Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A Home Brew 224 MHz Repeater Project. - Part 3 (The Exciter)

2009-05-23 Thread no6b
At 5/8/2009 21:26, you wrote: A Home Brew 224 MHz Repeater Project. May 2009 Part 3 ­ The exciter (transmitter) First Post May 2, 2009, Second Post May 6, 2009 - This Post May 8, 2009 Moving right along... (snip) Let's talk about the coax connector being an RCA jack on the exciter PC Board. Why

Re: [Repeater-Builder] sleeping arrangements - Dayton Hamvention

2009-05-23 Thread no6b
At 5/17/2009 19:54, you wrote: Do not stay in miamisburg. You will be sorry. We had 30 messages about drugs on our room voicemail. Also when my other friend checked in someone said 'welcome to hell' to him. This was at the studio 6 in miamisburg. There also was when the miamisburg PD almost

RE: [Repeater-Builder] sleeping arrangements - Dayton Hamvention

2009-05-23 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
Dayton is no worse/better than any other location where you might find sleeping arrangements maxed out. Some rooms/locations are going to be better than others and some hotel staff will be more helpful than others. It's just a microcosm of society. Mike WM4B (Formerly from Dayton/Former

Re: [Repeater-Builder] One way transmitting question

2009-05-23 Thread Kris Kirby
On Fri, 22 May 2009, Christopher Hodgdon wrote: Ok, I have a question that has been bothering me over the last few days. I had mentioned that we wanted to use our repeater to send out a set of tones to activate fire style pager (this was some time ago) and people said we should not do it

Re: [Repeater-Builder] One way transmitting question

2009-05-23 Thread mch
Telemetry is legal, so if it's alerting you as to the conditions at or near the site, it should be fine. Nowhere does it require the telemetry to be in data-only format. Joe M. On Sat 23/05/09 4:28 PM , Kris Kirby k...@catonic.us sent: On Fri, 22 May 2009, Christopher Hodgdon wrote: Ok, I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] One way transmitting question

2009-05-23 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sat, 23 May 2009 m...@nb.net wrote: Telemetry is legal, so if it's alerting you as to the conditions at or near the site, it should be fine. Nowhere does it require the telemetry to be in data-only format. Yes, But... You didn't clarify how in the world that matters in the current

Re: [Repeater-Builder] One way transmitting question

2009-05-23 Thread mch
I thought the original post was about alarms and paging, not weather alerts. So, if the fan goes out on your amp, it's better to let it burn rather then send out an alert to notify a control op? Oh, and last I knew weather DOES impact repeater sites the same as any other location, so if

[Repeater-Builder] Cable identity

2009-05-23 Thread cruising7388
Anybody know the nominal impedance of a coax cable labeled: Digital Microwave Corp LK 11? It has a copper solid center conductor (looks like 22 gauge), 3/16 foam dialectic that fits into an F connector for RG-6U, an inner aluminum foil shield and an outer braid shield. It looks like video

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Cable identity

2009-05-23 Thread Barry
I think it's 72-Ohm To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com From: cruising7...@aol.com Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 21:21:23 -0400 Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Cable identity Anybody know the nominal impedance of a coax cable labeled: