Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You ARE aware that if someone else gets coordination there and the FCC gets involved, you *will lose*, right? Not necessarily. If you can prove that you tried to cooperate with the frequency coordinator in good faith the coordinator failed to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Christopher Zeman
This behavior furthers in the mindset that this is an old man's hobby -- because only an old man with nothing else to do with his time but cause trouble can sustain the fight. How about the younger generation that thinks everything should just be handed to them? No, I am not referring to

[Repeater-Builder] Belton Ham Expo 2007

2007-01-22 Thread Steve Bosshard (NU5D)
The Temple Amateur Radio Club is gearing for the Ham Expo 2007, Held at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, Texas Visit the Expo Page for important information: http://www.tarc.org/hamexpo/ -- Ham Radio Spoken Here.NU5D Visit the Temple Ham Club Website http://www.tarc.org

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:33 PM 1/20/2007, you wrote: Remember - the FCC is the only one with the authority to license use. These are shared channels and we need to share them fairly. Except there is continuing precedence that the recognized local coordinating group carries the full weight of the FCC's teeth,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Backing down power on Micor

2007-01-22 Thread Kevin Custer
cpitre_01 wrote: I have a Micor repeater that is now up and running. The transmitter is now running 50 watts. I need to back it down to 30 watts, how is this done? I do not have a manual for the unified chassis model. Please any help would be appreciated. You didn't specify what band,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:58 AM 1/22/2007, you wrote: Except there is continuing precedence that the recognized local coordinating group carries the full weight of the FCC's teeth, as the FCC almost always sides with the coordinating group. When push comes to shove, the rogue repeater operator WILL lose...

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola tansistor

2007-01-22 Thread wa9zzu
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, jim80362000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a high voltage power supply/tpn1131A. Need Q51/48-869349/M9349 transistor, for power control board,Can I use a substitute? And who may carry them. Tried a few local supply places with no luck.Any help

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Kris Kirby
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Christopher Zeman wrote: How about the younger generation that thinks everything should just be handed to them? No, I am not referring to code/no-code. I am simply stating what I see in the 16-22 year-olds (especially the college grads) at work. Let's put this into (a)

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Christopher Zeman
I don't many, but I was simply responding to the statement that only old men are the ones causing trouble. I just wanted to point out that anyone with the means to put up a repeater have the same opportunity to cause trouble. BTW, I'm 29. :) I considered putting up a 6M or 900MHz repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Jim B.
W5KGT wrote: And make sure that the coordinator has the correct PL tone in his data base. The only problem with that is they have a tendency to publish it. Then suddenly the repeater isn't closed anymore. It's happened here. Access codes/tones were published in the ARRL directory when they

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Reverse Burst Comments (Com Spec RB-1)

2007-01-22 Thread Jim B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no 'reverse burst decoder' per se in a tone decoder - it is just driven with the out of phase energy long enough to cause it to close very quickly. All tone decoders react to the reverse burst, not just one that is specially configured to react to a

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Backing down power on Micor

2007-01-22 Thread cpitre_01
Sorry about that, it is a vhf high Micor. Chris --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Custer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cpitre_01 wrote: I have a Micor repeater that is now up and running. The transmitter is now running 50 watts. I need to back it down to 30 watts, how is

[Repeater-Builder] ACC-850 Controller V 3.6 FIRMWARE

2007-01-22 Thread MR. B
I have a set of Eproms from an ACC-850 repeater controller and no longer have the controller. I guess you can erase them and reuse the EEPROMS and NO - I do not know the number and don't want to pull the label to find out. They are marked U8 - U15 -U16 - U17. I think version 3.8 was the latest

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:40 AM 1/22/2007, you wrote: W5KGT wrote: And make sure that the coordinator has the correct PL tone in his data base. The only problem with that is they have a tendency to publish it. Then suddenly the repeater isn't closed anymore. It's happened here. Access codes/tones were published

[Repeater-Builder] Time Bomb Capacitors

2007-01-22 Thread Steve Murphy
For those who have requested the link to Bob's article: www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/spectra/spectra-caps.html And, for those who expressed concern over the use of tantalum caps: I have also seen tantalums fail in a glorious manner. That said, the Spectra radios already contain dozens of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola MSR-2000

2007-01-22 Thread Jim B.
Eric Lemmon wrote: 1 - Narrow Band Note that narrow-band in this case is the 'old' narrowband, ie, 15Khz spacing, not the current narrowband that's half that. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Reverse Burst Comments (Com Spec RB-1)

2007-01-22 Thread Jim B.
skipp025 wrote: I'm heading toward the question of is it better to reduce or remove (mute) the ctcss after the phase shift or just not worry about it?. As mentioned in one reply... there might be enough time for some fast decoders to re-lock on the inverted ctcss before the tx drops.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Another Motorola MSR-2000

2007-01-22 Thread Jim B.
Rick Charlotte wrote: xc73gs81105b Info on this model # please Thanks Rick That'll be XC73GSB... All Motorola radio model numbers are in the format xnnxxxxx where x is a letter and n is a number except the Canadians, eh, that sometimes put extra letters in front or at the end.

