Re: [Repeater-Builder] Moto Micor 123.0 Vibrasender

2010-09-07 Thread Mike Morris
At 09:30 AM 09/07/10, you wrote: Anyone help me out with this part? Terry wx3m.te...@gmail.com What model number? There are several different physical packages. If you don't know the reed number, can you tell us what radio? Mike WA6ILQ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unidentified part in msf5000 vhf station

2010-09-05 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:10 PM 09/05/10, you wrote: I just aquired a second msf5000 to make a 2 meter repeater our of and it has a part not present in the first station. I suspect it could be a rx preamp due to the fact it has coax input and output and it is wired in series between the duplexer rx port and the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] master 3 narowband?

2010-09-04 Thread Mike Morris
At 05:47 PM 09/04/10, you wrote: can the uhf master 3 radios be programmed narrowband in compliance with the new fcc rules or should I take it to a ham swapmeet? wb5oxq Depends on the vintage of the receiver and exciter modules. Are there any numbers on them? Mike

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

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Morris
There is one local UHF group that has a back-to-back 6m repeater just for range extension. The Scom 7330 makes the parallel/separate link on/off mode real easy (and for up to 3 ports). At 02:10 AM 09/02/10, you wrote: Gordon, something worth trying might be low-band. About 20 years ago, I

Re: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Running a Mastr II Repeater QRP

2010-09-01 Thread Mike Morris
I've used these and they work real well: http://www.escalera.com/stairclimbing/index.htm When you are moving something heavy like a repeater cabinet a powered dolly is worth every penny of the rental expense. The 700 lb capacity model costs about $1700 new, and a couple of the local specialty

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexers

2010-08-30 Thread Mike Morris
Theory: http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/thoughts-on-isolation.html Applications: http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/separation.html Mike WA6ILQ At 05:36 PM 08/30/10, you wrote: Chris, You do not have to use a duplexer, but it makes building a repeater SO much easier! Keep in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ariels

2010-08-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 02:34 AM 08/29/10, you wrote: using two radios as a repeator with two ariels. how far appart would the ariels be best. thanks antony Theory: http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/thoughts-on-isolation.html Applications: http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/separation.html Mike WA6ILQ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dumb question: what is purpose of lock on Mitrek?

2010-08-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 09:09 AM 08/29/10, you wrote: Hi, I know it's a dumb question, but after scouring the internet for info, I find everything about locks and replacement keys for Motorolas and other radios, but I still don't know what locking the Mitrek actually does. Does it kill all power to the radio, or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR 2000 VHF Base Station questions

2010-08-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 03:41 PM 08/29/10, you wrote: Just acquired a MSR 2000 VHF base station at a Hamfest. It had a problem in the PA Deck (intermittent duty 100 watt version) but I have fixed that already (bad solder joint on one of the output transistors). It is a two receiver carrier squelch only model.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MSR-2000 Alignment Metering

2010-08-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 05:46 PM 08/29/10, you wrote: Re: MSR-2000 Alignment Metering Probably looks a lot like the one at the top of the web page at http://www.repeater-builder.com/msr2000/msr2000-index.html There's an error on the above mentioned web page. In other words, YOU CANNOT USE A MODERN DVM TO

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dumb question: what is purpose of lock on Mitrek?

2010-08-29 Thread Mike Morris
I have an MRCA key, and have never heard of the RCA1 Can I get a photo of each side of your RCA1 for the Keys Page? http://www.repeater-builder.com/keyspage/keyspage-index.html Mike? At 06:19 PM 08/29/10, you wrote:  It didn't share the same key, the RCA key was the same general

[Repeater-Builder] Looking for a manual (Moto Australia, New Zealand, or Philippines)

2010-08-27 Thread Mike Morris
I'm looking for a manual, part number 68P64115B01 according to a friend of mine, but I think there's a digit missing somewhere. It's the english language service manual for a GM950 mobile model M08MHF6AA2A. It is a 64 channel, 25 watt Radius mobile made by Moto Australia for the Asian market

