Re: [Repeater-Builder] Linking with the Alinco DR-235T tranceivers

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 04:47 PM 12/29/07, you wrote: Let's see what is wrong with my statement. The repeater controller keys up the link radio via the PTT. The Audio Delay Board places a one second delay on the audio being sent to the link radio. This allows the 2 Alinco radios on either side of the link to key up

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Anybody have a FM Magazine collection?

2007-12-30 Thread Wesley01
Sure Brings back some fond memories Mike.Ken came out wuth an Repeater Book with most of the FM articles, also ARRL came out with an excellant Book on Repeaters. In the late 60's I installed my 1st 440 Repeater using An Motorola Upright Cabinet with Meters on the Top, it was all Vacuum tube

[Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Glenn Shaw
Every so often someone posts a request on the lists looking for a different cable for their MSF5000 440 machine. I know different poeple have asked about the TLE5732A TEE cable or Green cable. The Big M gets around 200 bucks for these little cables which is steep. I have a green band

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola Repeater Help - Using M120 Mobile

2007-12-30 Thread ntoda96818
I have a Motorola repeater that I'm trying to reprogram.. current config is with a CDM1250 TX and M120 RX repeater set-up... I'm trying to program a Motorola M120 mobile... and when I try to read it... the software tells me Model Definition File Not Found Please insert disk... I checked the

[Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Glenn Shaw
Every so often someone posts a request on the lists looking for a different cable for their MSF5000 440 machine. I know different poeple have asked about the TLE5732A TEE cable or Green cable. The Big M gets around 200 bucks for these little cables which is steep. I have a green band TLE5732A

[Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 VHF base station conversion to repeater

2007-12-30 Thread seoemsdirector
Hello, I have a VHF MSR 2000, Model C73KSB3146B. I had previously converted it to the 2 meter band, as I needed a 100 watt radio to access a distant repeater. However, I would now like to make it a repeater if at all possible. I have been told by a local Motorola tech that it is possible to

[Repeater-Builder] Wanted...PL Vibrasponder for MSR2000

2007-12-30 Thread Jeff
Greetings... I need a KLN6209 for 100.0hz (1Z). Most traditional sources have dried up, but there have to be drawers-full somewhere. Thanks for the replies. Jeff

[Repeater-Builder] Simoco FX5000 UHF? Information needed!

2007-12-30 Thread g0ksc
I have the chanceto pck up the above mention for a good price. However, it is rated at 440-470mhz. For the UK I need it to go down to 430 output and 438 input. Does anyone have any info on these? JJ G0KSC

[Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR-400 Coax use for Repeater to Duplexer Connections

2007-12-30 Thread ldgelectronics
Your post is interesting as we have not had a good LMR debate in a while. Most are going to say avoid it, some will say that there is no problem with it. I'm in the middle. At my house or shop, I use it all the time. I use it for testing repeaters, feed line to the antenna or anyplace I can

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 VHF base station conversion to repeater

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 08:48 PM 12/29/07, you wrote: Hello, I have a VHF MSR 2000, Model C73KSB3146B. I had previously converted it to the 2 meter band, as I needed a 100 watt radio to access a distant repeater. However, I would now like to make it a repeater if at all possible. I have been told by a local

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LMR-400 Coax use for Repeater to Duplexer Connections

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
Go to www.repeater-builder.com and then to the Antenna Systems page. Scroll down to System Engineering and read the second article titled Recommended Coax and Connectors for the iDEN Enhanced Base Transceiver System. Now I know that iDEN is not an amateur system but the physics holds true. Mike

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Repeater Help - Using M120 Mobile

2007-12-30 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 10:10 AM 12/29/07, you wrote: I have a Motorola repeater that I'm trying to reprogram.. current config is with a CDM1250 TX and M120 RX repeater set-up... I'm trying to program a Motorola M120 mobile... and when I try to read it... the software tells me Model Definition File Not Found Please

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Lemmon
Glenn, I can't help you with a cable, but I would like to offer a suggestion. Since these cables are so expensive, perhaps it would be nice if those who have them in hand were to make exact drawings of them, with precise measurements, so that they could be duplicated. I don't have the MSF5000

[Repeater-Builder] Programing standard gx4800UT

2007-12-30 Thread Jay Urish
I must be doing something wrong. When you power up the radio holding the phone button, is it supposed to go into some sort of 'clone' mode? Does anybody remember how to program these things? I have the 1.4 software... -- Jay Urish CCNANetwork Engineer http://jay.unixwolf.net

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 VHF base station conversion to repeater

2007-12-30 Thread Cort Buffington
In addition to the stuff on the repeater-builder site -- or perhaps before it. Just go through the MSR2000 service manual and set it up as a repeater. Other than the squelch gate card, there are jumpers on the backplane, and I think maybe on another card or two. The manual has tables for

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Lemmon
In order to jump-start the project I suggested in my previous post, the following listings were found in the Motorola Online database, a few minutes ago. Any physical description of them is appreciated: TLE5721B DUPLEX TEE R/T 3 MHZ -- CANCELLED TLE5731B DUPLEX TEE R/T 5 MHZ -- CANCELLED

[Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR-400 Coax use........

2007-12-30 Thread Al Wolfe
Rob, Never use LMR-400 in a repeater system where you transmit through it. It would be OK to use in your receiver to duplexer jumper but not for the transmitter to duplexer jumper. Supposedly, the dissimilar metals of the foil and braided shield can create broadband micro-arcs when

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LMR-400 Coax use for Repeater to Duplexer Connections

2007-12-30 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Personally, I would not use LMR cable anywhere. For some short jumpers I'd use RG-400 which uses two silver-plated braids and is about the same diameter as RG-58. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: n4rpd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,

[Repeater-Builder] Re: MSR2000 VHF base station conversion to repeater

2007-12-30 Thread skipp025
Eric, There is a list of the min required jumpers used in the MSR-2000 repeater station included in my MSR-2000 to external repeater controller text found at the www.radiowrench.com/sonic web site. Working from a decafe based hazy memory... there should be 4 to 6 jumpers required on the back

[Repeater-Builder] Mitrek Reedless PL Board

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Grabowski
Does anyone know for certain whether the Mitrek HLN4181A reedless PL board can be used for encode and decode simultaneously? Eric, KH6CQ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Micor Repeater (i hope)

2007-12-30 Thread w7hsg
Hi All Building a Micor Repeater from Scratch Facts. Mother Board (unified Chassis ) origin unknown. Had to add a jumper for +12Volt to RX. Rx with audio works fine. Not using pl board ( control system does PL) Have great local speaker vol and squelch. Exciter, Tripler, PA and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Pager antenna-Amateur Band modification II

2007-12-30 Thread Chuck Kelsey
The harness is always the hard part. May luck be with you. Chuck - Original Message - From: Peter P J [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:16 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Pager antenna-Amateur Band modification II In response

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Glenn Shaw
Hi Eric There are 2 of them that we are mainly interested in for 440 ham. The Green Band which is TLE5732A for repeaters that rcv higher than xmt . And the made of unobtainium Yellow band TLE5772A which is for repeaters that rcv lower than xmt. Tnx Glenn N1GBY -Original Message- From:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Glenn Shaw
I got 195.00 plus shipping on Friday for the TLE5772A which may have included a mark up by Wisscom that had it listed, so the price makes buying a new one a non-starter. Hope to find one used somewhere. Tnx Glenn N1GBY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Bob M.
By any chance, is some of this info out there on the web, like on the repeater-builder site? Bob M. == --- Glenn Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Eric There are 2 of them that we are mainly interested in for 440 ham. The Green Band which is TLE5732A for repeaters that rcv higher than

[Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread res1q6fs
As I mobile around while monitoring the output of my 224.18 MHz repeater as I have done for many years (it has been on the air since the late 70's), I have never heard any kind of strange signals on its output freq. or any 220 output freq. I have a 3 band Kenwood in the car and am used to

[Repeater-Builder] GE MASTR II - Test meter cable

2007-12-30 Thread gbeat5
I am looking for a GE test meter cable used for the MASTR II, EXEC II and Custom MVP [W1] -- or at least the connectors (plugs) for the MASTR II radio side [P1 (black), J2(red)]. GE part number: 19D900090P1 or 19D416576G1 Greg w9gb

Re: [Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread George Henry
I just read on the AMSAT BB about a certain Linksys wireless access point that had a very strong spur in the 430 band, right next to one of the satellite downlink frequencies I wonder if you might be encountering one with a 224 spur? Take your laptop with WiFi and use NetStumbler to see

[Repeater-Builder] Re: New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread fineshot1
Yes Roger - I do hear this on 220 from time to time and more so in the dense city environments. If you are going to search for Cable TV leakage listen to 221.750(CATV CH 23 Audio Carrier) or 223.250(CATV CH 24 Video Carrier). These will yield you the best signal levels. Good luck..dan n2aym ---

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread res1q6fs
Thanks for the freqs. I put my 220 on PL some time ago just to solve a one time fluke problem we were having and I left it on all the time so as not to worry. Roger W5RD - Original Message - From: fineshot1 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007

Re: [Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread res1q6fs
You know, you may be right as one of the sources, as more of the Wireless stuff seems to be cropping up now, especially with the holidays spawning all new electronic qizmos. I'll get my daughter-in-laws laptop and WiFi stuff and snoop around later. I know the guy next door has his wireless

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CTCSS Decoder Response Times

2007-12-30 Thread Brian
(S, so does the ICS Linker IIa with a TS 64 bd :) ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Eric, The world would be a better place if repeater controller manufacturers included reverse burst capability... S -- don't tell anybody, but the 7330 supports both standard reverse burst formats...

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Micor Repeater (i hope)

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Lemmon
Ralph, Maybe I'm missing something here, but is your station a Micor, or is it an MSR2000? Your subject line and the attachment do not agree. Please advise what backplane you have- there is more than one and they have significant differences. It is always helpful to identify the part numbers

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR-400 Coax use........

