Re: [Repeater-Builder] STATION MASTER WHERE TO BUY

2006-01-24 Thread Andrew G.
Let's not start that again...---If it's Cook Towers, I don't think we want to hearabout it!By the way, did that issue ever get resolved properly,or did it just fade away, finally!?!?!?

RE: [Repeater-Builder] cable length

2006-01-24 Thread Ian Wells
I thank you for the response .I don't usually set the TX cable at one length andit varies at all my sites .most of the sites may be around aprox 1 meteror so Thank You, Ian Wells, Kerinvale Comaudio, www.kerinvalecomaudio.com.au ---Original Message--- From: Eric Lemmon Date:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] cable length

2006-01-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I keep hearing about these "Z-Matchers". Who makes them, and are they expensive? LJ -Original Message- From: Eric Lemmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Jan 23, 2006 9:06 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] cable length Ian, The cable length is more

[Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread John J. Riddell
Here is the "How to" sheet on the Z matcher. John VE3AMZZ matcher info.pdf YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] permakay filters tu540s

2006-01-24 Thread Mike Morris
Ted: He's looking for a TU540W - wideband: +/-15khz dev. The TU540S is narrowband: +/-5Khz. Mike WA6ILQ At 02:42 PM 1/23/06, you wrote: we have a couple of these available for the intrepid radio restoaration person. $10 + shipping./ mdm Ted Bleiman K9MDM MDM Radio Ltd - 1629-B N. 31 st Ave

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John - thanks for the info. So who makes these now that DB Products is no more? Cost?-Original Message- From: "John J. Riddell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Jan 24, 2006 8:47 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf Here is the "How to"

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Kenwood Tk-722 parts

2006-01-24 Thread Hellewell, Byron
Hi David Thanks for the offer but the TK-722 is a totally different radio. It is a mobile radio and the TKB-720 radio I am looking for a controller for is a Base station radio. It is about 6 inches high 15 inches deep and 14 inches wide and weighs About 30 pounds because in includes a AC power

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread John
Try the EMR spec sheet. http://www.emrcorp.com/catalog/FullLine/HARDWARE/accessories/HW_FILT_LINEMATCH_LOAD.pdf John KU4RW From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:08 PM To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread Jim Cicirello
A while back there was an excellent article on making these Z Matchers. I made two, one VHF, One UHF, they worked well. The only parts were two Piston Caps, One turn coil between the caps and it was put in an RF tight box with two RF connectors of your choice. On the home made ones there

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Kenwood Tk-722 parts

2006-01-24 Thread dalite01
Well, it was worth a try. The RF Deck came out of a TKR 620 desk-top repeater. Unfortunately, the front panel and other items were lost when the owner scrapped it out for the power supply present in the Desk-Top repeater that the TK-722R came out of; as well as the boards I described. Sorry

[Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread Scott Zimmerman
Fellows, I bought these cans at Dayton last year. I have no information on them. The interconnecting harness is butchered pretty badly, so I'm not sure of the correct lengths. I'm hoping that someone can recognize these and has some documentation and / or a set that we can use as a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread Steve Kometz
I am about 99 percent sure those are Sinclair cavities that belong on a hybrid ring duplexer. And if so, there should be a loop harness and the "stub" should not be attached to the Tee connector. Do a search on Hybrid ring and you should find the info. If not, look on Skipp's repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread John J. Riddell
Scott, those sure look like Sinclair to me...I have a bunch of them here... Will try to get the info from the Sinclair catalogue and get back to you. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Scott Zimmerman To: Repeater Builder List Sent: Tuesday, January 24,

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread n3dab
Can you recall where you saw the article and/or did you keep notes of the component values for the VHF and UHF caps, coils, etc. Would like to duplicate you efforts if possible. Thanks Doug N3DAB at arrl dot net for direct contact --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jim Cicirello

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread DCFluX
Looks like the stub was absonded from a set of Wacom cavities in an attempt to make the cavity into a BpBr type.On 1/24/06, Steve Kometz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am about 99 percent sure those are Sinclair cavities that belong on a hybrid ring duplexer. And if so, there should be a loop

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread Rick Charlotte
Thats an easy one .. to me it looks like my sinclare hybrid ring duplexer but I could be wrong .. I thikn the best person to ask would be BOB Morton (ve3bfm) as he worked for sinclair just do a goodgel for him on the web .. and post en email Rick On 24 Jan 2006 at 13:54, Scott

[Repeater-Builder] RC-210 controller and weather stations ??

2006-01-24 Thread bobby3c
Has anyone used any wx stations such as the talking ones from best buy, oregon scientific , etc and interfaced them with their controller ? I thought since they speak temp/wind speed etc. it could be done, just wondered if anyone has tried it and what worked best if you have. Yahoo!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
Bob Dengler wrote: At 1/19/2006 08:17 AM, you wrote: Ok guys I think I resolved the squeeling problem. I Got to the site this morning while guys were using the rptr and the problem was existing. When tuning the PA awhile back I noticed if you went to far one way it would oscillate (feedback,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread Bob Dengler
At 1/24/2006 10:54 AM, you wrote: Fellows, I bought these cans at Dayton last year. I have no information on them. The interconnecting harness is butchered pretty badly, so I'm not sure of the correct lengths. I'm hoping that someone can recognize these and has some documentation and / or a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
John J. Riddell wrote: Here is the How to sheet on the Z matcher. John VE3AMZ Z matcher info.pdf I've had at least two people I highly respect for their RF knowledge tell me offline that Z-matchers are just another place to generate IM. And of course, according to another

