Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Low Band Antenna for both 6 & 10 meters.

2010-08-22 Thread John Gleichweit
Don't forget your toast, rice and playing cards, too. On 8/21/2010 9:22 PM, George Henry wrote: > And the spray bottle of water, and the newspaper... > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Mike Morris" > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Lo

[Repeater-Builder] URL refresh

2010-08-22 Thread w5jr.mike
Is there a refreshed URL for the site regarding Maxtrac conversions to 222 MHz? I thought I surfed to the site a few weeks ago but didn't bookmark it. Thanks Mike / W5JR > Take a look at this link > > http://members.aol.com/w8ak/maxtrac222.htm > > I ran into Glenn, W8AK out at Dayton back

Re: [Repeater-Builder] made a rpt

2010-08-22 Thread petedcurtis
Translation from Brazilian Portuguese to English: Hello to all, Anyone have a circuit diagram of a simple Link - Repeater controller PC Board. The controller would interface a VHF Repeater made up of two GM300 mobiles to a third interface port for a UHF Link using a Motorola Maxtrac mobile radio.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] made a rpt

2010-08-22 Thread Doug Bade
From babelfish: Portugese to English... "ola (Hola = Hello.. which I think is what he indicated.. ) to all somebody would have a simple project of a plate repeater controller that could control two radios of VHF and plus one link in UHF, being 2 gm300 and one maxtrac of motorola" Doug KD

[Repeater-Builder] made a rpt

2010-08-22 Thread Rodrigo Lima
ola a todos alguem teria um esquema simples de uma placa controladora de repetidora que pudesse controlar dois radios de vhf e mais um link em uhf, sendo 2 gm300 e um maxtrac da motorola .obrigado (moderators note:) Can someone post a translation so that the non-spanish peakers can help this g

Re: [Repeater-Builder] made a rpt

2010-08-22 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Correct. - Original Message - From: "Gordon Cooper" To: Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] made a rpt > The gentleman's address is Brazil, you need Portugese, not Spanish. > > Gordon ZL1KL > > > > > > > Yahoo!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] made a rpt

2010-08-22 Thread Chuck Kelsey
It is: Hello everyone anyone have a simple scheme of a controller card that could handle two repeater VHF radio plus a link on uhf, 2 and GM300 maxtrac of motorola. thanks Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "Rodrigo Lima" To: Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 10:21 AM Subject: [R

Re: [Repeater-Builder] made a rpt

2010-08-22 Thread Gordon Cooper
The gentleman's address is Brazil, you need Portugese, not Spanish. Gordon ZL1KL

[Repeater-Builder] Re: electricity theft

2010-08-22 Thread whensley11
I've sat back and observed this thread as I have over 32 years in the electric utility industry. All electric utilities are concerned about electricity theft from a revenue AND safety standpoint. Who is and isn't prosecuted is another matter. It depends upon the local statutes. Some utilities an

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Maxtrac Help

2010-08-22 Thread Bill Smith
Try a pull down resistor to ground. 1K or so maybe? From: ka9qjg To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 1:01:36 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Maxtrac Help   He dos go in the Programming and Set it Low but still sees

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Happens often from the small case to a large one...'Prosecutor Discretion' they choose which cases are prosecuted and which ones are not. Often for unexplained reasons or at least unexplained to me. Jim- WA9FPT - Original Message - From: Chuck Kelsey To: Repeater-Builder@

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Maxtrac Help

2010-08-22 Thread ka9qjg
He dos go in the Programming and Set it Low but still sees 5 Volts , He wants is Less which I guess is called Low He knows about and how to make up a little Ext Switching Transistor Ckt to invert it But rather be able to do it from the 16 Pin on back of the radio He wants to use

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Eric Lemmon
Bill, A customer who causes physical (read, easily detected by the meter reader) damage to a meter is quite possibly deranged. A tamperproof cover will not deter some really "creative" power thieves who cut into the service conduit upstream of the meter and tap into the wires- often to feed a ver

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Correct. That was the intended route should it happen again with said customer - terminate service. Period. After the electric incident, the water was already being estimated "in favor of the utility" because that account was showing as a stopped meter. Later discovered to be a tampered meter.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Bill Smith
The answer is simple. The electric company refuses to provide service to that location. Or, installs a tamperproof cover over the meter, relocates the meter up on the pole, or installs a new electronic meter. They can also go by historical use data for that property and sue the customer for it.

[Repeater-Builder] Needing Help With a Mastrll Base/Repeater Unit

2010-08-22 Thread rrath
Hello to the group. I am in need of some help working on a GE Mastrll Base/Repeater unit in the Yakima, WA area. If you live in or know of some one please contact me off the list. I am looking for some one who knows this unit (I have no paper work on Mastrll) who can do some wiring for me.

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Eric Lemmon
Larry, No, it would not. As has already been noted, adding capacitance to the line does not affect kWh, which is the energy that does work and which you pay for. Indeed, if every customer on a grid were to achieve and maintain a unity PF, the utility would benefit by being able to defer the purc

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Larry Horlick
And if the "capacitor trick" did work, would this not be theft? lh On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Chuck Kelsey wrote: > > > "Like a bad penny, this "urban legend" just keeps coming back." -- Eric > Lemmon. > > Yes, I agree. However, the post that I made (and started all of this again) > > did

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Chuck Kelsey
"Like a bad penny, this "urban legend" just keeps coming back." -- Eric Lemmon. Yes, I agree. However, the post that I made (and started all of this again) didn't make claim as to whether the "capacitor trick" worked or didn't work. I feel that it has no impact, unless you are being billed for

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric bill

2010-08-22 Thread Eric Lemmon
Like a bad penny, this "urban legend" just keeps coming back. Since a kWh meter, whether mechanical or electronic, measures only "real" power, the addition of a capacitor- which adds capacitive reactance- cannot affect real power. A residential customer will never see a reduction in the amount of