2007-12-30 Thread no6b
At 12/30/2007 11:53, you wrote: Rob, Never use LMR-400 in a repeater system where you transmit through it. It would be OK to use in your receiver to duplexer jumper but not for the transmitter to duplexer jumper. Supposedly, the dissimilar metals of the Actually, it should be OK to use LMR-400

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Lemmon
Bob, I did a quick check but did not find any specific information. I think you know where I'm heading on this. What I hope to receive is a message along these lines: Refer to the attached photo of a TLE tee cable. I marked a line with a Sharpie pen on the center of the back of the tee

Re: [Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread wa6ilq
At 04:10 PM 12/30/07, you wrote: As I mobile around while monitoring the output of my 224.18 MHz repeater as I have done for many years (it has been on the air since the late 70's), I have never heard any kind of strange signals on its output freq. or any 220 output freq. I have a 3 band

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CTCSS Decoder Response Times

2007-12-30 Thread no6b
The Linker IIa has audio phase reversal circuitry for outboard CTCSS encoders? Bob NO6B At 12/30/2007 17:16, you wrote: (S, so does the ICS Linker IIa with a TS 64 bd :) ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Eric, The world would be a better place if repeater controller

Re: [Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread res1q6fs
Thanks for the tips. I have a bunch of time on my hand now that I am retired (Dec. 31 is my last day). Thanks again. Roger W5RD - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CTCSS Decoder Response Times

2007-12-30 Thread Brian
Hi Bob The Linker IIa has a port just for the TS 64. The decode and encode can be turned on or off separately. The TS 64 plug on the Linker IIa also has a provision to add an external filter if desired as the TS 64 filter can be improved upon. The TS 64 plug sends the input receiver audio

[Repeater-Builder] Cheap P25 repeater ...

2007-12-30 Thread nj902
No - not the same VOCODER. IMBE is a VOCODER. VSELP is a VOCODER - different from and incompatible with IMBE. Early Motorola digital radios were sold with Motorola's Astro proprietary digital voice format which uses the VSELP VOCODER. After APCO released the P25 standard using the IMBE

Re: Cheap P25 repeater using mobile rigs (was: Re: [Repeater-Builder] New f...

2007-12-30 Thread MCH
VSLEP is proprietary, isn't it? If so, it's not an open standard. Joe M. Dan Blasberg wrote: Since when isn't VSLEP allowed on the ham bands?? It is IMBE just a different scheme using the same vocoder. Dan KA8YPY On Dec 28, 2007, at 6:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is only

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cheap P25 repeater ...

2007-12-30 Thread Dan Blasberg
Thanks for the clarification. As for using VSLEP, if it is all that was available at the time the radios where received, why not use it? We had several donated to use that we subsiquently found out were VSLEP and continue to use them primarily for simplex digital operations. If we need to

RE: [Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread wa6ilq
And if somebody wants to do a article on them, we'll put it on repeater-builder. I can see someone having a side business building them. Hell, there are folks that can't follow simple directions to build an IRLP cable and pay for them. The T-cable is more daunting - you have to be able to

[Repeater-Builder] New file uploaded to Repeater-Builder

2007-12-30 Thread Repeater-Builder
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Repeater-Builder group. File: /MSF5000 Green_TEE_Cable.BMP Uploaded by : kc5ozh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : Motorola MSF5000 Green TEE Cable drawing You can

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Cheap P25 repeater ...

2007-12-30 Thread nj902
I don't see why not. Hams all over the country are experimenting with a variety of digital voice formats including D-Star, P25, AOR, FDMDV, and Mototrbo TDMA. If some of these are only available from one manufacturer - so what? See: http://www.hamradio-dv.org/ Since this list is not for

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Needed: MSF-5000 Green TEE Cable

2007-12-30 Thread rrath
Charlie, it looks like we started a good thread. You better take some measurements before some one finds out I sent you a free Green Tee with out taking measurements; I might get tarred and feathered. After I sent that to you free of charge, some guys I know really gave me heck. All I could say

[Repeater-Builder] New file uploaded to Repeater-Builder

2007-12-30 Thread Repeater-Builder
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Repeater-Builder group. File: /JPEG Motorola MSF5000 green TEE Cable.JPG Uploaded by : kc5ozh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : MSF5000 Green_TEE_Cable.JPG from

RE: [Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......?

2007-12-30 Thread ka9qjg
For the People who are having Interference Problems on 220 , You might want to Check around the Walgreen Stores that have put up the New Electronic signs. I Have a Repeater on 224.740 and a few of the Stores if I am in the Parking lot or get within a block I have a Full scale reading on the

[Repeater-Builder] MSF5000 Tee Cable

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Lemmon
Wow! Already, KC5OZH has uploaded a drawing of an MSF5000 tee cable. Thanks, Charlie! Since I have never seen one of these cables, let alone looked inside an MSF5000 station, I must ask a few questions: 1. What is the Motorola part number of the pictured cable? It is my understanding that