By the way, Ed's chevy suburban will turn one million miles in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Christ! My truck has over 300,000 miles on it. I can't imagine running a vehicle to a million. -- Original Message -- Received: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:00:21 AM CST From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] SNIP By the way, Ed's chevy suburban will turn one million miles in another

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Moving R100 to ham band?

2005-01-03 Thread kc7gf
Mike, they move quite easily, I tuned one down to449.275 and it still had good sensitivity. All I had to do is readjust the VCO voltages and retune the front end of the receiver. You will have to interface the controller through the 25 pin remote connector. (If it has one) I have a pagefrom

[Repeater-Builder] Question on emmision types

2005-01-03 Thread J Q P
Can any one please ID what these emission types are? F1D, A1D, J1D, R1D, H1D, G1D, J3E, H3E, R3E, G3E Thanks Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Wade Lake
I agree with Coy. snip That's the trouble with most of these post, and all of them using transformers. You are still driving audio back into the other output stage. That will sooner or later distroy the audio output PA !!! I've replaced many expensive PA Moduls becaue

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Question on emmision types

2005-01-03 Thread KA9QJG
This Might Help Good Luck Don KA9QJG/R 444.750 All Mot Micor Bandwidth This is the required bandwidth of the transmitter.The above example represents "16.0kHz bandwidth".The decimal point is replaced with "H", "K", "M", or "G".These

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rusty Bolt effect and noise floor questions

2005-01-03 Thread Joe
It's not desense that he has, it is loss of sensitivity. If he did the sensitivity test as stated on the article Chris wrote, the transmitter is not active. http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech-info/effectivesens.html I take the test one step more and transmit during the sensitivity test to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Wade Lake
This sounds like a viable solution on the surface, however, it may be more trouble than its worth. Care would have to be taken to get it to sound decent. The speaker grill would have to be sealed properly. Also, be careful if you use Maxtrac speakers for anything but Maxtracs. They were

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
My 1990 Chevy Suburban has 336,000+ miles on it now. I visited the transmission shop a few weeks ago and had the tranny replaced as the guy said it was probably a bit tired. The engine is original having never been apart except for a timing chain, front and rear seals and the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rusty Bolt effect and noise floor questions

2005-01-03 Thread Matt
Hi Joe and Scott, Thanks for your replies. Yes, I did the test as described in the article and like you Joe, I did one more step which was to key the transmitter and check for desense. The SINAD reading on the meter didn't change when I keyed up. Its a proper commercial antenna the repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Moto CDM-750 question

2005-01-03 Thread James
Should be 600 ohms at pin 3 (ext mic). You can get around this by turning up the mic gain in the programming software. James Rob Chris wrote: Can anyone tell me what the input impedance for the accessory Mic input is on a CDM-750 UHF or how much drive it takes to get 3KHz

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola Flexars - Sell?

2005-01-03 Thread NØATH
I have a friend that sent me the following e-mail: Are there any Motorola fans out there that can tell me what could be done with these? These rigs are inEXTREMELY good condition - Look New.( The repeaters ( I haven't seen the HT's )). I don't know if they have PL, DPL, any type of an ID

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Q
Memories...1959 Chrysler Saratoga Police special,426 Hemi,push button automatic w/mechanical overdrive lever.Motorola tube radio on 37mhz,Speedo went to 160,certified. BIG gas tank...lousy mileage! Engine still lives in buddys rail dragster... Neil McKie wrote: I had one ex-police car (1961

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Controllers

2005-01-03 Thread Q
Jim B. wrote: The original point was whether you HAVE to use the fourth column. There was a point about using an NHRC controller on a 900 Mhz repeater, as there is no ham gear for that band, and none of the commercial gear has 16-button pads. Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yes,I understand

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
I had one ex-police car (1961 Dodge Seneca) ... and an ex California Highway Patrol car (1969 Dodge Polara, with the 440 Magnum engine in it; would pass anything but a gas station.) I had fun with it too ... ;) Neil - WA6KLA Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: Neil - you're the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Joe Montierth
--- Q [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Memories...1959 Chrysler Saratoga Police special,426 Hemi,push button automatic w/mechanical overdrive lever.Motorola tube radio on 37mhz,Speedo went to 160,certified. BIG gas tank...lousy mileage! Engine still lives in buddys rail dragster... I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic part 95 DCS on GMRS

2005-01-03 Thread Jim B.
Barry Thompson wrote: Thanks to Russ, I contacted the FCC WTB regarding the usage of DCS/DPL or anything other than common tone names like PL from the Motorola trade mark and was confirmed that anything other than PL was not authorized under part 95.181 sub section G H. In my local

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Controllers

2005-01-03 Thread Jim B.
Q wrote: Mine uses all 16 digits,and I told it to do sowho still messes with 12 digit pads??? This is the 21st century after all Mark Holman wrote: I know a Repeater that uses the ABCD commands in theirs and one is speed dial to A A A auto service ? I think they still do !

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Moving R100 to ham band?

2005-01-03 Thread N9WYS
Yes, Mike - they work quite well, if tuned up properly. Im currently running one as a back-up unit for my 444.550 machine. If you need the tune-up pages from the manual, let me know. Mark N9WYS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters?

2005-01-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
radius gr400 repeater or a set of maxtracs with a rick box and a duplexer but remember to check wide band or narrowband Juno Gift Certificates Give the gift of Internet access this holiday season. http://www.juno.com/give

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters?

