[Repeater-Builder] Mystery Daughter Board in RC-96 Controller

2006-01-04 Thread Eric Lemmon
I have posted two photos of the serial interface board found in some RC-96 controllers here: http://tinyurl.com/dst6n I'd like to hear from anyone who has specific information about its application and operation. Nothing is mentioned in the RC-96 manual. Thanks! 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off Topic Annoumcment

2006-01-04 Thread TGundo 2003
Congrats!   I have 16 month old twin boys, know what you are going through! It's really not that bad so just enjoy! Our 5 year old son helps quite a bit. (Thats right- do the math, 3 Boys! No more chores for dad in about 7 more years! ;) )   73   Tom W9SRV"Steaven Rogers, W4YI" <[EMAIL PR

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Funding

2006-01-04 Thread Kevin King
Lottery? Kevin -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of goldvetter Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:24 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Funding We have a repeater that needs to be gone t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Funding

2006-01-04 Thread Bruce Nanney
Just an idea, I got $3000.00 of Homeland Security money by going thru local EMA office that had access to alot of different grants. The catch is: Having someone that knows what to say and how to write the grant and be involved with a Government funded Entity. Example: I got 5 dual-band antenna

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Funding

2006-01-04 Thread ad8bc
Ah. Repeater funding. We had the same problem, really old repeater equipment, multiple sites, etc. We determined that to completely replace each component would run us about $25,000. We happen to be an IRS 501(c)(3) organization which allowed us to seek grant money from local foundations. We d

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Hi-Pro repeater

2006-01-04 Thread Jay Sario
Hi Mr. Paul, Thank you very much for this info it is really a BIG help,but i have one last question, i just want to clarify about the computation for the Transmitter board, if it is only Fc/24? I am just thinking that you might have missed something in the formula coz in the Receiver formula i

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MICOR the meaning of it.....

2006-01-04 Thread Neil McKie
Good point. They later fixed that with the Motrac front end model. Neil Jim wrote: > > Neil McKie wrote: > > > Motorola UHF Business Dispatcher - U34DRT ... for those of us > > who serviced them, was closer to D34DiRT ... > > Let's not forget it's parent, the D33BAT Industrial Di

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MICOR the meaning of it.....

2006-01-04 Thread Jim
Neil McKie wrote: > Motorola UHF Business Dispatcher - U34DRT ... for those of us > who serviced them, was closer to D34DiRT ... Let's not forget it's parent, the D33BAT Industrial Disaster! Jim Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yah

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Micor Board wanted

2006-01-04 Thread skipp025
Micors were also made down into the 24 and 25 Mhz range. Wish I still has some around. cheers, skipp > Captainlance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wanted for a 10Meter project, Motorola Micor exciter circuit board for base station Part # TLB8172 or TLB8272 range is 30-36 Mhz. > Lance, N2HBA

[Repeater-Builder] Micor Board wanted

2006-01-04 Thread Captainlance
Wanted for a 10Meter project, Motorola Micor exciter  circuit board for base station Part # TLB8172 or TLB8272 range is 30-36 Mhz. Lance, N2HBA  [EMAIL PROTECTED] YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web.   To unsubscribe from t

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Funding

2006-01-04 Thread N9WYS
How much do you have in the club treasury, and how much can your club members kick in? :-) Seriously, my county EMA is supporting my machine as part of their Homeland Security initiative. But I think I'm more fortunate than most. As far as grants and other stuff, I'm not aware of any that are n

[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Funding

2006-01-04 Thread goldvetter
We have a repeater that needs to be gone through and replaced. Our club has very little funds to replace the equipment. What if any kind of funding is out there to help defray the costs of the new equipment? Thanks in advance, Steve KCØTJH 73's Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your gr

Re: [Repeater-Builder] cleaning electronics

2006-01-04 Thread John J. Riddell
In this area, Waterloo Ontario, we often took the old tube rigs, after removing the tubes, to the self serve car wash and "Hosed" them down...then used the oven to dry them...waited a few days and they worked great ! We made a "Video" of this procedure for a Ham convention that was held in this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] cleaning electronics

2006-01-04 Thread Neil McKie
Forty someodd years ago, we were using the slightly older Motorola 80D and 140D's as mobiles. Cleaing them was a farily simple task: First stop was the local hospital supply and bought a package of Haemo-sol ... the stuff the hospitals used to clean dried blood from bed sheets etc.

