RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]

2004-01-07 Thread Kevin Bednar
No problem Gary, I was just curious. Where I am located though it is a lot easier to put something on 440 because it hasn't been all used up yet and we do have some mountains around which help prevent to much interference towards NYC. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]

2004-01-07 Thread Jim B.
JOHN MACKEY wrote: Thanks Gary, you are correct. I might add, I have found Spectrum equipment perform very well as door stops. Gary La Force [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come on folks you no spectrum repeater are ok. As long as you don't turn them on. Gary N0PBM I would say that if he

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID info

2004-01-07 Thread Jim B.
Don wrote: I just had a old rack mount data Signal CWID-70 Re programmed with My call , They forgot to put /R But I will use My controller for That. I was thinking of putting a 220 Link on My 440 repeater or a remote . Do I have to ID That as /L Or can it just be My call ? PS Data

[Repeater-Builder] Fiberglass rod

2004-01-07 Thread Tedd Doda
Hi Guys: About 5 years ago, I picked up some fiberglass 1/8 rods at Dayton. Using a Dremel tool, they were perfect for making all kinds of tuning tools. Of course, after modifying them over and over, they get shorter and shorter :) Has anyone seen these thing in their travels? The units I

Re: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]

2004-01-07 Thread Russ Stafford
Hey Guys, You can always put up a repeater on 220 or 900 or 1296. We are having lots of fun with 900 MHz. and yes you can even use a Master II for a repeater. Lots of radio's for 900 Maxtrac's, Spectra's GTE's and even Johnson and Kenwood's. Have fun! 73 Russ, W3CH - Original Message -

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread Gregg Lengling
The reason some manufacturers include fuses on the Negative lead is for those installers that run both Pos and Neg directly to the battery of a vehicle. This is not a smart move as normally you create a ground loop in the negative system of the vehicle and usually end up with Alternator Whine. It

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 2308

2004-01-07 Thread Clarke, Frederic T. USNUNK AIRTEVRONTWOZEROPATUXENTRIVERMD VX-20 OPS
Hi gang, What are the chances of a little editing before hitting send? A recent message had 14 Yahoo Group trailers appended to the complete string of messages and comments! Really makes it a pain to follow the Spectrum bashing thread!! Tom Clarke VX-20 Ops Specialist/C-130 Pilot Advanced

RE: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID info

2004-01-07 Thread Rogers, Ron
The latest re-write of the FCC Part 97 rules do not dictate that you have to add ANY /R, /L, or / anything to repeater or link transmitter callsigns. Just a plain callsign is fine and less than 20 WPM if using CW ID's ( Tone modulated FM in FM repeaters). Ron -WB8ERB- -Original

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Easy VHF Duplexer !

2004-01-07 Thread KC4QLP
In a message dated 1/6/04 8:46:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With walky talky power typically around 5 watts this can be done with 4 cavities instead of the 6 or 7 needed for higher power, for the 600kc ham vhf band split this each of these could be made from 3 3lb

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Easy VHF Duplexer !

2004-01-07 Thread Vincent Caruso
http://www.dalek.org/srg/cav_pic.html -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:47To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Easy VHF Duplexer !In a message dated 1/6/04 8:46:49 AM

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Fiberglass rod

2004-01-07 Thread Rogers, Ron
McMaster-Carr carries all sorts of Fiberglass rod material in various sizes. An example is a 60 length of 1/4 rod for $2.25. Check out part no. 8543K59 on the McMaster Carr website if you are interested. http://www.mcmaster.com/ Tuning trimmers and waxed slugs in older equipment or cold WX

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken/ stuck slugs - was Fiberglass rod

2004-01-07 Thread Scott Zimmerman
Which gives up first... the fiberglass rod, or the slug? Breaking a slug can be a real pain in the hiney!! It doesn't really matter. If either breaks you need to replace the slug. Frozen or broken - either way it's junk. Breaking them is how I remove broken / stuck slugs. I use a small

[Repeater-Builder] re: Kevin's spectrum equipment

2004-01-07 Thread skipp025
Hi John, It appears the most tender nerve is behind the bulls horns. No one has ever called you or others out to be dumb techs, nor implied such in posts that I've read here. I and others have had many bad experiences with other brands of commercial and amateur equipment. I get the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread Al Allum
Budd, two fuses at the battery will pervert a car/truck fire if the ground wire comes in contact with hot wire of if the hot wire comes in contact with a ground. A diode will prevent frying the radio if the polarity gets switched. Al N8ARO I'm caught in the middle of a couple of feuding

[Repeater-Builder] FREE 330 watt GE AMP

2004-01-07 Thread n3ezd
Free if you are fast enough, it's soon to be residing in the local landfill, GE 4EF4A3 Rev. A, 330 watt, low band 42-54MHz, all three decks, plus metering panel, even has the directional coupler, was working when removed from service, also good for spare power supply parts if you have one of these

[Repeater-Builder] help with sinclair duplexer r101gc

2004-01-07 Thread randy
Hello im a amature radio opperator and was given a set of helical notch filters. their r 101gc sinclairand look brand new.they are 8 cans I want to put them on the ham band rx 52.000 tx 52.500 is that possable ?they aretuned now to factory settings tx 48.980 and rx 49.42 looks like the

