RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-750K2 Version 2 software...

2006-06-04 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:17 AM 6/4/2006 -0700, you wrote: S, the obvious question is: How does one tell the difference between K2 versions 1 and 2? Are they physically the same, with no difference in the front panel controls? Is there a clue on the data plate, or must I find out the hard way, when my KPG-66D

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-750K2 Version 2 software...

2006-06-04 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:11 AM 6/5/2006 -, you wrote: And when you bug him please ask if they ever resolved the issue where you had to unkey momentarily to switch off the repeater transmitter PL encode. If not, could they schedule it into the next firmware revision? ---Mike, in all the TKR's that have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Arcom RC-110 Yahoo Group

2006-05-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:21 PM 5/29/2006 -0500, you wrote: Anyone know what has happened to the RC-110 Group? Wonder if it is a personal problem or has the group been disbanded? ---Sorry Jim! As other pointed out, I had been in Dayton and notification from Yahoogroups about your attempt to join the list were

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Problems with RC210 and Echolink

2006-05-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:53 PM 5/30/2006 -0500, you wrote: I interfaced an RC-210 port 3 to EchoLink for a friend, and had no problem with the interface. The RC-210 was missing a land in the audio path for port 3 and we had to add a wire jumper on the RC-210 board to correct that, but the interface to EchoLink

Re: [Repeater-Builder] receiver

2006-05-24 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:25 PM 5/23/2006 -0400, you wrote: I need to hook up a non Motorola receiver to a micor repeater I am going to remove the original..SNIP --Why are you doing that? Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola R1225 and TKR-750/850

2006-05-16 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:13 PM 5/16/2006 -, you wrote: I am having difficulty finding the minimum frequency separation freq range for kenwood TKR-750/850 and motorola R1225 repeaters. Used in Ham. Any Help and any ham clubs using please email me off group. ---There is no minimum, based on the radios

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola R1225 and TKR-750/850

2006-05-16 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:41 PM 5/16/2006 -0400, you wrote: Ken I did not get my copy of the 91 software but when you program the 850 in the repeater mode does the software put any min on the separation? I know in the base mode it does not. Nope, it doesn't care. At least the KPG-91D doesn't. It allows

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Arcom RC-110

2006-05-15 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:39 AM 5/15/2006 -0500, you wrote: Ken, the program referenced in the manual to download (the basicx program) downloads all OK, but it has a checksum error (it is a zipped file). I don't think it is an error in the download, as I have transferred it several times on two different

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Arcom RC-110

2006-05-15 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:47 AM 5/15/2006 -0500, you wrote: Ken, how does Arcom upload the operating firmware into the RC-110? The checksum error has been present on the file I download from NetMedia for over two years, as I have been trying to get a working copy for that long. -We use the BasicX program

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Temp on a bridge rectifier, anyone know

2006-05-14 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:59 PM 5/14/2006 -0700, you wrote: If it's really only drawing 6 milliamps, and reaching 200F, something's seriously wrong. ---My bet is that one or more rectifiers within the bridge is shorted (running really warm at idle is a very typical symptom of that) I'd replace the bridge Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Arcom RC-110

2006-05-14 Thread Ken Arck
Hi Jim Sorry but I never saw an email from you (we are quite good at providing timely responses when we're aware of a question!). My apologies for your request not being answered up to this point. I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Are you saying you're having problems with NetMedia's

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Simplex repeater Controller

2006-04-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:50 AM 4/27/2006 -0600, you wrote: ..that is parrot type it listens and then retransmits what it heard. ---Sounds like a Liberal! --- This is America, dammit! Speak Spanish! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Simplex repeater Controller

2006-04-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:31 AM 4/27/2006 -0400, you wrote: But Ken..Here in British North America, A.K.A. Canada our money is printed 1/2 of each bill in French ! ---On that side, does the ink run? Ken --- This is America, dammit! Speak Spanish!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Two bands, one antenna, many problems?

