Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE ICOM question

At 12:48 PM 05/16/07, you wrote: >Are the GE Exec and standard MastrII ICOMs (channel elements) >interchangable? > >John/N4SJW Exec series used a "crystal element", and Mastr II series used a transistorized crystal oscillator module called an ICOM (no relationship to the Japanese company). Crystal

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 or MSF2000 VHF - WANTED

At 07:17 PM 05/12/07, you wrote: >Please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Thanks in advance You need to be a little more specific for us to point you at a source... Continuous duty or intermittent duty ? 136-150 or 150-170 ? Power level? Without cards or with cards (and which ones?) Carrier

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE Phoenix SX Replacement Coils

At 07:18 PM 05/12/07, you wrote: >Hello, > >I am looking for replacement coils for a GE Phoenix SX radio. They are >L08 and L502. Both are made by Toko electronics. > >L08 has the following numbers on it: > >19A >7033 >11P1 > >L502 is labeled: > >19BB >0102 >3P1 > >Does anyone know what values the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II Power supply battery revert option questions

At 06:22 PM 05/11/07, you wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know what charging current the Mastr II battery charger / battery revert option supplies to the batteries? Is using this a good idea or a bad one? I highly doubt its a smart charger or has a trickle function to float batteries. Im loo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II Power supply battery revert option questions

At 06:22 PM 05/11/07, you wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know what charging current the Mastr II battery charger / battery revert option supplies to the batteries? Is using this a good idea or a bad one? I highly doubt its a smart charger or has a trickle function to float batteries. Im loo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Needed old Motorola Exciter (Junk-Enders 12 Step Program - Step 7)

I also have one that would love to have a new home. May even have a ham-band repeater output channel element for it... Mike WA6ILQ At 09:27 AM 05/09/07, you wrote: >Re: Needed old Motorola Exciter (Junk-Enders 12 Step Program - Step 7) > >Hi Kris, > >If you're emailing pictures of the exciter u

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Needed old Motorola Exciter

At 07:13 PM 05/08/07, you wrote: >On Tue, 8 May 2007, JOHN MACKEY wrote: > > It is EXTREMELY pre-Micor, it is a Motrac vintage VHF base station > > transmitter. > >Thank you for the ID; we've really been wondering ourselves. > >By my estimation, this repeater has been in ham use for better than >tw

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Board identity

At 01:31 PM 05/06/07, you wrote: >Is there a way I can identify Mot boards from the ink-stamped number on >the board? I have inherited several boards I need to figure out. Most >appear to be RX boards, couple small accessory boards. You can identify at least the frequency range... A third letter

RE: [Repeater-Builder] New repeater Motorola or MA/COM

At 03:06 PM 04/30/07, you wrote: Hello, Johnson is not what Johnson used to be... Paul And that statement is just the tip of the iceberg... Talk to any long-term Johnson dealer.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Station Conversion Problem

At 09:59 AM 04/29/07, you wrote: I have a Micor Station 100 VHF that was used as a paging base. I removed the backplane and installed a "normal" one and removed the cards for paging, and installed normal base station cards. I completed the conversion (removing diode) for allowing the receiver

[Repeater-Builder] Anybody know what a "Motorola DARCOM 9000 / F2790A repeater 800 / 900 MHz" is?

There's several listings on ebay right now for the following... "Motorola DARCOM 9000 / F2790A repeater 800 / 900 MHz " Anybody know what they are? The photos remind me of a data system I work

[Repeater-Builder] OT - Looking for Jim Duram K8COP

Pardon the "broadcast" but I'm trying to get in touch with, or find a working email address or a telephone number for K8COP. The email address I have now is a black hole... the mail doesn't bounce, however there's no reply. I'm hoping that if my mail is falling into his spam trap that he'll see t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor RX frequency ranges?