[Repeater-Builder] IFR 1500 Power Supply

2007-01-22 Thread k7pfj
Does anybody have a spare power supply that they may want to part with. I have a unit that needs the power supply replaced. Mike K7PFJ

[Repeater-Builder] Re:VHF Duplexer Needed

2007-01-22 Thread Com/Rad Inc
22 Jan 2007 Hello Group We are looking for a VHF Duplexer and isolator ( if available ) to do 150 W and a split of 2.3 Mhz Advise on condition, price and delivery time Thanks Ed Folta Com/Rad Inc. Des Plaines, IL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Another Motorola MSR-2000

2007-01-22 Thread Rick Charlotte
I looked and could not make headfs or tails of it .. then again it could have been me :) Rick On 22 Jan 2007 at 16:03, Jim B. wrote: Rick Charlotte wrote: xc73gs81105b Info on this model # please Thanks Rick That'll be XC73GSB... All Motorola radio model numbers are in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Kris Kirby
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Ken Arck wrote: Folks seem to forget that PL/DPL was never meant to be a security feature, although it seems many Hams try to use it as one. *BINGO* A repeater is closed by virtue of the owner saying this is my system, screw off. -- not by hiding the access method

Re: [Repeater-Builder] IFR 1500 Power Supply

2007-01-22 Thread Joe
Does yours work on DC but not AC? (Power it from the DC jack on the back, have a 20 Amp supply or better). This happened to me and the fix was replacing a diode in the power supply. The only hard part is taking the thing apart. I suggest you take digital photos of it as you disassemble it.

[Repeater-Builder] PL BOARD

2007-01-22 Thread Don
I am trying to Donate to a New Blind Ham, a old Cobra 200 Which is the same as the Midland 13-509 220 Mobile, The problem is I don't have the Schematic and I would like to put a Communications Specialist TS-32 Pl Board so he can get into My 220 repeater, I know it is a old radio but I am sure

Re: [Repeater-Builder] IFR 1500 Power Supply

2007-01-22 Thread Robin Midgett
If fix it yourself proves less than fruitful, I can recommend Ken Knowels of Auburn Electronic Labs Work: 270-542-6000 Fax:502-542-7706 Address: 12345 Bowling Rd (Highway 68/80 Auburn, KY 42206 I have the service manual; would be willing to help over the phone if you want to try.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] IFR 1500 Power Supply

2007-01-22 Thread Eric Lemmon
You might consider having your service monitor repaired at the manufacturer's repair center, where a supply of spare parts is still available for older equipment. Contact info is here: www.aeroflex.com/support/service/servicecenters.cfm A posting on the Test Equipment group list may be

[Repeater-Builder] Stacked/multiple repeater controllers.

2007-01-22 Thread Tina
Hello all, this is my first post to the group here, so here goes. I just acquired a Micor repeater with a CSI 32 Tone Panel, I am also almost done with the ICS Basic contoller that I am building from a kit. My query is: can I use both? I need the CSI for PL tones and the ICS for ID and

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Adding Remote Base to a Repeater

2007-01-22 Thread k4fmx
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ldgelectronics ldgyahoo@ wrote: Yes, the tower spacing is vertical (not horizontal), yes the tx/rx on the repeater is 443.3 and 448.3 (5 MHz split) Don't get sideways over the vert/horz terms. We would be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL BOARD

2007-01-22 Thread WD7F - John in Tucson
Don, I have pdfs I made from the very small schematic of the 13-509 and one of the Comspec ME-3 encoder/decoder that shows where to connect audio in/out/etc. if you're interested. Reply direct. de WD7F John in Tucson - Original Message - From: Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread mch
Not with just about every scanner made having the ability to instantly display it. All someone needs to do is listen to the frequency. Many PC scanner programs even have logging. As for not giving the coordinator access to the info, WPA keeps published and non-published info separate - it's even

Re: [Repeater-Builder]Transmitting interior temperature

2007-01-22 Thread Mike Reed
I did something like this years ago with an ht, an RS talking time/temp clock, DTMF decoder, a voice chip (for id), an RS talking barometer,and some 555 timers. Worked pretty well... 73 Mike - N7ZEF - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Stacked/multiple repeater controllers.

2007-01-22 Thread skipp025
Hi Chris, Here's some things to think about. Most Commercial Repeater Tone Panels operate directly from the receiver descriminator output. They need to see the low frequency type signaling and the voice audio doing all the work for you inside their respective box. The typical output from