2006-04-24 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:32 PM 4/24/2006 -, you wrote: So I'm looking for feedback on bandsplit units, and basically anything that I can do to make this work as well as possible. We are still looking for another site, but that has proven very difficult. --While I won't offer comment about the antenna itself

Re: [Repeater-Builder] telco and ctcss tones

2006-04-24 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:59 PM 4/24/2006 -, you wrote: If you go back far enough, you might find someone who's heard of the book Notes on the Network, which described all the signaling standards. If you ever tried to find the book, it was quashed by the phone companies because it told hackers or freakers how

Re: [Repeater-Builder] That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
I'd be interested in hearing the wav file you recorded, Dave But bear in mind that your comment that it's not coming from either repeater could easily be wrong. As a matter of fact, if you're running a delay in the audio path of either repeater, one of them is most definately involved. It sounds

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:14 PM 4/21/2006 -, you wrote: This is pretty likely. I'm almost alone at my site, sharing with a low power UHF repeater. ---What's the freq(s) of the UHF machine? (that it's running low power has nothing to do with it g). I also assume none of the machines are running an isolator?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:28 PM 4/21/2006 -0400, you wrote: Guys, I think you're missing one detail here. 146.73 minus 146.85 is 1200 KHz. Twice the typical 2 meter split of 600Khz. ---My intermod program doesn't show any issues with the 4 freqs involved however and I'm not sure what the split itself has to do

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:30 PM 4/21/2006 -, you wrote: 460-ish, and no, no isolators. ---Hopefully you can find out the exact freqs Dave. That other repeater could easily be part (or the missing 'link') of the problem. So, where I can hear the wav file? Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
Dave Whether they're active (actually transmitting) or even supplied with power is irrelevent. If they have an antenna connected to their PAs, that's all that matters in intermod issues. With the new freqs you supplied, still no 1st through 5th order products are found however (although

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
Put it up on my anonymous FTP site. That way anyone who wants to hear it can download it: ftp://ftp.ah6le.net/incoming Once it's there, I'll move it to the /pub directory so everyone can access it Ken At 04:48 PM 4/21/2006 -, you wrote: So, where I can hear the wav file? Can I email it

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:09 PM 4/21/2006 -, you wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Ken Arck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's there, enjoy. I've run it through spectrum analysis. The 60 Hz hum is in my soundcard/computer, and you can see the 127.3 PL, but that's encoded by the repeater. The rest

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
Sounds like a definate transmitter being heard by receiver with audio delay to me. Is it always that quieting? Wow Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of the world famous RC210 Repeater Controller

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:24 PM 4/21/2006 -, you wrote: I had it zipped, but it didn't make much gain. Not too surprising I guess. ---Saved about a meg when I zipped it, which semed like a worthwhile improvement to me! Ken --

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:28 PM 4/21/2006 -, you wrote: Interesting.. As it happens, I have the HP sig gen handy. Right on the input freq, or slid a bit? ---I would doubt that the interfering signal is going to be exactly that of your sig gen but regardless, the point here is to create an audible heterodyne.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:35 PM 4/21/2006 -, you wrote: I just got a phone report of hearing a voice in the noise this morning, but neither of us can hear it on the input. ---Probably matrixing Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Telewave TPRD-4544 Duplexer

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:10 PM 4/21/2006 -0700, you wrote: Is that the UHF flatpack with 6 small cylindrical cavities? If so, it's a notch duplexer. ---No, it's a BP/BR base design: http://www.telewave.com/pdf/TWDS-6014.pdf Ken --

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:58 PM 4/21/2006 -0400, you wrote: You wouldnt hear the sync buzz,your rx is to narrow! --I ABSOLUTE disagree with this. You can easily hear sync buzz on a NBFM receiver. Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:24 PM 4/17/2006 -0400, you wrote: Has anyone gotten thir Hamvention tickets yet (vendor space tickets and/or vendor admission tickets)? Getting no response to the hamvention email (sending CCs to chair and achair today). ---I sure hope so! I've got my airline tickets and am ready to once

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer advice

2006-04-15 Thread Ken Arck
My bet would be on the T-1504A. I have tuned/used many of them over the years and I have to see one yet that didn't exceed spec and provide a MINIMUM of -102 dBm notch depth with 2 dB of insertion loss @ 5 mHz. I love 'em! Ken At 07:31 PM 4/15/2006 -, you wrote: We are going to be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mountain Lion to Owl Mouse Patrol

2006-04-10 Thread Ken Arck
I wonder where PETA is on this one g Ken At 11:47 PM 4/10/2006 -, you wrote: Remember the Mountain Lion stories a month or two back? I wouldn't have believed the following story if I hadn't seen it myself. This months story comes from the same area as the mountain lion event... Out

[Repeater-Builder] Sinclair Q-201G duplexer

2006-04-09 Thread Ken Arck
Hi folks I know the stock answer, but I'm looking for the non-stock one :-) (and yes, I've read the manual!). But I was wondering (and checking my rationale here). in many Bp/Br cavities, the notch tuning actually tunes to a certain freq above or below the pass-tuned frequency. Therefore, if

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair Q-201G duplexer

2006-04-09 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:35 PM 4/9/2006 -0400, you wrote: The notch generally will track the pass as it's adjusted, but it's not a fixed-offset kind of thing. If you retune one of the cavities +1 MHz, the notch may move +1.1 MHz, or +0.9 MHz, or ...you get the idea. So, no, you can't just re-tune the pass and

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair Q-201G duplexer

2006-04-09 Thread Ken Arck
needed. As always, YMMV! 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Arck Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 4:30 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair Q-201G

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

2006-04-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:21 AM 4/1/2006 -0800, you wrote: That thought crossed my mind also, but it still looks like something somebody built in their garage. ---You mean it's RCA? g Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 8870 Tone Decoder

2006-03-27 Thread Ken Arck
Write me offlist. We use them in our controllers and have plenty in stock Ken At 04:19 PM 3/27/2006 -, you wrote: I am trying locate a Tone Decoder Chip 8870 ( Zarlink MT8870DE). These are no longer available from Jameco or Digikey. Does anyone know where I can buy a chip or two? It fits

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 8870 Tone Decoder

2006-03-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:06 PM 3/27/2006 -0700, you wrote: California Micro. CM8870. Virtually identical to the original Mitel, and findable still. --Ahhh, thanks for the info Nate.. Good to know (every once in a while, Zarlink can't fill our 1,000 piece orders quickly enough!) Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] EEproms Motorola MX

2006-03-16 Thread Ken Arck
Are they MXs or MX? MX are xtal controlled... Ken At 05:56 PM 3/16/2006 -0600, you wrote: Any info on Motorola MX series Would Be Appreciated, I have some I would Like to Set up and Donate to a Large Church for their Security Dept, Plays Etc. and That Statement Security Dept is a Bad Sign of

RE: [Repeater-Builder] A couple of Micor questions..

2006-03-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:41 PM 3/13/2006 -0500, you wrote: Yup, I was thinking the same thing... although I may use a small relay to accomplish this. Depending on how much current the RC-210 can sink to ground, gotta check on that. I don't want to toast the new controller... ---The PTT output of the RC210 can

RE: [Repeater-Builder] A couple of Micor questions..

2006-03-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:55 PM 3/13/2006 -0500, you wrote: Thanks Ken... no sooner looked that up than you chimed-in. Responsive as ever!! How much battery is required for the battery backup? Looks like it is diode protected so I don't have to worry about boiling (or worse) a small gel cell but wanted to

[Repeater-Builder] Re: RC-210 to Micor unified-chassis interfacing

2006-03-06 Thread Ken Arck
Hi all, I will be interfacing a RC-210 to a Micor Compa-Station unified chassis arrangement in the near future... ---Hi Mike Needless to say, I've interfaced an RC210 to a unified chassis before. I used the method outlined here: http://www.ccdx.org/zedyx/mods/micorbas.htm It works well and was

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone Decoding Software f

2006-03-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:21 PM 3/5/2006 -0500, you wrote: http://www.comtekk.us/tone-generator.htm ---Well actually, it's tone ENCODING software :-) Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of the world famous RC210 Repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Lookin for information

2006-03-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:53 PM 3/3/2006 -0700, you wrote: I am in need of assembly instructions for an AEA 2 meter Isopole. My net searches havn't come up with anything. Would anyone have a copy of this info or know where I could find it? A google search produced this: ftp://bama.edebris.com/bama/aea/isopole/aea

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Midland Question

2006-02-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:20 PM 2/26/2006 -0800, you wrote: Does anyone have experience using the Midland 70-530B or like radios as temporary emergency repeaters or as link radios? I have a bunch and am trying to decide if they're worth fooling with... ---I use several trunkmount versions of that radio

Re: [Repeater-Builder] What is A Repeater??