Re: [Re: [RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]]

2004-01-07 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Jim - What about all the spurs that Spectrums tend to put out? Jim B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would say that if he REALLY wants to do SOMETHING with this thing, it could be xtal'd up on his favorite repeater as a monitor/base. Find an antenna relay out of a mastr pro or a Mitrek or

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Micor Delay Line

2004-01-07 Thread Paul Finch
Paul, I am asking $50.00 each. If they are getting ringing and distortion they are hooking it incorrectly. Paul -Original Message- From: ac0y5 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:06 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Delay Line

2004-01-07 Thread Paul Finch
Hello, I am asking $50.00 each. If they are getting ringing and distortion they are hooking it incorrectly. Paul -Original Message-From: NĂ˜ATH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:28 PMTo: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread RSGilmore
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:56:37 -0500 Al Allum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: .. two fuses at the battery will pervert a car/truck fire if ... Yup, **That** sounds about right. ;-)) Suppose that dual-fuse has some validity -- *IF* you're in the habit of running right to the DieHard (dash-mount

[Repeater-Builder] Re: FREE 330 watt GE AMP

2004-01-07 Thread n3ezd
A new home for the amp has been found. 73 Mike N3EZD --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, n3ezd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Free if you are fast enough, it's soon to be residing in the local landfill, GE 4EF4A3 Rev. A, 330 watt, low band 42-54MHz, all three decks, plus metering panel,

RE: [[Repeater-Builder] re: Kevin's spectrum equipment]

2004-01-07 Thread Daron J. Wilson
I've got 5 of them running, they aren't the greatest indeed, but if anyone has one as a doorstop lemme know, I'll put it on a mountain and use it. Daron J. Wilson, RCDD ) ) Telecom Manager ( ( LH Morris Electric, Inc. ) ) (541) 265-8067 office _|| mmm!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Help

2004-01-07 Thread mch
After all the replies to your query a month ago, you still thought you were the only one with a problem with S___? :-O Joe M. ac0y5 wrote: It's nice to see I'm not the only one with a problem. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken/ stuck slugs - was Fiberglass rod

2004-01-07 Thread Don
At 12:15 PM 1/7/04 -0500, you wrote: (The small hotel soaps work especially well. Don't us your wife's good dove) This process has worked well for me. Any other suggestions? Scott Thanks for the Tip Scott and we won't tell your wife where You got the Hotel soap Don KA9QJG Yahoo!

Re: Fwd: Re: [Repeater-Builder] FREE 330 watt GE AMP

2004-01-07 Thread Rick - VA3RZS/Charlotte - VA3CMR
tried that .. I could hear the phone ring but I could not answer it .. what a bummer ... guess I should have gotten another one and put it in a cart Have a verry good day ! :) On 7 Jan 2004 at 16:59, Don wrote: 330 watt, low band 42-54MHz I think I could use it on My cordless

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread Ralph Mowery
I'm caught in the middle of a couple of feuding technical experts on a probably trivial issue. Some Mobile radio power cords are fused on only the positive line. Others are fused on both lines. One's logic is you only need one fuse. The other maintains their communications shop lost all

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread Neil McKie
All depends on where you ground your radio. If your radio ground is the dashboard, and the ground braid from the engine block to the battery negative gets disconnected for some reason, (garage mechanics are good at this) your only vehicle accessory ground path can be the radio via

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 2308

2004-01-07 Thread Neil McKie
But was still a lot of fun anyway ... ;) Neil - WA6KLA Clarke, Frederic T. USNUNK AIRTEVRONTWOZEROPATUXENTRIVERMD VX-20 OPS wrote: Hi gang, What are the chances of a little editing before hitting send? A recent message had 14 Yahoo Group trailers appended to the complete

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TK 840

2004-01-07 Thread skipp025
Hi Richard, Are you using the option cable kit, or just trying to tap into the radio somewhere? I stock the option cable kits for the tk-840, 780 and 880 and can scan the pin out for it if you want that information. skipp PS, I've got your CSI 32 information and will be sending it in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help with sinclair duplexer r101gc

2004-01-07 Thread Scott Zimmerman
Randy and others, Check out the PDF index on the supporting website: www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/pdfindex.html I have reciently added some 6M conversion information. I have not used this personally, but it did come from the sinclair factory. It's a bitvague, but you might be able to

RE: [Re: [RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]]]

2004-01-07 Thread Rod Lane
Last swipe. Let me know the booth number at Dayton. I'll give $5 for the first shot at it. 73 de N1FNE -Original Message- From: JOHN MACKEY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:22 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Re: [RE:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread Bob Underwood
My bet would be that the black wire fuse is there for positive ground vehicles, a vestige of times past. In that case, the black (negative) wire is hot, and you would need the fuse there. Bob U. AA6BT At 07:20 PM 1/7/04, Ralph Mowery wrote: I'm caught in the middle of a couple of feuding

[Repeater-Builder] Communication Instruments PowerPad 2

2004-01-07 Thread k8nb
This one is for the people that remember and maybe used the older vintage service monitors, Cushman CE-3, Motorola S1327 etc. I have a PowerPad2 from Communication Instruments. It is an attenuator pad to go between the service monitor and the radio under test, to cut down on cable

[Repeater-Builder] Z Matcher

2004-01-07 Thread Doug
I am intriqued by the Z matcher. I have never come across one and am wondering if any one has a schematic. I am assuming that they may be a pi filter or something similar. Would be nice if component values were known also. Thanks Doug VE5DA Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on

Re: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]

2004-01-07 Thread Neil McKie
Are you installing a low band mobile phone system? Neil Rob wrote: I'll take some mid-splits especially if they are already xtalled up on 35.04 or 43.04 MHz! - Rob At 09:02 PM 1/6/2004 -0500, you wrote: Now you won't get an argument out of me on that one VHF Hi and VHF low

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: FREE 330 watt GE AMP

2004-01-07 Thread Neil McKie
Did you give him the manual too? Neil n3ezd wrote: A new home for the amp has been found. 73 Mike N3EZD --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, n3ezd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Free if you are fast enough, it's soon to be residing in the local landfill, GE 4EF4A3 Rev. A,

Re: [[Repeater-Builder] making the Spectrum TX play]

2004-01-07 Thread JOHN MACKEY
It was not you! skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might have actually been me. 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 PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread mch
Nope. Kenwood is a big promoter of fusing the negative lead. The reasons have already been mentioned on the list. Most, if not all of their radios, do not support traditional positive ground. I say traditional because there are now positive to negative ground converters for use to install negative

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Identify this antenna manufacturer

2004-01-07 Thread SCREWDRIVER
Looks like a communications products or Hy-Gain. The Hy-Gain versions from the late 60's and70's had a blue colored insulator. Saw a Hy-Gain version this summer still in the air and had good swr. Was installed in 1968.It was located in East Texas. My 2c Yahoo! Groups Links To visit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Identify this antenna manufacturer

2004-01-07 Thread Thomas Oliver
I was going to say Hy-Gain also. I think I saw an advertisement in an old QST or 73 magazine (when they were small in size) from the 70's I think. tom n8ies - Original Message - From: Ken Arck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken/ stuck slugs - was Fiberglass rod

2004-01-07 Thread albemarle7
The soap on the powdered Iron slug is a good idea. What heppens if you heat the soda straw too much? Does it unravel? My problem is the opposite. MastrII soda straw type slugs have the tendency to slip. You crank and crank and they stay put or even slide back down a little, thinking you made

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken/ stuck slugs - was Fiberglass rod

2004-01-07 Thread Lee Williams
Try a string of dental floss(waxed) down beside the slug. 73,Lee,N3APP - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken/ stuck slugs - was Fiberglass rod The soap on the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread bill Croghan
Hi budd, Another thought, when I was in Tucson, My brother in law was helping me jump start my Jeep one day, and before I could get my radios turned off, he attached the jumpers backwards. A fuse in the negative lead, might have saved the three radios he smoked that day! Bill WB0KSW -

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Easy VHF Duplexer !

2004-01-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I have 3 of them in my attic that I use on simplex, with the vhf contest coming I will bring them down and forward digital photos to the web site for posting. There has got to be plans still around for them, I made mine about 12 or 14 years ago. -- 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD Yahoo! Groups

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help with sinclair duplexer r101gc

2004-01-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Randy, I don't have any experience with those cavities however if they are that close I think you will be able to get them moved into the ham band with little or no trouble. Have you tried having someone 2 or 3 miles away transmit on the repeater piar while you moved any of the adjustments to

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2004-01-07 Thread W3GFD
I am looking for about 3500 feet of surplus 4 pair direct burial telephone cable for a remote base project. The 4 pairs is a minimum. If anyone knows of any at a real good price please let me know. Thanks for your help. W3GFD Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: Fwd: Re: [Repeater-Builder] FREE 330 watt GE AMP

2004-01-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Likely more than that, I used to get my cordless out about 2-3 miles with a 5 element beam aimed down the interstate, it worked up to the first hill which was a large overpass, I was on a 1/4 wave mag mount for 6 mtrs with the handset. Don wrote: 330 watt, low band 42-54MHz I think I could

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken/ stuck slugs - was Fiberglass rod

2004-01-07 Thread stephanieree
ive tried rubber bands next to the slug..works well ! stephanie - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Broken/ stuck slugs - was Fiberglass rod The soap on the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords

2004-01-07 Thread Lee Williams
The protection diodes should have blown the fuses,shouldnt have damaged the radios unless too big a fuse was used. An old trick I have used where the unknowing kept hooking things up reversed,was to use a diode bridge inline- then the polarity wouldnt matter. Worked well if you could live with the

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power cords]

2004-01-07 Thread Lee Williams
Yes,0.7 volts per side,1.4 total. Some radios wont like it but most I have tried worked ok. 73,Lee - Original Message - From: JOHN MACKEY [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fuses on power