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Hi-Pro repeater

2006-01-04 Thread pm3349714
Hi Jay, The formula for the RXER is Fc-10.7Mhz/9,The TXER is Fc/24 Hope this helps, Paul Maggiore AA3VI --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Sario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Eric, > > Thanks for the reply, actually i just need the part or page where it > shows how

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MICOR the meaning of it.....

2006-01-04 Thread Neil McKie
GE - Accent Line ... for those of us who serviced them was more like the Accident Line ... Or GE's attempt of something better than the Motrac? The Transistorized Progress Line or TPL ... to some of us was the Toilet Paper Line ... Why is an old GE like a puppy dog? It's forever

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MICOR the meaning of it.....

2006-01-04 Thread Neil McKie
The MICOR translation we got from the big 'M' was Motorola Integrated Circuit Optimized Reliability. Or, for those of us who had to service the first ones, was more like Motorola's Idiotic Concept Of Radio A few short years later, GE came out with the Mastr II ... but w

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MICOR the meaning of it.....

2006-01-04 Thread Joe Montierth
Then MOTRAC must stand for "More Old Tubes, Reeds, And Crap" :) Joe --- Kevin Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was recently introduced to a Gentleman by the name > of Robert Swoger, > K9WVY. Bob was in the original MICOR Mobile design > team from 1969 on. > He was at Motorola from 1965

[Repeater-Builder] MICOR the meaning of it.....

2006-01-04 Thread Kevin Custer
I was recently introduced to a Gentleman by the name of Robert Swoger, K9WVY.  Bob was in the original MICOR Mobile design team from 1969 on.  He was at Motorola from 1965 until he retired in 2002.  Not only did he design new MICOR radios, he later designed and FIXED designs of standard and c

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cleaning PC Boards

2006-01-04 Thread Q
Did some flood recovery work in the 80's,similar cleaning procedures but we also used a lo-temp bake oven to dry boards and transformers,even motors were salvaged and re-bearinged. A megger was the most important tool! Eric Lemmon wrote: > Around 1973, Hurricane Celeste struck Johnston Island-

[Repeater-Builder] Micor Repeater

2006-01-04 Thread witurac1962
Have a Motorola Micor vhf and uhf transmitter and vhf and uhf reciever. Both are linked togerher in the same cabinet. Both key but are not showing any power out to the antenna. Got the repeater the other day and the fellow said he had no problems with it. It has been sitting for over a year.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] cleaning electronics

2006-01-04 Thread Fred Townsend
skipp025 wrote: Hi Fred, Fred Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd like to second Skipps comments and add one of my own. At the factory we used ordinary dish washers (until we got the commercial washers) to clean PC boards. Also guilty of doing said... alth

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Hi-Pro repeater

2006-01-04 Thread Jay Sario
Hello Eric, Thanks for the reply, actually i just need the part or page where it shows how to compute the crystal frequency for both boards coz i have some crystals which i made be able to use it. I was able to download a copy of the VHF version at the repeater-builder site , but it doesnt ha

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: ssr relays (leakage)

2006-01-04 Thread Neil McKie
A number of years ago, when I was working for the county, I was 'assigned' the electronic up-keep of the jail - which included the ssr controlled electric door latches. Every few weeks, another srr would short; if not disconnected quickly, the solenoid would burn up. My opinion at the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off Topic Annoumcment

2006-01-04 Thread Mike Pugh
Well, your post may be off topic. If it is, then my reply is also off topic. But what the hell, congratulations to you, and the family! Hope everyone continues to be well. Best 73! Mike KA4MKG Steaven Rogers, W4YI wrote: > Sorry for the off topic post, but this is a one time post on the > subj

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cleaning PC Boards (was: Unrelated topic)

2006-01-04 Thread k1ike_mail
Ahh, good old Tri, we used that liberally in the 60's and 70's to clean lots of stuff. It's surprising that we survived that toxic period of time, most of that stuff is banned today. Fortunately, I don't appear to have any symptoms of all these toxic substances of yesteryear (some my argue thi