2006-02-18 Thread Ken Arck
Here are some other possible definitions of repeater 1) Parrot 2) Winchester rifle 3) A person who replaces bad peat moss 4) Mimic 5) Any politician Hope this helps :-) Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GLB Synthesizer

2006-02-16 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:12 PM 2/16/2006 -0800, you wrote: tons of trouble with synthesizer whine. Put it on a Micor. Ended up feeding audio from the exciter back up through the RX coax to do direct FM of the GLB's VCO. That was the only way we could get rid of feedback and distorted PL. As I recall, the unit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: controller question

2006-02-10 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:30 AM 2/10/2006 -0500, you wrote: I thought one ran on Linux and one on Windows? Would you have to use two computers? ---There are a couple of ways to do this on one computer. One way would be to run WINE. Another is to run something called EchoIRLP: http://www.echoirlp.com/ (of course,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:09 AM 2/6/2006 -0600, you wrote: Does anyone have a good way of measuring the frequency of PC board micro strips (M/S)? I have tried my old Millen Grid Dip meter but there is just not enough radiated at 220 MHz to get a good dip. I am trying to modify a transmitter from 168 MHz to 224 MHz

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
Yea, what Jeff said! :-) At 03:08 PM 2/6/2006 -0500, you wrote: Does anyone have a good way of measuring the frequency of PC board micro strips (M/S)? I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Microstrips are basically just sections of transmission line. A transmission line doesn't have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:27 PM 2/6/2006 -0500, you wrote: Are the transistors rate at 220 MHz? RF power transistors are made for a specific frequency range and will not operate at all well above or below the design frequency. ---I bet to differ, at least when it comes to using one at a lower frequency! RF power

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:34 PM 2/6/2006 -0800, you wrote: But assuming they're properly bypassed, an RF device rated for, 500 Mhz, will work perfectly well at 150 Mhz and with more gain! --I should add the caveat with all things being equal, in that parameters such as input and output impedance, etc need to be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:57 PM 2/6/2006 -0500, you wrote: The selective frequency information comes from the engineers at EIMAC. When I toured their plant a number of years ago, I asked about the frequency selectiveness of the transistors. The engineer told me that a UHF transistor will not work at VHF. The

[Repeater-Builder] OT: no-screw mic clip?

2006-02-01 Thread Ken Arck
I just bought a new car and while I wasted no time in punching a 3/4 hole for an NMO mount (my non-ham friends were amazed I'd do that within hours of getting the car home), I'm trying to avoid drilling holes in the dash to mount a mic hangup clip. Years ago, I remember someone made such a beast

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: no-screw mic clip?

2006-02-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:39 AM 2/1/2006 -0500, you wrote: Course we also usually tell customers to leave the mount on the vehicle when they get rid of it. Mostly. ---That's what I've always done in the past. BTW, Dave's suggestion of checking a truck stop for the hangup clip was a good one. I found exactly what

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: no-screw mic clip?

2006-02-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:23 PM 2/1/2006 -, you wrote: We carry a mount that results in the motorola nmo equivalent, but requires a smaller hole (about 5/8). I used to call it the Larsen Hole style mount, but many other mfgrs offer it. Real men use real NMOs g Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: no-screw mic clip?

2006-02-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:10 AM 2/1/2006 -0800, you wrote: I have several different types of mic hang-up clips you can use ... I'll even let you use my electric drill to drill the holes to mount it too. ---Heh I bet genuine Batwing hangup boxes, complete with slide switches, eh? Ken

RE: [Repeater-Builder] 6 meter repeater with 2 meter link?

