I also built an electric only ford escort conversion to run around in. 144
volts dc
I'd like to learn a little bit more about this. Could I email you? My email
is my call at att.net if you wish to give me instruction on how to contact
you.
Tom WB6DGN
--- In
Kind of a delayed reply here, but relevent. I bought my RC210 and TKR-750 from
Ken and have run the low usage TKR at 50 watts with no ill effects. Even with
moderate key downs it just doesn't get hot.
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Ken Arck ah...@... wrote:
At 08:36 AM 12/11/2009,
My 2 meter TKR has worked fine for about a year but has always had a problem on
our frequent weak signals. We're a mountain community and
CERT/RACES/ARES/Skywarn users are often on HT's. There are a couple of towers
in the neighborhood at 6,400 feet over southern California (it's kewl living at
Before adding a Mirage 320 our TKR 750 was putting out 50 watts into a 6 cavity
Wacom WP-642 at the cost of 2-3dB loss on TX (as the spec sheet said.) The cans
are tuned right on the money and the Hustler G5-144 fed with LMR-400 is 1.1:1.
This has worked for over a year just fine (except for
Repeater BuilderBrian,
Not to argue but If it is a valve regulated battery it can happen. Some smart
Engineer somewhere put that valve in place for a reason...
If the battery is charged with a good charger and the health of the battery is
ok then normally you are correct but it can and
Probably the LMR-400 cable is the cause. Well documented and discussed here
regularly. Are the other repeaters with the same problem also using the same
type cable?
Chuck
WB2EDV
- Original Message -
From: Bob - AF6D b...@af6d.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday,
Bob - AF6D wrote:
Before adding a Mirage 320 our TKR 750 was putting out 50 watts into a 6
cavity Wacom WP-642 at the cost of 2-3dB loss on TX (as the spec sheet said.)
The cans are tuned right on the money and the Hustler G5-144 fed with LMR-400
is 1.1:1. This has worked for over a year
Hi Kevin,
The desense is a staticy reception of weaker signals( ie an HT at 25
miles) It had gotten worse as it started to affect strong signals too. If the
transmitter was turned off, the repeater could hear just fine. Problem is
intermittent and often followed a rainy day. We replaced
DOSBox (www.dosbox.com) is an x86 emulator with DOS. It works great for
programming those radios that need old, slow PCs for the software. I use it on
my MacBook dual booting into Windows 7 and using an IO Gear USB serial dongle
on COM1. So far I've programmed a couple of Radius M1225's and a
Hi Mike,
Since the pager is multi-channel, we were thinking of the DCI window filter on
the pager. Then adding what ever else is needed on our ham receiver.
On inverting either of the antennas, no chance. The paging antenna is an 8 bay
that is about 40 feet in length. We'd have to drop 60 feet
Just to clarify what was said before about AGM batteries, when an AGM battery
vents, it's because something is wrong. Either it was charged too fast or
discharged too fast or it is in a condition called thermal runaway, which
occurs
when a battery is overheated. In an ordinary scenario, it is
Bob - AF6D b...@... wrote:
Why the grungy audio?
Primary Suspects:
1. LMR Feed-line (gotta go)
2. Duplexer Alignment (verify with the proper test gear)
3. Repeater Pre-selector Alignment. How did the Dealer
align the receiver front end? Most people use the
peak for max signal
Finally - another Mac fan surfaces! :-)
I have tried using DOSBox on our WinXP, however have had ZERO luck on the
serial port recognition. Fromw hat I heard, the emulator will not recognize
serial ports. Is that why you have resorted to the USB dongle? I cant remember
if DOS ever recognized
Actually this is on topic.
Tim - can you relay to me, how your friend has his serial port set up to work
with his DOSBox? My efforts were in vain. I think perhaps my XP Machine is too
fast and modern? Only a theory.
John Hymes
La Rue Communications
10 S. Aurora Street
Stockton, CA 95202
At 10:20 AM 8/9/2010, skipp025 wrote:
3. Repeater Pre-selector Alignment. How did the Dealer
align the receiver front end? Most people use the
peak for max signal method and that's not the best.
I can't answer the rest but this I can.
We used the SINAD method
Ken
I think freedos has support for usb devices. It's an open source clone of
dos. It works for programming some radios in my experience but I never tried
the usb support for a usb-serial adapter.
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:26 PM, La Rue Communications
laruec...@gmail.comwrote:
Finally - another
Repeater Pre-selector Alignment. How did the Dealer
align the receiver front end? Most people use the
peak for max signal method and that's not the best.
We used the SINAD method
There's a sample port in the receiver front-end for use
with a tracking spectrum analyzer. The results of
If your computer will boot to a Thumb Drive, configure
the thumb drive to boot dos and run from the external
drive when you want to program legacy radios.
I don't even bother to slow my fast laptop down when
programming old radios (Syntors, etc). But some software
only works well when you
No, they use hard line.
Other suggestions is a repeater output 15KHz off of our input that is pulling
the receive over. I've got hard line just no time. We were buried under snow
for months and then when it cleared my daughter started chemo. No time. But
I'll have to make time.
--- In
I'd still start with changing the cable and getting all LMR-400 (or similar)
out of the system - no jumpers, etc.
There are people who will tell you that they've gotten away using this type
of cable, but the manufacturers admit it's not a low PIM cable. And I've
seen it cause problems time and
I have an MSR 2000 repeater that I want to change the PL frequency on. Does
anyone know if a KLN 6210A vibrasender will work in place of a KLN 6209A
vibrasponder on the MSR 2000 PL board?
Curiously,
Brian Henry, WB6QED
There should be a place on the battery from a small drain tube so that if it
vents it can be directed outside the
battery box...
On 8/9/10, Doug Dickinson dougd...@yahoo.com wrote:
Just to clarify what was said before about AGM batteries, when an AGM
battery vents, it's because something is
radi...@aol.com wrote:
Hi Kevin,
The desense is a staticy reception of weaker signals( ie an HT at 25
miles) It had gotten worse as it started to affect strong signals too.
If the transmitter was turned off, the repeater could hear just fine.
Problem is intermittent and often followed a
Tim,
Is this freeware, or is there a charge for the software? I looked at the web
site and couldn't determine what was what as it had an account / login area.
There are so many areas to download from with different OS. I'm using x/p pro
and I see that there is a windows download; does this
Is there a write up on the procedure somewhere or could you explain it here?
--
Tim
:wq
On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:20 AM, skipp025 wrote:
3. Repeater Pre-selector Alignment. How did the Dealer
align the receiver front end? Most people use the
peak for max signal method and that's not the best.
Its Freeware. Most software / Freeware vendors require a free (usually) account
to download their software.
John Hymes
La Rue Communications
10 S. Aurora Street
Stockton, CA 95202
http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn
- Original Message -
From: Don Kupferschmidt
To:
Sorry Don - Hit send too soon.
It should cover all flavors of *EDITORIAL* WinBlows *END EDITORIAL*.
The link below is a direct link to the XP download, where I got mine.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/files/dosbox/0.74/DOSBox0.74-win32-installer.exe/download
Good luck!
John Hymes
La
Hey John,
All you have to do is edit the configuration file. You see the location of the
configuration file when DOSBox starts. There are pretty plain comments in there
as to how to set it up. Going from memory it was something like this:
serial1 = directconnect realport:com1
--
Tim
:wq
On
Brian,
Yes, probably. The coils have different impedances, and the armatures have
different masses, but they are close enough that in most cases they are
interchangeable. That said, Motorola did make them different for a reason-
most likely that one was more sensitive as a vibrasponder, and the
Glenn,
Is it safe to say look in the channel element for the bad cap ?
Tempeture is not a issue with this unit it was in a heated and A/C garage kept
about 65-80 degrees with dehumdifer. I am glad the new site is climate
controlled also.
Ryan n3ssl
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com,
Hey guys. It looks like some magic smoke came out of my convertacom the other
day. While I was sitting in traffic the smoke literally came rolling out of it.
After taking things apart, it appears that one of the large 1500uF capacitors
in the switching supply of the unit went bad. I can fix
Before adding a Mirage 320 our TKR 750 was putting out 50
watts into a 6 cavity Wacom WP-642 at the cost of 2-3dB loss
on TX (as the spec sheet said.) The cans are tuned right on
the money and the Hustler G5-144 fed with LMR-400 is 1.1:1.
I'm guessing that's a G6...?
This has worked for
If you have another channel element that has a crystal, I would use
it to determine if the problem is in the radio or the element.
I suspect that the bad capacitor is in the element.
What is the part number of the channel element?
73
Glenn
WB4UIV
At 10:03 PM 8/9/2010, you wrote:
Glenn,
Is it
just want to ask the group any idea on how you would do this link the simplest
and the easiest way, due to budget constraint. purely conventional voice
communication. is it possible to do this using a single channel on the user end
for the entire system? existing repeater system are 3 cdr 500
What's the name of that little jewel
Thanks,
John
skipp025 wrote:
I don't even bother to slow my fast laptop down when
programming old radios (Syntors, etc). But some software
only works well when you disable the processor internal
cache, which I do with a simple (free) utility.
Hi,
Juts a thought:
Sometimes certain antennas have a drain plug at the bottom and sometime one
at the top. You should remove the drain plug at the bottom for normal
mounting or the one at the top for inverted mounting.If you don't water
can ingress, then can't escape and build up.
In answer to your question is it possible to do this on one user frequency, the
best answer that I have right now with the information supplied is maybe.
I can tell you from experience that depending on how much coverage overlap
there is from your three sites, doing this on one user frequency
The grungy audio isn't related to the amp.
The TKR may be turned down to 20-30 watts and not trip the amp. The amp may
easily be made continuous duty by driving it at a lower level and adding fans
and blowing on it from an inch or so away, or by sucking on it. I like to use
two 6 fans and they
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