Re: [Repeater-Builder] SIMPLEX software

2010-09-06 Thread John
Yes, I have used it when I need a simplex station John, K4AG gabriel wrote: Hello Just for stats, does anyone use the SIMPLEX software by F6DQM to manage its repeater ? Gab

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor UHF Sensivity

2010-09-06 Thread John J. Riddell
2V AC down to .2 v. AC is 20 DB quieting John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Tim Sawyer To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor UHF Sensivity I'm getting about 0.35 for 12 db SINAD

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Interference on VHF repeater

2010-09-04 Thread John J. Riddell
for minimum VSWR, the spurs went away. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: brett brett_daw...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 7:26 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Interference on VHF repeater Hi all, I have come across an interesting

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Pin Gunk

2010-09-04 Thread John J. Riddell
in Waterloo cost around $35.00. I'd bet that Electro-Sonic would carry it and they are now in the Buffalo areamight be quite a bit cheaper than the Motorola price... John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Eric Lemmon wb6...@verizon.net To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Pin Gunk

2010-09-04 Thread John J. Riddell
. None the less it's a great product. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Eric Lemmon wb6...@verizon.net To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 3:26 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Pin Gunk John, I did not find Stabilant listed

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Circular polarization for VHF repeaters?

2010-09-01 Thread JOHN MACKEY
FM broadcast is NOT changing to vertical polarity! Most stations today are going on the air with either circular polarity or cross polarity (consisting of signal in BOTH the vertical and horizontal poles) With FCC licensing today, a FM station licensed for 10KW can have 10 KW in the vertical

Re: [Repeater-Builder] (unknown)

2010-08-30 Thread John
Including all the different site keys John Doug Dickinson wrote: The CH751 key is a generic cabinet key used by many manufacturers including Square D, Soundolier, and other non-radio manufacturers. The 2135 and 2553 are pure Motorola, reserved by Chicago Lock (the manufacturer) for only

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Wouxun Radio

2010-08-29 Thread John D. Hays
are in use at their station or within their system (not the radio technician), so your mileage may vary. Personally, if I was working with a volunteer group and had a Part 90 licensed system, I would offer this as a low cost radio for volunteers. -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE

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

2010-08-23 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 Morriswa6...@gmail.com To:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:10 AM

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Coax length, etc.

2010-08-15 Thread JOHN MACKEY
I've brought that issue up a few times, and usually get the blank radio shack salesman type of stare. -- Original Message -- Received: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:45:47 PM PDT From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com There is no simple rule of thumb, and if anybody tells you that there is, ask

[Repeater-Builder] Another stolen repeater (California)

2010-08-11 Thread John Gleichweit
ears open. A subsequent message puts the actual repeater vault location as an American Towers vault above Ione in Amador County. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507 http

Re: [Repeater-Builder] (unknown)

2010-08-11 Thread John Gleichweit
Pharma spam. Leads back to a site with a .EU address. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507 http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr From: La Rue Communications

Re: OT Re: [Repeater-Builder] DOSBox to Program Radios

2010-08-09 Thread John
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.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MVP problem

2010-08-08 Thread John J. Riddell
presume that this is a mod if you add channel guard. It is labelled as Channel Guard disable I have quite a bunch of these MVP's so if this info doesn't help I can open one up and have a look. John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: steve w4...@localnet.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] AGM Batteries

2010-08-07 Thread John J. Riddell
high quality charging equipment and regularly monitor the internal Impedance of the batteries. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Ralph S. Turk To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] AGM Batteries

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MVP problem

2010-08-07 Thread John J. Riddell
Steve, that orange wire is Channel Guard disable. It goes to P1001, J910, then to J1001 on the Channel Guard board. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: steve w4...@localnet.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:08 PM Subject: [Repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Mastr II Mobile Repeater?

2010-08-04 Thread JOHN MACKEY
a UHF Repeater. I want to confirm with you - but I am curious what RCC stands for. Comb number YS55SSXX88A. Nothing comes up on Google and not sure which Comb spec sheet to look this up with Hall Electronics or here on RB Archives. Thanks for your input! John Hymes La Rue

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II Mobile Repeater?

2010-08-03 Thread John J. Riddell
John, In it's former life it probably was a mobile telephone. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: La Rue Communications To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 7:28 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II Mobile Repeater? Gentlemen

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Digest Number 7357

2010-07-28 Thread John J. Riddell
Albert, 94 refers to 146.940 Mhz, the original frequency used by many on FM...I got on in 1968. Then if 94 was busy some would switch to 76 146.760. 94 was often referred to as Channel A Most new repeaters in those days were on 146.940 with the input on 146.340. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-28 Thread John Gleichweit
That box you have on top (the old BatWinger) I have one of sitting on the floor in the shop next to the bench. Maybe I should dig up some of the ancient radios that I have floating around and take pix of them. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-28 Thread JOHN MACKEY
share and get into the OLD stuff with the rest of ya. I also dont think I qualify because I grew up on CHiPs and Dukes of Hazard. :) So overlook that little fact and let me ask if anyone has dabbled with this machine? (See attached) John Hymes La Rue Communications 10 S

Re: [Repeater-Builder] showing our age (old HT's)

2010-07-27 Thread John Gleichweit
in a laptop. I dug an actual GE HandiTalkie out of the bottom of a box that was full of surplus stuff from the county. In that same lot was a couple of MX300s. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51

[Repeater-Builder] adding a 3/4meter repeater to my site?

2010-07-23 Thread John
a chunk of change ;-) Of course I'll need seperate cavities and /or duplexer. Thanks, John K2QY

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Icom OPC-617 Cable

2010-07-15 Thread John Transue
Ryan, The information you want is at http://www.prestonmoore.com/opc-617.html JOhn -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ryan_151 Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:26 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE Mastr Pro

2010-07-13 Thread JOHN MACKEY
They usually tune up fine. I have taken several of the 90 watt transmitter strips and receiver down to 146 Mhz with little or no problem. Occasionally the coupling with the final has to be slightly fiddled with to get a better match. -- Original Message -- Received: Tue, 13 Jul 2010

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Control Operator via Other-Than-Phone-Line

2010-07-10 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, kb9mwr kb9...@... wrote: If you are most familiar controlling over the phone. You might want to consider an analog telephone adapter (ATA), like the Linksys PAP2T. It's a little box that converts the standard telephone RJ-11 to ethernet. From

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Control Operator via Other-Than-Phone-Line

2010-07-09 Thread JOHN MACKEY
For about 10 years I have been controlling my repeater using an internet connection. The repeater is 1900 miles away from me. Wireline control is legal for amateur radio! -- Original Message -- Received: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:31:52 PM PDT From: Mike Besemer \(WM4B\) mwbese...@cox.net To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT:Printing google or Bing maps from the web

2010-06-30 Thread John J. Riddell
Don, capture it with Alt + Printscreen then open an Excel spread sheet, then drop your captured screen to it with Control V Now you can print it. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Don Kupferschmidt To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:42

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use with D-STAR

2010-06-29 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris wa6...@... wrote: The biggest problem with multimode systems you describe (including the quantar) is that you have two separate user pools on a single box on a single channel. The DStar users don't have any idea of what is happening on

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use with D-STAR

2010-06-29 Thread John
Some of the concerns are addressed in this posting: http://k7ve.org/blog/2007/07/d-star-repeater-audio-linking/ Basically, D-STAR is by far the most developed and deployed Amateur Radio specific true digital voice and data network out there (We see a few P25, MotoTrbo, and NXDN/IDas systems on

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use with D-STAR

2010-06-29 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mark n9...@... wrote: Thanks to everyone for the replies. It appears that, at least for now, I think I'll leave well enough alone. The reason I was considering a dual-mode system is that another local repeater (a Quantar) operates in that manner

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use with D-STAR

2010-06-29 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, nj902 wb0...@... wrote: D-Star may trudge on much like LaserDisk did - Pioneer was pretty much the only one backing it just as D-Star has one major backer. You mean like MotoTrbo? :) BTW - there is a lot more going on in D-STAR and you will

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Harmful Taxing

2010-06-28 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Scott Zimmerman n3...@... wrote: Remember: For every law that is passed there is one less freedom we will NEVER get back!! There is a movement in this country (the US) that is anti-law and anti-government which creates such slogans without thinking them

[Repeater-Builder] Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use with D-STAR

2010-06-28 Thread John
My conversion project is at: http://k7ve.org/blog/2010/06/converting-the-kenwood-tkr-820-to-use-with-d-star/ 73 de K7VE

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use with D-STAR

2010-06-28 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mark n9...@... wrote: John, I currently am Trustee for a TKR-820 operating on 444.5500. I wonder - is this conversion dual-mode capable, meaning, can it be accessed BOTH via D-STAR and analog radios, or does it render analog access unusable? I do

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 7312

2010-06-26 Thread John D. Hays
$100/yr. which is an absolute giveaway for some of these sites. -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE http://k7ve.org PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: j...@hays.org sip:j...@hays.org Phone: 206-801-0820 801-790-0950 mailto:j...@hays.org

Re: [Repeater-Builder] I've been lookin' for line in all the wrong places...

