[Repeater-Builder] Re: photos of dead MASTR II PA

2006-03-14 Thread sgreact47
Holy smoke, Nate. Time to get out the silver solder! Those connections even fail with the 'omega' straps. 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

[Repeater-Builder] Brass or Aluminum tuning slugs

2006-03-14 Thread sgreact47
Does anyone have a source for either brass or aluminum tuning slugs for the coils in Motorola Maxtracs? They slugs are pretty close to 6X32 or 3.5mmX.6 pitch and 1/4 inch long. I am trying to move some 42-50 Maxtracs up to 6 meters without much luck. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Radio ID

2006-03-14 Thread mch
Southern Link is a SE-USA 'NexTel'. Joe M. Don wrote: I saw this Posted a SOUTHERN LINC MOTOROLA MOBILE BASE STATION is this Some Special Motorola radio You All Down south Use and is named after You, Only kidding but I have never heard of this Model. What is it ? Thanks Don KA9QJG

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Power supply identification request.

2006-03-14 Thread zl3tda
Thanks for that prompt Bob. Found the number and it is TPN1226A with SP01 stamped next to this number. Fingers crossed I can find a circuit and notes for connections. :-)) 73 Graham ZL3TV. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Bob M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look all over the chassis for

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Power supply identification request.

2006-03-14 Thread Bob M.
The SP01 means it was a Special Product, a stock unit modified for the customer. You won't be able to find an exact schematic for it as Motorola apparently doesn't or won't release those kinds of things. I checked my MSF5000 manual and although there are numbers close to it, nothing matches

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Radio ID

2006-03-14 Thread dalite01
Southern Linc is a Nextel-Like LMR network with cellular option. It is a part of the Southern Company which also includes Savannah Electric and Power Company (among other holdings). It is up for refarming, as is Nextel, due to the Public Safety spectrum that it occupies. Treat it as a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread Jim B.
DCFluX wrote: Yeah, just like it is the law for any 2M repeater on a mountain top to have PL on the receiver. Um, Right On 3/13/06, Dick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I looked at the GMRS rules and don't see a requirement for tone squelch... digital or CTCSS. I don't think tone

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-14 Thread Jim B.
skipp025 wrote: Re: Kenwood TKR 820 I agree Jim, but some guys pull the boards and sell them on Ebay for about $50 each. If you don't think you'll ever need them, you generate another $50 income and run an external tone/ltr panel through the rear connector. cheers, skipp Takes

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread rtoplus
Jim, I'm sorry, but GMRS (part 95) repeaters are NOT required to have tone access. GMRS is a shared service and there is absolutely no requirement by the FCC that access is restricted by a PL tone. Same is true with at least my part 90 LMRS license, I'm not required to have CTCSS or DCS

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread rtoplus
Jim, I'm sorry, but GMRS (part 95) repeaters are NOT required to have tone access. GMRS is a shared service and there is absolutely no requirement by the FCC that access is restricted by a PL tone. Same is true with at least my part 90 LMRS license, I'm not required to have CTCSS or DCS

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-14 Thread Jim B.
Paul Finch wrote: Hello, The 820 repeater I have does not have a controller in it, wonder if it ever did. I got it second hand but it was set up for LTR trunking. If it really is a TKR and not a TKB, then yes it had the controller board. Did Kenwood have a option of no controller? Be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread Jim B.
rtoplus wrote: Jim, I'm sorry, but GMRS (part 95) repeaters are NOT required to have tone access. GMRS is a shared service and there is absolutely no requirement by the FCC that access is restricted by a PL tone. Same is true with at least my part 90 LMRS license, I'm not required to

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread Buley, Kenneth L \(GE Indust, ConsInd\)
According to which rule Kenneth Buley Bullitt County EMA Deputy Director CD-2 Bullitt/Spencer Counties Red Cross ECRV Driver/Operator BC-6 Bullitt County ARES/RACES Coordinator KY4DES Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis

[Repeater-Builder] Midland Base Tech Repeater Controller Question

2006-03-14 Thread Vincent Caruso
Hello All, I was just gifted with a project involving a Midland UHF Base-Tech repeater, the preliminary check on this thing seem fine 9operating as a base), however while sitting in storage someone glommed the controller and CTCSS boards. My questions are, has anyone on this board interfaced

[Repeater-Builder] Regulations discussions

2006-03-14 Thread KD5SFA
Okay...lets cool this down a little bit. We all know that discussions of FCC Regulations is Off Topic here. Since people are beginning to get heated about it, it is time to move along. The person whose project this is needs to understand for themselves the rules and if they have questions

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread DCFluX
All *REPEATERS* in UHF, both part 90 and part 95, are REQUIRED to have restricted access, and cannot be carrier squelch. PERIOD. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Brass or Aluminum tuning slugs

