[Repeater-Builder] OT ACSSB - how does it work and is it possible for the hobbyist to scratch build

2009-11-12 Thread Jim Brown
This problem (generating the 90 degree phase shift audio) is all that is keeping me from an experiment to generate a SSB signal using a little known technique I ran across in an old QST.  It seems that a phase modulated FM signal can be combined with amplitude modulation with the audio 90

[Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread n0fpe
One thing to remember. Amatuers are NOT authorized to use ACSSB above 30mhz. Please check part 97 for the exact modes we are able to use. heck if we were there would be tons of ACSSB repeaters already modified into the ham band.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
wonder why the fcc does not allow acssb above 30 mhz on the ham bands? seems to me they would want to promote more efficient modes through all the ham bands. another interesting thing would be to see 2 meter repeaters go to 2 or 3 mhz splits and employ some form of efficient modulation mode

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Joe
I worked on an antenna problem recently on a 900Mhz spread spectrum meter system here in Connecticut. I only spent an afternoon, but the technology is fascinating. Two way communications from selected sites to the meters will eventually be implemented. If the customers meter does not have a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
may be fascinating technology, but it won't be so fascinating when you are facing a huge electric bill because they jacked your rates up during peak hours. the system fascinates me from a tech standpoint, but where this tech is ultimately heading spells bad news for the consumer and his/her

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Chuck Kelsey
This is how business operates. Wait until you start getting charged by the byte for Internet use. It's coming. Already doing this in other countries. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis kc8...@hotmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Re: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread dmurman
//Nov 12, 2009 01:13:07 PM, Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com wrote: // A good example would be to shut off your electric hot //water heater for 5 minutes. This would probably have no direct effect //on the customer, but would be a great cost saver for the power company. Gee,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Linking Repeaters Remotely

2009-11-12 Thread wd8chl
Nate Duehr wrote: Sure wish ham manufacturers would get on the ball on this feature and get it in the ham rigs. It's only been a decade or so now... all of our repeaters do it... the rigs don't know how to decode it, and I refuse to mess with chicken burst. I just use real radios, and it

RE: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Andrew Seybold
The technology for this I believe is called Zigbee-you can find a lot of info on the web-systems will operate on 900 (US only), 2.4 and 5.8 GHz now, other uses include full house control of lights, heating etc, each light switch in a home is also a repeater and it will be used in many new big

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread wd8chl
Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis wrote: wonder why the fcc does not allow acssb above 30 mhz on the ham bands? seems to me they would want to promote more efficient modes through all the ham bands. another interesting thing would be to see 2 meter repeaters go to 2 or 3 mhz splits and employ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread wd8chl
Andrew Seybold wrote: The technology for this I believe is called Zigbee-you can find a lot of info on the web-systems will operate on 900 (US only), 2.4 and 5.8 GHz now, other uses include full house control of lights, heating etc, each light switch in a home is also a repeater and it will be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread wd8chl
n0fpe wrote: One thing to remember. Amatuers are NOT authorized to use ACSSB above 30mhz. Please check part 97 for the exact modes we are able to use. heck if we were there would be tons of ACSSB repeaters already modified into the ham band. I don't believe that comment on legality. But no,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Again, that's typical of any business. Gasoline stations have lots of competition, yet look at the prices and how they fix pricing in any given area. Cable has competition from FIOS and from Dish. Same thing - they price the same as the other guy. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message -

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
oh and lets not forget the real reason they get away with what they do. Cable, telco, and Utilities Are granted their own monopplies in their area. no competition means they can do what ever they like to you and you have no real recourse. - Original Message - From: Rev. Robert P.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
This is how business operates. Wait until you start getting charged by the byte for Internet use. It's coming. Already doing this in other countries. when this happens i will be dropping internet service due to being on a fixed income. i will not be able to afford a huge unexpected bill which

[Repeater-Builder] Re: acssb - how does it work and is it possible for the hobbyist to scratch build

2009-11-12 Thread skipp025
In addition to the below info (thank you Doug)... ACSB is pretty much considered an AM Modulation byproduct. The noise in/from the vehicle ignition system alone would hose up some installations. The low ERP from the repeater site was part of the train wreck. The high cost of user equipment

[Repeater-Builder] Re: ACSB (aka ACSSB) Modulation Radios

2009-11-12 Thread skipp025
basically as the title states. i have never heard of ACSSB outside of 220-222 mhz. There was quite a bit of hype about it in the 80's and 90's, I recall seeing mention of it in various Handbooks and Magazines. Seems to me ACSSB was a good idea and was curious as to why the ham

Re: [Repeater-Builder] HT750 updating firmware.

2009-11-12 Thread Sebastian Partzsch
u might need a labsoftware wich is able to reload the firmware without a confirmation. but save the tunerplug before u update the radio - Original Message - From: Eric Vincent To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:11 AM Subject:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] HT750 updating firmware.

2009-11-12 Thread Eric Lemmon
Eric, You'd be surprised how often a radio gets bricked during a firmware upgrade. The primary causes are impatience, where the technician disconnects the cables prematurely because he thinks the operation is complete, and the use of incorrect cables or flashing adapters. A radio or laptop

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Kris Kirby
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Chuck Kelsey wrote: This is how business operates. Wait until you start getting charged by the byte for Internet use. It's coming. Already doing this in other countries. We've already been there. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
We've already been there. i rember this in the early 90's. which is why i did not have internet back then either. my first exposure was in the mid 90's when the local library started offering free internet access. then was on dial up till a few years ago. i have hung onto my v.92 modems

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Nate Duehr
I don't see anything particularly revolutionary about a mesh/node data network. That's been going on for years and years... (Trying to keep this on-topic...) By the way, there's some math formulas done back in the 70s and 80s that show the maximum throughput rates of networks like this, and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Linking Repeaters Remotely

2009-11-12 Thread Nate Duehr
FWIW-my wife and I have some newer Kenwoods. Both the G71 and F6 respond to factory Micor r/b and the 7330 r/b properly, as well as most every commercial system that has it too. The G707 responds to the Micor and 7330, but doesn't always do some of the others. The somewhat older 742 doesn't like

RE: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Nate Duehr
Ahh yeah, LOTS of people using those chipsets on the microcontroller and other electronics mailing lists... lots of people asking questions like How do I make an antenna as they're going through the design process of laying out the board, and other folks asking, What FCC requirements do I have to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: ACSB (aka ACSSB) Modulation Radios

2009-11-12 Thread Nate Duehr
One comment missing from the ACSSB comment thread is that ACSSB repeaters fill a niche that's just not needed... If you want to do SSB on 2m/70cm, it's easy/cheap these days, and built into tons of rigs... generally it outperforms FM repeaters by quite a large margin across the size of most

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread Paul Plack
I find nothing in Part 97 which would preclude ACSSB, as it appears to meet the definition of phone, but I do recall some debate at the time on whether the audio frequency inversion scheme/pilot tone was a form of scrambling/encryption, which would have made it illegal on the ham bands. The

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread STeve Andre'
On Thursday 12 November 2009 07:34:08 n0fpe wrote: One thing to remember. Amatuers are NOT authorized to use ACSSB above 30mhz. Please check part 97 for the exact modes we are able to use. heck if we were there would be tons of ACSSB repeaters already modified into the ham band. No, thats

[Repeater-Builder] Re: PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread kc7stw
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis kc8...@... wrote: which really won't help them. people will just start going old school and having hard drive swapping parties similar to the old tape swapping parties of the 80's. who knows. there is some much greed

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Chris Curtis
TriBBS was my choice for my BBS. The Inner Sanctum I even left it up via telnet for sometime after the internet gobbled up my users. =] Chris Kb0wlf -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of kc7stw Sent:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT ACSSB - how does it work and is it possible for the hobbyist to scratch build

2009-11-12 Thread Derek J. Lassen
Have a look at http://www.kangaus.com/kk7b.htm At 01:50 11/12/2009 -0800, you wrote: This problem (generating the 90 degree phase shift audio) is all that is keeping me from an experiment to generate a SSB signal using a little known technique I ran across in an old QST. It seems that a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Rick Szajkowski
I ran fido and others google u.s.s alliance bs brampton 1st started on the old apple ][ + then ibm then telent umm good ol days On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Chris Curtis demo...@rollanet.org wrote: TriBBS was my choice for my BBS. The Inner Sanctum I even left it up via telnet for

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Larry Wagoner
At 04:44 PM 11/12/2009, you wrote: I ran fido and others I ran Mark Woltz' Spitfire - Enchanted Forest BBS I was a beta tester for Spitfire, as well as for the Dual Standard modems Used to run a 10-CD files area Larry Wagoner - N5WLW VP - PRCARC PIC - MS SECT ARRL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Larry Wagoner
At 04:49 PM 11/12/2009, you wrote: I ran Mark Woltz' Spitfire - Enchanted Forest BBS I was a beta tester for Spitfire, as well as for the Dual Standard modems Used to run a 10-CD files area Make that Mike Woltz ... Memory is failing ... Larry Wagoner - N5WLW VP - PRCARC PIC - MS SECT ARRL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Joe
Nate Duehr wrote: I don't see anything particularly revolutionary about a mesh/node data network. That's been going on for years and years... I never used the word revolutionary. All I did was describe the way the network operates and remarked how well it worked. Joe

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Linking Repeaters Remotely

2009-11-12 Thread no6b
At 11/12/2009 06:41, you wrote: FWIW-my wife and I have some newer Kenwoods. Both the G71 and F6 respond to factory Micor r/b and the 7330 r/b properly, as well as most every commercial system that has it too. The G707 responds to the Micor and 7330, but doesn't always do some of the others. The

RE: [Repeater-Builder] PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread no6b
At 11/12/2009 07:05, you wrote: The technology for this I believe is called Zigbee you can find a lot of info on the web systems will operate on 900 (US only), 2.4 and 5.8 GHz now, other uses include full house control of lights, heating etc, each light switch in a home is also a repeater and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread no6b
At 11/12/2009 07:47, you wrote: n0fpe wrote: One thing to remember. Amatuers are NOT authorized to use ACSSB above 30mhz. Please check part 97 for the exact modes we are able to use. heck if we were there would be tons of ACSSB repeaters already modified into the ham band. I don't believe

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: PGE Smart Meter Program

2009-11-12 Thread Barry
Some of you panic merchants are amusing ( mostly unsubstantiated wild claims) , locally the wireless readings thing was tried and mostly failed due to so many objections on bad readings so we get regular physical readings Unless there has been a major improvement I would expect the same in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread DCFluX
Could you please provide a rule number to back this up? Linear Modulation and ACSSB share 4K00J3E as the emission designator. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:34 AM, n0fpe n0...@cox.net wrote: One thing to remember. Amatuers are NOT authorized to use ACSSB above 30mhz. Please check part 97 for the