Re: [Repeater-Builder] buillding a repeater

2004-06-02 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
You should see about 350-500 milliwatts going to the pa deck and the bias/control line must be connected properly to the station frame. Many times I see these stations for sale at hamfests with the jumper wire allowing the pa to run only full-tilt-boogey, which is why they crash and burn so often

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Amp TLD1693 and I'm Confused

2004-06-02 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Try using a short piece of 75 ohm feedline and watch the smoke come from the caps over the finals - your existing phase detector won't work well off the laboratory test bench. Most of the caps need to be increased slightly and the two blocks which are bandpass filters will need to be changed or

[Repeater-Builder] unsubscribe

2004-05-26 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Major remodeling forces the computer to the closet, hope to return just after field day. For those who like the glow in the dark stuff - may the force be with you, I just heard a name for the glowing vavles, vacu-fets, I know you guys will have fun with this in my absense. Look for field day call

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
You still have to do the divide by how many arms to the power divider cabling, as someone mentioned it weakens the overall rx department, however I have tryed this with just 3 3 element beams using the tower as the reflector and it seems to work pretty good, when the weather is a sure thing we are

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Med equipment interference?

2004-05-25 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I don't know why you would have trouble, in Cleveburg, Ohio there are 2 or 3 100 watt and one 300 watt 2 mtr machine perched on hospitals just running fine day and nite. One has a glass antenna cause I am borrowing the 224, but when this appears I will likely get a phone message to return the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE Mastr II

2004-05-23 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Only if you can find the ones built in bc, as in before cartoons. Speaking of before cartoons, the master eleven is half of a mastr22 right? Chuck Kelsey wrote: Now, that's a Syntor 10 (ten) isn't it? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Remote Base Project

2004-05-22 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Trade the antenna for a shielded dummy load, or possibly 1000 feet of rg400 to attenuate the signal down. Ken Arck wrote: At 09:15 PM 5/21/2004 -0500, you wrote: Would there be any advantage to putting the radio in an RF box for shielding? ---The short answer? Only if you put the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Remote Base Project

2004-05-22 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I guess it depends on the amount of filtering you can have for each of the frequencies you want to use, and the cable switching needed to use the cavities for that freq. Imagine a coax switch with a port for every frequency you want to activate, now duplicate that so that you can transmit and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for info on DB products cans (6meter)

2004-05-21 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
They will go without anything, I have the 38mhz 4set and they worked good on a tube transmitter but you will probably need 6 to go with transistor pa deck. Adding notch stubs will help but if you have only 4 you will have a lot of desense with silicon finals, try to keep your bottle finals going.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ces repeater maker

2004-05-17 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
This is only a quickie controller, no duplexing or filtering of the rf, if you want to test the livelyhood of a maxtrac operating continuous duty this would be one way to try it. Before you purchase anything else a good way to test the likelyhood of failure is use a dummy load and keep the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Spectrum Communications

2004-05-08 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
They are relocating to the city of Atlantis, under the water to cool those funny circuits so the smoke won't leak out on the test bench - we are all awaiting the new phone number and zip code as the location known to most is extinct. Rumor has is they were the pioneers of broadband but sold out to

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

2004-05-05 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I am suprised 800 will show passing thru in highband cavities, I would think moving down one rack is the smartest thing to try, as you noted it will be a low cost trial. Richard Sharp, KQ4KX wrote: Hi gang, Our club was allowed space (no cost) on top of a 400' tower using an existing 7/8

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Duplexer

2004-04-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Why mount antennas if you can't put cable on them, wait till the time is correct. As far as duplexing goes, you will need them tuned to operate on your freqs. and offer enough isolation to prevent the tx from blocking the rx, this usually is 100-120db depending on the noise levels present in your

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Duplexer

2004-04-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
an isolator would be prudent to prevent a high band triplen harmonic from making it's way to the uhf rx. Virden Clark Beckman wrote: Why mount antennas if you can't put cable on them, wait till the time is correct. As far as duplexing goes, you will need them tuned to operate on your freqs. and offer

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Interference

2004-04-29 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
, Virden Clark Beckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the reason I suggest just adding a helical to the front end of the regency, they really don't have evidence of a grat overlap or overload unless a user has a really wide signal which sounds like it may be the case. Looks like you didn't read my

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ge cabinet

2004-04-29 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
First - does it work on the freqs it came with? cg=channel guard, nb=noise blanker, if it a m-pro instead of mastr2 it will have peach colored castings where the xtals mount and there will be 2 swing out trays, one is the tx on top - the larger one, remove the driver tube before trying to get the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Interference

2004-04-28 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
This is the reason I suggest just adding a helical to the front end of the regency, they really don't have evidence of a grat overlap or overload unless a user has a really wide signal which sounds like it may be the case. In the beginning I was under the assumption it was the output making spurs

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Interference

2004-04-27 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Try using the math on the IF of your rx to see what is making them mix on your freq, how long have the 2 machines been co-existing on-the-air? If it were one or 2 users you would know it rather than the entire time the machine is active, can you see how clean the signal is from that machine, I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Interference