2006-03-14 Thread DCFluX
You have the thread specifications, I advise you try your local hardware store. Those bins that are in the back are full of all kinds of niffty items. You may have to trim to the desired length with a dremmel though. Expect to pay .15 for brass and .10 for aluminum. On 3/14/06, sgreact47 [EMAIL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread Johnny
Would you please quote the rule that says that. Johnny Jim B. wrote: DCFluX wrote: Yeah, just like it is the law for any 2M repeater on a mountain top to have PL on the receiver. Um, Right On 3/13/06, Dick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I looked at the GMRS rules and don't see a

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread skipp025
Dick, There are other methods to restrict access... as in burst/selective tone operation. It's popular in Europe and other countries. The pain in the a$$ for many GMRS and Commercial radio operators are the people putting up tone panels with a lot of reserve codes set to beep-only (don't

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-14 Thread skipp025
Hi Jim, I've never had a tone or ltr panel go bad in service (knocking on wood). I've had some ham repeater controllers crap, but never a commercial product. The Comm Spec TP-3200 has a well known problem with lock-up. Comm Spec will send you a free reset timer and install instructions if

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread steve
Hi a bit of info for you. In the UK no repeaters are allowed to run in just talkthrough mode, ie, anyone can access and use them. On older rptrs a toneburst of 1750Hz was needed to open up the RX and as long as the rx was getting an incoming signal all was fine. When the rx ceased being used the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread Jim B.
steve wrote: Hi a bit of info for you. In the UK no repeaters are allowed to run in just talkthrough mode, ie, anyone can access and use them. fwiw-we were talking commercial and GMRS, not ham...not sure what the equiv. of GMRS is in the UK... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice

2006-03-14 Thread steve
Hi Jim applies to all repeaters both commercial and ham Over here commercial rptrs are often called community repeaters were several users use the same freq base stn, but have different ctcss access tones. Say user 1 uses 77.0Hz tone, user 2 uses 110.9. If user one transmits then he accesses the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Brass or Aluminum tuning slugs

2006-03-14 Thread w8ak
I have used aluminum slugs out of uhf HT-220's and also used plain old pan head brass screws. Both work fine in moving low band Maxtracs. Glenn YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email

[Repeater-Builder] Trilectric

2006-03-14 Thread Dave
I acquired a Trilectric amplifier, model A-6100UBR and have no specs for it other than it lists an operating frequency of 451 MHz. Can anyone give my some insight as to input and output power for this unit? Thanks. Dave, K7QT Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go

[Repeater-Builder] Having a 2 meter remote base radio in house with a 2 meter repeater, any options

2006-03-14 Thread n9lv
What I need to know is if there is any type of isolator or other device that I can put on my dual band radio that will keep my two meter transmitter out of the 2 meter side of my radio. I know this is a long shot, but if it can work, it would be excellent. What I am running is 120 watts out

[Repeater-Builder] Need: 220 or 900 Mhz link radio's, also a Kenwood TM-701E Dual Band

2006-03-14 Thread n9lv
I am looking for some radios to use to link some 440 repeaters together. Prefer to find something in the 220 Mhz band, or if cheap enough in the 900 Mhz band, prefer something that is not going to require a mega-load of work to get there. Let me know what you have and prices. I am also in

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Having a 2 meter remote base radio in house with a 2 meter repeater, any options

2006-03-14 Thread Eric Lemmon
Mathew, As you know, the 600 kHz split on 2m channels makes it difficult to perform frequency-selective filtration without using several large cavities. In order to suggest some options, we need to know a lot more about your installation, such as: 1. RX and TX frequencies for each radio 2. TX

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Having a 2 meter remote base radio in house with a 2 meter repeater, any options

2006-03-14 Thread Mathew Quaife
Hi Eric, the remote radio is basically a dual band radio that is tied into the system using the Doug Hall RBI-1. The radio is a Kenwood TM-731A. It will be running low power at about 5 watts max.Repeater is 145.410 - 144.810 PL 131.8 The repeater is a converted micor mobile into a DB-224

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Having a 2 meter remote base radio in house with a 2 meter repeater, any options

2006-03-14 Thread Eric Lemmon
Mathew, We still need to know what RX and TX frequencies will be in the TM-731A radio. Do you intend to use this radio on both VHF and UHF? If your plan is to use the Kenwood on a fixed 2m simplex frequency that is not too close to the 145.410 MHz output of your repeater, you might be

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Trilectric

2006-03-14 Thread Mike Mullarkey
Hi Dave, The amp I believe is to be a 6wt in 100 out amp. If you want to drive it with more power 20+wt bypass the first stage. Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:03

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Having a 2 meter remote base radio in house with a 2 meter repeater, any options

2006-03-14 Thread Lee Williams
A notch cavity on the remote radio tuned to notch out the repeater might help. Forget trying to use it close to your repeater frequency. It may work on 147 or high 146 pairs if they are strong signals. 73,Lee n9lv wrote: What I need to know is if there is any type of isolator or other