2006-01-28 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:19 AM 1/28/2006 -0600, you wrote: This begs the question, can a tcpip connection be used as wireline control? -- Why not? But if it's done over the air, then the same 222.5 Mhz and above rule applies. I have an 802.11 (operating in the ham band of course!) feed to one of my sites and use

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Offsets and Vanity

2006-01-28 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:00 PM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote: Good question! I guess my thinking was that, if I were using the repeaters in connection with critical incident response, having the flexibility of switching onto any of the 16 channels pre-programmed with different CTCSS tones would give me more

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Woohoo! The rocks are IN!

2006-01-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:09 PM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote: Interesting that IN is assigning below 442. I was thinking about asking around why Ohio doesn't assign repeaters or links between 440 and 442... ---Interestingly, Dave was assigned the same channel as one of my repeaters here in Oregon. Which, of course

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RFS 6MC450S DIPLEXER

2006-01-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:46 AM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote: HI... It has been a while since I was on 450 mhz.. but I believe the spacing between receiver and transmitter, on 450, is some where around 1.2 mhz not 600 khz ---The standard is 5 Mhz, at least in the US :-) Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RFS 6MC450S DIPLEXER

2006-01-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:23 PM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote: ---The standard is 5 Mhz, at least in the US :-) Except 470-512 where the standard is 3Mhz. ---Ok ok, so I should have qualified that as MID-SPLIT g Ken -- President and CTO -

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Offsets and Vanity

2006-01-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:42 PM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote: I just found out that I got my vanity call sign. Congratulations to me! W2ARK WQDY219 ---I tried to get AH6ARCK but.. g Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Offsets and Vanity

2006-01-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:41 PM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote: I plan to set up itinerant repeaters in the van on 2-meters and on GMRS using a Kenwood TKR 750 and a TKR 850. They'll be simplex repeaters because of coordination problems on 2-meters and the absence of 467 MHz GMRS frequencies on the bubble-pack

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Mountain Lion time!

2006-01-25 Thread Ken Arck
Oh yea!!?!? Beat this one g How about a Nene goose wandering into the building, while you're sitting on the floor in front of the rack? The goose then proceeds to climb into the rack for warmth and you spend the better part of 10 minutes trying to get it to leave. This at the 10,023 foot level of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mountain Lion time!

2006-01-25 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:07 PM 1/25/2006 -0800, you wrote: I can't help but wonder what a mountain lion tastes like. like chicken :-) Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:32 PM 1/12/2006 -, you wrote: Apparently the 152 transmitter's signal was mixing with the 162 MHz weather transmitter's signal, INSIDE OF MY TANK CIRCUIT of my UHF paging transmitter !!! ---Yet more evidence why anyone who deploys a repeater without a circulator should be summarily

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:59 PM 1/12/2006 -0700, you wrote: I blow up circulators, try a shorted coaxial stub instead. ---Then you need a bigger load (don't we all!). My Quintron UHF repeater has a dual stage circulator - the first load is 250 watts, the second is 10 watts and both are external. My MastrII's

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: tkr repeater encode function.

2006-01-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:43 PM 1/12/2006 -, you wrote: Otherwise a number of methods to run external controllers have been posted around the web. I've used the CSI tone panels on the repeater and they work just fine. ---What he's talking about is the capability of programming up an Aux input to control

RE: [Repeater-Builder] tkr repeaters

2006-01-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:57 PM 1/12/2006 -0600, you wrote: Contact me off list - I can espouse on that... I have a TKR-820 operating through a CAT-300 controller. ---We're talking a TKR-850 Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: tkr repeater encode function.

2006-01-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:10 PM 1/12/2006 -0500, you wrote: well I got a tkr-850 with the 210 and it has been working with no problems. love it it is real nice. also in the service book from Kenwood they show the hook up of a Zetron 38 tome panel to the 850 and it used the tone panel for encode and decode.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A filter question

2006-01-11 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:58 AM 1/12/2006 -, you wrote: Don't know much about their physical construction but I have seen connectors with springs for conductors, which I know can't be good news. ---When I first got into EME work, I heard of another EME op who used Radio Shack right-angle adapters, which use

Re: [Repeater-Builder] had a little power supply trouble the other day...

