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

2010-08-24 Thread wb6dgn
We had our fill of those here, too. The hot side of the AC line (if you were lucky, polarized plugs were rare in those days) was connected directly to a 35W4 or some such half wave rectifier tube and later to a selenium half wave rectifier with the other side of the AC line being connected

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Unknown uvhf antenna

2010-08-24 Thread Stanley Stanukinos
Have you tried to resonate it at 27 MHz? From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ian Wells Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:50 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Unknowen uvhf antenna Hi guys

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Unknown uvhf antenna

2010-08-24 Thread kerincom
I have had a further look at it today and might have found the reason for the high swr .The coil didn't seem to be earthing in the braid .When moving the coax the swr was all over the place .I re crimped the coil under the coax braid and the swr is now below 1.5:1 on the marine channels .

[Repeater-Builder] Spectrum Comms SCR200A 220 receiver question

2010-08-24 Thread Joe
I've been working on a clubs 223.96Mhz repeater that the receiver lost sensitivity. It went deaf, so much that the squelch would not even work. It appears that the plastic variable capacitors in the front end have gone bad. It was in a very damp water tank environment and this summer was

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Spectrum Comms SCR200A 220 receiver question

2010-08-24 Thread Jamey Wright
Joe, No help on the caps but felt like commenting on the other part of your post. I have seen some of the same things. I have had people say that they want to help with the repeater but if you call they are never available. They always have some reason why they can't help yet they are the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Spectrum Comms SCR200A 220 receiver question

2010-08-24 Thread Ralph S. Turk
Try Dans Small Parts and Kits.net All one word (no spaces) He seems to have a lot of different trimmers listed. Ralph,W7HSG - Original Message - From: Joe k1ike_m...@snet.net To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 8:11:22 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder]

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Spectrum Comms SCR200A 220 receiver question

2010-08-24 Thread skipp025
The trimmer caps should be easy to find at Jameco, Hamtronics, Digikey and Mouser. If you have nothing to lose, try a small amount of Caig Labs DeOxit first. s. Joe k1ike_m...@... wrote: I've been working on a clubs 223.96Mhz repeater that the receiver lost sensitivity. It went deaf,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] URL refresh

2010-08-24 Thread Scott Zimmerman
I found a phone number for Glenn. I called and left a message offering web space on the RB site for his 222 maxtrac conversion article. Hopefully we'll get a positive response. Scott Scott Zimmerman Amateur Radio Call N3XCC 474 Barnett Road Boswell, PA 15531 Mike Morris wrote: The

Re: [Repeater-Builder] URL refresh

2010-08-24 Thread Rick Szajkowski
Thanks Scott thats info we can NOT lose ... Rick va3rzs On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Scott Zimmerman n3...@repeater-builder.com wrote: I found a phone number for Glenn. I called and left a message offering web space on the RB site for his 222 maxtrac conversion article. Hopefully

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Spectrum Comms SCR200A 220 receiver question

2010-08-24 Thread Ross Johnson
Others experiencing this? The younger hams just don't seem to have the curiosity that I had years ago. 73, Joe, k1ike Except for me!!! And I thank this whole group for making it possible. Ross www.kc7rjk.net

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Spectrum Comms SCR200A 220 receiver question

2010-08-24 Thread Joe
Hello Ross, I'm glad to hear that you are interested in repeaters! I hope that someone in your area elmers you so that the tradition can continue. Repeaters are a difficult thing to just jump into and the test equipment that is nice to have can get expensive. 73, Joe, K1ike On 8/24/2010

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Intermod Calculation

2010-08-24 Thread Walter H
We also had a problem with a 454 pager. Quintron with a 1/4 k amp. Only one in the metro area had a spur, but that one traveled as the PA cage changed temperature. Got a hold of the paging company, and they turned each one off until we saw the spur go away. Final tube had been replaced and not

[Repeater-Builder] Re: made a rpt

2010-08-24 Thread cberende
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Rodrigo Lima limoidefilho...@... wrote: 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

[Repeater-Builder] tkr820 repeater

2010-08-24 Thread cberende
who want to help me with my repeater who light as a cristmas tree but doing nothing or the micro processor 1 who produce the data, most lines are 'high and i can not communicate with my programmer ( thats power,busy,tx light up) here in Brasil is very difficuld (portuguese) and I am Dutch so

Re: [Repeater-Builder] tkr820 repeater

2010-08-24 Thread Chris Carruba
http://www.repeater-builder.com/kenwood/pdfs/tkr-820-svc-man-large.pdf Best Regards, Chris Carruba Co-Admin irc.spidernet.org http://www.spidernet.org CompuTec Data Systems Custom Written Software, Networking, Forensic Data Recovery From: cberende

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fw: DON'T BUY IT AND DON'T USE IT !!!------READ IT

2010-08-24 Thread AARON LEWIS DINKIN
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fw: DON'T BUY IT AND DON'T USE IT !!!------READ IT

2010-08-24 Thread Bon Hal
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[Repeater-Builder] Re: Fw: DON'T BUY IT AND DON'T USE IT !!!------READ IT ..I cant ,I got a burka !

2010-08-24 Thread Fuggitaboutit
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