Re: [Repeater-Builder] Capacitor Question on a NSN6048A CONVERT A COM SPEAKER

2006-02-16 Thread N9LLO
Looks ike a 10uf 25v to me Chris N9LLO YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Fw: DB-228

2006-02-16 Thread JamesMNelson
John, This is a post that I listed a week or so ago about a 228. Maybe this will help you with some of your questions. Rodger, I have a DB-228 that is mounted in the center of the Northwest face. The faces are 8 across if memory serves me correctly. We are at 635 Center of

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Fw: DB-228

2006-02-16 Thread JamesMNelson
Mike, Was this by any chance a Crew out of GA? I think I know that story. Been told by a man with first hand exp. Years ago I saw a photo of a superstationmaster that had gotten away from a installation crew when a bracket broke. It had tipped over, fallen and speared

[Repeater-Builder] OT-Code speed.. was Radio quality

2006-02-16 Thread Mike Perryman
I know a fellow who can run in the neighborhood of 80wpm...Tom was a high-speed intercept operator copying cut numbers (coded numbers in groups of 5 characters) sent by Russian operators during the cold war. It is amazing to watch him work in a contest. I can't even come close to copying

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power

2006-02-16 Thread Jim B.
Kevin Custer wrote: If we went around putting 3 dB pads on our repeaters until someone noticed, we'd soon have a repeater that no one would be able to use. In this forum, most of us strive for the best operation we can afford, or set-up up to our best ability. A matched system is one

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power

2006-02-16 Thread Jim B.
Ray Brown wrote: Absolutely. I have an Elmer here (okay, he's only 4 years older than me but he's a lifetime ARRL member and QCWA member) and he was putting up repeaters back in the 70's. He's been trying, unsuccessfully, for the past 5 years to get coordination on a 2m repeater because his

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: UHF Power

2006-02-16 Thread Jim B.
Dave VanHorn wrote: I have tried the experiment of going up to the site for a couple hours, and not even opening the door.. Then ask if anyone notices any difference in performance. :) You get a feeling for who is going to always report problems, and who will report big improvements,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power Amplifier

2006-02-16 Thread Jim B.
Paul Finch wrote: Hello, Vocom must have changed a lot then. I remember some of their first attempts at PA Amps and they were awful. The burned up a lot and had wires running everywhere in the cabinet. Guess I ought to pull some of the old 250 watt paging service PA's down off the

Re: Radio quality (was RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power)

2006-02-16 Thread Jim B.
Jeff DePolo wrote: Ok, I'll bite-what's AIP? I have a G707, and don't remember seeing anything labeled like that. Kenwood's AIP = Advanced Intercept Point. It reduces the sensitivity of the receiver which has the effect of reducing receiver-induced intermod by lowering the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT-Code speed.. was Radio quality

2006-02-16 Thread Paul Finch
Mike, Sounds like Pappy Spinks that used to own Oak Grove Airport South of Fort Worth, Texas. They are so fast they copy whole words and maybe even sentences, who knows, it's just fast. Paul -Original Message-From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL

[Repeater-Builder] old mobile telephone systems

2006-02-16 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Is there anywhere that still has old 35/43 MHz, 150 Mhz, or 450 MHz mobile phone systems still active? -- Original Message -- SNIP You'd think it should be getting BETTER with all of the VHF/UHF paging activity having dropped off in many areas, IMTS being dead (or in some cases, the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] old mobile telephone systems

2006-02-16 Thread Jim B.
JOHN MACKEY wrote: Is there anywhere that still has old 35/43 MHz, 150 Mhz, or 450 MHz mobile phone systems still active? Good question. I remember hearing a mention of a UHF RCC system still on the air down south somewhere, Alabama maybe? But they were the only ones. Most of those freqs got

[Repeater-Builder] Need RLC-ICM

2006-02-16 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Anyone got a used RLC-ICM to sell? (This unit makes the Icom 900/901 modules mate up to a Linkcomm controller for a remote base) 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

[Repeater-Builder] Measuring receiver rejection of repeater transmitter signal

2006-02-16 Thread Bob M.
I have a repeater with a receiver on 902.4125 MHz and a transmitter on 927.4125 MHz. The duplexer is a 4-section Bp/Br design that provides 90dB rejection of the unwanted signal. I measured this by transmitting a 100w signal (+50dBm) into the TX port, terminating the ANT port with a 500w dummy

[Repeater-Builder] Mount on the Flat Side?

2006-02-16 Thread Bill Powell
Speaking of DB228s and mounting on wide faced towers, about the only place left to mount anything new on our county EOC tower is on the faces; it's sticks from dirt to dome all the way up. However, I haven't seen this done except for the occassional microwave antenna on an exotic mount. 1) Is it

[Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread Dr. Ron Johnson
Folks, I wonder if anyone out there has any information on the offset crystal needed for a GLB synthesizer. I am trying to interface an old GLB to my old Motorola Motrac (U63HHT). Its an old boatanchor. Trying to replicate my early days on 2 meters when I ran this setup. But I have lost

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Measuring receiver rejection of repeater transmitter signal

2006-02-16 Thread jeff
I tried experimenting with a couple of sig gens, one on 902.4125 and one on 927.4125, feeding a home-made coupler. I discovered that the 927.4125 signal needed to be about 80-85dB higher than the 902.4125 signal to give me a noticeable degradation on the received signal. This was on an 800

RE: [Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread dave_novotny
Ron, I believe I still have a copy of the GLB manual in my files. Email me off-net and Ill try to get a copy to you. Dave Novotny, WA6IFI Wa6ifi at adelphia dot net From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Ron

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power Amplifier

2006-02-16 Thread Nate Duehr
Tony Faiola wrote: For the past five or ten years, we have used the newer VOCOM 2 meter amplifier. This is before they became Cresend, and I must say that this 250 watt amplifier has performed admirably for this length of time. They have their act together, and I would now recommend them

Re: [AR902Mhz] RE: [Repeater-Builder] Measuring receiver rejection of repeater transmitter signal

2006-02-16 Thread Nate Duehr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The easiest (cheapest) way is with a lossy tee. Generate the offending signal into one of the thru ports on the tee, connect the receiver to the other thru port, and then generate the desired signal into the decoupled port on the tee. Not to change the subject here

[Repeater-Builder] material I referenced earlier this week

2006-02-16 Thread Mike Perryman
I am posting a link to the document I referenced earlier this week regarding LMR coverage prediction, and D-to-U ratios... I hope you all find it useful. http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/documents/reports/R-6406.pdf For those who have never read this report, there is good stuff in here... it is the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Measuring receiver rejection of repeater transmitter signal

2006-02-16 Thread Bob M.
Thanks to all who replied, on both groups. The sig gen on the main freq was a Fluke 6071A, and its output level was around -86dBm through my home-made combiner to give me 30dB quieting (actual measurement with an AC voltmeter). The interfering signal came from an Agilent E4430B, and its output

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread John J. Riddell
Ron, I have the complete manual for the GLB and I still use one here ! The offset crystal is: F offset= (150 - Rcvr 1st IF) / 6 in Mhz 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Dr. Ron Johnson To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 16,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
If anyone wants to make a PDF of the GLB manual I'll put it up on the Other Manufacturers page. And I have a GLB for sale. Dunno what it's set up for. In a fit of nostalgia I paid $30 for it at a local hamfest with the idea that I'd hook it to a highband Mitrek tabletop base. And it's a

[Repeater-Builder] ERICSSON MDS

2006-02-16 Thread cobalto27mx
HELLO GROUP: I NEED THE SOFTWARE FOR THE GE-ERICSSON MDS, ANYBODY THIS, I HAVE OTHER FOR TRADE. THANKS - JESUS 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

Re:[Repeater-Builder] Measuring receiver rejection of repeater transmitter signal

2006-02-16 Thread Kevin Custer
Nate Duehr wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The easiest (cheapest) way is with a lossy tee. Generate the "offending" signal into one of the "thru" ports on the tee, connect the receiver to the other "thru" port, and then generate the "desired" signal into the decoupled port on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread Bob M.
I dug up my manual to answer the original question, but someone beat me to it. Several of the add-on pages were original purple mimeograph, and they're slowly fading. Inside I had dates of 7/17/74, and a serial number around 1400. I know I bought mine brand new and had tons of trouble with

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:12 PM 2/16/2006 -0800, you wrote: tons of trouble with synthesizer whine. Put it on a Micor. Ended up feeding audio from the exciter back up through the RX coax to do direct FM of the GLB's VCO. That was the only way we could get rid of feedback and distorted PL. As I recall, the unit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Any that I used worked great. I had one on my Standard Horizon II 2-meter rig. It was the low profile model with the offset switch. There were two of the regular (separate TX/RX) on a two meter Mastr Pro and on a Prog Line at our EOC. A friend had one of the GLB 2-meter radios and another a

[Repeater-Builder] GE DELTA S....SX

2006-02-16 Thread Coy Hilton
OKAY you Delta guys, I picked up a couple really neat GE DELTA S radios at this past weekend for 5 bucks each. They are VHF 150.8 to 174 and 110 watt units. They are neat little guys but have no proms but that doesn't seam to be the problem. I need a binary copy of a prom that is known to work

[Repeater-Builder] Ge M/A-Com Panther 300M to 440

2006-02-16 Thread Stephen Rice
Anybody tried to put a UHF Panther 300m on the 440 Ham Band? I have been looking at the files and was able to locate the frequency parameters for it so it allows you to enter in the software 440 frequencies. I modified it so I am able to enter the 440 band frequencies now but still need to

[Repeater-Builder] dB224 220 MHz antenna up on large tower initial results...

2006-02-16 Thread Roger White
I finally got the dB224 220 MHz antenna up on ourtower this past Monday. As you may recall, this tower isself supporting, 450 ft. tall and our 220 MHz repeater antenna location is at the 250 ft. height, the tower being 25 ft. wide at this location. I made the decision, based primarily on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dB224 220 MHz antenna up on large tower initial results...

2006-02-16 Thread Nate Duehr
Roger White wrote: I finally got the dB224 220 MHz antenna up on our tower this past Monday. As you may recall, this tower is self supporting, 450 ft. tall and our 220 MHz repeater antenna location is at the 250 ft. height, the tower being 25 ft. wide at this location. I made the decision,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] dB224 220 MHz antenna up on large tower initial results...

2006-02-16 Thread Paul Finch
Roger, I am working on a 220 repeater as we speak and I am interested in this 220 antenna you have. Is it actually a DB-224 that's tuned to 220 or is it some other model that looks like a DB 224? I have a friend that builds a look alike 220 MHz antenna, has made all the benders himself. The

[Repeater-Builder] dumb as mud

2006-02-16 Thread JOHN MACKEY
I have two new guys hanging out on my repeater system, I think they are coming in on the 2 meter side. They make contact with each other ON THE REPEATER using low power, then switch to high power and ask for signal reports. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dumb as mud

2006-02-16 Thread Nate Duehr
JOHN MACKEY wrote: I have two new guys hanging out on my repeater system, I think they are coming in on the 2 meter side. They make contact with each other ON THE REPEATER using low power, then switch to high power and ask for signal reports. It's rampant. I'd easily estimate that 1/4 of our

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dumb as mud

2006-02-16 Thread Kris Kirby
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Nate Duehr wrote: It's rampant. I'd easily estimate that 1/4 of our members don't really get how a repeater works. You're 20 over 9 here! I think I've heard something similar on the air here; one station was doing the drawn-out calling that you'd do for a contest