2005-01-03 Thread Jim B.
Dakota Summerhawk wrote: Is the best way to have a mobile repeater up and running with two mobile radios and a duplexer? Looking for a way to be able to run a couple of repeaters, one VHF, one UHF for a mobile communications van. Can anyone recommend ways to cut down on weight and space?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Flexars - Sell?

2005-01-03 Thread Jim B.
NØATH wrote: I have a friend that sent me the following e-mail: Are there any Motorola fans out there that can tell me what could be done with these? These rigs are in EXTREMELY good condition - Look New.( The repeaters ( I haven't seen the HT's )). I don't know if they have PL, DPL, any

[Repeater-Builder] Sale items.

2005-01-03 Thread safari_tim
I don't recall seeing items listed for sale on this list. Is that OK to do? ---Tim Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Speaker Level Mixing

2005-01-03 Thread Q
Joe Montierth wrote: --- Q [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Memories...1959 Chrysler Saratoga Police special,426 Hemi,push button automatic w/mechanical overdrive lever.Motorola tube radio on 37mhz,Speedo went to 160,certified. BIG gas tank...lousy mileage! Engine still lives in buddys rail

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters?

2005-01-03 Thread russ
Jim and the group, We have the TKR-850 ver. 2 running at 40 watts in the Com van and feeding a DB 408 using TX/RX station duplexer works fine. In the same rack is a TKR-750 (147) and a Maggiore R-1 (222) they all work just fine and do not bother each outer at all. Why would you have to run the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Speakers (was speaker level mixing)

2005-01-03 Thread kc7gf
Mike, I think I've got that Bluesmobile rooftop speaker in my garage somewhere. Art - KC7GF Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of

[Fwd: [Repeater-Builder] TEST EQUIPMENT FS]

2005-01-03 Thread Q
I have the following test equipment for sale: 1-GE Personal Radio adapter 4EX12A12 1-Motorola microphone tester VGC 1-Heathkit IT-21 tube checker,nice 1-Mercury Model 204 tube tester,no charts 1-Sencore 60mhz Dual Trace oscilloscope 1-Cushman CE-5 service monitor CONTACT ME DIRECT to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters?

2005-01-03 Thread Jim B.
russ wrote: Jim and the group, We have the TKR-850 ver. 2 running at 40 watts in the Com van and feeding a DB 408 using TX/RX station duplexer works fine. In the same rack is a TKR-750 (147) and a Maggiore R-1 (222) they all work just fine and do not bother each outer at all. Why would you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rusty Bolt effect and noise floor questions

2005-01-03 Thread Joe
Water has been used to spray on joints to see if the noise goes away. You can also use WD-40 to spray the joints, but that's up to the tower owner as it can make a mess. What kind of an antenna are you using? I use a groundplane that has a folded driven element. This keeps the antenna at DC

[Repeater-Builder] System Status, west

2005-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
... snip ... - - - - - If only Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed. OH! Wait! he does! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from

[Repeater-Builder] Cable on DB4001-1 Length

2005-01-03 Thread w9mwq
I am going to use two of the Decibel Products DB-4001-1 Filters on the receive side of my repeater once I connect a preamp this week. What I need to know is, is there a certain length the cable has to be between the two cavities that connects them together as well as between the preamp and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: [Motorola] MSR2000 PA Transistors

2005-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
People have been wondering why I seem to 'collect' all those old used Motorola and GE radios. I usually 'collect' them at swapmeets when the sellers can't give them away (except to me.) I finally unloaded almost all of the tube gear except one - even donated a GE MT-16 to a friend

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sale items.

2005-01-03 Thread Kevin Custer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't recall seeing items listed for sale on this list. Is that OK to do? If you ask the list owner Kevin Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rusty Bolt effect and noise floor questions

2005-01-03 Thread Mark Holman
Matt All, If you have any ground connections going to the body just grab a piece of sandpaper Disconnect your Batt leads on both sides on Ford Dodges a battery terminal brush you will need to clean, also sugguestion get those felt chem. treated Washers and place on the bottom,

[Repeater-Builder] FS LIST

2005-01-03 Thread Q
1-GE MastrII 75 watt cont.duty UHF repeater on 443/449 rack mount with Sinclair 4 cavity res-loc duplexer,GE UHS preamp and 4 wire audiocard, working fine,in service now. No controller $700 1-GE MastrII 110 watt cont.duty VHF repeater on 146 in 4' cabinet with a GE ferro-resonant 30 amp power

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters?

2005-01-03 Thread russ
Well they don't bother each outer and there is room for all the duplexers. So I guess there is no reason not to run them they way they are set up as they are not broke. Russ, W3CH - Original Message - From: Jim B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,

[Repeater-Builder] Re: [Motorola] MSR2000 PA Transistors

2005-01-03 Thread Gary
About a year and a half ago I replaced the whole board on my VHF MSR2000 110 watt NCD PA. (My PA had more problems than just the transistors) I used the PA board out of a 110 watt mitrek mobile. It took me an afternoon to do it as I recall. I had to remove the power control circuitry and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: [Motorola] MSR2000 PA Transistors

2005-01-03 Thread Mark Holman
Say Neil; XYL would have a fit If I did that ! and I still have whatever in the Attic M. H. - Original Message - From: Neil McKie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: