Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone Boards

2008-02-29 Thread Jim Brown
Vern, The TS64 can work very well to supply both tone decode and tone encode for a Mastr II mobile that has been converted to a repeater. A couple of things to keep in mind: The transmit tone can be keyed such that the tone is only transmitted while there is a user signal on the input of the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone Boards

2008-02-29 Thread mung
I don't see anything like that. If anyone knows where to get one I would sure like to have that before I order the TS-64DS from Tessco. Thanks, Vern KI4ONW On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:27:47 -0600 George Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last I knew, ComSpec had a version (TS-64MSTR) that was a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone Boards

2008-02-29 Thread Johnny
Look at the bottom of this page where it says Direct Plugin Tone Boards. http://www.com-spec.com/nucat2.htm Johnny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see anything like that. If anyone knows where to get one I would sure like to have that before I order the TS-64DS from Tessco. Thanks,

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola MSF 5000 power connections?

2008-02-29 Thread dave_g7uzn
Hi Gang, I have received a uhf 5000 less pa unit and am therefor presented with plugs and sockets hanging out of the rf tray! They are as follows 9 way power sil socket ...red,white,brown,black,blue,orange,green 6 way plug to pa metering...green,black,white,red,brown,orange 40 way ribbon

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone Boards

2008-02-29 Thread mung
Ahh in the catalog but not on the website! Thanks! One more question before I put in my order. I have an RC1000 controller am I better interfacing to the radio or the controller. I think radio because I run Echolink and have that going right from the radio audio so doing it at the radio

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone Boards

2008-02-29 Thread George Henry
I've always ordered directly from CommSpec. The plug-in boards are listed at the bottom of one of the catalog pages, at http://www.com-spec.com/nucat2.htm. George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Feb 29, 2008 8:13 AM To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola amplifier identification please, TLC1050B

2008-02-29 Thread Jeff DePolo
Hello, Can anyone provide information such as band and power output for a Motorola amplifer part TLC1050B. It is a 40 pound beast with black painted heatsink. Looks like an MSF5000 amplifier. The RF in and out connectors are chassis mount N- females with out a pigtail if that helps any.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Scott Zimmerman
I agree with Mike. As owner of Repeater-Builder, (the company) I get more than my fair share of these types of e-mail myself. Sometimes it makes for a good chuckle, but more often it just makes me sad to think of all the information we provide; and yet some people are too lazy to read and

RE: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Richard
You constantly see that on all kinds of discussion lists. Rather than read the manual, search the message archive, or use Google, they'll just fire off a message with a stupid question that was asked just days earlier. Richard http://www.n7tgb.net/ www.n7tgb.net _ From:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Dave
With all of the excellent info and resources, this is without a doubt the very best available. You are correct. It points up the let the other guy do it syndrome I always thought one had to have a bit of technical knowledge to get a license. I'm beginning to wonder if they come with baseball

RE: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Jim Cicirello
Scott, I for one will be reluctant to ask on line again in fear of falling into the baseball card category licensee. My expertise is in the law and I understand that everyone don't know how to find the massive information and I agree some are lazy, me included sometimes. I didn't know this was

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread michaelhq54
This is a common problem on e-mail reflectors, and message boards. No one is saying don't ask/post/e-mail. They are saying, search the web, and read the information, and if you still have questions, then ask. You stated you know the law. Not sure which law school you went to, or how they

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Chuck Kelsey
You mean like the perpetual LMR400/9913 feedline question that comes up every other week ;-) Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Richard To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:25 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Scott Zimmerman
I NEVER said anything about baseball card license DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH I knew Mike and my comments were going to be taken out of context. Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. Jim, You know exactly what types of emailers we were talking about, and that we not referring

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Dexter McIntyre W4DEX
Wasn't the original post on this subject about the emails sent directly to the repeater-builder webmaster and owners and not about the post that are made to the email reflector? If so I believe this discussion has got off course. Dexter

[Repeater-Builder] Ham Radio Communication in New Jersey

2008-02-29 Thread albemarle7
Might be off topic. If so, I apologize..To all hams communicating while mobile in New Jersey, please note the new Bill preventing cell phone (electronic communications devices) goes into effect tomorrow March 1,2008. Ham radio is not effected by this Legislative action. So you can

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:13 PM 2/28/2008, you wrote: (click on the link and look at it - it's obviously intended for a scanner. The $2 suggests that there probably isn't much there...) Awww damn! And here I was hoping to throw away all my AngleLinear preamps and replace 'em with this one. Think of all the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Jay Urish
What?!?!?! Not even a little snide comment about the suitability of LMR in duplex service as you walked by? ;- skipp025 wrote: I passed the Times (the mfgrs of LMR coax) Booth at the Vegas IWCE show this week. They like everyone else tried to talk people over to show their products. I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread MCH
I'll save you even more by buying your Angles for $3 each! ;- Joe M. Ken Arck wrote: At 06:13 PM 2/28/2008, you wrote: (click on the link and look at it - it's obviously intended for a scanner. The $2 suggests that there probably isn't much there...) Awww damn! And here I was

[Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread skipp025
I passed the Times (the mfgrs of LMR coax) Booth at the Vegas IWCE show this week. They like everyone else tried to talk people over to show their products. I just smiled and told them I wouldn't be interested... these are not the droids you're looking for... move along Great to meet some

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola MSF 5000 power connections?

