Re: [Repeater-Builder] An interesting squelch problem

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin Custer
If the Micor Squelch Chip is driven with a bunch of audio, the inverse of the normal situation happens. I'll explain; lets say you have a perfectly working Micor receiver or a receiver with a Genuine Micor Squelch fashioned to it. Now, turn the squelch until it just closes and one little

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Help with Wacom WP-639 Duplexer

2005-06-04 Thread Rob Martin
All Today I have spent a couple of hours sweeping the cavities and come to the conclusion that they are all high pass low reject. (Originally of tx152 rx158) Looking at the cavities 25mhz either side of my desired frequency RX145.1625Mhz TX 145.7625Mhz I can a second notch but this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help with Wacom WP-639 Duplexer

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin Custer
Rob Martin wrote: All Today I have spent a couple of hours sweeping the cavities and come to the conclusion that they are all high pass low reject. (Originally of tx152 rx158) Looking at the cavities 25mhz either side of my desired frequency RX145.1625Mhz TX

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help with Wacom WP-639 Duplexer

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin Custer
Kevin Custer wrote: The notch spacing from the pass is determined by the length of the center conductor in the notch stubs. After re-reading this, this was not stated as I had intended. The notch adjustment "range" is determined by the length of center conductor rod, the exact notch

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Help with Wacom WP-639 Duplexer

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin King
Kevin, I just realized your direct e-mail or anyone's is no longer in the post. I would have sent this direct. I was just going to comment on your clarification. Funny I read your first post and understood it as you clarified it. It was not until I read your clarification that I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Various Cooling Methods

2005-06-04 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 08:32 PM 6/3/2005, Ken Arck wrote: At 12:49 PM 6/3/2005 -0700, you wrote: The first thing that comes to mind is how to dealing with the condensation created during the heating and cooling of the refridgerant. That reminds me of a rather sad experience a friend of mine in Hawaii had. He

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Various Cooling Methods

2005-06-04 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 09:02 PM 6/3/2005, Rick Charlotte wrote: or an idea .. the cooling system out of a PC ?? thoese DARN new CPU's can get quite warm .. ?? water and a PC never thought thay would mix .. I've been running a koolance system here for three years. Works great. They don't do any refrigeration, just

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Mitrek PL Deck

2005-06-04 Thread skipp025
Hi Ken, Did you get your Dayton picture I Emailed in? If not maybe Kevin will send you a copy. Anyway, working from memory... the dual reed mitrek board will duplex, but it took a bit of work. You just need stare at the circuit for a while to figure out the mods. You can also populate

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Various Cooling Methods

2005-06-04 Thread Alexander Tubonjic
The first thing that comes to mind is how to dealing with the condensation created during the heating and cooling of the refridgerant. What if you were to place the radio vertical with the heatsink facing the ground and place a drip pan under the radio? Condensation on the heatsink

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Various Cooling Methods

2005-06-04 Thread Alexander Tubonjic
or an idea .. the cooling system out of a PC ?? thoese DARN new CPU's can get quite warm .. ?? water and a PC never thought thay would mix .. I've been running a koolance system here for three years. Works great. They don't do any refrigeration, just a large radiator with three 5 fans

[Repeater-Builder] Mixed messages from gmrsrepeaters club

2005-06-04 Thread robertakelseyjr
First helo, I'm new. Please forgive my ignorance. I came to this group from the gmrs repeater group because i'm getting conflicting information. I was told I must run a duplexer on my yaesu 9000 base/repeater. Then I was told I can run 2 antennas and a combiner ? Then there was the desens.

[Repeater-Builder] Hipro Repeaters? Good Or Bad?

2005-06-04 Thread BOB UNICK
Looking for anyone with any expierence with a Hipro Repeater and how they compare to Hamtronics or Kenwood. Thanks! KC0JRW Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. Check it out! Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Various Cooling Methods

2005-06-04 Thread Dave VanHorn
At 01:35 PM 6/4/2005, Alexander Tubonjic wrote: The first thing that comes to mind is how to dealing with the condensation created during the heating and cooling of the refridgerant. What if you were to place the radio vertical with the heatsink facing the ground and place a drip pan

[Repeater-Builder] UHF Amps

2005-06-04 Thread Dave VanHorn
Speaking of that, what should I be looking for in an amp for 440, for 3W in 100W out? I can so 12V, or even 24/48V though I'd rather not, Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group,

[Repeater-Builder] Update on squelch problem

2005-06-04 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, OK, I need a little help here. Had this what seemed to be an open squelch on the repeater. The light is on in the front of the repeater, which means the squelch is wide open. But yet, we couldn't hear any noise on the local receive speaker audio. Tried turning the pot quite a few times

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Hipro Repeaters? Good Or Bad?

2005-06-04 Thread Jed Barton
All I'm gonna say is buy one. -Original Message- From: BOB UNICK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 12:54 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Hipro Repeaters? Good Or Bad? Looking for anyone with any expierence with a Hipro Repeater

[Repeater-Builder] help, wanted

2005-06-04 Thread steve
Hi again surely someone in the group either has or knows were I can obtain a service manual fr the low band GE Rangr. I intend to use 2 of them as a 6mtr repeater here in the UK but I need to know werd to connect the various connections of my logic board, ie, rx audio out, tx audio in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Update on squelch problem

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin Custer
What kind of radio is it installed in? How is it connected, because there are many ways? Does it mute the audio in the radio, or, just supply the COS for the controller? Kevin Jed Barton wrote: Hey guys, OK, I need a little help here. Had this what seemed to be an open squelch on the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Update on squelch problem

2005-06-04 Thread Jed Barton
It uses descriminator audio, When I keyup I can still hear the audio come out the speaker. It provides the COS for the controller. Any ideas? Thanks, Jed -Original Message- From: Kevin Custer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:08 PM To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Update on squelch problem

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin Custer
What kind of radio? Is it wired to control the muting of the receivers local audio? In other words, does the radios original squelch take care of the muting of the local speaker audio, or, is the Micor board wired to do it? Jed Barton wrote: It uses descriminator audio, When I keyup I

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Hipro Repeaters? Good Or Bad?

2005-06-04 Thread nj902
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, BOB UNICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking for anyone with any expierence with a Hipro Repeater and how they compare to Hamtronics or Kenwood. Thanks! KC0JRW __ There are a lot of opinions

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Update on squelch problem

2005-06-04 Thread Jed Barton
It's the Icom rp4020. When you hear local speaker audio, you hear the original squelch. In other words, the pot on frot of the machine you could turn it all day, and it's not gonna do squatt. Thoughts? Thanks, Jed -Original Message- From: Kevin Custer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mixed messages from gmrsrepeaters club

2005-06-04 Thread Maire-Radios
Get with Bob at TX RX and they can build you a duplexer to do the 462.550 to 462.725 with no problem John - Original Message - From: robertakelseyjr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Mixed messages

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Remote monitoring of repeater site

2005-06-04 Thread Coy Hilton
HI Brett, If you can't find anything else to suit your fancy, look into some SCATA systems devices. I have a 12 channel analog input device that has plug on modules for additional monitoring and controls and can be programmed to do what ever you want in case if some value changed. I beleave

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help, wanted

2005-06-04 Thread ian.ashford
Steve, have you tried this : http://www.repeater-builder.com/ge/gemanuals.html (From the repeater builder website) Ian G8PWE - Original Message - From: steve To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:43 PM Subject:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help, wanted

2005-06-04 Thread steve
Hi yes I found the link, but it is a phone number to ring in the States, I don't think so from the UK :-) Anyone got an email for Ted Jansen ?, the guy who does the GE Manuals. I expect the sets this week and no way am I just going to dive in without knowing what does what, I fix too

[Repeater-Builder] Simulcast: Anyone done this for ham repeaters

2005-06-04 Thread Steve Rodgers
Has anyone implemented a simulcast (multiple TX's on the same channel) system for a ham 440 repeater system? It looks like you have to have TXCO's capable of tracking within a few hertz of each other. You can't do this with standard TCXO's, so I'm wondering if anyone has tried modifying a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Questions on Kenwood TKR-750 Repeater

2005-06-04 Thread Russ
Try using a real repeater antenna like a DB-224 with 1/2 hard line type coax. The Kenwood TKR disclaimer says you need to install a circulator on the repeater out put. If you e-mail me direct I will send you the Kenwood disclaimer back to you direct. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 73, Russ - Original

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Simulcast: Anyone done this for ham repeaters

2005-06-04 Thread Eric Lemmon
Steve, I'm experimenting with that concept on VHF, duplicating an identical installation in my county's public-safety UHF system. Although I am using the Kenwood TKR-740 repeater, the county system uses Kenwood TKR-840 and Motorola MTR2000 repeaters with Hewlett-Packard/Symmetricom

[Repeater-Builder] HJ9-50 loss

2005-06-04 Thread mch
Anyone know the loss of HJ9-50 at any frequency? (yea, it's BIG stuff!) Joe M. 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!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] HJ9-50 loss

2005-06-04 Thread DCFluX
5 Air Dielectric HJ series Loss per 100' 50 MHz = 0.0547dB 150MHz = 0.0981dB 300MHz = 0.143dB 450MHz = 0.180dB 800MHz = 0.250dB 960MHz = 0.278dB 960MHz is the highest usable frequency because the inner conductor to outer conductor distance. On 6/4/05, mch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know

Re: [Repeater-Builder] HJ9-50 loss

2005-06-04 Thread mch
Thanks for the quick reply. I couldn't find that anywhere on the net. I have a guy who is telling me that 0.34 dB (at 900 MHz) is too much loss on a SCANNER antenna run. LOL! I'm going to ask him if I should use HJ9-50 instead. ;- Although I have no idea how I could connect it to the antenna! I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] HJ9-50 loss

2005-06-04 Thread mch
Why is that? Does the feedline start acting like an antenna (or dummy load) when the conductors are 1/4 wavelength apart or something? Joe M. DCFluX wrote: 960MHz is the highest usable frequency because the inner conductor to outer conductor distance. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] HJ9-50 loss

2005-06-04 Thread DCFluX
Exactly. For example 1 5/8 hardline can't be used for 2.4GHz, but 7/8 works fine. On 6/4/05, mch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is that? Does the feedline start acting like an antenna (or dummy load) when the conductors are 1/4 wavelength apart or something? Joe M. DCFluX wrote: 960MHz

[Repeater-Builder] Micor mobile repeater - no audio?

2005-06-04 Thread Rod Barton
Hey gang, I've got a "Repeater Builder" UHF micor converted mobile repeater running great for several years.. Last week sometime it stopped passing audio.. dtmf, etc... I can key it fine from places like usual, but it doesn't seem to pass any audio.. Would this be more of a controller

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor mobile repeater - no audio?

2005-06-04 Thread mch
I would first check the pin contacts in the Micor boards. Then the controller. Oh, you said a CAT controller. Maybe I would check THAT first. ;- Joe M. Rod Barton wrote: Hey gang, I've got a Repeater Builder UHF micor converted mobile repeater running great for several years.. Last week

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor mobile repeater - no audio?

2005-06-04 Thread Paul Finch
Clean the pins connecting the motherboard to the other boards. Good start.. Paul -Original Message-From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Rod BartonSent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:01 PMTo:

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Remote monitoring of repeater site

2005-06-04 Thread kb4mdz
You should also check out MAC+ or Mini-MAC+ - made by a company called Comlab. (www.comlab.com) I would say they are state of the art. I'm familiar with both Comlab and Protek, and for my money Comlab has the edge right now. Depending on the size of your system/requirements, multiple digital

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor mobile repeater - no audio?

2005-06-04 Thread Kevin Custer
Rod Barton wrote: Hey gang, I've got a "Repeater Builder" UHF micor converted mobile repeater running great for several years.. Last week sometime it stopped passing audio.. dtmf, etc... I can key it fine from places like usual, but it doesn't seem to pass any audio.. Would