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

2010-08-25 Thread Mike Morris
And actually the DC distribution system was more common than you think. I recently was up at the Mt. Wilson observatory and was inside the 100-inch telescope dome. ALL of the controls for the telescope, the dome slit motors (the ones that slide the panel open the telescope to look through), the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] URL refresh

2010-08-23 Thread Mike Morris
The members.aol web server has been shut down since november of 2008. You must have found it somewhere else (and I'd like to see it as well). Mike WA6ILQ At 07:16 PM 08/22/10, you wrote: Is there a refreshed URL for the site regarding Maxtrac conversions to 222 MHz? I thought I surfed to the

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

2010-08-20 Thread Mike Morris
At 07:49 PM 08/20/10, you wrote: skipp025 wrote: The Catholic Church says only the rhythm method is allowed. I SOMEHOW don't think that 'method' will help us in this situation. Although that's how my third child came along. (3 of 3) A BOY BTW! (Yea, Me!!) P.S. I do have a copy of

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

2010-08-20 Thread Mike Morris
At 09:27 PM 08/20/10, you wrote: skipp025 wrote: (big chunk cut out) Put Great in front of your name yelled out loud and people in a movie house will often throw toilet paper across the room. (It's OK if you don't get the reference and those of you who do, please seek professional help).

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tait T296 PSU Circuit

2010-08-13 Thread Mike Morris
At 06:44 PM 08/13/10, you wrote: can i pls have a copy of it, even if need be http://yousendit.comyousendit.com to me Go to www.repeater-builder.com then to Tait then right click on it and download it.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sorry everyone

2010-08-12 Thread Mike Morris
At 09:20 PM 08/11/10, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Tim Sawyer tisaw...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sorry everyone Was your machine on while you were away? If so you may have gotten a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Can a KLN 6210A vibrasender be substituted for a KLN 6209A vibrasponder?

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Morris
Late Mitrek boards still SPECIFIED different reeds, but I agree that they seemed interchangeable. In every case I saw no difference between TLN6824s, KLN6209s and KLN6210s. Just as a test I removed the reed hold down post on a Mitrek board and plugged in a TLN8381 fat decode reed into the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] (unknown)

2010-08-10 Thread Mike Morris
Well, in the source address (in the header) is Dave E Stephens Sr kf6...@yahoo.com and he's been a group member since april of 2008. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and not ban him, but in case someone's hacked his password he's now on moderation, BTW, I know you folks (now over

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Pager interference

2010-08-08 Thread Mike Morris
At 11:38 AM 08/07/10, you wrote: Hi, I've got a new pager issue that has come up on a tower where we have a VHF repeater. It's about 400 watts erp and 15 feet horizontal distance and 4.3 and 4.7 MHz away (it switches). I'm thinking of using one bp/br can that will have the notch wide enough to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager interference

2010-08-08 Thread Mike Morris
of it. Dwayne Kincaid WD8OYG --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris wa6...@... wrote: At 11:38 AM 08/07/10, you wrote: Hi, I've got a new pager issue that has come up on a tower where we have a VHF repeater. It's about 400 watts erp and 15 feet horizontal distance and 4.3 and 4.7 MHz

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola RKR1225

2010-08-08 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:55 AM 08/08/10, you wrote: I have (or should I say had) an exellent 440 repeater running using an RKR1225. Then one day not too long ago it quit running. Cracking open the case, I found an extremely well built mouse nest sitting atop the transceiver compartment (right beside my add-on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II drift problem

2010-08-07 Thread Mike Morris
It's on the page that I've posted the link to three times hoping that Steve would look at it. See this article http://www.repeater-builder.com/ge/m2icoms.html Read the whole thing, and look for the paragraph that starts There is one way to cheat Mike WA6ILQ At 09:38 PM 08/07/10, you wrote:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE:Mastr II drift problem

2010-08-05 Thread Mike Morris
At 10:00 AM 08/05/10, you wrote: I was told that I should be using 5C for receive and transmit but the 5C will NOT fit on my PLL exciter. Any ideas? Steve W4SEF See this article http://www.repeater-builder.com/ge/m2icoms.html It has photos of the EC, 5C and 2C wide and narrow ICOMs. You

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II drift problem

2010-08-03 Thread Mike Morris
At 03:33 PM 08/03/10, you wrote: Hello all, I have having a severe drift problem on my GE Mastr II 2 meter repeater. The transmit freq will drift nearly 2 KHZ over a 5-10 minute period. I have changed exciters and used a different ICOM but no improvement. The building that I am in is not

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: question for commercial radio shops

2010-07-30 Thread Mike Morris
Didn't Lloyd Bridges work that one to death in Airplane ? At 07:43 PM 07/13/10, you wrote: Nothing if you're name is roger. Smile emoticon From: mailto:llhorl...@gmail.comLarry Horlick Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:02 PM To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: question for commercial radio shops

2010-07-30 Thread Mike Morris
Both. There was a transmitter on beep (that almost nobody heard), and there was a transmitter off beep that everyone heard - with about 100Hz difference in the two tone frequencies. Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quindar_tones What it doesn't mention is that there was an audio notch

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

2010-07-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:19 AM 07/28/10, you wrote: GE PR36, shudder! A brick with wires that easily broke when the case was opened or shut. Not a nice radio to have on the bench. I ran a Portamobile 1 on 52.525 about 10 years ago, guess I'll have to dig it out of the storage and see what shape it's in these

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

2010-07-28 Thread Mike Morris
At 06:51 AM 07/28/10, you wrote: You guys will have to find a picture of that. It sounds hysterical! It was. It looked like a stock mobile microphone off a Motrac. He had a belt clip that normally held a HT, but the hangup button from the mic fit into it just fine. He'd have the end of mic

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola R-2200A User Manual

2010-07-28 Thread Mike Morris
There's a 2mb version of it at repeater-builder. Go to the Test Equipment page, then Motorola. If yours is a cleaner / better/ more complete version let me know. I'll replace it with yours. Mike WA6ILQ At 01:30 AM 07/28/10, you wrote: And you are so correct my friend :-) Just found a place

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 420Mhz Radio for Voter?

2010-07-28 Thread Mike Morris
Look at W6KGBs article on moving 450-470 Mastr IIs to 420-450. It's on the GE Mastr II page at repeater-builder. You could use a Mastr II UHF mobile with the receiver, exciter and IPA converted to 420, then use the receiver in an aux receiver chassis at the voter site. You wouldn't need to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GMRS License Help

2010-07-28 Thread Mike Morris
Absolutely true. And that's only the start of it. Look up NPRM 10-119 in Google. Mike At 12:54 PM 07/28/10, you wrote: we are hearing that the fcc is going to limit output power to 2 watts in the gmrs service that would preclude all repeaters and implies handheld use only --- In

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Service monitor newbie questions, Determining RX sensitivity with HP 8924C at 12db sinad

2010-07-27 Thread Mike Morris
At 07:55 PM 07/26/10, you wrote: Hello group, I have been playing with repeaters for quite some time and now I finally own a real piece of test equipment. An HP 8924c, before almost dumping more money into one more, one function, piece of equipment, a spectrum analyzer, I found these 8924c's

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Recommendations for a Voter Link

2010-07-27 Thread Mike Morris
At 09:24 AM 07/27/10, you wrote: Mike Morris wa6...@... wrote: But there are ways around it. The simple method: Have a local 1950 oscillator at the voter site. It can be done with a 88mh toroid, a few resistors and caps, and a single transistor. Can't think of the last time I saw

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Anybody have a clue ?

2010-07-26 Thread Mike Morris
Thanks for all the info. Now I know what to put on the Test Equipment page for that wattmeter. Mike

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Recommendations for a Voter Link

2010-07-26 Thread Mike Morris
The idle marker tone system was designed for wirelines and adapted to microwave shots. But there are ways around it. The simple method: Have a local 1950 oscillator at the voter site. It can be done with a 88mh toroid, a few resistors and caps, and a single transistor. Have a SPDT reed

[Repeater-Builder] Anybody have a clue ?

2010-07-25 Thread Mike Morris
Photo here: www.repeater-builder.com/wa6ilq/Motorola-S-1350-C-WATT-METER-with-500W-500-1000-MHZ.jpg Anybody know who made the watt meter in the photo for Moto ? Did that company market it under their own name? The HT220 switch handle on the right side is the forward-reverse selector switch.

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

2010-07-24 Thread Mike Morris
At 10:42 PM 07/23/10, you wrote: Mike Morris wrote: And watch the frequencies - don't have a 147.18 output and try and run it with a 441 input. Or a 146.64 output and try and run it with a 439 link channel. All it takes is one third harmonic to ruin your whole day. Try 441.300

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NSN 6054A 12W speaker schematic ?

2010-07-23 Thread Mike Morris
At 01:19 PM 07/23/10, you wrote: Hey Guys. I was looking at the schematic for the above mentioned speaker (thank you repeater builder site) and I had a few questions. If anybody's interested it's here: http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/genesis/pdfs/nsn6054a-68p81108c39-o.pdf First, does

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

2010-07-23 Thread Mike Morris
And watch the frequencies - don't have a 147.18 output and try and run it with a 441 input. Or a 146.64 output and try and run it with a 439 link channel. All it takes is one third harmonic to ruin your whole day. Mike At 06:14 AM 07/23/10, you wrote: John, You will get as many positive

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Controller recommendations

2010-07-16 Thread Mike Morris
Controllers are like religion - everyone has their own one true way. In many cases you can track a personal preference back to the first controller that they were introduced to - I know folks that grew up with Link RLCs, understand them and won't touch anything else. Ditto on others and Computer

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

2010-07-09 Thread Mike Morris
At 05:58 AM 07/09/10, you wrote: Kenneth, Can you elaborate on the programming piece? I'm hung up on the fact that to program the CAT-1000 via serial port, you've got to first activate the CAT-1000 serial port via the DIP switch. (I'm thinking there may be a DTMF command to activate the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] carrier operated relay

2010-07-06 Thread Mike Morris
At 05:28 AM 07/06/10, you wrote: Greetings, Can anybody help me to make a makeshift repeater, I need a schematic diagram for carrier operated relay or COR for two radio transceivers to be converted into a repeater. Thanx to anyone who can help on this. Manny , ( mrj12...@yahoo.com ) Some

[Repeater-Builder] Reminder - GMRS NPRM

2010-07-06 Thread Mike Morris
Just an FYI reminder on FCC Docket NPRM 10-119 that totally restructures GMRS and wipes it out as we know it. Replies are due the 7th. That's TOMORROW. If you have a personal dog in that fight it's time to get moving. Major points: GMRS channels become more FRS channels. Power goes up to 2

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

2010-07-06 Thread Mike Morris
Sounds to me that you have the perfect opportunity to make a major point if you reply to that NPRM - chaos will rule without active enforcement (just like on CB and FRS). In the NPRM they want to drop all licensing - even license-by rule. And we have seen just how well license-by-rule works on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Death of a Service Monitor

2010-07-02 Thread Mike Morris
At 05:27 PM 07/02/10, you wrote: i fully agree, a perfect waste of good equipment, that motorola system analyser costed around 50g 10 years ago here in New Zealand And even if it was not working it would have fetched a decent price on ebay. i am really amased at the IQ levels of some

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Attn: Mike Morris

2010-07-02 Thread Mike Morris
Replied by private email with phone numbers. At 02:21 PM 07/02/10, you wrote: Mike - Please contact me off list, LaRueComm at gmail dot com. I have a few things for you and need to discuss them with you as well. Tried regular email, but no response. Thank you! John Hymes La Rue

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

2010-06-30 Thread Mike Morris
An acquaintance of mine worked at one of the laserdisk manufacturing plants for about a year. He told me that while he was there the yield was never over 19%. That means that at least 80 out of every 100 pressed were tossed into a dumpster. They were hauled away and ground up into plastic

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

2010-06-29 Thread Mike Morris
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 the conventional side and the conventional folks have no idea what is going on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Coax shielding

2010-06-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:40 AM 06/28/10, you wrote: Ian Wells kerin...@... wrote: Currently I have no filters between the link transmitter and its antenna. The next question in our Top Twenty Radio Hits - Countdown List is do you have any spare or available cavities to try a few things we might suggest?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola radios and Zetron 37 controller

2010-06-22 Thread Mike Morris
At 02:53 AM 06/22/10, you wrote: We have 2 repeaters that are more or less the same. One is on 2 meters and the other is on 440. They both exhibit the same problem, they lockup after a while and then need to be power cycled. They ran for years without issue. We have the Instruction manual for

[Repeater-Builder] Astron RS50 Power Supply (a new thread)

2010-06-21 Thread Mike Morris
In looking at the scan we have of the RS-50M supply it looks pretty sick. The one we have is dated January 2000. If anyone has a good clean paper original and would scan it for us I'll be happy to make a PDF of it and post it in place of the one we have. If you have a different date we'd like

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Astron RS50 Power Supply

2010-06-21 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:57 PM 06/20/10, you wrote: Thanks to all who replyed to my question on the Astron. Mike, I did not check the box on the 404 Error, but Chuck sent me a copy of the schematic and when I returned to the site they all opened. Thanks for the heads up on the Astron Page, I am re-reading as I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Astron RS50 Power Supply

2010-06-21 Thread Mike Morris
At 05:40 AM 06/21/10, you wrote: With all the excitement I missed something. Can you explain this for me? 4) Add the compensation cap. Just remove the 723 chip from it's socket and solder it across the back of the board, then reinstall the chip. What is the compensation cap? It's a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Astron RS50 Power Supply

2010-06-20 Thread Mike Morris
At 11:22 AM 06/20/10, you wrote: Hi Guys, I am trying to download a schematic on this site for the RS50M Power Supply and keep getting a 404 Error on each attempt on all the supplies. Any ideas? Did you use the email link on the 404 page to tell the guys at repeater-builder? I just checked the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Astron RS50 Power Supply

2010-06-20 Thread Mike Morris
to make yourself out to mister want to be!Which for a couple bucks is nothing!!!Guess you can't be trusted! Mr. Mike Morris! Wa6ilg, so impressed, no code! wannabie!!! yes you are!!! You don't even remember that you asked for $2.50, not $3

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB Motorola VHF repeater

2010-06-14 Thread Mike Morris
At 07:41 PM 06/13/10, you wrote: I am looking for a Motorola repeater maybe a MCS2000 that I can get down into the 147.105/705 range. I have been told there where a lot of these at Dayton this year. Sadly I wasn't there. If you have something, drop me a note. Thanks, N0FJP The MCS-2000 is a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] SM-120 Assy. connection clarification

2010-06-13 Thread Mike Morris
At 11:29 AM 06/13/10, you wrote: With no power connected, on the Accessory connection in the back of the unit, which is Ground? Sm-120 reference information states that pin 7 is ground. On my unit, on the Accessory connection in the back of the unit, pin 4 is at ground. I have programmed

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MOVs for power supply primary

2010-06-11 Thread Mike Morris
At 06:15 AM 06/11/10, you wrote: On 6/10/2010 8:03 PM, Eric Lemmon wrote: A Gas Tube Arrestor is better suited to telephone lines and RF coaxial cables than to 120 VAC AC power lines. If used on AC power lines, when fired, they will produce a bolted short and cause a great deal of current

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

2010-06-08 Thread Mike Morris
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:06:17 - Subject: FCC NPRM proposes complete part 95 rewrite Just released FCC NPRM proposing a complete rewrite of the entire Part 95 Rules: NPRM FCC-10-106A1 The FCC NPRM requests comment and discussion of their proposed changes, which, among other things,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Spectra

2010-06-05 Thread Mike Morris
At 07:41 AM 06/03/10, you wrote: I'm trying to find out the spec's on a model# TA9FW+079W. Contact me of line at kc...@cox.net John That's the new format model number, and I've never seen a Rosetta Stone for it. I suggest that you ask the person for the ID number from the same model tag. It

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Astron RS50 regulator board

2010-06-05 Thread Mike Morris
At 07:01 AM 06/05/10, you wrote: I have a really old Astron RS50 power supply and have seen where with age certain parts can deteriorate. Since I am currently repairing my repeater I figured it wise to upgrade the power supply and am looking for a new regulator board. Any one have one they

RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT - Triplett 310

2010-06-03 Thread Mike Morris
://www.pomonaelectronics.com/pdf/d3548_1_01.pdfhttp://www.pomonaelectronics.com/pdf/d3548_1_01.pdf Browse around as they may have what you really need. -- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:38 PM

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antenna separation question

2010-06-02 Thread Mike Morris
A local tried that years ago. It works, sometimes. You have to be very careful about passive intermod. But nothing helps if you don't do the math... Like 147.03 transmit and 441.075 or 447.100 receive... Mike WA6ILQ At 10:12 AM 06/02/10, you wrote: Thansk for the input. That is almost exactly

[Repeater-Builder] OT - Triplett 310

2010-06-02 Thread Mike Morris
Anybody know what they call the size of plugs that go into a Triplett 310 meter? See the photo at http://www.repeater-builder.com/wa6ilq/triplett-310.jpg The jacks are smaller than a bananna plug and bigger than a pin plug. I'd really like to find a set - this is too nice a meter to leave in a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Chassis Question

2010-06-01 Thread Mike Morris
At 11:01 AM 06/01/10, you wrote: Gentlemen - (And Ladies) I have a Micor Unified Chassis here model TCN1187A. Am I right in confirming that this Chassis is not frequency dependent? There are no channel elements in this unit so I cannot confirm what frequency is would work for. Can anyone

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Heavy Duty Antenna question....

2010-06-01 Thread Mike Morris
-Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 7:43 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Heavy Duty Antenna question At 10:07 AM 05/31/10, you

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Heavy Duty Antenna question....

2010-06-01 Thread Mike Morris
Same answer Mike At 11:36 AM 06/01/10, you wrote: You still have those photos? I wouldn’t mind looking into building my own… kc7rjk Ross -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Monday, May

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Heavy Duty Antenna question....

2010-05-31 Thread Mike Morris
At 10:07 AM 05/31/10, you wrote: well, i tried to search, but.. alas, sorting thru 1400+ posts just isn't going to work. i need actual use facts on high altitude (11k feet), severe duty antenna selection... i've always been a stationmaster (fiberglass) antenna guy - and never had a problem...

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Retuning a UHF Motorola Micor without a deviation meter or signal generator ?

2010-05-29 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:31 PM 05/29/10, you wrote: I will apologize in advance, as I am an extreme newby in the world of repeater building / operation. No apology needed. We've all had to start somewhere. We've been donated a UHF Motorola Micor system. The system has documentation that shows that it once ran

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 220 duplexers

2010-05-28 Thread Mike Morris
Chucks right on the money. Do the next guy a favor and remove the useless junk from the tower. See this article: http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/cracking.html Mike WA6ILQ At 05:42 AM 05/28/10, you wrote: I understand the move and money issue. Be aware that any loose hardware and/or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Maxtrac for cw beacon

2010-05-28 Thread Mike Morris
At 01:46 PM 05/28/10, you wrote: Is it possible to mod a maxtrac for cw operation for a ham 6 meter repeater. If not maxtrac what about other Motorola or GE Radios. Gordon N4LR I'm not understanding something. The subject line says CW beacon, the body of your message refers to CW operation and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio or Duplex watts

2010-05-27 Thread Mike Morris
Actually a duplexer does have a wattage - it has a power LIMIT. The small chinese duplexers use a tiny, low voltage capacitor inside each stage and the have a limit of 35-40 watts. I have a small duplexer here that has a limit of 50 watts and a large rack mount unit that has a limit of several

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT Looking for service manual Kenwood TM-733A

2010-05-20 Thread Mike Morris
At 08:10 AM 05/20/10, you wrote: Looking for service manual for the TM-733A radio in paper(preferred)or electronic format. B51-8264-00 original or B51-8264-10 revised Document is NLA from Kenwood Thanks Milt N3LTQ Google is your friend. I typed in the following and found four sources in 2

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Verizon Tarif

2010-05-19 Thread Mike Morris
At 11:30 AM 05/18/10, you wrote: Some people have successfully fought their local phone company, using the argument that amateur radio is specifically NOT a business (citing Part 97), and gotten residential or other cheaper rates than the business line rate. OTOH, some phone companies have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: mrs2000

2010-05-16 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
What's an MRS2000 ? (from the subject line) As to the Code Plug Too New message go here: http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/rss/rss-index.html and read the Background Information I article. At 01:12 PM 05/16/10, you wrote: I'm not sure, i will have to check tomorrow when i get to work.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF System Budget Example

2010-05-15 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
Tait mobiles have had it for years. Don't know about portables. At 05:15 AM 05/15/10, you wrote:  Is this a feature found on both mobiles and portables? What about Kenwood and Harris (M/A-Com)? Chuck - Original Message - From: mailto:gare...@es.co.nzGareth Bennett To:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF System Budget Example

2010-05-14 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
Eric is right on the money here, with a few additions / comments. 1) Your warranty does not include wear and tear or physical damage on the radios, externals speakers or microphones (the last two are for mobiles more than handhelds). I've heard horror stories about customers wanting free

Re: [Repeater-Builder] How About This One?

2010-05-11 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 10:31 AM 05/11/10, you wrote: Not sure what this is either. The part numbers turn up nothing in google. Not sure if its even a Motorola product. Has no Moto stamping. Might be something else that someone may be familiar with. The number on the side thats etched in reads 15B84073D01.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: license-free radios

2010-05-01 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 04:34 AM 05/01/10, you wrote: While this one is not a huge problem, it happens too. Visitors come to Las Vegas from a lot of foreign countries. People in the UK have whats called PMR radios. It's their FRS service. The radios are all simplex, 8 channels on 6.25Khz splinter channels

[Repeater-Builder] New GE files on repeater-builder.com

2010-04-30 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
As I mentioned on Tuesday the 27 on the repeater-builder yahoogroup I received a CD in the mail from Eric WB6FLY with 35 PDF files on it. The most recent batch I uploaded to the web site are 18 LBI files, mostly of MVP and Exec/Exec II hardware. All are full-width scans of excellent quality.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: New Micor files on repeater-builder.com

2010-04-28 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 04:43 AM 04/28/10, you wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ wa6...@... wrote: I've also been promised a DVD with a complete 1st-to-last issue of 73 magazine, and another of Ham Radio (i.e. hr magazine). No, I'm not going to put them up for download

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Lampkin type 107c

2010-04-28 Thread Mike Morris
I hate it when that happens. I had a typo in the name the file was named /test-equipment/pdfs/lampkin-107bc.pdf It's fixed. Mike At 08:29 AM 04/28/10, you wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris wa6i...@... wrote: Did you look at the Test Equipment page

[Repeater-Builder] New Micor files on repeater-builder.com

2010-04-27 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
I received a CD in the mail from Eric WB6FLY with 35 PDF files on it. All will be uploaded to repeater builder over the next several days. At the moment it takes hand editing the web pages to add new content. I've also been promised a DVD with a complete 1st-to-last issue of 73 magazine, and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Lampkin type 107c

2010-04-27 Thread Mike Morris
At 06:00 PM 04/27/10, you wrote: Anyone have a manual and schematic for a service monitor called a Lampkin type 107c Did you look at the Test Equipment page at www.repeater-builder.com ? Mike WA6ILQ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MTR2000 CTCSS

2010-04-26 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 07:37 AM 04/26/10, you wrote: I am brand new to this group. I am setting up a MTR2000 with an ARCOM RC210 controller. All is going well until I get to the CTCSS encode/decode. How do you set this up? There is a pin on the MTR called Rx Un-squelched. Is that where I should get the CTCSS

Re: [Repeater-Builder] AC buzz on VHF

2010-04-26 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 07:23 AM 04/26/10, you wrote: Hello all, I am in the process of putting up a 2M repeater on what I would consider a pretty vacant site. There is only one other machine (70cm Repeater) currently out there. My concern is with an AC (60Hz) buzz that comes across on the VHF band. It

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Attn: Eric Lemmon

2010-04-19 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 12:06 PM 04/19/10, you wrote: Hi Eric - I found a note that you replied to through a Google search regarding a GE MASTR II Exec. Someone was curious about a package number, and they needed info on the Comb number which you provided. I have a similar unit and I was wondering if I could

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola R-1013A sinad meter manual posted to the files section

2010-04-15 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 03:53 PM 04/14/10, you wrote: I have just posted a copy of this manual to the files section. Given that the file space at this group is limited, I will leave the manual here for a few days and then remove it. There is a request for it on the Repeater Builder web site, but I was unable to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 220 link equipment

2010-04-12 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 08:16 AM 04/12/10, you wrote: I'm making plans to link my 2-meter repeater to a 220 mhz hub repeater. What type of transceiver, radios, etc is best for a 220 link ? Thanks ! One big question is what's your duty cycle going to be? Another is what is your potential desense going to be? Back

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Radius P50

2010-04-10 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 10:46 AM 04/09/10, you wrote: Sorry, bursting your bubble was truly not my intent. I suffer from occasional CRS :-) Seriously though lookin for a handheld with 4 channels to do 2 meters for a friend in a home. If you come across somethin(cheap, cheap, real cheap) let me know. The state is

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

2010-04-08 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
Do you know which photo in which article? Mike WA6ILQ At 11:53 AM 04/08/10, you wrote: According to the why page: Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including imgdownloads.com/. Sounds like its angry because of a picture in an article is hosted there. On a related note our 8e6 web

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Micor Part TCN1383A

2010-04-08 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
A = under 25mhz... the first I ever saw was a carrier current in-plant paging system at around 60KHz. B=25-50, usually 30-50 but I've seen a few radios in the 26mhz range. C=66-88, originally 72-76Mhz D=132-174, originally 136-172, but some product lines were limited to 150.8-172 or 174

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Micor Part TCN1383A

2010-04-08 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
PM 04/08/10, you wrote: A Micor for carrier current paging at about 60 KHz?? never heard of such a thing. Please tell more??? -- Original Message -- Received: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:12:04 PM PDT From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ wa6...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: MSR 2000 to 220 conversion?

2010-04-05 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
I saw one several years ago - the guy started with a MSR base station that had been toasted after the antenna was struck by lightning (i.e. toasted the PA deck and the receiver front end transistor). He converted the receiver and exciter to 220, and I don't have the conversion information (if I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Fwd: access gate accident

2010-04-01 Thread Mike Morris
Look in the files section for the folder titled Access Gate Incident. Mike WA6ILQ At 08:08 PM 03/31/10, you wrote: Hate to be a party pooper, but can you post these photos in an appropriate section? They don't come thru in digest mode. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Maxtrac Channel Control

2010-03-26 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
As far as I know the early Maxtrac did not implement Channel Steering (Motos' name for binary channel selection). You needed to use a late Maxtrac (more precisely one with the late logic board), a Radius LRA series or a GM300 to get that feature, and then you had to do some very careful

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squelch crash on a MSR2000

2010-03-24 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 06:10 PM 03/23/10, you wrote: At 3/23/2010 03:05, you wrote: Are you aware of the old GE and RCA technique that was given the derogatory name of chicken burst ?? It's how everybody avoided a patent infringement lawsuit from Moto Legal in the 60s and 70s. I never heard a G.E. radio do

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Squelch crash on a MSR2000

2010-03-23 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 01:15 AM 03/23/10, you wrote: Hello again. I have a UHF MSR2000 up and running now. Most of my radios have the reverse burst in them. But just about all ham grade radios do not. Is there a way to get rid of the squelch crash from the repeater when a non commercial grade radio is used?

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