Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread mch
Vendor or just regular admission? Joe M. JamesMNelson wrote: > > I have had my general admin tickets for at least a week. > > > > james// > > > -Original Message- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mch > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:2

RE: [Repeater-Builder] High Power Mastr 2 Station

2006-04-17 Thread Andrew G.
I have to look at them again, but I believe they attach with screws to the sqaure boxes...The little white square resistors...When I get to the site tomorrow I'll note the manufacture/mounting of them. I can't distinguish anything from this blob of plastic that is sitting on the test bench that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] back-up battery charging

2006-04-17 Thread DCFluX
Do not use off the shelf battery chargers, commonly found at Wal-Mart. These are SMPS conviently located with a 600kHz operating frequency. Try an LM-317 set as a constant current regulator to trickle the battery with C/100, Say 1 Amp for a typical Deep Cycle marine battery. A common wall wart sho

[Repeater-Builder] back-up battery charging

2006-04-17 Thread Lee Williams
I am now in charge of some club repeater sites which use the standard Micor power supply. These have back-up batteries on them which are being boiled dry by the 14.9V the power supply delivers,these supplies are not the battery back-up versions. I am looking for a good solution to solve this pr

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton Hamvention

2006-04-17 Thread Mike Perryman K5JMP
"See you at IWCE and Dayton... I'm the guy with the pen in my shirt pocket... :-) " Will it be sheathed in the "sacred-encrusted" pocket protector? Some day I will get to journey to Mecca... But work comes first. So-sayeth my wife.. ;-) 73 Mike K5JMP www.k5jmp.us Yahoo! Groups Links

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread JamesMNelson
I have had my general admin tickets for at least a week. james// -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mch Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:24 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamv

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread Tom Boon
HAVE FUN, KEN TOM WO7Z AUMSVILLE,OR 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 subject to: http://docs

RE: [Repeater-Builder] High Power Mastr 2 Station

2006-04-17 Thread Jeff DePolo
> One other query to put out. Does anyone have a couple of those > resistors that are in the splitter/combiner panel of a high power > Mastr 2 station? I found a spare panel for my repeater that I would > like to get going for just in case. I have the panel and the cabling > but one resistor is

[Repeater-Builder] High Power Mastr 2 Station

2006-04-17 Thread Andrew
One other query to put out. Does anyone have a couple of those resistors that are in the splitter/combiner panel of a high power Mastr 2 station? I found a spare panel for my repeater that I would like to get going for just in case. I have the panel and the cabling but one resistor is missing a

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton Hamvention

2006-04-17 Thread skipp025
Please drop my previous reply informational only post from your Hamvention Posts. I've gone the extra mile by again asking someone to look into your comments, but I honestly would rather duck out of the next serious of emails. When you rehash my email the blocks of spam I receive increase 12

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread Paul Finch
Hello, Don't feel like the Lone Ranger! I sent a email requesting an explanation for their weird price schedule, not a single word! I have since decided I am not going. Three spaces does not mean a commercial vendor to me, that is the only explanation I have gotten so far and that was not from

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Paul Finch
Understood, did not say (or I did not understand) you needed cardiod pattern. Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeff DePolo Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:38 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Bu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread W8KT
Nothing here. Jeff DePolo wrote: >>Has anyone gotten thir Hamvention tickets yet (vendor space tickets >>and/or vendor admission tickets)? Getting no response to the >>hamvention >>email (sending CCs to chair and achair today). >> >> > >NOT ME! > > > >>As I said before, they are tryin

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread Jeff DePolo
> Has anyone gotten thir Hamvention tickets yet (vendor space tickets > and/or vendor admission tickets)? Getting no response to the > hamvention > email (sending CCs to chair and achair today). NOT ME! > As I said before, they are trying their darndest to kill the > thing. :-\ Time to start

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:24 PM 4/17/2006 -0400, you wrote: >Has anyone gotten thir Hamvention tickets yet (vendor space tickets >and/or vendor admission tickets)? Getting no response to the hamvention >email (sending CCs to chair and achair today). <---I sure hope so! I've got my airline tickets and am ready to once

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-17 Thread mch
Has anyone gotten thir Hamvention tickets yet (vendor space tickets and/or vendor admission tickets)? Getting no response to the hamvention email (sending CCs to chair and achair today). As I said before, they are trying their darndest to kill the thing. :-\ Joe M. skipp025 wrote: > > Dayton Ha

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Jeff DePolo
It's not an omni, it's a cardiod. A DB-411 would be a comprable model. I don't want or need any higher gain or narrower beamwidth; the site is almost 2000' HAAT in the direction of interest. > -Original Message- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Depends on the configuration. And you don't always need a lot of gain. You should choose the antenna for the application. I've got a four-bay, four element array that gives me 9 dBd gain in the direction of the elements (all pointed the same direction). I didn't want to needlessly send RF in an

