[Repeater-Builder] great reading

2009-11-07 Thread Capt Wright
hi all, A little off topic, but if you go to qrz.com and look up Mike, WA6ILQ, a moderator of this board, his bio is great reading. Most of us write about our selves, but Mike told of his dad's great life. I printed out all 12 pages to show my friends. 73, ron, n9ee/r

[Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery [1 Attachment]

2009-11-07 Thread John Transue
Our club recently added a remote receiver and RF link to our club repeater. We are using an ACC RC-850 controller at the repeater site. We added an LDG RVS-8 voter so we would not have to use PL and to make life easier for mobile users. Now we have a problem. When I set up the voter, the POTs

[Repeater-Builder] Re: great reading

2009-11-07 Thread Skip
Speaking of Mike, I see he doesn't list an email address on qrz. Can anyone share an email address he actually reads? I've tried both his repeater-builder and gmail addresses w/o luck. Skip WB6YMH --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Capt Wright mcc...@... wrote: hi all, A little off

[Repeater-Builder] Re: LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread Randy
John is the inputs Capacitor coupled? And or are the RX sources DC coupled? Randy --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, John Transue jtran...@... wrote: Our club recently added a remote receiver and RF link to our club repeater. We are using an ACC RC-850 controller at the repeater site.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread John Transue
-Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 10:59 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery John is the inputs Capacitor

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread Kevin Custer
John Transue wrote: Our club recently added a remote receiver and RF link to our club repeater. We are using an ACC RC-850 controller at the repeater site. We added an LDG RVS-8 voter .snip. So my question is, Is there any way something external to the voter could cause the voter

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RE: [Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread John Transue
-Original Message- Is there any way something external to the voter could cause the voter POTs to behave this way? DC riding on the audio signal? Kevin Kevin, Each of the eight audio inputs to the voter is protected from DC by a condenser. The audio out is also protected by a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread Kevin Custer
John Transue wrote: Kevin, Each of the eight audio inputs to the voter is protected from DC by a condenser. The audio out is also protected by a condenser. The audio input to the RC-850 controller is also AC coupled. John Have you looked with an oscilloscope to see if there is anything else

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread DCFluX
TP11 - TP19 should show +6 Volts when measured with a voltmeter on the DC setting. If not check that R8 and R9 are the correct value. If that wasn't the problem, I'd try desoldering a pot and measure it with a meter out side the voter. On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Kevin Custer

RE: [Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread John Transue
. ***[I haven't checked with an oscilloscope, but I can. With AC coupling everywhere I didn't think this could be the problem.] Kevin ***[Thanks, John] __ NOD32 4582 (20091107) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread Thomas Oliver
I would first try bypassing the voter and hook the link receiver directly to the 850 to make sure levels are good. There should be no reason you have low audio out of the controller the 850 normally has gobs of audio and has to be knocked down with a resistor of considerable ohmage in order not to

[Repeater-Builder] Re: LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread skipp025
We added an LDG RVS-8 voter... Very nice... I have three or four in operation and I'm very happy with them. Now we have a problem. When I set up the voter, the POTs that I must adjust seem to have step functions, i.e. I can adjust to, say, 500 mV, then the next slightest adjustment

RE: [Repeater-Builder] LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread John Transue
as a possible problem. I will check this out. John Yahoo! Groups Links __ NOD32 4582 (20091107) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LDG Voter RVS-8 Mystery

2009-11-07 Thread John Transue
Skipp, I appreciate your suggestions. I will follow your advice to see whether input level is causing the erratic behavior. Many thanks for your analysis and advice. John -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of

[Repeater-Builder] Mastr II combination decoding

2009-11-07 Thread Dave Cochran
Just for fun, I just did some rough coding for a page to automagically decode Mastr II combination numbers; http://n0trq.com/mastr_ii/index.php It's not pretty, but functional. Still needs to do a little sanity checking for different splits to warn about invalid combination numbers between LB,

[Repeater-Builder] Re: great reading

2009-11-07 Thread w6jk
My understanding is that his various addresses all dump into the same place. When I asked about the lack of replies, he said that he didn't have anything to say. [shrug] Jeff W6JK --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Skip freebsd...@... wrote: Speaking of Mike, I see he doesn't list an