2006-01-05 Thread Ken Arck
Damn! Looks like what happened to my repeater during the repeater wars of the 70's in Southern Cal! Ken (those were the days my friend, we'd thought they'd never end.) -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications

Re: [Repeater-Builder] polyphaser Help

2006-01-01 Thread Ken Arck
All this talk about polyphasers reminds me why I've never supplied my parrot with laser weaponry... Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TC4049BP Buffer COR inverter

2005-12-31 Thread Ken Arck
The IC you speak of is a standard, run-of-the-mill CD4049 CMOS hex inverter and the 4050 is a standard CMOS hex NON-inverting buffer. The TCP prefix just means they're made in Japan :-) Both of these ICs have been around for 30+ years and is fairly old technology. But what the heck, they work

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: Moto 192.8 Hz PL reed

2005-12-31 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:09 PM 12/31/2005 -0800, you wrote: The one I have - the glass is broken. ---Ahhh, well you didn't say that before! Happy New Years, Neal (and everyone else!) Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: Moto 192.8 Hz PL reed

2005-12-31 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:30 PM 12/31/2005 -0800, you wrote: Same to you Kenn (and everyone else!) ---Yea yea.. I typo'd your name.. touche' ! Ken 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

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: Moto 192.8 Hz PL reed

2005-12-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:08 PM 12/28/2005 -0800, you wrote: Hey Mike, you are probably old enough to remember when JJ Glass had a surplus bin of old / used vacuum tubes. I think it was the 5D21 (???) that had solid gold grids. I think there is one of those in my garage. You can tell the grids are gold as

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: Moto 192.8 Hz PL reed

2005-12-28 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:45 AM 12/28/2005 -0800, you wrote: Mark, saying I am hoping to find someone with a 192.8 Hz reed for a 70's vintage Moto radio is almost like saying I am hoping to find someone with a manual for a 70's vintage GE radio. ---I'm hoping it's an HHT.. I have some banana reeds I'd love to part

Re: [Repeater-Builder] hdtv radio shack ant ????

2005-12-20 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:48 PM 12/20/2005 -0500, you wrote: BW TV, Color TV, HDTV... they ALL use the same frequencies and the same antennas would work equally well. ---Seems to me I remember the color antennas were being pushed as wide bandwidth. Which of course you needed for color TV! Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] hdtv radio shack ant ????

2005-12-20 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:07 PM 12/20/2005 -0500, you wrote: had some here in Florida would sell the silver non plated ant as BW the gold ones were for color so when you went in the area you know who had the color TV. good sales campaign ---Back in the early 70's, I worked at an electronics store that also did

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Old duplexer tuning question

2005-12-19 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:59 PM 12/19/2005 -0800, you wrote: I have been pulling my hair out (I don't have that much more to go) over an old Celwave 6 cavity 526-4 pass reject duplexer. I can get the notches to tune properly one by one but when I put it all back together it just does not seem to sum out right.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Hamtronics T301 220 exciter Final and microphonics

2005-12-19 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:55 PM 12/19/2005 -0600, you wrote: It looks like just a bad amp design as the transistor has the collector commen to the case, putting RF on the Heatsink. the heat sink seams to form a capacitor between it and the shield so any movement or heating modulates the signal. ---Modulates

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Hamtronics T301 220 exciter Final and microphonics

2005-12-19 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:36 AM 12/20/2005 -, you wrote: It's probably PM, not FM ---I seriously doubt it. The amount of phase shift (and hence deviation) that could be introduced at the final frequency and from that small amount of reactance has got to be negligible. Don't forget that in both PM and FM

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: DR-235 for repeater

2005-12-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:21 AM 12/17/2005 -0700, you wrote: Which output are you talking about? I guess my question is: Other than the specified signal levels, what IS the difference between the 1200 baud audio out and the 9600 baud audio out? ---9600 baud, by its very nature, requires that received audio is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Preamplifier

2005-12-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:15 AM 12/17/2005 -0800, you wrote: I found that the 17dB gain was way too much for the receiver ---That's one reason I swear by Chip's stuff for over 15 year. He places stability and noise figure over gain. The result are preamps with extremely low noise figure, unconditional