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Paul Finch
A DB-410 or newer DB-420, both omni directional at 9 dB. Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeff DePolo Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:21 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antenna

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Jeff DePolo
> > Hello, > > Is that a total of 8 loops or 4? If only 4 loops that's not > much in the way > of gain. > > Paul 4 in-line bays, 9 dBd (11.1 dBi) gain in the forward direction. It's not much gain compared to what? Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: htt

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Paul Finch
Hello, Is that a total of 8 loops or 4? If only 4 loops that's not much in the way of gain. Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeff DePolo Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:11 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject:

[Repeater-Builder] April AGL Digital issue<- several good articles

2006-04-17 Thread Mike Perryman
Begging the list owners pardon, I noticed several articles in Rich Biby's rag this month that address multiple discussions that occurred recently.. grounding, selecting poly-phasors, phased antenna systems and batteries.. etc.. So I figured it couldn't hurt to pass the link along to the rest

Re: [Repeater-Builder] midland 70-e10 radio alignment test station

2006-04-17 Thread vmckever
They are seen as pins sticking up on the mother board. ie. where you check the VCO voltage when setting. Another set for RX alignment. Vincent N6OA - Original Message - From: "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] midland

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Jeff DePolo
> For what it's worth, TX RX Systems now offers exposed dipole arrays. > > Chuck > WB2EDV I'm planning on ordering one of the TX-RX arrays this week (4-bay UHF). Has anyone else used these? They look pretty nice. The company that makes them is RFI in Australia.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] midland 70-e10 radio alignment test station

2006-04-17 Thread Michael Shaffer
Hi Jim, They are usually marked cm201 on the receiver and cm101 on the transmitter, and they are 5 pin sockets. The red connector from the test set goes to the transmitter and the white connector goes to the receiver. Mike N8RQU --- "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 70-e10 radio alignment test station

2006-04-17 Thread skipp025
Depending on the specific model, there are one or two locations with .10 straight header jacks on the pc boards. The E10 test unit has matching header sockets. skipp > "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Shaffer wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > It plugs into midland Syntech 1 radios

Re: [Repeater-Builder] midland 70-e10 radio alignment test station

2006-04-17 Thread Jim B.
Michael Shaffer wrote: > Hi Mark, > > It plugs into midland Syntech 1 radios and is used as > a meter for alignment. Just curious-where does it plug in? I've never seen a metering jack on a Midland... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread Chuck Kelsey
For what it's worth, TX RX Systems now offers exposed dipole arrays. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "w5aku1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 5:27 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware > This week i E-Mailed Andrew.com to order a replac

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Mastr 2 PA Matching Unit

2006-04-17 Thread jeff
Those "tiny" resistors are rated for 100 watts dissipation. If one PA fails, the resistor will dissipate one half of the remaining power, i.e. 50 watts. Don't worry about them, it's unlikely you will toast one. --- Jeff -Original Message-

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Andrew Antennas Replacement parts

2006-04-17 Thread gervais fillion
do you have a picture of her? it may be the same antenna as an Sinclair 210c4 antenna, these are 4 dipole 2 dipoles of 100 ohms co-pahsed at the center gaving 50 ohms impedance, i repaired some of them here sendme a picture at [EMAIL PROTECTED] gervais ve2ckn Original Message Follows Fr

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Andrew Antennas Replacement parts

2006-04-17 Thread skipp025
Yep, And for the last x-number of years, the Dipole Array Antennas I've bought new have all been made out of the country. Sometimes a Company is so large they can't seem to provide the small items and service that made the previous company great folks to deal with. skipp > "w5aku1" <[EMAI

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Z Matcher tuning info.pdf

2006-04-17 Thread Scott
John, could you send me a copy of the z-matcher documentation direct? The group strips it off... Send to "na4it at yahoo dot com". --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "John J. Riddell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is the tuning info for these things > > > > John J. Riddell, VE3AMZ

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Mastr 2 PA Matching Unit

2006-04-17 Thread Andrew G.
Jeff, Larry, John  Thanks a lot. I knew something wasn't right about the way those PA's were tuning up. With 110watts combined output each amp was drawing 16-17amps according to the metering panel (didn't run it too long of course). I'll be going back to the site tomorrow night and will report b

[Repeater-Builder] Andrew Antennas - Beware

2006-04-17 Thread w5aku1
This week i E-Mailed Andrew.com to order a replacement dipole element on a DB-224-E antenna. The reply from - [EMAIL PROTECTED] informed me that they "Do not replace PIECE Parts" and I needed to order a new antenna. It appears they no longer support the DB Products line. Beware!! If you need P