2010-06-24 Thread John Gleichweit
There's a guy that posts over on the TowerPro list named Mike Landa that is always horse-trading towers, feedline, etc. IIRC, his website is http://www.usedtowers.com -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GE MASTR Professional Equipment

2010-06-13 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Most of my repeaters are Mastr Pro repeaters. One of them in a carrier squelch repeater operating at a VERY high level RF site and it performs perfectly. -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:08:04 AM PDT From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] More on GMRS - Fwd: FCC NPRM proposes complete part 95 rewrite

2010-06-08 Thread John Godfrey KE5NZY
you provide an excerpt from the document that includes your concerns, so I might be able to comment in a more intelligent manner. 73 de John Godfrey From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Smith Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010

RE: [Repeater-Builder] More on GMRS - Fwd: FCC NPRM proposes complete part 95 rewrite

2010-06-08 Thread John Godfrey KE5NZY
Bill I realize I replied to the wrong message and now I am replying to myself, so I am sure, I am confused by now. (-: I intended to reply to Mike's message, but I am sure Mike will reply, when he see it anyhow, so I won't repost and waste anymore precious bandwidth.. 73 John. From: Repeater

[Repeater-Builder] Astron RS50 regulator board

2010-06-05 Thread John
-mail direct to k...@arrl.net 73 John K2QY

[Repeater-Builder] Motorola Spectra

2010-06-03 Thread John
I'm trying to find out the spec's on a model# TA9FW+079W. Contact me of line at kc...@cox.net John

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Hamtronics versus Commercial (Kenwood) Repeater Selection

2010-06-02 Thread John Hays
BTW the Kenwood 820 also makes a nice homebrew D-STAR repeater as well. Still working on some desense issues but NW7DR B transmits and receives D-STAR compatible GMSK just fine. John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: j...@hays.org Phone: 206

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Legal radios for a repeater

2010-05-31 Thread WD7F - John in Tucson
Ah ha! Now I have it...your job title explains the comment about Part 90. de WD7F John in Tucson - Original Message - From: Kris Kirby k...@catonic.us To: terry dalpoas km...@yahoo.com Cc: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Voted receive

2010-05-18 Thread john gleaton
-- John Gleaton Brewton Alabama jonglea...@gmail.com jglea...@co.escambia.al.us 251-241-9203

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Verizon Tarif

2010-05-18 Thread John
, not LMR) -- John, K7VE

[Repeater-Builder] Decibel Z-Matcher Replacement Feed-Thru?

2010-05-09 Thread John J. Riddell
Here is some info on the GE version ...maybe it will help ? 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: travis8303 travis8...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 6:07 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Decibel Z-Matcher Replacement Feed-Thru

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Decibel Z-Matcher Replacement Feed-Thru?

2010-05-09 Thread John J. Riddell
Travis, the previous E mail that I sent likely has the Red X problem in the pictures. here is the link to the origianl version of what I sent. http://w4zt.com/zmatch/ 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: travis8303 travis8...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent

[Repeater-Builder] yaesu FTL-7011 Off Topic

2010-05-01 Thread John J. Riddell
I recently received a Yaesu FTL-7011 F radio. It's brand new in the box. It has 24 channels and operates form 485-512 Mhz. Can anyone think of a use for this thing ? John VE3AMZ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A warning to Land Mobile Radio Dealers

2010-04-30 Thread John Gleichweit
You can tell WalMart security to go eff himself. Nobody owns a non-licensed frequency, and all users must accept other users on those channels. Look at Section 95.1309. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Direct Strike Lightning Detector

2010-04-27 Thread John J. Riddell
But Paul...Toronto is not near Lake Erie ! It's on Lake Ontario:-)) John VE3AMZ Waterloo, Ontario - Original Message - From: Paul Plack To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Direct Strike Lightning

RE: [Repeater-Builder] AC buzz on VHF

2010-04-26 Thread John King
Start here: http://www.arrl.org/radio-frequency-interference-rfi GL, 73, john WA1ABI

[Repeater-Builder] Charlotte, NC information

2010-04-24 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Is there anyone in the Charlotte, NC area who could help me with some non-radio information about the area? My e-mail is jmac...@usa.net thanks

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Pior Simon

2010-04-24 Thread John J. Riddell
Try, www.pionsimon.com They have a new web site for about a month now It worked for me just now... 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: orangetruck38 orangetruc...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 7:11 PM Subject: [Repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Trojan Horse - Banner Ads

2010-04-12 Thread john gleaton
. You probably already have the info. but wanted to make sure. KA2AJH -- Jim Cicirello 181 Stevens Street Wellsville, N.Y. 14895 (585)593-4655 -- John Gleaton Brewton Alabama jonglea...@gmail.com jglea...@co.escambia.al.us 251-241-9203

Re: [Repeater-Builder] crimping assistance please

2010-04-12 Thread John J. Riddell
on aircraft...??? not sure if that is true John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Chuck Kelsey To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] crimping assistance please To reduce PIM, the center conductor should

[Repeater-Builder] Xtals for Mastr ExecII

2010-04-11 Thread John
Well it looks like I need a new tx xtal for my UHF ExecII repeater. The current xtal has suddenly jumped about 50KHz high on UHF What are the current prefered vendors? I know about International, any other reliable ones? John -- John Mc Hugh, K4AG Coordinator for Amateur Radio National

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Xtals for Mastr ExecII

2010-04-11 Thread John
is at 4volts. When I short it to ground I can get the tx back on freq but then the rx is off freq. I cleaned the contacts and even put the xtal into another ICOM, same story. So I will try to pad the capacitor with a few pf John

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Problems reaching the RB website sigh

2010-04-08 Thread John
Repeater-Builder site works fine under Netscape 7.0, no problems John Wayne Leake wrote: I tried accessing http://repeater-builders.com/ and http://www.repeater-bulders.com/ with the latest IE under win XP, and had no problem Firefox and K-Melon both take me to a web page that suggests

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Micor Part TCN1383A

2010-04-08 Thread JOHN MACKEY
of an 800MHz part. Now Im gonna need to try to confirm whether its 800 or UHF. :) John Hymes La Rue Communications 10 S. Aurora Street Stockton, CA 95202 - Original Message - From: DCFluX dcf...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:02 AM

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Micor Part TCN1383A

2010-04-08 Thread JOHN MACKEY
...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Micor Part TCN1383A I never said Micor, John, you did a nice job of jumping to conclusions. The comment thread diverged to a generic discussion of part number prefixes, and I said A (as in TLA-

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: D-Star Was: Molotora Gontor

2010-04-05 Thread John Szwarc
(Don't forget that Moto bought Yaesu...) And doesn't Icom own a controlling share in Kenwood? _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 4:05 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: D-Star (Protocol and Repeaters)

2010-04-05 Thread John Szwarc
if they are too busy trying to talk people out of it in favor of P25 or old fashioned analog. Just my 2 cents. I'll go back to my corner now. John N3SPW _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Monday, April 05

[Repeater-Builder] Re: D-Star (Protocol and Repeaters)

2010-04-05 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, MCH m...@... wrote: Threaded... John wrote: Hmmm... I'm sitting here with my NQMHS Node Adapter (GMSK Modem) and watching the binary stream, in both Hex and Char, off of my IC-91AD, while transmitting for a few seconds. It seems

[Repeater-Builder] Re: D-Star (Protocol and Repeaters)

2010-04-04 Thread John
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Nate Duehr n...@... wrote: I like D-STAR as a not-very-well-designed first try and use it... but it's seriously technologically flawed. Some of that can be fixed... other things like the header information not being interlaced... -- Nate

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Nice article on the Molotora Gontor

2010-04-01 Thread John J. Riddell
I had to laugh when it said you need a model 15 TTY to program it... I used to fix those things many years ago ! Klunk - klunk - klunk. :-)) 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Kevin Custer kug...@kuggie.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com; repea...@yahoogroups.com

[Repeater-Builder] Tower Site Insurance

2010-03-31 Thread John Szwarc
This is off topic, but does anyone have a source for property and liability insurance for tower sites? Looking for a company that specializes in towers. My regular insurance agent proved to be useless in this regard.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site

2010-03-29 Thread WD7F - John in Tucson
I was able to use my full name in a search and it came up, however, I had a ship's radar endorsement that's not shown. What good is the GROL anyway? Does anyone honor it? de WD7F John in Tucson - Original Message - From: Don Davison To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: NOS GE Phoenix For Sale

2010-03-28 Thread John J. Riddell
Correct ! I have one here that is on UHF and it has two channels, a push button on the front to select A / B John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: Richard To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 11:00 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: NOS

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Anyone get RSS for MT1000 to run on a Dell M70 in DOS?

2010-03-24 Thread John Gleichweit
Short answer, no. Long answer: The MT1000 RSS is part of the Genesis Series, and was written long before the Pentium series chips were even though of. The RSS Primer on RBTIP and BatLabs both have a deeper explanation. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP

[Repeater-Builder] Controller order , paypal problems

2010-03-16 Thread John J. Riddell
this information is helpful to anyone using Paypal to make payments. I've used them many times in the past and never had a problem until now. John VE3AMZ

[Repeater-Builder] final comments re Pion and Simon Controller

2010-03-11 Thread John J. Riddell
. it is 503-545-4732 I'm glad to know that I now have contact with Pion and Simon and I look forward to receiving the controller card. 73, John, VE3AMZ / W4 Orlando Florida

[Repeater-Builder] Pion and Simon

2010-03-10 Thread John J. Riddell
shown on Paypal. 73 John VE3AMZ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Pion and Simon

2010-03-10 Thread John J. Riddell
It was ordered directly from their web site and paid for by Paypal. John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: La Rue Communications To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Pion and Simon Was it bought

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Pion and Simon

2010-03-10 Thread John J. Riddell
Thanks, James.but you'll recall that my question was for a phone number. I sent two E mails with no reply..to the address shown... 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: James Cicirello To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:50 PM

RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT,,some gel on board!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-03-07 Thread John King
http://www.dynaloy.com/Products/tech_data_sheets/UresolveBlue411.pdf 73, john WA1ABI

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LOOONG audio runs

2010-02-28 Thread John J. Riddell
) The HDSL technology does allow for T-1 on cable pairs but it uses 2B1Q protocol and there is really only 12 channels of the T-1 signal on each pair. 2B1Q was developed by Northern Telecom in Ottawa. 73 John VE3AMZ Retired, Bell Canada and MTS Allstream - Original Message - From: Kris

RE: [Repeater-Builder] 900 meg Spectra radio

2010-02-28 Thread JOHN MACKEY
: [Repeater-Builder] 900 meg Spectra radio Not necessarily true, John. There are pockets of HIGH activity on 900 MHz - especially on the coasts, where PAVE PAWS has forced the reduction or elimination of 70cm repeaters. Unfortunately, I'm not on either coast (I'm in the Chicago area) so

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LOOONG audio runs

2010-02-27 Thread John J. Riddell
Skipp, yes you can get shielded Cat 5. I've used it a few times when running near AC fixtures etc. 73 John VE3AMZ - Original Message - From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:43 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 900 meg Spectra radio

2010-02-27 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Because 900 Mhz is only available to amateurs in the US and not in Japan. The 900 Mhz amateur activity in the US is not very strong. -- Original Message -- Received: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:02:17 PM PST From: Fuggitaboutit mikew...@hotmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com SNIP Why

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LOOONG audio runs

2010-02-27 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Using balanced audio in a broadcast environment, I have on rare occasions experienced issues with cross-talk between long runs of un-shielded balanced audio lines. (inductive pickup??) I always wondered if the wires were truly balanced when that happened. I prefer to used shielded balanced

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LOOONG audio runs

2010-02-27 Thread JOHN MACKEY
where a server was locking up on the NIC plus a few other problems and it was a 1GB network for the backbone. I replace the UTP-cat5 with shielded cat5 and all the problems went away. -- Original Message -- Received: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:55:38 PM PST From: John J. Riddell ve3

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LOOONG audio runs

2010-02-27 Thread JOHN MACKEY
I think when I made the original post it was late I was tired!! I work in broadcasting and use the 111C coils often in long analog audio runs for remote broadcasts. I do agree that transformers would be better than active balanced devices. The active devices are easier to deal with for short

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 7130

2010-02-27 Thread JOHN MACKEY
-- Received: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:21:39 AM PST From: Al Wolfe k...@arrl.net To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 7130 John, You will save yourself a lot of grief by using real transformer isolation at each end in addition to balanced lines

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Tram Titan III 3 Information?

2010-02-26 Thread JOHN MACKEY
In the united states Class C Class D CB were always on 26/27 MHz. Class A Class B CB was 462/467 MHz. -- Original Message -- Received: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:26:19 PM PST From: Chris chrismollcdx1...@yahoo.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Tram

[Repeater-Builder] LOOONG audio runs

2010-02-26 Thread JOHN MACKEY
I have a odd situation where I need to run long audio cables between my repeater controller and two repeaters. In this case, the repeater controller will be connected to 2 repeaters in the same cabinette. The other two repeaters will connected thru about 140 feet of wiring to the other side of a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further

2010-02-18 Thread John J. Riddell
Les Smith died several years ago and the Company is no longer in business. Les started making crystals at CTS in Streetsville Ontario and about 35 years ago he started his own company. I have lot's of his crystals here. 73 John VE3AMZ Waterloo Ont. (Where the Blackberry was invented

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TRBO-6 Demonstration Vehicle / Re: HAM Mototrbo Systems

2010-02-15 Thread john gleaton
15 megabit half duplex. Each Airgrid unit is suppose to hit the street around $50 for the 16 dBi 2.4 GHz unit; the 27 dBi 5.4/5.8 GHz unit will street for less than $70. For point to point links that are native IP, I don't see if getting any cheaper than this... -- John Gleaton Brewton

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Daniels Electronics MT-3 Lowband Radios on 6 meters?

2010-02-14 Thread John Gleichweit
The trick is spending a whole bunch of money with them, which the State of California has done. You know the drill: Money talks, and BS walks... On 2/14/2010 4:26 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: On Feb 14, 2010, at 5:03 AM, James Adkins wrote: I agree. If you look at the BCD codes, there's

Re: [Repeater-Builder] HAM Mototrbo Systems

2010-02-14 Thread John Crockett
guess we can stay tuned for the outcome!   John, KC4YI From: Eric Lemmon wb6...@verizon.net To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, February 14, 2010 11:34:05 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] HAM Mototrbo Systems   Mike, There's always going

[Repeater-Builder] PSE 508 Controllers

2010-02-14 Thread John J. Riddell
Has anyone here used the Pion and Simon PSE508 series of controllers in a GE Mastr II ? Is the 508-3 with 4 channels of CTCSS worth considering ? 73 John VE3AMZ

[Repeater-Builder] FRS/GMRS repeater urgently needed for Haiti

2010-02-12 Thread John
Please disregard my call for help. As several of you pointed out the FRS/GMRS handhelds are simplex so a repeater is of no use. Thanks to those that responded John, K4AG

[Repeater-Builder] FRS/GMRS repeater urgently needed for Haiti

2010-02-11 Thread John
of 2 hams on a wekly rotation at HH2/WX4NHC, which is running VHF and HF comms. Please, no comments about legal issues, this is an emergency and the folk in Haiti need all the help they can get at this point in time Thank you, John -- John Mc Hugh, K4AG Coordinator for Amateur Radio National

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Just a Crazy Thought

2010-02-11 Thread John Soto
check this out http://www.youtube.com/v/0pWB17LzsHkhl=en_USfs=1; --- On Thu, 2/11/10, Ian Wells kerin...@pacific.net.au wrote: From: Ian Wells kerin...@pacific.net.au Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Just a Crazy Thought To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Which Antenna Analyzer?

2010-02-01 Thread John Transue
range I would guess. Advice from anyone else would also be welcomed. John -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:05 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

[Repeater-Builder] Which Antenna Analyzer?

2010-01-31 Thread John Transue
inferred by varying the frequency around the resonance. Thanks in advance for your views and experience. John attachment: winmail.dat

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Quantar 2M UHF Repeater Ordering Questions

2010-01-21 Thread John Gleichweit
Look at Daniels Electronics, too. They have some really nice machines, and are less than Quantars. They also take up a lot less space than Quantars do, and use a lot less power. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Can a cell phone be used instead of a phone line for repeater control?

2010-01-17 Thread JOHN
Thanks for all the replys. I'm new on this list and I was pleasantly surprised by all the help. Keep up the good work. We need to keep amateur radio alive. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, JOHN jfalbri...@... wrote: After reading the subject you probably realized I know nothing about

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Caution to Group Members Trojan from Yahoo Banner Advertisments

2010-01-17 Thread John Gleichweit
easy to embed a virus payload into a Flash element. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507 http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr - Original Message From

[Repeater-Builder] Can a cell phone be used instead of a phone line for repeater control?

2010-01-16 Thread JOHN
After reading the subject you probably realized I know nothing about repeaters. Our club has an issue with the phone line, that being money. Long story short, can a cell phone be hooked up to a repeater, in place of having a phone line, for use in controlling the machine? thanks... John

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