2008-02-29 Thread n9wys
Dave, There is a wealth of information available at: http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/msf/msf-index.html Be sure to drill down through the sub-pages and links... Also, the UHF Repeater Station Service Manual is available from Motorola: Part #6881062E75 Price is $57.52 USD available from

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Jay Urish
Oh gawd... I haven't heard about that.. That reaks of the 75ohm CATV crap hardline that some hams try and use with matching transformers.. DCFluX wrote: I'd be more worried with the oxidation of the 'new' aluminum heliax and the connectors. On 2/29/08, Jay Urish [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread DCFluX
Apparently copper is too expensive and no one wanted to raise the price of the end product. On 2/29/08, Jay Urish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh gawd... I haven't heard about that.. That reaks of the 75ohm CATV crap hardline that some hams try and use with matching transformers.. DCFluX

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread DCFluX
I'd be more worried with the oxidation of the 'new' aluminum heliax and the connectors. On 2/29/08, Jay Urish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What?!?!?! Not even a little snide comment about the suitability of LMR in duplex service as you walked by? ;- skipp025 wrote: I passed the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Daron Wilson
I passed the Times (the mfgrs of LMR coax) Booth at the Vegas IWCE show this week. They like everyone else tried to talk people over to show their products. I just smiled and told them I wouldn't be interested... these are not the droids you're looking for... move along Great to meet some of

RE: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Richard
It was, but it's also a common problem on discussion lists, so it was a natural progression. Richard http://www.n7tgb.net/ www.n7tgb.net _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dexter McIntyre W4DEX Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:39 AM To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Back around 1978 or 1979 we installed a UHF system at work and the two control station installations used 50-ohm, 1/2, smooth aluminum hardline. Both installations are still in place and still work like the day they were installed. Just sharing an observation. In fact, one of the control

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Eric M.
Hey I did that! I had a run of about 120 feet and used the CATV hardline with homemade transformers on VHF. It worked great for about 2 years till I had to dismantle everything and move. I think I still have the procedures on how to make the matching transformers around here somewhere.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone Boards

2008-02-29 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
Yep. And here's an article on it See http://www.repeater-builder.com/ge/mastr2/ts-64-mastr2-mod/ts-64-mastr2-mod.html Mike At 09:27 PM 02/28/08, you wrote: Last I knew, ComSpec had a version (TS-64MSTR) that was a direct plug-in for the M-II mobile... can't get much easier than that!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Ham Radio Communication in New Jersey

2008-02-29 Thread John Gleichweit
We have a similar law here in CA that will take effect on 7/1/2008 re: cell phones, with the same exemptions for two-way radios. - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Kevin Custer
Someone wrote: Wasn't the original post on this subject about the emails sent directly to the repeater-builder webmaster and owners and not about the post that are made to the email reflector? If so I believe this discussion has got off course. Yes, Exactly Here is one for you to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Kris Kirby
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Eric M. wrote: Hey I did that! I had a run of about 120 feet and used the CATV hardline with homemade transformers on VHF. It worked great for about 2 years till I had to dismantle everything and move. I think I still have the procedures on how to make the matching

[Repeater-Builder] Re: The emails we get at repeater-builder....

2008-02-29 Thread Tim and Janet
Are you talking about me again Scott? ;) By the way the 220 repeater is doing well. Still waiting to get the remote site in operation. Tim KB2MFS N4CKV/R

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Eric M.
It looked good, there was no visible oxidization. The end that was placed on the end of the CATV hard line was taped with 3 passes of electrical tape and covered in silicone, very well sealed. The other end had and so-239 soldered to the tubing so I could connect to the antenna, so it was

[Repeater-Builder] ARRL, FCC, Department of Defense Review New Developments in PAVE PAWS Interference Mitigation

2008-02-29 Thread Mark Thompson
*** The ARRL Letter Vol. 27, No. 8 February 29, 2008 *** ARRL, FCC, Department of Defense Review New Developments in PAVE PAWS Interference Mitigation The FCC, ARRL representatives and agents of the various US Air Force units working on developing a plan to mitigate

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Kevin Custer
Eric M. wrote: I found the article on how to build these, I will scan it and see how it looks, unfortunately what I have looks like a copy of a copy. The article was done by KA9LNV who is now K9EK. There is already an article on how to _properly_ build and deploy these

Re: [Repeater-Builder] The LMR folks at the IWCE Show...

2008-02-29 Thread Eric M.
Saw that article before (forgot about it, memory is the second thing to go), same principle as in the article I have here. Guess I don't need to scan it. Thats one less thing to do, thanks Kevin. Eric. Kevin Custer wrote: Eric M. wrote: I found the article on how to build these, I