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread Paul Finch
Nate and group, Sorry, I know this will get me flamed but I am getting used to it. A isolator does not necessarily make a good installation. A good bandpass High Q cavity/BpBr duplexer in most cases will do everything you need done without the added headaches of a isolator, especially in high

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread Mike Pugh
I missed it, can you make the plans available, with or without the volt meter mod? Mike Jim Cicirello wrote: A while back there was an excellent article on making these Z Matchers. I made two, one VHF, One UHF, they worked well. The only parts were two Piston Caps, One turn coil between

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread Burt Lang
They are definitely Sinclair, welded top, side loop BpBr cans. They are an intermediate design between the old rounded top, spun aluminum cans with side loop and the welded top, top adjustable loop design of the modern Sinclair cans. They date from the late 50s or early 60s (by 1964 or so

[Repeater-Builder] Crazy linking question

2006-01-24 Thread radio5000
I need some help from the think tank, I have two sites, site "A" and site "B". Site A has a UHF Motorola Quantar repeater and a spectra-tac voter. Site B has a remote receiver (Micor) . There are connected by a 2 wire leased line/ radio loop. The sites are seperated by about 20 miles of

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Z matcher info.pdf

2006-01-24 Thread Jim Cicirello
Mike, Here is the information from Eric Lemmon WB6FLY that dates back to January 2004 as near as I can tell. The information for the device below is for 2-Meter and there was specs for 440 MHz. Hopefully Eric will join us with the information. I have the 440 MHz matcher, but I don't remember the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crazy linking question

2006-01-24 Thread Jeff Otterson
Uhhh, put a transmitter at Site B and multicast them? Jeff At 05:11 PM 1/24/2006, you wrote: I need some help from the think tank, I have two sites, site A and site B. Site A has a UHF Motorola Quantar repeater and a spectra-tac voter. Site B has a remote receiver (Micor) . There are

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crazy linking question

2006-01-24 Thread Dick
Will, there are a lot of repeater controllers available that will do the linking tasks. Hams generally do their linking over the air with low power radios on a dedicated linking frequency. However, you can use your leased line and send the linking stuff over it. Dick - Original

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
Paul Finch wrote: Nate and group, Sorry, I know this will get me flamed but I am getting used to it. A isolator does not necessarily make a good installation. A good bandpass High Q cavity/BpBr duplexer in most cases will do everything you need done without the added headaches of a

[Repeater-Builder] Z-Matcher Sources

2006-01-24 Thread Eric Lemmon
Larry, Here are some links. Tessco: http://tinyurl.com/82et6and look at Page 2. Telewave: http://www.telewave.com/pricelist/couplers.htmland scroll down to "EZ-Match" EMR: http://www.emr.com/catalog/FullLine/HARDWARE/accessories/HW_FILT_LINEMATCH_LOAD.pdf 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY From:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread wa6rqd
Nate Duehr wrote: [snip] Never seen a combiner system made with isolators and mixers have a TX cavity beyond it on the antenna side... but I guess it could be done? Of course, usually the systems feeding such a combiner have TX cavities on them of some sort... not always, though.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery 2M cans

2006-01-24 Thread Kevin Berlen, K9HX
These definetly are from a Sinclair hybird-ring duplexer. The coaxial style notch tuning cap attached to the tee was salvaged from the hybird ring phasing harness. I believe these are single mode cavities. I have two of them tuned as notches to keep a local paging TX from interfering with a

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Crazy linking question

2006-01-24 Thread nj902
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...I had an idea to replace the remote receiver with a repeater on another frequency and link the two together. Is there an easy (reliable?) way to link them over the existing radio loop? ...

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread Paul Finch
Ed, Is that commonly called hybrid ring technology? I think Sinclair made a duplexer that used that technology, is that correct? Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of wa6rqd Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:32 PM To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crazy linking question

2006-01-24 Thread w8ak
We do a lot of simulcast on vhf and uhf now. Not near as difficult as it used to be. I accumulating parts to convert my three linked repeaters to simulcast. Details can be provided. Glenn YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread no6b
At 1/24/2006 13:34, you wrote: Bob Dengler wrote: At 1/19/2006 08:17 AM, you wrote: Ok guys I think I resolved the squeeling problem. I Got to the site this morning while guys were using the rptr and the problem was existing. When tuning the PA awhile back I noticed if you went to far

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread no6b
At 1/24/2006 17:11, you wrote: Four total inputs, mixed together in two pairs of TX's, then into the final mixer. All VHF Amateur band. Lots of power loss for everyone, 100w in = 25w (6 dB loss) out to the antenna, but we all don't bother each others transmitters or take up hideous amounts of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crazy linking question

2006-01-24 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Please, do tell! -- Original Message -- Received: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:16:52 PM CST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crazy linking question We do a lot of simulcast on vhf and uhf now. Not near as difficult as it used to be.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squeeling Problem Resolved!! (I hope)

2006-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why so much loss? I have a 2 port combiner I built that has about 1.5 dB loss. Are your TXs close-spaced in frequency? Bob NO6B Ed covered it... it's the type of combiner it is. :-) 145.145, 145.385, 146.67, and 146.94 were the original frequencies in use. The