[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-26 Thread darylynn d
ame of it now. > > 73 > Gary K4FMX > > > -Original Message- > > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > > buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dawn > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 4:29 PM > > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > Subje

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-26 Thread Gary Schafer
x27;t remember the name of it now. 73 Gary K4FMX > -Original Message- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dawn > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 4:29 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repea

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-26 Thread Dawn
No Gary. I meant Sineman. I'm fully aware of the lineman. That was a bit overpriced for what it did. We had two Nortel units that we bought ex-telco that did the same thing elegantly. The Sineman was a unit that we received a mailed brochure. I'm looking at it now. The description: " Microproce

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-26 Thread Gary Schafer
The idea of the dual meter unit was to be able to quickly go thru a circuit without having to touch the meter to change ranges or change to AC or DC. If you stuck it on a DC circuit it would read that right. If you stuck it on an AC circuit it would read that. Also you could read an AC voltage rid

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-26 Thread Gary Schafer
> Gary: The guy that marketed that 40 db power pad was actually a rep, > a real character. I still have the data sheet and picture somewhere > here in my library. He used to tell me his real money came from > making and selling waders. > > BTW I do have the schematic and JPEG of the Cushman 4

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-25 Thread Dawn
The Mod Box was a great idea during it's time. Only the IFR-1000 at the time had the provision to use a microphone with a pre-emhasis network. Most all the service monitors only allowed an internal tone or external audio gen. Some allowed the mix of both. The Mod box was sort of like a microphon

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-25 Thread Tony Faiola
On Mar 24, 2010, at 11:06 PM, Gary Schafer wrote: > Yes he did build some for a few years. They were never a big seller > as the > price was pretty high. They did work pretty well. It did not have a > digital > display, only analog meters. There were lights that showed what > range it was >

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-25 Thread skipp025
> While the subject is odd Helper stuff, remember the > Mod Box or the Sineman? I'm a late comer to picking up extra Helper Instrument Equipment but I now have a modest collection of a few items like the Sineadder and a few of the antenna match boxes. I hadn't thought about it for a while bu

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-24 Thread Dawn
- > > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > > buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dawn > > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:37 PM > > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-24 Thread Gary Schafer
ter- > buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dawn > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:37 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502) > > Whoa! > Bill actually went through with this? I never seen this as a produc

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-24 Thread Dawn
Whoa! Bill actually went through with this? I never seen this as a production item although the idea of a service bench Analog/Digital voltmeter was something he was interested in doing. The DMM's A/D section was to go to an integrator and drive a meter for peaking or nulling. My understanding w

[Repeater-Builder] RE: Helper Instruments (Voltadder VA 502)

2010-03-24 Thread Gary Schafer
That was an auto ranging voltmeter. They were rather expensive at the time, compared to nowadays. As I remember it you could select auto range, or lock it in a particular range. 73 Gary K4FMX > -Original Message- > From: Alicia Mehrdad [mailto:abcza...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments Sinadder Model CML-1

2009-11-23 Thread skipp025
> > > > Jim > > > > _ > > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skipp025 > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 9:03 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments Sinadder Model CML-1

2009-11-23 Thread wa6vpl
: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skipp025 Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 9:03 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments Sinadder Model CML-1 El gusto es mio Bruce... I'm a big f

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments Sinadder Model CML-1

2009-11-23 Thread skipp025
El gusto es mio Bruce... I'm a big fan of Helper Instruments and have a small bit of history regarding the Company. When the founder passed, his daughter tried to keep the ship floating but the original innovation of Helper Products was gone. Eventually... Zetron bought the rights to produce s

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-26 Thread Gary Schafer
groups.com] On Behalf Of skipp025 > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 1:27 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments > > Hi Dan, > > Glad to see you chimed in on this thread. > > > "Dan Graybeal" wrote: > &

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-26 Thread no6b
At 12/25/2008 12:06, you wrote: > > n...@... wrote: > > ...and everyone thought I was nuts for using a Regency > > scanner as a deviation monitor & signal generator. > > Bob NO6B > >Well, it's not just because of that... >Sorry Bob... I couldn't help myself... >:-) > >I myself also tried using the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-26 Thread Jim Brown
frequencies.  Setting the cell frequencies minus 10.8 divided by two then plus 10.8 gave me the 440 frequencies to program into the scanner. 73 - Jim  W5ZIT --- On Thu, 12/25/08, n...@no6b.com wrote: From: n...@no6b.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments To: Repeater-Builder

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-25 Thread rtc_0001
Necessity is the mother of invention. You are not alone in the universe my friend. rtc. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, n...@... wrote: > > ...and everyone thought I was nuts for using a Regency scanner as a > deviation monitor & signal generator. > > Bob NO6B >

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-25 Thread skipp025
> n...@... wrote: > ...and everyone thought I was nuts for using a Regency > scanner as a deviation monitor & signal generator. > Bob NO6B Well, it's not just because of that... Sorry Bob... I couldn't help myself... :-) I myself also tried using the Bearcat, Radio Shack, Uniden and GRE Sc

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-25 Thread skipp025
Hi Dan, Glad to see you chimed in on this thread. > "Dan Graybeal" wrote: > The SM-512 is a service monitor that covers 1 to 512 MHz > if memory serves correctly. I had incorrectly posted the follow up model as the SM-1024, but it was actually the SM-1000 as later indicated. (I was thinkin

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-25 Thread no6b
At 12/24/2008 12:45, you wrote: >The SM-512 is a service monitor that covers 1 to 512 MHz if memory >serves correctly. It has a built in Sinadder and Millivolt meter. The >system was designed around a Bearcat scanner. When Bearcat quit making ...and everyone thought I was nuts for using a Regency

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-25 Thread Dan Graybeal
The SM-512 is a service monitor that covers 1 to 512 MHz if memory serves correctly. It has a built in Sinadder and Millivolt meter. The system was designed around a Bearcat scanner. When Bearcat quit making the scanner, the system was redesigned from scratch and expanded to go to 1GHz, hence the S

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments SM-512 and SM-1024

2008-12-23 Thread Eric Lemmon
ilder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skipp025 Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 6:19 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments SM-512 and SM-1024 Hi Randy, You'll be hard pressed to find the Service Manual

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments SM-512 and SM-1024

2008-12-23 Thread Gary Schafer
lder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments SM-512 and SM-1024 > > Hi Randy, > > You'll be hard pressed to find the Service Manual unless one of > the manual sharks (people selling manuals) has one. The only other > source I've seen for t

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments SM-512 and SM-1024

2008-12-23 Thread skipp025
Hi Randy, You'll be hard pressed to find the Service Manual unless one of the manual sharks (people selling manuals) has one. The only other source I've seen for the manual has been one or two of the SM-512 units I've seen up on Ebay in the last two years. A fairly well thought out basic ser

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Helper Instruments

2008-12-23 Thread wb8art
Hi Mike, Best I can find out it is called a service monitor, hence SM in model no.. Has Sinadder function as well as monitor RX and signal generator and modulator, deviation, and off frequency detector meter. Randy --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > > At