Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So Cal :-)

2007-02-24 Thread Mike Morris
At 10:20 PM 02/23/07, you wrote: PL is no cure for interference or desence, it just hides it until someone actually tries to use the repeater. Yep. All the more reason to require PL'd inputs and make sure that systems don't have compatible PL tones with the one on the reverse... I never

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (Z-Matcher)

2007-02-24 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Keep in mind that a Z-Matcher in a GE radio has it's own test point to tune it, as do some other Z-Matchers. You don't need to use a wattmeter and worry about the line length. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-24 Thread Kevin Custer
Yes, and as the article referenced below points out, switching the UHF Mastr II to High Side Injection eliminates the problem. We originally thought that HSI eliminated the problem totally on 220, but it didn't, there is an overlapping range that one side or the other doesn't fix; that is what

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (Z-Matcher)

2007-02-24 Thread Kevin Custer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/23/2007 6:36:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my most critical applications, I use permanent in-line Bird samplers. Then, cabling lengths don't change because I don't remove the samplers; and you know exactly

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations? (Z-Matcher)

2007-02-24 Thread Laryn Lohman
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keep in mind that a Z-Matcher in a GE radio has it's own test point to tune it, as do some other Z-Matchers. True, there is a test point. And you can tune the two capacitors and stretch/squeeze the coil for a

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So Cal :-)

2007-02-24 Thread skipp025
Since both the previous mentioned north/south reverse co-channel repeaters are owned by a few mule heads... I simply wrote a macro to place the repeater in ctcss for a time after a 30 second time out. Members normally encode tx ctcss (sub tone) so they don't even notice the change. The band

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Receiver Image and Injection Stories

2007-02-24 Thread skipp025
Along a similar theme we actually changed the IF Frequency to get rid of a receiver image and injection problem. Com Spec sells replacement IF Crystal Filter kits if you're up to the task. T'was the only real fix we could muster for a 222MHz receiver that enjoyed both an image and birdie

[Repeater-Builder] desense, blocking or capture?

2007-02-24 Thread skipp025
So would/should we actually call the below problem desense, blocking or capture of the repeater receiver? s. Years ago an upside down repeater in New Mexico on the intertie using PL access would regularly be de-sensed by one in Texas 300 miles away in the spring with the enhanced

[Repeater-Builder] Re: desense, blocking or capture?

2007-02-24 Thread Laryn Lohman
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So would/should we actually call the below problem desense, blocking or capture of the repeater receiver? s. Using desense here is misleading. Blocking, to me, is SEVERE desense. Capture could work, if the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-24 Thread Jeff DePolo
I never suggested that the cable between the TX and the duplexer had to be an exact length and if the TX output is a true 50 ohms then any cable length produces no consequence at the cavity input. But if the TX impedance is not 50 ohms, I think any cable length other than half wave will

[Repeater-Builder] Ceramic capacitors

2007-02-24 Thread scomind
Mike and all, Here's another item to add to the capacitor page. It's for those who've wondered why an X7R ceramic cap is better'n a Z5U ceramic cap... 73, Bob, WA9FBO _www.scomcontrollers.com_ (http://www.scomcontrollers.com) EIA Three Digit TC Codes for Ceramic Capacitors Low

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So Cal :-)

2007-02-24 Thread Dick
Now, where did I put those plans for a single-frequency rptr? LOL 73, Dick W1NMZ - Original Message - From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: 23 February, 2007 16:03 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So Cal :-)

2007-02-24 Thread k1ike_mail
You laugh, but with the use of Time Division Multiplex it may be possible to transmit and receive on the same frequency in different time slots. It may not be that far fetched. 73, Joe, k1ike -- Original message -- From: Dick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now, where did I put

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So Cal :-)

2007-02-24 Thread Dick
Yup...it's already being done on some of the military stuff I work with...TDMA CDMA 73, Dick - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: 24 February, 2007 15:07 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So Cal

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 440-450 band plan (The normal North vs So Cal :-)

2007-02-24 Thread Laryn Lohman
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You laugh, but with the use of Time Division Multiplex it may be possible to transmit and receive on the same frequency in different time slots. It may not be that far fetched. That would be an intriguing device. I'm sure

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 PL board questions

2007-02-24 Thread scottr
http://www.repeater-builder.com/msr2k/msr2k-trn5075A-PL-encoder-decoder.pdf http://www.repeater-builder.com/mitrek/mitrek-index.html Hope this helps - Original Message - From: kk2ed To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 12:42 PM Subject:

[Repeater-Builder] Kenwood TK-840

2007-02-24 Thread Andrew G.
Does anybody have info on this radio? Specifically I am looking for where to get COR/PTT/AUDIO to use this as a link radio. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Andy KC2GOW http://www.sirepeater.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 220 repeater receiver recommendations?

2007-02-24 Thread Roger White
I have 2 Hi Pro 220 MHz repeaters, one I bought used (R1) and one new (E). No problems for many years. One has the Cat 200B controller, the other the 300DX. I started with a Spec Comm. in 1980 ( I did not know any better!) and over its first few years of life, the RX went south (repaired once)

[Repeater-Builder] Zetron Model 37 Repeaterman and Model 40 Worldpatch

2007-02-24 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
Well, I was given an interesting box today to see if it can be moved to an amateur channel... It has a Spectrum receiver (on 469.0625 !) and a Hamtronics TA451 transmitter (!) in it, along with a Zetron Model 37 Repeaterman (part number on the bottom is 901-9241) and a Model 40 Worldpatch

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Zetron Model 37 Repeaterman and Model 40 Worldpatch

2007-02-24 Thread Laryn Lohman
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and a Model 40 Worldpatch (901-9193). Does anybody have a paper or PDF manual on the Zetrons? I think I'm going to replace the radio side with something a bit different. Mike Mike, that would be a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Zetron Model 37 Repeaterman and Model 40 Worldpatch

2007-02-24 Thread Mike Morris
At 10:02 PM 02/24/07, you wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and a Model 40 Worldpatch (901-9193). Does anybody have a paper or PDF manual on the Zetrons? I think I'm going to replace the radio side with something a bit