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair VHF Duplexer

2005-12-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:22 PM 12/13/2005 EST, you wrote: bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7 face=Arial color=#00 size=2 Anyone familiar w/ the Sinclair Duplexer model #MR256B*2?? From what I can find it's set on a 5MHz freq seperation, according to Sinclair it would have to go back to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair VHF Duplexer

2005-12-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:53 PM 12/13/2005 EST, you wrote: We purchased it off of another business that upgraded their repeater for use with our business repeater using VHF-Hi. Their freq pair was spaced at 5 MHz though, and ours is not; so my question was if this can be retuned at my local radio shop to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair VHF Duplexer

2005-12-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:05 PM 12/13/2005 -0800, you wrote: ---I find it hard to believe that the amount they'd charge to change out the intercavity cabling and probes (which is what they'll do to change the spacing) will probably cost more than it's worth. And no. I seriously doubt your local radio shop would/could

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Aerotron Repeater Help

2005-12-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:30 PM 12/5/2005 -0800, you wrote: Motorola uses a ground on a pint to enable the appropriate channel, and Aerotron may be the same. ---My Quintron uses an Aerotron MPAC receiver. They don't ground the TXCO in order to enable it, they supply 9.5 volts DC to it (switched as they say). The

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Deviation

2005-12-02 Thread Ken Arck
One thing that hasn't been mentioned so far, and one thing that is quite important, is that regardless of the suggestion of 5 or 4.75 Khz, it must be noted that these are PEAK values, not average. If the average deviation is set for 5 KHz, then the peaks will be absolutely be more than 5 Khz. So

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Deviation

2005-12-02 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:30 PM 12/2/2005 -0500, you wrote: Shouldn't the touch tone pad tone be set at the maximum deviation or nearly so? ---I've always found around 3 Khz to be the correct point for most decoders/controllers. You mileage may, of course, vary. Those are steady and not subject to peaks. Also

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Deviation

2005-12-02 Thread Ken Arck
Well... all I can say is look at how much trouble deviation got Michael Jackson in Ken (sorry, couldn't resist) 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

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Source for RF enclos

2005-12-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:50 AM 12/1/2005 -0800, you wrote: I suppose you could build one out of unused double sided circuit board ... ---I used to do that (back when copperclad was reasonably priced). Nowadays, it's much too expensive me thinks. I remember building an RF tight enclosure, back in the 80's, for

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Tuning tools

2005-11-30 Thread Ken Arck
Hmmm, I still have my genuine Motorola tuning tool set, complete with official geeky pocket protector! It even has the huge fiber tool for those old GGV's! Doesn't Batwing offer tools anymore or are they just too pricey for what they are? Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for VHF Engineering Company kits, boards, etc. to buy

2005-11-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:49 AM 12/1/2005 -, you wrote: I am looking for any of the older VHF Engineering boards or repeaters. ---Why? Ken 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:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off Topic, but curiosity.............

2005-11-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:19 PM 11/27/2005 +0100, you wrote: Can someone share why this ítems are so expensive??? ---Because PT Barnum was right? :-) Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off Topic, but curiosity.............

2005-11-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:29 PM 11/27/2005 -0800, you wrote: Also, those caps are probably not made anymore ... Since I have some here, would you like to buy them Ken? ---Heh, I happen to have a few of 'em in the junkbox myself. I'll see your caps and raise you mine Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: trying to build my first repeater

2005-11-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:10 AM 11/28/2005 -, you wrote: WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS DIRECTION OF HOW OTHERS DID THIS. the radios are 30+ years old so i can't believe that i am the first to think of using the higer quality tube equipment. this equipment is very expensive and i was fortunate to have it donated to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: trying to build my first repeater

2005-11-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:37 AM 11/28/2005 -, you wrote: First, who ever trained you must have been a brother to Maxwell Smart. How do you plan to get the richest/fullest audio with +/-5KC deviation. ---Not to mention that a proper metaphor would be about the winkest link in the chain. After all, the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Controller

2005-11-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:34 PM 11/23/2005 -0500, you wrote: http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/rc110.html ---For the record, the RC110 is currently unavailable, however the RC210 is (and is available in kit form) http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/rc210/rc210.html

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