At 11:14 AM 04/23/07, you wrote: >I have some spectra-TAC micor receivers, they are the 403-512 bandsplit. > >Has anyone put them on 420 or 433 with much problem? Are they REALLY >403-512? :) > >Thanks, > >Jordan Micor receiver boards came in 406-420 MHz, 450-470 MHz, 470-494 MHz and 494-512 MHz

Re: [Repeater-Builder] REPCO 2 watt vhf transmitter strip- info request

At 08:01 PM 04/22/07, you wrote: Hi Art, Have you found the data you were looking for? If not, I might be able to help. I found manuals for both the VHF and UHF Repco receivers and transmitters in the S-COM archives. They're referred to as the RDL series of RF Link Devices, and apparently the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair Q202 tuning problem

At 10:31 PM 04/21/07, you wrote: >I am having an issue tuning a Q202 duplexer. I reviewed the past 144 >or so posts regarding Q202 issues, but haven't found any past posts >mentioning the following issue. > >The unit was originally on 165MHz. It has the horizontal >copper/dielectric reject stubs w

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Conversion

At 07:52 PM 04/21/07, you wrote: >I am converting a full duplex Micor base station to a repeater. The >station was pulled from service on the UHF MED channels and won't repeat >but will full duplex. > >I have looked over repeater-builder.com and am not finding an article >describing the procedure.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mini - UHF Connector

At 08:21 PM 04/18/07, you wrote: >The only sure way to keep these silly connectors from coming loose is to use >Lock Tight! No other way to keep them on when the radio is >installed in heavy >equipment and farm vehicles. Just make it permanent and when the >radio needs to >be removed cut the co

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Remote Base Antenna

At 07:51 PM 04/19/07, you wrote: >I have a remote base setup on a UHF machine running an RC-210. I would >like to be able to remotely rotate a beam antenna via DTMF over the >repeater. I have figured a way to do this via the controller, but I have >not yet figured out how to know where the beam in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rethinking the Possible poll question

At 09:37 PM 04/15/07, you wrote: Kevin, I think our Micor must have been properly converted because it has been on the air for about 25 years according to the original owner who I talk with 2 weeks ago. Our Micro is on 2 meters and has a 70 cm receiver in the cabinet who's frequency I don't

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: New web pages...

At 02:18 AM 04/15/07, you wrote: >Mike, I picked up some old Motorola manuals and other books on >Saturday . I will drop them off for you to scan for all interested.. > >Will I would really like to find a UHF MT1000 service manual for my own collection if you have one. And I'm still looking for a

[Repeater-Builder] New web pages...

The www.repeater-builder.com site has three new web pages up... Two will be of direct interest to MT1000 / MTX / MT600 / HT600E owners. Just go to that page, then click on Motorola, then scroll down to the "Info on Genesis series of handhelds" page and click on it. That page is essentially a brain

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II mobile in repeater service Noise in receiver

At 02:51 PM 04/11/07, you wrote: >This system was on 444.450/449.450 for abt 7 years with no problems. >I moved and had to change the frequencies to 448.450/443.450. When you say "I moved" do you mean that you changed frequencies? Or you physically relocated the repeater to a new tower? Or what

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Zetron - Kenwood???

Kenwood buying Zetron? Hmmm and the new company will be Kentron or Zewood?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Zetron 38 vs. 38a

The Zetron 38A book is on the Zetron page at repeater-builder, anybody have the 38 ? Or any other Zetron books that aren't there? Zetron has a bad habit of not having any books for older gear... the Zetron page is available as a library... At 04:59 PM 04/12/07, you wrote: I have both of them

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MSR2000 UHF REPEATER PL TONE

At 10:25 AM 04/11/07, you wrote: >Make sure you have the latest firmware available for your >specific 7K Controller. One of the early version firmwares >had a problem with the 2nd port carriers/ctcss and how the RBI >worked with it. There was an update to that early firmware set. > >cheers, >ski

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: UHF Micor Exciter Output Level??

At 12:12 AM 04/09/07, you wrote: >--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Assuming you have the controller hooked up properly, > > and the station modded properly, I'd assume that if you > > have one cracked jo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Micor Exciter Output Level??

At 08:42 PM 04/08/07, you wrote: >Hi Guys. > >What is the power output of the UHF Micor (VHF really) exciter BEFORE >the 1st bandpass filter? What about AFTER the 1st bandpass filter? I >have the manuals, and I know what they say, but I am looking for some >real world data. > >I have got to be doin

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Tuning duplexers with sweep generator?

d experienced >repeater-builders before it becomes visible to the world (sorta as >preemptive damage control,...). > ><<< vern >>> > > >--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why not

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Tuning duplexers with sweep generator?

Why not do an entire article for repeater-builder? Something like "A first-timer's experience at tuning a duplexer" ??? Just write it in Word, put your photos or diagrams in where you want them, then zip up the word file and all the raw full-sized images and email it to us Mike WA6ILQ At 08:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tone filter

At 06:31 AM 04/03/07, you wrote: >Hi, > >Could anyone point me in the direction of a simple circuit which will >facilitate the muting or suppression of a 1750 hz tone on the received >audio. > >Thank you for readingregards, Doug - GM7SVK How accurate are the encoders in the users radios? Some

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 2 Micor Uhf receivers to trade

Gervais - Talk to Kevin W3KKC or Scott Zimmerman N3XCC - they have 147mhz Micor receivers available. Both are regular readers of this group. Mike WA6ILQ At 02:25 PM 04/02/07, you wrote: thanks Mark 73/s gervais ve2ckn - Origin

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Icom rp4020

At 01:25 PM 03/29/07, you wrote: >Hey guys, >Anyone have a copy of the manual for the rp4020 from Icom? >I have to change frequencies and can't remember how to do it. >Any ideas? > >Thanks, >Jed The entire service manual as a PDF is on the Icom page at the repeater-builder.com web site.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] SP50 as receiver in RPT

At 08:26 AM 03/28/07, you wrote: >I was surfing on the web yesterday and came upon a repeater that had >been made out of a SP50 as the receiver and a radius mobile (16 pin) as >the Tmtr. Does anybody have any info on a configuration like this? > >Sam Sure. Every manufacturer - Moto, Icom, Yaesu,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 UHF REPEATER PL TONE

What's the part number? TLN8624, K1000, KLN6209, KLN6210, or what? Usually the transmit side uses a Vibrasender, the receive side uses a Vibrasponder, but on an MSR a 'sponder will work on both sides. At 08:57 AM 03/29/07, you wrote: >On a related issue, do any of you have a couple of 100 Hz. >Vib

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic request: Radio Shack Pro-2002 scanner manual

At 10:40 PM 03/27/07, you wrote: Mike, Sorry to Hear about the loss of Your Friend , I did find a lot of Info Here I will try and find More if You need it Hope it Helps "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> http://suppo

[Repeater-Builder] Off topic request: Radio Shack Pro-2002 scanner manual

A good friend recently died and I inherited, along with a bunch of other stuff, his scanner - a PRO-2002. I want to pass this on to a friend, and would like to find a copy of the owners manual or instruction manual to include with it. If anybody has an extra one I'd like to get it, or a xerox or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] AntiKerchunk ??

At 09:29 AM 03/27/07, you wrote: >We have a 440 repeater with a Six meter remote base setup. On the >Six meter receiver we constantly get little "pops" that key up the >repeater and is quite anoying. The "Pops" are created by very close >TV station transmitters at the site and appear to be on cha

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 4 bay folded j pole questions

At 06:11 AM 03/27/07, you wrote: > Thanks i found out its a Andrew dB224 - 155-165mhz, i was hoping it >would be in the 145mhz - 2 meter ham band range but it seems you cant >adjust this type of antenna. Not without a hacksaw and a TIG ? MIG ? welder.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Distance

At 04:59 PM 03/26/07, you wrote: There is a lot more that comes into consideration than height when you begin to predict the range and/or coverage. I would suggest that anybody wanting to make predictions of coverage obtain a copy of GE's DF-10003-1 "VHF and UHF Propagation". There are a lot of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: need some help with an Repco Repeater

At 09:32 PM 03/25/07, you wrote: >Since I'm into some self abuse... I'll tell you I've played with >a number of the Repco tx and rx strips you see on ebay every so >often. You can see a VHF tx strip on ebay pretty constant.. the >seller must have a pretty large batch of them. I've also bought >my s

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RCA connectors NOT for power

Yep - had a Yaesu 727 handheld with that... the cigarette lighter adapter had a dual plug with a coaxial plug for operating the handheld and a 1/8" one for charging the battery. The charger was nothing but a fixed resistor (1/4w !!!) between the 12v input and the hot side of the battery. The cor

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TX & RC antenna seperation

At 09:27 AM 03/23/07, you wrote: >What would be the guidelines to use for antenna seperation on a 2 meter >machine w/o a duplexer. Horizonal and vertical, this will be a limited >use machine, so there will not be a lot of traffic. > >Sam >KE5MID Vertical separation is more effective simply because

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 220 conversion

At 04:19 PM 03/21/07, you wrote: >Has anyone tried to do a 220 mhz conversion on the Mitrek? I've been thinking about it for a while... There are two approaches - take a UHF radio and put a modified high band front end in, and bypass a doubler, or take a high band radio and move it up. The mods t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Moto GM300's Used With External Controller - COR Problem

At 11:57 AM 03/20/07, you wrote: >You might want to try pin 14 instead of pin 8. > >I just got done interfacing a controller to a GM300 and couldn't get pin 8 >to work but pin 14 did. > >The RSS indicates both pin 8 and 14 are PL/DPL/CSQ detect but only pin 14 >seems to function properly. > >Randy

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MCS2000 intermittent transmit?

At 12:14 AM 03/18/07, you wrote: >Howdy, > >Has anyone ever seen an intermittent transmit issue with an MCS2000? >When I key up, it will key the transmitter for about one second then >drop and then key up again and drop and then key up again until I let >go of the PTT. I have tried using two differ

RE: [Repeater-Builder] RF Sampler

to measure the insertion loss. Mike WA6ILQ At 07:34 PM 03/15/07, you wrote: >Also Bird makes a element that has a bnc connector. > >Fred N4GER > >-Original Message- >From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Morris WA6ILQ >Sen

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RF Sampler

At 06:05 PM 03/15/07, you wrote: >I have a Nice Coaxial Dynamics Wattmeter Like the bird and it uses the >same elements but nice Big Display for us older People. > >Anyway it is Made very Well and not much RF gets out , So the question >is How can I make Something get a sample Of RF enough for

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur-Grade Radios (Was: Fixed Audio)

At 07:23 PM 03/14/07, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY wrote: >Nate, > >Several years ago, I chastised ARRL Labs for failing to report the basic >2-way radio performance parameters of 12dB SINAD sensitivity, voice >deviation limit, CTCSS deviation limit, and center frequency accuracy. I >did not get a satisfact

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: fixed-audio?

At 07:11 PM 03/14/07, Bob, WA9FBO wrote: You make my point. You say "Our system" You are a controller guy. Your controller is your perspective. But that is actually a device perspective. Sure, I'm a controller guy, and since S-COM is going headlong into the multiport controller biz, I have a v

[Repeater-Builder] Zetron model 30 "Worldpatch" and Model 37 "Repeaterman"

I was handed a Zetron model 30 "Worldpatch" and Model 37 "Repeaterman" a few weeks ago. Either or both may end up in a porta-peter, depends on the functionality they have I've tapped all the local sources and came up dry... I've called Zetrons California rep on the phone and got nowhere (why wo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fwd: Motorola Repeater

Want to do a photo article for repeater-builder? At 04:57 PM 03/12/07, you wrote: >Yup.. The rf transistors are really broadbanded.. All I did was re-tune. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 3/12/2007 4:02:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for Info on EF Johnson LR-MT-22 220-222 MHz Radios

At 02:02 PM 03/12/07, you wrote: >I'm Looking for Information on a EF Johnson Viking LR-MT-22 220 - >222 MHz Mobile . >I'm trying to see if there is a Way to Move the Radio up to the 1.25 >meter Ham Band . >Any Info will Hel . Pleas Contact me if you have any Information on >this Model Radio .

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fwd: Motorola Repeater

At 01:50 PM 03/12/07, you wrote: Ran across this ad on Qth.com: RADIOVHF - Motorola MSF 5000 UHF Repeater Motorola MSF 5000 Digital Capable and Analog Plus Stations UHF Repeater. Complete repeater system in cabinet including duplexer. I believe t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor receiver below 440?

At 07:38 PM 03/11/07, you wrote: >Anyone have any luck using a 450-470 Micor receiver below 440? I am >considering using them as link receivers. Or, anyone use a 403-420 >model in 430-440 use? >Lance N2HBA Frequently - the Southern Calif. repeaters all listen to 440-445, and talk on 445-450, so

Re: [Repeater-Builder] csc cwid-50b manual???

Look on the www.repeater-builder.com web page and go to the "Other Manufacturers" page. There is a "CSC" IDer listed there, but the file image is of a Securitron device, which the person who sent it to me claimed is the same thing. Never having owned one, I do not know. At 01:30 PM 03/09/07, you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna ID help

At 07:06 PM 03/04/07, you wrote: >I just aquired a bunch of antenna and towers sections etc from a >Plumbing dispatch office that went out of biz a couple of years ago. > >In the inventory is a Phelps Dodge Super S'master F'glass Vert. Not >much of the label left. But I was able to see the model #

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Very busy at the moment...

