Re: [[[Re: [[Repeater-Builder] Spectrum Communication SCR1000 VHF Manual]]]]

2003-11-25 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:59 PM 11/25/2003 -0600, you wrote: Of course, any transmitter can have that statement said. ---Wasn't that VHF Engineering's motto? :-) Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ArGoSoft Mailing List Server

2003-12-14 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:29 PM 12/14/2003 +, you wrote: Please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], containing word HELP as the first non-blank line for the list of available commands. Wonderful... -- President and CTO - Arcom

RE: [Repeater-Builder] ArGoSoft......

2003-12-14 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:40 AM 12/14/2003 -0800, you wrote: Looks like something is misconfigured on his end. ---I'm not a SysAdmin. I only play one on Repeater-Builder Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mitrek radio

2003-12-15 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:54 PM 12/15/2003 -, you wrote: I am new to this board, can someone please help? I am looking for a good way to convert a mitrek uhf radio into a repeater. Can this be done without any controllers and extra equiptment? If so, can someone please supply some links?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TPL website ??

2003-12-16 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:48 AM 12/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: Does anyone know if there is a web site for TPL amps ? Try http://www.spuriousunstablenevermakethepowerclaimed.com Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Interesting scam

2003-12-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:07 PM 12/22/2003 -0500, you wrote: .. and someone tell me how to mod my scanner where it will pick up conversations from someones home stereo? ---Seems only fair. My neighbor's home stereo picks up my SSB transmissions! g Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:21 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: Might you need that modification diagram for one of your iders? Nah. I replaced the dynamotor with a T supply, the code wheel with an 8 track tape and the mechanical timers with an Agastat. Must keep up with technology ya know :-) Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:14 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: The 5V had a vibrator power supply. You *do* know what a vibrator is ... ? ---Ooooh... you mean in the context of radio! Of course! g I have one of the SOS red plastic wheel ider's around here. Every time I see it, I think of your booth display

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:28 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: Ok, I will bring it just for you ... will you have power at your booth? You bet. I always have power at my booth.. Electricity too. Ken Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Battery terminal corrosion

2004-01-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:56 PM 1/5/2004 -0800, you wrote: A 911 console that I maintain has developed some corrosion on the battery terminals. What is the best way to clean the terminals and what do I put on them to keep this from happening again? Go to your local auto supply store and pick up a battery

Re: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]

2004-01-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:23 PM 1/6/2004 -0600, you wrote: You can best modify the spectrum by replacing the following components: power supply, transmitter, receiver, controller. It should then perform well if you used good replacement parts. -LOL!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Identify this antenna manufacturer

2004-01-08 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:44 PM 1/8/2004 -0500, you wrote: Looks like a DB-201 that is missing the radial kit... see attached PDF and tell me if you agree.. ---I disagree. Aside from the fact there is no plate through which the radiator extends (using that fast-becoming-infamous Hy-Gain style insulator) and the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] No TX audio

2004-01-14 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:03 PM 1/14/2004 -0500, you wrote: take 2 or 3 some 1n4001 to act as isolator so that one ptt does not backfeed into the other. A good idea overall but 1N4001's are a bit of an overkill (he certainly shouldn't need 1 amp capability for PTT)! 1N4148's should more than enough... Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 75 to 50 ohm match

2004-01-20 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:06 PM 1/20/2004 -, you wrote: I have a repeater attached to 300 feet of 75 ohm CATV hard line. I believe one can match using a length of 62.5 ohm coax, but how long and where to get it? ---You don't use 62.5 ohm coax. You build a transformer (1/4 wavelength or odd multiple of a 1/4

Re: [Repeater-Builder] wavetek ct systems 3000b

2004-01-21 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:49 PM 1/21/2004 -0600, you wrote: I have two Wavetek CT3000B service monitors. One works OK, the other has a problem in the scope. I would like this fellow's name to see what it would cost to bring one or both up to snuff. ---If anyone gets his contact info, I'd like it too. One of my

Re: [Repeater-Builder] wilson repeater

2004-01-28 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:17 AM 1/28/2004 -, you wrote: have a wilson WU451 repeater can someone tell me the exciter output or possible have a manual?recieve is good cant get much out of the exciter ---I don't have the manuals anymore but the exciter makes around 2 watts. There was a matching amp that would up

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dual Band Antenna's?

2004-01-28 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:23 AM 1/28/2004 -, you wrote: them.. some dont. I am running an X-500HNA at 160 feet for a low powered UHF repeater, and a packet station on VHF. When the ice came through NC the past few days, the thing wouldn't have lasted over 20 MPH if the wind blew. ---FWIW, I ran an X-500

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tuffduck

2004-01-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:54 AM 1/30/2004 -0500, you wrote: Hello all, Does any one have a URL, phone number or address for Tuff-duck? Does any one know what the connector is on the Motorola GTX HT is called? This is the RF connector for the duck. very best of 73, Russ, W3CH Trustee, W3PS ---Isn't that the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RBI-1 Serial interface and FC-1

2004-02-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:10 PM 2/4/2004 -0500, you wrote: There has got to be more than just the FC-1 protocol that drives the RBI-1 such as remote high/low power, dc power on/off, etc. I hope you don't mind me answering here, as everyone can benefit from information, yes? When driven by the ACC FC-1 format

RE: [Repeater-Builder] RBI-1 Serial interface and FC-1

2004-02-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:13 PM 2/4/2004 -0500, you wrote: I have been considering that for a while. I REALLY don't want to change controllers because I like my 7k and the way the synthesized speech sounds. If push comes to shove, I will do that. I also may use an RC-110 as an interface controller. ---I'm not

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 6M duplexers using C02 bottles ?

2004-03-15 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:48 AM 3/15/2004 -, you wrote: Has anyone ever considered using 8.5 diameter 6ft high carbon dioxide bottles as those used in fire smothering banks as 6M cavity filters ? ---Aren't those made of steel? It seems to me they wouldn't be very temperature stable. Not to mention the usual

[Repeater-Builder] ST-101 docs?

2004-03-18 Thread Ken Arck
Would anyone happen to have the paperwork on an old (damn old!) Selectone ST-101 PL deck? Spence doesn't have anything that old from the aquisition:-) Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ST-101 docs?

2004-03-19 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:54 PM 3/18/2004 -0800, you wrote: You did ask Spence? --Well not personally but I did talk to the folks at Com Spec about it. They said that was too old a unit... BTW, I last saw Spence around the same time, when I had my 2-way shop in Hawaii. What are you trying to do with the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: ST-101 docs?

2004-03-19 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:38 AM 3/19/2004 -0500, you wrote: Hi Folks.I have the complete manual on the ST-101 and am mailing it to Ken Arck to-day. --Thanks John, I appreciate the help! Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio

2004-03-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:54 PM 3/22/2004 -0600, you wrote: The tube versions would end with HHT, for example. I think that the solid state version would be a MHT or perhaps an LHT so that the solid model would be something like U43MHT. ---Wow, it's been a number of years since I've dealt with this but as I

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:24 PM 3/22/2004 -0600, you wrote: All models had 2 tubes in the PA deck, which were basically not visible. ---I remember the smelly heatsinks with the fingerstock and braid, yep! But didn't the MHT have a squarish heat sink instead of the curvy, contoured ones the earlier models had? Or am

Re: [Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]]

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:29 PM 3/22/2004 -0600, you wrote: The squarish one was the MST. Danke Ken (Memorieslike the echo of my mind... la la la la) -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:25 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: This one has the three small transistorized finals on the right back side. ---Those transistors are part of the T supply (the high voltage switching supply that supplies B+ to the tubes). As far as numbers on the unit, don't find anything that meets the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:55 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: Not really a good plan. Most likely the radio won't duplex without severe desense. ---I had a full duplex LHT in my car, back in the 70's, complete with a Princess phone conversion control head (remember those?). It worked ok but of course running a

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:18 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: The numbers that are on the three transistorized tubes are, if that is what they are, is M9394. ---What the heck is a transistorized tube?? Are they round and silver? Ken --

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:17 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: Just before the transistor, solid state tubes. They are small and round. ---As I posted earlier, the only solid state tubes I can think of were actually solid state diodes that were made as replacements for the older vacuum tube rectifiers, such as the 5U4

Re: [Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]]

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:34 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: Ken, if you and John really don't remember those radios, I have a few of them here, you are welcome to look and see for yourselves. ---No thanks Neal. I am reminded of my age enough, in other ways :-) Ken

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]

2004-03-23 Thread Ken Arck
It depends on whether they're NPN or PNP tubes.. At 02:06 PM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: How much warm up time do they need? Ken Arck wrote: At 08:18 AM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: The numbers that are on the three transistorized tubes are, if that is what they are, is M9394

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]

2004-03-24 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:53 PM 3/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: Ken I think you have been around as long as I (40+ years in electronics). ---Yes Tom. I have been around long enough to remember when Sue was a noun and the Left was a direction you headed :-) Thanks for update on Transtubes! Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motrac / Solid State Tubes

2004-03-24 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:53 AM 3/24/2004 -, you wrote: These were used in VHF applications. [e.g. 6CW4] They are metal and don't look all that different from early transistors. The size is similar also, the Nuvistor is 0.400 dia. and a TO-5 is 0.335 diameter. ---Nuvistors were noticeable taller, not to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: 440 Mhz Receiver with COR

2004-03-28 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:45 PM 3/28/2004 -0800, you wrote: Just something with good sensitivity and the cor. It's really a low key repeater. --I have a Spectra Tac receiver (that's a receiver from a Micor), mid-split with channel element and squelch gate card. It's in a rack mount and all you need do is supply it

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: 440 Mhz Receiver with COR

2004-03-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:10 AM 3/30/2004 -0800, you wrote: The receiver that is on the 440 machine is a Uniden radio, for which we pulled the de-emphasized audio from. Then we used a COR, which actually is nothing more than a voltage drop. ---Well Mathew. It doesn't sound like you need a new receiver. That would

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: 440 Mhz Receiver with COR

2004-03-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:07 AM 3/30/2004 -0800, you wrote: The voltage at the tap point is about 7 volts, when keyed it drops to about .5 volts, just not enough to get it to key the controller. I looked for other sources in the radio, nothing would drop to zero volts. ---I'm surprised your controller doesn't

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: 440 Mhz Receiver with COR

2004-03-31 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:15 PM 3/30/2004 -0500, you wrote: Put a diode in series, .7 volts drop,remember? ---If in series yes. But since that diode would be in series with (more than likely) a bipolar transistor C-E junction with its emitter to ground, that would add another .6 volts to the equation. Therefore he'd

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: cor logic circuit thoughts

2004-04-01 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:24 PM 3/31/2004 -, you wrote: Any ideas where I might find a cheap version of this circuit or basic kit to build one? ---I did a syllabic squelch for an HF remote base project a few years. It is quite easy to build on some perfboard and it works quite well:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] icom ic-u-400 as a repeater???

2004-03-31 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:01 PM 3/30/2004 EST, you wrote: does anyone know if its possible to make a icom commercial 400 mhz mobile. ic-u400 into a repeater?? thanks dave kb2znc I seriously doubt it. The scheme the U400 uses in its synthesizer makes it impractical. Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] This is serious, yeah right!

2004-04-09 Thread Ken Arck
http://www.tearingdownstrongholds.com/ ---Obviously a Kerry supporter :-) Ken Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/http://groups.yahoo.com/gro up/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fan audio

2004-04-09 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:22 PM 4/9/2004 -0400, you wrote: Either run AC fans or use a different power supply than the one running your repeater to power those DC ones ---I'm running two 12 Vdc fans in my Micor repeater. I use a 200 uh choke in each lead (+ -) and a 1000 mf cap across them, on the supply

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Infomation Needed

2004-04-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:07 PM 4/13/2004 -, you wrote: I have a Micor or Mitrek Repeater or what i think is a repeater.Here the Model number can anyone tell me what it is Model Number C73RTB/3103CM ---Let's see how good my memory is... It's a Micor VHF, 110 watt, PL'd (not DPL) base station. I'm sure I'll be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Infomation Needed

2004-04-13 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:48 PM 4/13/2004 -, you wrote: Also is this a repeater or can it be converted to a repeater ? ---It is a base station but can easily be converted to a repeater. See http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/micor-index.html What is a Micor PL'D DPL ? ---Micor is the model series of the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-850 - Where to get CTCSS enable signal?

2004-04-14 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:29 PM 4/14/2004 -0500, you wrote: You need to program one of the programmable outputs to TOR (this is a logic signal that goes active with received signal and proper tone). ---Is there a programming option that would give him a discrete PL decode logic output, independent of COS? That is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Mitrek T83JJA3900DK

2004-04-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:15 PM 4/16/2004 -, you wrote: Motorola Mitrek T83JJA3900DK, Can this radio be programed to work as a repeater ? ---Yep, quite easily.. see: http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/mitrek-index.html Ken --

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Need help in layout

2004-04-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:41 AM 4/17/2004 -, you wrote: I want it to latch and toggle the output to a 12V relay. So when I key the portable with that PL it will close and when I key it the second time it will open. ---Cheap and easy control, eh? :-) Without knowing exactly what you're up to, the fastest way

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Min Separation for VHF, no duplexer, 2 ants?

2004-04-17 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:31 PM 4/17/2004 -0400, you wrote: 100 feet vertical or 300 feet horizontal separation. 100 feet of frequency of separation? Hmmm, my service monitor isn't calibrated in feet! (sorry, couldn't resist) Ken --

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Is there a relationship between 147.225 and 146.925?

2004-04-18 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:12 PM 4/18/2004 -0400, you wrote: Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Is there a relationship between 147.225 and 146.925? ---Are these standard split repeaters? Assuming so, the 147.225 repeater (output?) places the input at 147.825 How about clarifying the input freqs for these repeaters?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Is there a relationship between 147.225 and 146.925?

2004-04-18 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:22 PM 4/18/2004 -0400, you wrote: The difference in frequency between the two transmitters is 300 kilohertz. 300 kilohertz is exactly 1/2 of the separation of either machine; 600 kc. Nice catch :-) --

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Is there a relationship between 147.225 and 146.925?

2004-04-18 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:38 PM 4/18/2004 -0400, you wrote: Hmmm. Your transmitters are 300 KHz apart. Your duplex split is 600 KHz. Sounds suspicious to me. Not to mention there are all sorts of odd order mixes with his freqs: Third Order Results: 147.2250 MHz + 147.2250 MHz - 146.9250 MHz 147.9250 MHz

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Is there a relationship between 147.225 and 146.925?

2004-04-18 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:46 AM 4/18/2004 -0700, you wrote: Not to mention there are all sorts of odd order mixes with his freqs: ---you guys considered adding circulators to your transmitters? That would solve the mixing issues.. Ken Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Is there a relationship between 147.225 and 146.925?

2004-04-19 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:45 PM 4/18/2004 -0400, you wrote: To be honest, I didn't follow Ken's math. Must be that west coast version. ;- Here is how I add it up: Aside from the formatting changes due to email, that's what my intermod software came up with. (sure sure, shoot the messenger!) Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duty Cycle

2004-04-20 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:18 PM 4/19/2004 -, you wrote: Transmitter and amplifier manufacturers usually specifies a duty cycle (i.e. 50W 100% duty cycle) on their product. then how do you prove what they specified is correct? ---Doesn't it suck they don't give you the complete picture? Duty cycle is generally

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Receiver Sensitivity

2004-04-20 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:41 PM 4/19/2004 -, you wrote: Many of the newer commercial and older low dollar repeater receivers crap-out on busy mountain tops and repeater sites, especially when you park a gasfet mixer (preamp) in front. ---Now you know why I insist on using only Chip's stuff :-) Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] VHF Engineering Repeater

2004-04-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:49 PM 4/21/2004 -, you wrote: Having trouble with the receiver being to low ,so without the proper test equipment available to me ,I'm going to tune this the old fashion way . With an HT in the field by ear . My problem is I don't know which board is the main board for tuning the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Suggestions as to IFR Monitor Repairs ?

2004-04-25 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:22 PM 4/25/2004 -0700, you wrote: Hi Ken, I wonder if Fluke now does repair / certification of the service monitors? ---I talked to them about a month ago, regarding a replacement lever switch on my service monitor. While I didn't specifically ask about repairs and/or calibration,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer Alignment

2004-04-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:40 PM 4/27/2004 -, you wrote: Is there any methods of tuning a set of duplexer without having a Spectrum analyzer. I am in the learning stages again. I have an IFR-500a, so I can generate a signal into them. I know this would work somewhat for the receive, but what does one do for

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer Alignment

2004-04-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 02:54 PM 4/27/2004 -0500, you wrote: The duplexers are a set of TX/RX duplexers, six of them. When you say a 3db pad, that is something that I am not sure of, is this basically the same thing as a db pad used in CATV systems? ---Yes they are the same CONCEPT, but CATV ones would be 72

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Interference

2004-04-28 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:36 PM 4/27/2004 -0400, you wrote: This is the reason I suggest just adding a helical to the front end of the regency, There is nothing magical about helical resonators - John Phillip Sousa Ken -- President and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic, but worth the bandwidth... Fwd: SERIOUS - Trojan Alert

2004-04-29 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:48 PM 4/28/2004 -0700, you wrote: A persistent new spam campaign that purports to show recipients pictures of Osama bin Laden being captured is in fact a ruse that could lead victims to download a malicious Trojan Horse program. ---Yep Mike, this one is valid. My spam filter AND virus

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Duplexer

2004-04-30 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:38 AM 4/30/2004 -, you wrote: I have the opportunity to install a DB-224 and a DB-420 on a 500' tower. But the funds are lacking for two runs of hardline. With 60 watts on the 2 meter repeater and 40 watts on the 70cm repeater. What kind of Duplexers can I use on this system for

[Repeater-Builder] T1504 cavity

2004-05-02 Thread Ken Arck
Hi kids I'm tuning up a T1504A, which has the 430 - 470 cable set on it. Everything looks good, except for one cavity - one of the lowpass/hi reject ones. I can't seem to get a very good null on it, regardless of the loop position. As a matter of fact, the reject seems to be getting better when

Re: [Repeater-Builder] T1504 cavity

2004-05-02 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:22 PM 5/1/2004 -0400, you wrote: Ken, Having refurbished and tuned a number of those cavities, I would suspect it may not be getting a good low resistance contact between the end of the coupling loop and the inside of the cavity. ---Thanks Paul but I have already looked at the interior.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] T1504 cavity

2004-05-02 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:50 PM 5/1/2004 -0400, you wrote: I would guess you verified the 'rough' adjustment to be in the same position as the other three? ---It's nowhere near where the others are. Same coupling loops, oriented the same way as the other lowpass/hi reject too. The internals looks fine and clean.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] T1504 cavity

2004-05-02 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:09 PM 5/1/2004 -0700, you wrote: Do you already have the loop moved to the 2nd hole which allows for more adjustment. Just thought I would ask. ---Haven't tried that yet but the other lowpass cavity (the one that appears to be ok) has the coupling loop in the same hole. Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] T1504 cavity

2004-05-02 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:02 AM 5/2/2004 -0400, you wrote: Have you swapped the loops/probes from the problem can with the ones in another can to see if it's a problem with the can itself or with the loop/probe elements? Swapped any cables? ---Yea, I've had good luck with 1504s before too (this isn't my first set

[Repeater-Builder] T1504 cavity [solved!]

2004-05-02 Thread Ken Arck
When I pulled the coupling loop assembly from the bad cavity, it looked fine to me. Although I noticed the connection to the S0239 had apparently been resoldered at some point in the past on the adjusted one). I didn't think about the resoldering job too much. Until this morning that is, when I

RE: [Repeater-Builder] 2m repeater IMD issue

2004-05-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:35 AM 5/5/2004 -0400, you wrote: Well, I considered that too. However, after further study of isolators (and discussing my situation with a manufacturer of isolators) I discovered that a VHF isolator will not stop signals in the 800MHz range from passing through it. An isolator should work

RE: [Repeater-Builder] 2m repeater IMD issue

2004-05-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:52 AM 5/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: Duplexers with one loop in UHF do not do much at 800 Mhz - ---He was talking about VHF circulators not being effective at preventing 800 Mhz energy from passing back down the TX line? I've never heard of this before. Ken

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 2m repeater IMD issue

2004-05-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:43 PM 5/5/2004 -0400, you wrote: However, the isolator will not keep 800MHz signals from getting to the transmitter of the 2m repeater. ??? Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers

RE: [Repeater-Builder] 2m repeater IMD issue

2004-05-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:34 PM 5/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: Take a tracking generator and sweep a Wacom 678 duplexer and look beyond 440 / 450 on up to 600 and beyond. If memory is correct a single cavity will have less than 10 db attenuation at 800. ---I said CIRCULATOR, not DUPLEXER :-) Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Equipment question

2004-05-07 Thread Ken Arck
At 12:48 PM 5/7/2004 -0400, you wrote: Hey gang. OK, need some info from you old timers who are Dayton regulars. Any good reputable booths I should visit as far as commercial stuff goes? ---Of course, Kevin and Scott will be there. Spaces 707 - 710 Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dayton Specials

2004-05-08 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:01 PM 5/7/2004 -0400, you wrote: RE: Arcom Products at Dayton 2004 ---Hey Kevin. Your ISP hates me! Could you give me a call please? Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RC 210 / 220 radio for remote ideas?

2004-05-08 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:59 AM 5/8/2004 -0700, you wrote: Ken - the designer of the 210 - is a regular on this group. I'd just wait a couple of days until he gets back from Dayton and ask him. ---Actually, I am here :-) Now to the question at hand It was queried: I need ideas to make a 220 freq agile (or at

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: RC 210 / 220 radio for remote ideas?

2004-05-08 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:08 PM 5/8/2004 -, you wrote: Can you not tell the RC210 to send out a line of dtmf's? Set this up in a macro? ---Yep, you sure can. The 210 has 20 DTMF memories, each of which can store 10 digits. Each memory can be called from a Command Macro. I'm not familiar with the sequence

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Error

2004-05-10 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:37 AM 5/10/2004 -0600, you wrote: For further details see the attachment. ---Personally I think anyone who's connected to the internet should be required BY LAW to have a valid virus scanner with all the current updates. If they don't, they should be shot Yahoo! Groups Links *

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Key

2004-05-11 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:22 PM 5/11/2004 -, you wrote: Does anyone have a spare motorola micro/synto key lying around they could spare. I have four of these radios and cannot open them as no one sent me a key. Thanks. ---They're a standard Motorola 2135. Give Ted a try: http://www.mdmradio.com/ Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread Ken Arck
H... A H 6 L E / W R (gotta love it!) KEn At 04:48 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: Well, how 'bout a short history lesson? Back around '76 or '77, the rules for repeaters changed drastically. Prior to that, repeaters required a separate repeater license, which required a vey lengthy

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-11 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:02 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: heh-well that wasn't quite what I meant, but;c} really it was special callsigns with a WR prefix. The club's repeater I belong to here started as WA8TTO, then WB8CRP, then WR8ADV before the rules changed. ---Oh I remember that (I owned WR6AKB in the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:34 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: That may be a throwback to the old FCC interim designators. For example, if you upgraded at the Buffalo (NY) FCC office, your call was W3ABC/BF. We used to say Interim BullFrog. ---Well the heck with all that. I'm just going to problem everything to AH6LE /

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID Indicators

2004-05-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:16 PM 5/11/2004 -0700, you wrote: ---Well the heck with all that. I'm just going to problem everything to AH6LE / GOD. ---I suppose I better check for typos before I program anythingsigh Ken -- President

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Response: Nick Berg

2004-05-14 Thread Ken Arck
I am probably one of the more involved political wonks around and have great interest in what goes on politically and the War on Terror. And while I have nothing but the deepest sympathy for Nick Berg and his family, does this thread really belong on a mail list dealing with repeaters? Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GLB preamp

2004-05-18 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:39 PM 5/17/2004 -, you wrote: Hi I purchased a used GLB preamp for 70cm at Dayton. I am looking for the company that made it. Does anyone know where and how I can find them? ---GLB (Gil L. Brock?) hasn't existed for many years. Gil's stuff was pretty popular during the 70's (and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Remote Base Project

2004-05-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:15 PM 5/21/2004 -0500, you wrote: Would there be any advantage to putting the radio in an RF box for shielding? ---The short answer? Only if you put the antenna(s) in a shielded box too. You're asking too much of physics by trying to run a remote base on the same band as your repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Remote Base Project

2004-05-22 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:09 PM 5/22/2004 -0400, you wrote: Why? I've done it for about 15 years. I can't use it within about 60 kHz of the local repeater, but otherwise it's fine. I just used a cavity to notch out the repeater TX. The loss of sensitivity near the repeater TX frequency is overcome by the strength of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Ken Arck
In Hawaii, we did something similar. Our UHF repeater was at the 10,023 foot level (Mt. Haleakala, on Maui). We wanted coverage on the north shore of the Big Island (Hawaii) and good coverage on the major parts of Maui. As such, we had one 5 element yagi facing south and one facing north, but

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:47 PM 5/24/2004 -0500, you wrote: But would not the gain of these antenna's compensate for that, from say a 3 DB to 6 DB gain verticle to a 13 DB foward gain, directed in each direction. ---It's not really that big a deal. I'm sure it will work fine as you describe. The only caveat I have

RE: [Repeater-Builder] FBI Release: Suspect Photos- REQUEST Assistance

2004-05-26 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:13 PM 5/26/2004 -0500, you wrote: Well you and Many Others including Me Have also questioned this , They want us to Listen But Wait a Minute Cell Phones , Cordless and many other Forms of Communications are a Federal offense to Monitor, Nothing Changed. ---Remember back in 1997 when a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Desense

2004-06-02 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:26 PM 6/1/2004 -0500, you wrote: Then tie that into My 440 repeater that I rebroadcast the NWS and Amber Alert Warnings . well the Testing I have done The Two Watts . De sensed the Weather receiver so bad It distorts the signal which is a strong one on a homemade outside ant at 20 Ft.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] buillding a repeater

2004-06-02 Thread Ken Arck
The other comments regarding the control line is a good one but allow me to pass on an experience I had in converting a mid-split UHF Micor station (C64RCB) to the ham band. Specifically, it needed to be moved *exactly* 10 Mhz down (it was on 451.875/456/875 and I was moving it to

[Repeater-Builder] Re: building a repeater

2004-06-02 Thread Ken Arck
David. If you don't mind I'm taking this back to the mail list, as there may be others who can benefit from the info, ok? The first bandpass filter is located behind the exciter board. If you carefully remove the board, you'll see a piece of white teflon coax leaving the board and plugging into

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 2 repeaters on 1 antenna

2004-06-02 Thread Ken Arck
At 04:32 PM 6/2/2004 -0400, you wrote: I am wanting to stick a low powered UHF repeater on the same antenna. This would be an optional control rx'er for the main repeater but will run full time ISS audio (when FCC approved). This would be on the 3rd port of the RC210. The low power repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help I need

2004-06-04 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:09 PM 6/3/2004 -0400, you wrote: will a vhf one work on a uhf repeater? No. That filter is in the output of the tripler. Therefore it needs to be UHF. As for the epoxied slugs, I used some acetone and CAREFULLY worked them back and forth with a high quality allen wrench. A little

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help I need

2004-06-04 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:30 PM 6/3/2004 -0400, you wrote: well you must of been lucky as mine are epoxied over so that I can't even get a allen key in there ---Acetone and an Exacto knife will eventually clear it out :-) Ken (patience is a virtue, especially if you're a doctor ---poetic license)

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help I need

2004-06-04 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:41 PM 6/3/2004 -0400, you wrote: how about another way take the screws out the bottom punch out the epoxy run a tap through to clean up the threads then make some new screws out of 10X32 1 long machine screw by cutting the heads off and putting a cut in the top for a screw driver so that you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 VHF questions

2004-06-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:21 AM 6/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: I'm thinking I'm a little light on drive and thus the amp doesn't always excite. ---Announcing new Viagra for PA's. Always excite, all the time. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[Repeater-Builder] Oh Lord, not another Part 97 question!

2004-06-07 Thread Ken Arck
Point to point link ID requirement: 1) When the link is first brought up and taken down 2) When the link is first brought up and taken down and every 10 minutes of operation 3) At the end of communications 4) All of the above The winner receives an atta boy! Ken Yahoo! Groups Links * To

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Oh Lord, not another Part 97 question!

2004-06-07 Thread Ken Arck
At 11:09 AM 6/7/2004 -0400, you wrote: Ken, I would think this is a no-brainer... as option 2 is inclusive of the others and 10min interval is a requirement. I keep getting dragged back into the ID debate but only as it applies to auxiliary stations. Your position is my position - it

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