Re: [Repeater-Builder] snide remarks

2004-12-04 Thread Kris Kirby
is just going to make things worse. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] TGIFreeBSD IM: 'KrisBSD' BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! - 1984-2004 - 20 yrs of Govt Surveillance This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] snide remarks

2004-12-04 Thread Kris Kirby
and you'd have a free repeater for every conversation on two meters. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] TGIFreeBSD IM: 'KrisBSD' BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! - 1984-2004 - 20 yrs of Govt Surveillance This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Requiring CTCSS, etc.

2004-12-05 Thread Kris Kirby
controllers support multiple access tones. The watchword, I believe, is multi-tone panel or community tone panel. CSI's Flex controllers can be used as such. http://www.connectsystems.com/ -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] TGIFreeBSD IM: 'KrisBSD' BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! - 1984-2004

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB224 Mounting On Top or Side Which is Better

2005-01-10 Thread Kris Kirby
. That's electromagnetic repulsion for you. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] TGIFreeBSD IM: 'KrisBSD' BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! - 1984-2004 - 20 yrs of Govt Surveillance This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] syntor X 9000

2005-01-23 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Rich wrote: I know you can co-phase Mobil antennas, 33- 45 split. Can It be done with Base antennas? With 50 ft of hard line. WE had two GE rangers in our EOC and one went bad. Let me know... Rich Why would you want to? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Repeater-Builder] More power, Scotty!

2005-01-25 Thread Kris Kirby
to prevent one from feeding back into the other. Then positive to positive and negative to negative. It's been several years since I have tied two together, but it seems that is the way we done it. Just tie the grounds together and let the positives remain independent. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] maxtrac 100w ???

2005-02-09 Thread Kris Kirby
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Neil McKie wrote: Well, I saw a 100 watt highband Mocom-70 put out 240 watts one time ... For how long? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GR300 on Solar Power

2005-03-01 Thread Kris Kirby
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ?xml version=1.0 ? Hello to the list. Has anyone used or using a GR300 Repeater on Solar Power, if so, what did you do to the fan that runs continuously? Rod Home Power (http://homepower.com) just had an article about this last month. -- Kris

Re: [Repeater-Builder] custom rack mount panels

2005-03-09 Thread Kris Kirby
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Sean wrote: Here is a link to a pic the 1U Kenwood TM-x31/TM-x41 panel. http://www.fitzharris.com/~fitz/panels/ Looks nice. I'll be right back, I need to hold-up a bank. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ATT Battery backup charger cheep

2005-04-01 Thread Kris Kirby
that run off of 48V for the same reason. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GTX mobiles for 900?

2005-04-01 Thread Kris Kirby
to leave as big a dent as the D27 Spectra does, but I wonder if I'll ever get a chance to work that ding out of the floor. I was lucky it missed my head by a few inches on the trail. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] shameless ebay plug..micor 6m repeater

2005-05-09 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sun, 8 May 2005, doug wrote: 6m micor, w/ cans. ebay item # 5773177879 Wow. That means someone will actually bid on a Micor for once. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ANI and PC

2005-06-16 Thread Kris Kirby
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, kwanmeng chong wrote: We would like to determine the caller radio ANI through the received audio line. The determined caller ID is then shown on the PC monitor. Asterisk http://asteriskpbx.org has built-in DTMF detection. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola .25kw Amp

2005-06-29 Thread Kris Kirby
they are built like tanks and will run at rated power 100% duty cycle. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Spectra Tac Audio

2005-06-30 Thread Kris Kirby
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Give it the speaker output and 12 volts and stand back! Their Loud! He's not joking folks! No volume control save for what you feed it. I was testing a phone patch with one and the DTMF tones almost ran me out of the room. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] SyntorX T73 Repeater ???

2005-07-01 Thread Kris Kirby
sinks to keep um cool. Advice or suggestions??? Turn the transmitter power up to 55W; those PAs are only spec'd to operate at 55W - 100W. Don't really know about the audio problem. I haven't worked too much with X's in repeater setups. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Chance of a Lifetime (kinda OT)???

2005-07-01 Thread Kris Kirby
. In TX you most definately will. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater

[Repeater-Builder] Combiner PDF

2005-07-19 Thread Kris Kirby
Hey -- add this to the site! http://www.tcibr.com/PDFs/900.pdf -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Class-A mobile radios?

2005-07-21 Thread Kris Kirby
into a linear amp just as well. That's the only really sticking point -- it's got to be linear from one end to the other. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' due to ham antennas

2005-07-21 Thread Kris Kirby
unit under his GROL -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Still after

2005-07-22 Thread Kris Kirby
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Kevin King wrote: Try a set of coffee can duplexers. 20 bucks of plumbing hardware and bingo Can you still buy coffee in cans? How do you weld those suckers together? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' due to ham antennas

2005-07-22 Thread Kris Kirby
property not the public. http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/21/patriot.act/index.html Freedom? What freedom? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Still after

2005-07-22 Thread Kris Kirby
. Is there an observed effect on the quality of the duplexer from the surface discontinuties? Would it be worth copper plating? Can it be copper plated? I sense that there will soon be no coffee cans left in my town. As it is, we currently buy Folgers in large plastic jugs 10 in diameter. -- Kris

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Still after

2005-07-22 Thread Kris Kirby
that $1K price tag on the used 6m duplexer doesn't look so bad. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Still after

2005-07-25 Thread Kris Kirby
was in the water this morning; potato juice? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] carrier drop pulse

2005-07-25 Thread Kris Kirby
into the exciter; it's possible that a voltage or bias on the audio inputs could be pushing it off frequency. Bring out the box of capacitors and see what you can come up with. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Help needed with TX combiner problem

2005-08-03 Thread Kris Kirby
combiner hybrid-ferrite or cavity-ferrite? What is the measured isolation between antennas (if known)? Yeah, get a ton of circulators on that system, stat. You may find that the mixing product is coming from the repeater down the road's TXR. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Combining questions

2005-08-04 Thread Kris Kirby
combined into one antenna will have about 11 watts at the antenna. Per carrier, no? 11 * 8 = 88W total... -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the now

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: tx combiner follow up... UPDATE 2

2005-08-11 Thread Kris Kirby
=ias_sitesearch=motorola.comsafe=images Just add the word you want to that query and stuff comes out of the woodwork. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security

[Repeater-Builder] Excellent Antenna Article

2005-08-11 Thread Kris Kirby
http://www.rfm.com/corp/appdata/antenna.pdf This is a good canidate for the collection, even though it deals with small antennas. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security

Re: [Repeater-Builder] REPEATER INTERMOD

2005-08-14 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish I could change the pl tone, but with 45 + radios in the fleet it is a bit hard. bob Not as bad as 450, or 4500 radios. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 1p controller

2005-11-13 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Q wrote: Anyone know a link to or have programming info for the 1P controller? TIA,73,Lee Not really. You might contact B and D Enterprises, but they no longer sell the 1P. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: mobile repeaters

2005-11-16 Thread Kris Kirby
still isn't learning from other's mistakes, only thier own (Proud owner of a FT-8100) -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the now-permanent PATRIOT Act

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for a UHF Circulator and load

2005-11-22 Thread Kris Kirby
a difference as far as desense is concerned? Well, for one it will limit any locally generated mixing products resulting from rectification in the PA transistors. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Multiple receivers one antenna ???

2005-12-19 Thread Kris Kirby
? Ralph, Have a look at page seven of the PDF below and see if it doesn't look familiar. http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/tx-rx-elementary-introduction-to-ferrite-isolators-circulators-and-rf-loads.pdf -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer tuning with MINIMUM tools

2005-12-22 Thread Kris Kirby
, you need a dummy load on the unused port. Impedance mismatches can also do a job on cavity performance. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links

[Repeater-Builder] Maxtrac outputs?

2006-01-09 Thread Kris Kirby
How much current can the Maxtrac GPIO outputs sink for a low condition? Are they open collector or ... ? -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT - funny interference story

2006-01-12 Thread Kris Kirby
those wonderful clips from Full Metal Jacket -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Shipping an antenna

2006-01-13 Thread Kris Kirby
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Maire-Radios wrote: have used Delta Dash to do the same also. Most airlines have provisions where for an additional $100, they'll put a windsurfing board in the baggage compartment... the board is attached to a 10' pole, so they have to be able to accomodate it. -- Kris

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antenna gurus?

2006-01-20 Thread Kris Kirby
places distributes the stresses on the tower. But mostly I'm just wanting to use what I already have since I have a box of nine I'm doing nothing with at the moment. :) -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antenna gurus?

2006-01-20 Thread Kris Kirby
from the surface. That's the neat part about dealing with 1/4 and full-wave sections -- 1/4 and 5/4 are mostly interchangable and sometimes 3/4 as well. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antenna gurus? Antenna Info sheet available

2006-01-20 Thread Kris Kirby
posting an email address to the group like my example below so yahoo doesn't chop off the domain name. Shoot, email it to me and I'll send it to Dick. :) kris at catonic dot net -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Single repeater antennas vs. dual-band repeater antennas...

2006-01-29 Thread Kris Kirby
the unused section of the antenna be terminated? With a short or 50 ohm termination? Seems preferable to do so as some sites have reported interference issues from unterminated coax in the building attached to antennas on the tower no longer in use. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mountain Lion time!

2006-01-29 Thread Kris Kirby
much eat vegetable matter. I can't think of an example off the top of my head of anything we eat or have availible that eats meat for our general consumption. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Single repeater antennas vs. dual-band repeater antennas...

2006-01-31 Thread Kris Kirby
for the fiberglass sticks. There is no such thing as a free lunch however since the harnesses on the folded dipole may also present several potential failure modes. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Mountain Lion time!

2006-01-31 Thread Kris Kirby
) Unless of course, you want roadkill, and a 110W radio just doesn't heat fast enough to be effective for heating purposes -- unless you want to use the radio as a hot plate, and then it might be worth it. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: SuitSat Up Date

2006-02-04 Thread Kris Kirby
experience, even if it was a bit misplaced. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer questions

2006-02-07 Thread Kris Kirby
SWR, the antenna is as close to matched as possible, even if that is slightly off frequency. It makes sense to me that if the PA is expecting a 50-ohm load, and the antenna is 50-ohms, then the SWR will be 1:1. Comments? -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power

2006-02-11 Thread Kris Kirby
. That's the sort of stuff that you don't want disappear into the past forever. Thank you whoever documented that. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power

2006-02-12 Thread Kris Kirby
when loaded (70-80% is optimum). But again, I digress. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Power

2006-02-12 Thread Kris Kirby
, with the understanding that said information would be protected. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Battery Back-up Question

2006-02-12 Thread Kris Kirby
it will fail? ;-) -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 900 mhz question

2006-02-13 Thread Kris Kirby
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Dick wrote: What do ya need, Bill. I have a friend here who has a bunch of 900 MHz narrow-band radios. I have no interest in this, just FYI. Check out the 900mhz and AR902 groups here on yahoogroups. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dumb as mud

2006-02-16 Thread Kris Kirby
more professional, even if the professional radio operator is a endangered species. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Failure to communicate.....

2006-02-17 Thread Kris Kirby
* -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe

RE: [Repeater-Builder] dB224 220 MHz antenna up on large tower initial results...

2006-02-17 Thread Kris Kirby
West Marine, and if you specify the right cable, you can order SAE approved gas oil resistant cable for your car. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Solar-Wind Powered Repeaters

2006-02-19 Thread Kris Kirby
about doing solar says you need a good charge controller which won't fry your batteries or under-charge them either. Be careful with the wind power -- you don't want to shake the tower apart. :) -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater??????

2006-02-20 Thread Kris Kirby
did a test with a DR-1200 in the hey-day of packet and checked the radio on a storage o-scope and discovered that the radio was up at full power long before it was on frequency. :-/ -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater??????

2006-02-21 Thread Kris Kirby
with a fan. Even the Motorola Syntor X only has 35W of heatsink area and it's a 40/60/75/110W radio. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater??????

2006-02-21 Thread Kris Kirby
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, mch wrote: And the RANGR is rated for 5% TX duty cycle. This crow could use a little salt. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups

Wierd Antenna Ideas (Was RE: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater?)

2006-02-21 Thread Kris Kirby
of seperation, if there aren't too many near-field or far-field reflections to have to overcome. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit

RE: Wierd Antenna Ideas (Was RE: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater?)

2006-02-21 Thread Kris Kirby
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In addition, low power FM broadcast station being considered also. That sounds like a great way to get in trouble with Uncle Charlie, but in a true disaster when the big guys are knocked off-line, that's a great way to get the word out. -- Kris

Re: Wierd Antenna Ideas (Was RE: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater?)

2006-02-21 Thread Kris Kirby
of it already with BNC and N connectors) and since there is additional filtering in the RX chain(s). Since I only have to worry about the TX eating up the RX inside the box, I figure I'm pretty safe, even if the loss is slightly higher. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater??????

2006-02-21 Thread Kris Kirby
. I guess the lesson here is -- don't let anything happen so bad FEMA *has* to take over. 'nother words -- fix it at the local and state level if at all possible. And *don't* turn it all over to FEMA. But I'm talking out of my hat. Nothing to see here -- run along. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Beer keg resonators - kind of off topic, but relevant

2006-02-25 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Laryn Lohman wrote: Im still looking for a Set of cans for 6 meters 55 gallon drums??? Could probably use one of those to make a slot antenna at 70cm. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Racking radios and duplexers

2006-03-08 Thread Kris Kirby
behind (MASTR II again) Monster Astron Power Supply for all of the above This is another instance where the 'hot stuff' is down in the bottom. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland

Re: [Repeater-Builder] milcom amps

2006-03-13 Thread Kris Kirby
in/180W out, 150-160 MHz 73 Steve Also, are these things strickly class C or do they sell a linear amp? -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-20 Thread Kris Kirby
of that should be grounds for getting kicked out. s/too much/any/ -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: 155.190 intereferes with Ham Radio Frequencies

2006-05-02 Thread Kris Kirby
just got a reminder of this when the FCC made a visit and requested the transmitter be turned off for a quick test -- to the tune of $7K. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security

Re: [Repeater-Builder] my we are a bunch of trouble makers here at Dayton

2006-05-20 Thread Kris Kirby
. -- Hunter S. Thompson -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU! This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Access To National Tower Sites?

2006-11-17 Thread Kris Kirby
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, JOHN MACKEY wrote: American Tower only cares about money nothing else. What about tax credits from a 501(c)3? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE Exec II Conv. Max audio 1.5 KHz Dev, how can I increase it

2006-11-29 Thread Kris Kirby
supply. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] repeater

2006-12-03 Thread Kris Kirby
. Wait! Wait! I've got one... first you need a Mitek with a built-in TOT -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rule on tampering with a FCC licensed transmiter

2006-12-09 Thread Kris Kirby
the locals to cite for certain offenses that are blatantly obvious. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mystery Signal

2006-12-13 Thread Kris Kirby
to the idea nonetheless... -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Repeater-Builder] Micor 800MHz Base Stations?

2006-12-14 Thread Kris Kirby
Did Motorola ever make a Micor or earlier vintage base station with a tube PA on 800MHz? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor 800MHz Base Stations?

2006-12-14 Thread Kris Kirby
less heat expended in the duplexers and harmonic filters. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: [Motorola-Metrum-Motrac-Motran-Mocom] Kellogg's FCC Sign Pact

2006-12-17 Thread Kris Kirby
the certifications they've already attained and the college degrees they have already recieved -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Repeater-Builder] GE Mastr Controller Info

2006-12-25 Thread Kris Kirby
at one time and I think that may be a complication to the mess I'd like to undo... -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE Mastr Controller Info

2006-12-26 Thread Kris Kirby
off a bit. Not being able to reliably use monitor or PTT is a bit off-putting as well, but I suppose when I get the tone levels right things should start behaving. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] local club needs repeater amp

2006-12-27 Thread Kris Kirby
. In that case, your entire ERP is equal to your transmitter power, however you'll probably find that your recieve sensitivity isn't as great as the footprint that you'll get out of 150+ watts. Then you still have to deal with reciever desense. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] syntorX control head schematic? (clamshell type)

2007-01-18 Thread Kris Kirby
appreciated. Clamshell control heads are by far the simplest to work with. http://www.batlabs.com/syntor.html http://www.open.org/blenderm/syntorx/ You should look in those two places first. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Kris Kirby
., The result causes brilliant technically minded people to leave, go elsewhere, or just write off entire groups of people based on the interactions with a few bad apples. Food for thought. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Kris Kirby
solvable problems. People problems, on the other hand... -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners

2007-01-22 Thread Kris Kirby
(PL, DPL, DTMF, etc). I don't know where that myth started from but it's been wrong from day one. Requiring a PL does NOT equal a closed repeater. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer.-- Henry Kissinger

RE: [Repeater-Builder] A Monday Laugh

2007-03-06 Thread Kris Kirby
across. Unfortunately, many Hams think otherwise... That's not a bad idea. I'd probably want to set it at 120 seconds; one of the repeaters I grew up using had a 4-minute timer. I program most of my radios for 300 seconds or five minutes, just in case of stuck keys. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Repeater-Builder] License renewal

2007-04-01 Thread Kris Kirby
to seek appropriate commercial assistance with. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeating D-Star

2007-04-25 Thread Kris Kirby
. :) -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeating D-Star

2007-04-25 Thread Kris Kirby
BPS packet, Motorola DES, etc.). Truly, to support multiple modes or technologies, we need only look at the world of linear transponders for a clue -- there's really not much of a point in having too much of a radio there when you're just repeating in the input RF. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Replacement of an older Repeater

2007-04-26 Thread Kris Kirby
auctions. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A PreAmp war story

2007-05-03 Thread Kris Kirby
guess... fiberglass antenna? -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A PreAmp war story

2007-05-04 Thread Kris Kirby
out of a 110W Motorola Syntor X. I doubt you'd want to put that at the repeater site thought. =) -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

[Repeater-Builder] Needed old Motorola Exciter

2007-05-08 Thread Kris Kirby
board; we've already replaced all the expensive parts (tubes). :-/ -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Needed old Motorola Exciter

2007-05-08 Thread Kris Kirby
people who can tell us what it's age was when it left commercial service. So far so go, only replaced the channel elements when it was put in service and three tubes, but we don't get much lightning... -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Needed old Motorola Exciter

2007-05-08 Thread Kris Kirby
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: What frequency range is it? 136-150, or what? I believe so since it's operating in the low half of the 2M band now. -- Kris Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Needed old Motorola Exciter

2007-05-08 Thread Kris Kirby
range is it? 136-150, or what? I see TLD1172A near that date stamp. According to the manual, this is 150.8 to 174MC. I would imagine there aren't too many parts to change. The channel element reads 158.4MC in the photo, or 13200 KC, but I doubt the rock inside is on that frequency. -- Kris

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II Power supply battery revert option questions

2007-05-12 Thread Kris Kirby
closet only to be greeted with 100+AH of batteries on equalize and about to burst at any moment -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR/AE [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cisci LMR Gateway

2007-05-19 Thread Kris Kirby
... DingoTel http://www.dingotel.com/2way/index.asp http://www.amazon.com/DingoTel-2Way-Two-Way-Internet-Bridge/dp/B0007LQQUK $30. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cisci LMR Gateway

2007-05-19 Thread Kris Kirby
USB. On some level it's an accessable product that can be bashed into working somehow. who wants a PC on a mountaintop? The same ones who want echolink or IRLP locally and have an internet conenction up there... *rolls eyes* -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately

[Repeater-Builder] Repurposing Mitrek PL Board?

2007-05-22 Thread Kris Kirby
Has anyone repurposed a Mitrek PL board for another repeater or as a PL detector in general? -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer. -- Henry Kissinger

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