Possibilities: (1) Set your yahoogroups membership to "Special Notices" and then read the traffic at the web site at your leisure. (2) Leave your yahoogroups membership to "Each Message" or "Daily Digest" and use a POP client to get your mail, then have a sort rule in your client to dump every subj

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

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 (901-9

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

At 10:19 PM 02/23/07, you wrote: In a message dated 2/23/2007 6:36:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In regards to the question of a wattmeter adding length to a cable, in places where I use Z-matchers, I actually leave an N-barrel connector in line that can be removed fo

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

At 03:27 PM 02/23/07, you wrote: >Hi Mike, > >Even more fun is the frequent band openings. One repeater in the >SF Bay Area will lock up its reverse co-channel So Cal machine. Both >have no practical time-out timers. Happens more than a few times >a month... sometimes a few times in one week. Yep

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antenex YDA4404 antenna

At 11:41 AM 02/23/07, you wrote: > >> Careful! Antenex and Antennex are two different companies. > >> The antenna John is asking about is a 4 bay dipole array > >> (non-folded). Gary > >Christmas..! must have been drunk in my beer again? Well... I've >got both types of those antennas here... actua

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT- Activity Level On Ham Repeaters Way Down In My Area

Comments in the text. At 02:49 PM 02/22/07, you wrote: "Tony L." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote… The number of active ham repeaters in my area is way, way down in comparison to levels of 10 years ago. It isn't uncommon to monitor a repeater frequency and hear no traffic for

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Capacitor value

Actually I've been working on and off on a series of "component" pages... caps were first, then I was going to do resistors and pots, then who knows... At some point I was going to do bench tools (i.e. hand tools, soldering irons, etc.), then I was going to attack test equipment... what you nee

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Capacitor value

At 08:45 AM 02/21/07, you wrote: Here is a handy wall chart that takes the guess work out of IDing capacitors. http://www.radiodaze.com/capacitor_ID.htm 73 JIM KA2AJH Wish I'd seen that before I started reinventing the wheel for the page that's about half done... Mike WA6ILQ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Capacitor value

At 08:09 AM 02/21/07, you wrote: >I have a very small capacitor labeled 103. Is this a .0001uf/100pf? >Thanks for the help. > >Laryn K8TVZ From a web page I'm working on for the constructions projects page at repeater-builder... Here's some cut and paste text... In the past, capacitors have be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Statistics

At 06:01 PM 02/19/07, you wrote: > > BTW the group was created on Feb 13 1999 > >Happy belated 8th birthday! Wow, has it really been that long? > >Remember eGroups, and OneList? Those are the other folks that run the >mail servers before Yahoo! bought them out. > >Thanks everyone for a popular

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Time Out Award

At 05:46 PM 02/19/07, you wrote: >One of the local police departments here awarded one of their officers with >the "Golden Microphone Award", a Motorola Mic painted gold and affixed to a >wooden plaque, after she unwittingly had her mic keyed while she sang "Oh >Mickey! You're so fine..." in its en

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Time Out Award

At 04:36 PM 02/19/07, you wrote: >* Mike Morris WA6ILQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Feb 19 17:54 -0600]: > > I once saw a old Motorola metal mobile mic that had been chrome plated, > > mounted to a walnut plaque, with the curly cord mounted as well... with a > > 1/2"

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Statistics

At 08:48 AM 02/19/07, Jim Barbour WD8CHL wrote: >Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > > Recently I did some research on the membership statistics for this group. > > > > Here's some interesting info: > > >275 are in "Special Notices" mode - i.e. they read the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Time Out Award

I once saw a old Motorola metal mobile mic that had been chrome plated, mounted to a walnut plaque, with the curly cord mounted as well... with a 1/2" piece cut out of the middle of the cord, and a pair of diagonal cutters mounted next to the cut... all with a brass tag mounted under the mic saying

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ge voter receive modules

LBI30768(any version) is missing from the LBI library. If anyone has a clean paper copy they'd like to loan for scanning please let us know. Mike WA6ILQ co-webmaster at repeater-builder At 10:43 AM 02/18/07, you wrote: Jon: The 19D429656G1 circuit board is a line level compensating board. T

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE PA numbers

At 07:40 PM 02/17/07, you wrote: >Can anyone ID these GE M2 PA numbers: 417524G4 and 424786G6 > >Would like to know if these are VHF or UHF, the freq. range within the >band and output power. TIA Go to the LBI page and repeater-builder and follow the directions for the search function. They are

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Statistics

each >one after "un-bouncing" my address. > >Mark - N9WYS > >-Original Message- >From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Mike Morris WA6ILQ > >Recently I did some research on the membership statistics for this group. > >Here's some intere

[Repeater-Builder] Statistics

Recently I did some research on the membership statistics for this group. Here's some interesting info: We have 3,393 members. 556 are in "Daily Digest" mode. 883 are in "Individual Emails" mode 275 are in "Special Notices" mode - i.e. they read the mail via the YahooGroups web site, and if t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: WTB: MSR-2000 UHF Rx

Before you shell out the $$ you will want to ask the seller if it has the male or female on the RX box. They were built both ways (i.e. backplane=male,RX=fem or backplane=fem and RX=male) and are a bit of a pain to change. If you are in no hurry you may want to wait for a RX with the right sex. M

Re: [Repeater-Builder] posts showing up out of sequence

At 12:37 PM 02/13/07, you wrote: >It's not unheard of for email to get 'lost in the mail', either. > >The speed of your connection is only one issue, and a minor one at that. > >Another issue nobody has mentioned so far is the fact that some people >have their clocks set wrong. This can be ahead or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RLN-4008 RIB Clones

At 06:37 AM 02/05/07, you wrote: >Good Morning everyone, > >Has anyone used the RIB clone offered by Valley Enterprises on >that auction place? Opinions welcome on that one and on RIB clones in >general. Have no experience with Valley, but have used a RadioStew one (which uses the Sandy G

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II Station Power Supply Problem?

There's a safety note on the GE ferroresonant supply plus some info on fuse sizes here: Mike WA6ILQ At 01:32 PM 02/05/07, you wrote: Master II Base Station / Repeater Power Supplies come in four flavors. The most important information

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Effects of doubling RF output on UHF repeater?

At 06:47 AM 02/05/07, you wrote: >One of our 70cm Amateur Radio repeaters is currently outputting 50 >watts into the duplexer. We're considering replacing the existing RF >power amp with a 100 watt model. Might want to ask the knowledge base here for recommendations and/or warnings... This group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: New article on Channel Element/ICOM stability - W3KKC

At 09:25 PM 02/03/07, you wrote: >At 2/3/2007 20:09, you wrote: > >If there is such a thing - ICM in OKC would be tops, then Bomar, and down > >the line. sb > >Given the horror story given here recently by Dave KA9FUR, I can't even >consider ICM at this point. It's as if most of the crystal manuf

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Commercial Trunking repeater

At 09:24 PM 02/02/07, you wrote: Skip, Interesting you bring up that idea. I've had success with an initial CTCSS induced audio delay, ramped back to zero, using the PT2399 controlled by a DS1803. I use it in the MP100 controllers on a multi hop link system. Talking from one end of the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] FCC Test

Use the Firefox browser and one of the various video capture add-on plugins. The most common one saves the video as a (something).flv file, and you'll need an flv player to watch it. One decent one is at I've got the video as a 6.7

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Line Terminator

Sure beats the first DC line panel I worked on - 3 rack units high and used telephone style relays. At 05:57 PM 01/31/07, you wrote: >More info about the ST-32 is available here: > > > >73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > >-Original Message- >From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >[mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Getting back on topic WAS: A little OT perhaps...

At 01:18 PM 01/30/07, you wrote: >Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > > 4freq 220 (2m Motran modified) > > and 6freq 440. > > > > Mike WA6ILQ > >I think you mentioned that once before-it'd be interesting if there was >an article for that...I have a Motran in the ga

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A little OT perhaps...

At 08:52 AM 01/30/07, you wrote: >Ken Arck wrote: > > but the morons who run our State are considering this (time to > > mobilize Oregon hams(coming to a State near you?) > > > > http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0200.dir/sb0293.intro.html > >I cannot believe how incredibly stupid

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Commercial Trunking repeater

At 08:51 AM 01/30/07, you wrote: >wadeds2003 wrote: > > Hello everyone. I am a Icom, Vertex, HYT dealer out of Canada. I am > > looking at putting up a UHF trunking repeater in the 450-470 MHz > > range. I think I am leaning towards a LTR system however I do not > > have very much expirence with

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Article Ideas needed - a new article on mobile installs

over the past few years and I would like to pay back a little.\ Tom W9SRV - Original Message From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:23:39 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Article Ideas needed - a new article

[Repeater-Builder] Anybody need a M-Pro on 47.42 ?

I was cleaning out the garage and found a Mastr-Pro mobile on 47.42 national Red Cross channel complete with crystals by ICM (International Crystal). I do not remember where it came from or how I got it... probably in a trade with someone. Anybody have a use for it? If you are in Los Angeles

[Repeater-Builder] Article Ideas needed - a new article on mobile installs

I've received an interesting suggestion / request for a new article for the repeater-builder web site. Topic: Mobile installations. I have a bit of a problem on this - because it's so wide a topic - where do you start, and where do you stop? I've seen an install that was just a handheld coupled

Re: [Repeater-Builder] AEA Isopole data needed at repeater-builder... file cabinet checking time...

At 11:07 AM 01/14/07, you wrote: >Well - I have a copy - did a scan and saved it. >Sent it to the reflector and the file is too big. > >Ron Replied in private email with an address to send it to. No sense in force-feeding it to 3300 list members, some of which are on dial-up. Thanks Mike W

Re: [Repeater-Builder] AEA Isopole data needed at repeater-builder... file cabinet checking time...

At 04:55 AM 01/14/07, you wrote: >* Mike Morris WA6ILQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Jan 14 00:23 -0600]: > > > The 220 one is on the repeater-builder web site, but not the 220 or > > 440. Was there a 6m one? > >After reading further, I assume you mean the 2m data shee

[Repeater-Builder] AEA Isopole data needed at repeater-builder... file cabinet checking time...

Does anybody have the AEA Isopole 220mhz and 440 data sheet (the one that was packed inside the box) ?? The 220 one is on the repeater-builder web site, but not the 220 or 440. Was there a 6m one? This request came about due to an email from a gentleman who has a virgin 220mhz one except that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Battery backup

At 07:31 PM 01/08/07, you wrote: >Hi, > >New member here. Thanks for allowing me to join. >Our club has acquired some large lead-acid 12v batteries we would like >to use to back up our repeater in emergency situations. Does anyone >know of a good (but simple and inexpensive [we are a very small g

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Vhf Repeater

At 05:11 AM 01/09/07, Nate Bargmann N0NB wrote: >* IF YOUR NICE I MAY TELL YOU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Jan >09 06:55 -0600]: > > Hi all you know they say there is no dumb question unless you didnt > > ask it and messed things up so here goes .I am wanting to make a cheap > > repeater system for

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MFJ_2040 Autopatch repeater controller

If anybody wants to PDF it then send me a file and it will appear automagically on repeater-builder... Mike At 07:16 AM 01/09/07, you wrote: Heh... Same thing I found; Google is your friend. Richard, N7TGB -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Battery backup

One source of (almost) free diode pairs is any alternator shop. The common configuration of diodes in an alternator has three on a plate, and two plates. One plate is common anode, the other plate is common cathode. The common failure mode is that one diode opens or shorts and the technician re

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Remotely controlling a Arcom RC210

At 05:01 AM 01/07/07, you wrote: >Looking at this thread on Repeater Builders; DSL Repeaters...Curious if >folks control or program their controllers remotely? Not by dtmf >either. I havent gotten the dtmf control thingy within the program to >work thru rigblaster yet. >Ideas? >Robert I know of on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way off topic, but.... WTB: Manual needed.... R-2400 service monitor

for all the replies on the stuck core issue, that I posted >a while back > >73 de KB2SSE >Ken > >On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 12:22 -0800, Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > > A very good friend of mine picked up a new toy... a Motorola > > R-2400 service monitor. > > > >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] tk-431

At 07:46 AM 01/04/07, you wrote: >has any one tried to use the tk-431 for repeater use on 900mhz ? Yup. That radio, and it's mobile cousin (the 931) are a major topic of dicussion over on the AR902 group. I suggest that you go to join, then spend an eveni

[Repeater-Builder] Way off topic, but.... WTB: Manual needed.... R-2400 service monitor

A very good friend of mine picked up a new toy... a Motorola R-2400 service monitor. He's looking for the maintenance and repair manual ... NOT the operators manual, but the repair manual. The number on the manual should be 68-81069A69-(some letter). He's not looking for a CD but an original man

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