2004-04-27 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
- From: Virden Clark Beckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help on Interference Try using the math on the IF of your rx to see what is making them mix on your freq, how long have the 2 machines been

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mast Materials

2004-04-25 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
The schedule rating of pipe is not conduit perse' as conduit does not undergo pressure testing but it does get zinc plating, that has little to do with your question which was aimed more at strength. I have been serviceing electrical equipment over 20 years and have never heard of schedule 80

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mast Materials

2004-04-25 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
The mill length for pipe is 21' and both ends threaded, it arrives with a coupling on the forward end to protect the threads from transit damage. Daron J. Wilson wrote: Schedule 80 2 steel will do just fine. What is the Longest one piece it is sold in ? And is it Stronger than Top

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola MTR-2000 VHF

2004-04-24 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Are you thinking of alignment, frequency adjustment or just plain squelch? Maire Company wrote: does any one know if there are any adjustments on the receive of a MTR-2000 VHF repeater, I have poor receive on the repeater but killer transmit. -- 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD Yahoo!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duty Cycle

2004-04-20 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
They smoke a few out of every hundred built and rate them accordingly. dy3lmk143_13mhz wrote: Transmitter and amplifier manufacturers usually specifies a duty cycle (i.e. 50W 100% duty cycle) on their product. then how do you prove what they specified is correct? -- 73...Clark Beckman

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Min FREQ Separtation, VHF rep, No Duplexers

2004-04-20 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
The answer lies along the diagonal lines; http://www.repeater-builder.com/pix/vertsep.jpg and http://www.repeater-builder.com/pix/horizsep.jpg - using the horizontal method you will need so much bandwidth you will be into the next radio band, like 222 and 440 or 146 and 222. This is just one of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Need help in layout

2004-04-17 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Use a flip-flop circuit. But If you have any chance for innermod you will experience troubles galore, that is why dtmf sequences are used rather than random pl signals. Rich wrote: Design help needed. I'd like to take a Selectone ST138 to a maxtrac receiver in a Desktrac. I want it to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Syntor X Control Cable

2004-04-13 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I am interested also, I have 3 of these converted to 920 and was going to dig thru stuff at dayton - I will go anyway but this will give me more time to harass a wider area of the fly market. Matt Krick wrote: YES! That is exactly what I am trying to do, please send away! --

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Connected

2004-04-13 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
2 continuos duty uhf radios, 2 feedline runs, 2 beam style antennas, 2 power supplies, I think I would try setting the output power at 5-7 watts first and a open radio port on each end that can be configured to operate as you would desire, probably 2 ctcss detectors so either one knows when the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for a mobile duplexer

2004-04-12 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
For what band? I have a UHF tuned on 444.80/449.80 I would let out for 75 bux. It is a 4 bay sinclair that was doing 50 watts on a test machine 3 years ago. Mike wrote: I am looking for a mobile duplexer so I can maek a portable repeater. I have looked on the net and I cant seem to find one.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Controllers RC-210

2004-04-09 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Eric, you should consider this expense as that of a soldering and schematic flow charting class - unfortunately you didn't get a passing grade even though the instructor took time for some special attention to help you with details. You will likely be more apt to purchase a functioning unit or the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Lightning Protection

2004-04-09 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
It would be smart to run a awg4 solid/bare copper wire to the top from a wide spread grounding rod array and use this with split bolts along the way for your antenna/s for grounding, the flange or slip joints don't really do well after 5-8 years of oxidation and mechanical coating/paint decay. You

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Lightning Protection

2004-04-09 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Exothermic is a connection not soldered, could be crimp tubes or cad welded as used on the tops of the ground rods. It is dangerous to cad weld up in the air - the discharge could start roofing on fire or cause other cables and site personel trouble, I always pack around the holes with thumb gum

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

2004-04-09 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Uh, this is really good, suprisingly they don't get into much detail about wavelengths and frequency, except some sort of telepathic nonsense. I wonder if this is the second generation of those little pills you could drop into your gasoline tank in the 80's and suddenly climb mountains with the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater audio

2004-04-08 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Oh, don't do this - the coors brewery will have to work overtime during the summer months when families want to vacation with the kids out of school. I think someones eyes have swelled shut already, is the micor a pm or fm on both ends? -- 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD Yahoo! Groups Links *

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Ringos, Diamond, Comet Hustler Antennas

2004-04-08 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
marine applications apply , and yes every thing is verified with swr meters , both at the antenna and at the back of the transmitter - Original Message - From: Virden Clark Beckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:31 PM

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Severe Weather vs. Repeater Performance

2004-04-08 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I think the bad hair day unit that discharges the corona is gonna be the answer, I have built a couple and am waiting for some nice weather to install on the top antenna where our club stuff is located. Frank or Barb wrote: The problem we have in SW PA on 2mtrs, is rain and snow static.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] SO-239 Shields

2004-04-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
If you want to deter innermod you will need to use something like rg-142 which is double shielded, why bother with only having a good shield at the connector area when the remaining cable will leak in rf like a panty hose fire nozzle? David Schornak wrote: thanks all for the info i Have found

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Ringos, Diamond, Comet Hustler Antennas

2004-04-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Can you advise on the wind shear load and if the manufacturer will rate it at 120 MPH so it could be used on a commercial site within 5 miles of navigable water? Do you use an swr meter on your equipment to analyze reflected power, how broad is the bandwidth and what stability is the impedance at

Re: [Repeater-Builder] SO-239 Shields

2004-04-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
This cable is always handy for other jumpers, get several feet in case you want to add a filter or pre-amp, it works good on wattmeter jumpers also. David Schornak wrote: thanks that is why I was asking I figured that everyone here would know the answer and give me good suggestions so I will

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Relay

2004-04-05 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Don, tell them you want a charlton heston fog lamp relay, if it is a bosch unit it will indicate 40A melted into the plastic and will work fine except the micor uses different voltage levels, 9.6 and 12 - there was a discussion about this last autumn comparing the moto family to some other that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Relay

2004-04-05 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Oh, then you want a thermal reset breaker which NAPA stores sell for universal use, costs around ten bux, I put one in for my battery isolator in my travel van. If you are far away from NAPA try a camping store that sells generator equipment. Don wrote: I should of Worded that differently,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ICOM H16T ACCESS CODE

2004-04-04 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I have a u16, to get to program hold the f key on the side and press 1,5,9,7,5,3 then turn off and on to go back to run the radio. Joey Diaz wrote: Hi, I have an old ICOM IC-H16T. I have not used this unit for a long time. I would like to ask for assistance regarding the access code for

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

2004-04-01 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Well, I am thinking that using an op-amp circuit might help you out on the audio line out with a .3-.5 blocking cap in series with a 50k pot. Op-amps demand very little current to activate, and can be reliable in rf fields by sprinkling some 0.1 tantalum caps around where there is dc bus voltages

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB-304 DB-420 Product Manuals

2004-04-01 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
You will probably want to add about 1/2 inch to each end of each loop, this will be tedious but a short time ago on the reflector someone posted pictures of drilling thru the end of the loop and adding a bolt to effectively increase the size of the loop, it was a high band model but the same idea

Re: [Repeater-Builder] a little help

2004-03-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
For the bux the hustler g-6 family has been doing pretty well, just make sure to sweep it before you mount it as there have been some really crazy uhf splits mixed up lately. Donnie Q wrote: I am putting a 220 machine on the air in Michigan, all ready have the pair. but my question is does

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF link

2004-03-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I doubt if you would get repeater council approval to link at that power level, most linking is done 15-20 miles with 3-5 watts and then someone might turn it up to 10 watts to overcome foliage and insure a reliable path in horrible weather. dy3lmk143_13mhz wrote: I've never had experience on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low Band Noise Blanker Question

2004-03-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
If you are looking for 6 mtr cavities, I have a set in my barn that a club spent 800 bux on, 4 pcs. db 4032 - located just west of Cleveland, Ohio - they will fit into a caravan or comparable mini-van. Neal Newman wrote: Hey Alex Go Away looking for some 6 meter duplexers For

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer Cable Legnth

2004-03-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Tune them each seperatly and then replace the cables with the correct electrical length using the velocity factor math. Davies, Doug A FOR:EX wrote: I have been having a heck of a time getting my Q202G to tune to 146.xxx. It was originally set up for 163.xxx and, of course, the plunger rods

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help a Fireman Answer a Question???

2004-03-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
You need to get a licensed radio tech in there to do the co-ordination but the basic can it be linked, yes but it could easily cost 25-38k to erect the towers and all the stuff needed. Matt Bergum wrote: Hello, I just Joined the group, but don't plan to stay a member (since I am not a HAM

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

2004-03-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
If what you are trying to get is a stronger signal from a weaker one, use an open npn collector as the switch - in order for it to trigger with reliability you do need for the signal to go above 3 and below 2 volts for this to occur - it takes the strain off the radio electronics and you can also

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

2004-03-24 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
They or somethin very close made the uniden regency bearcat scanner stuff, maybe cb - you are talking those 11 meter am boxes right? Neil McKie wrote: Doesn't / didn't regency make scanners and CB's? -- 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] antenna site installation / grounding help ( very long )

2004-03-23 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Doug, your concerns about the line voltage is a valid one however the ferro-resonant type supplies can generally overcome 10-15 percent fluctuation in line voltage. I like your grounding questions and using a split bolt to add your 6awg stranded wire to the existing ground bus is going to be as

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

2004-03-23 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Can you send some specs for those solid state tubes? Mathew Quaife wrote: This one has the three small transistorized finals on the right back side. As far as numbers on the unit, don't find anything that meets the model numbers that's been mentioned. Might be easier to just locate one of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: best antenna for GMRS

2004-03-22 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
they work. I wanna stack two 5/8 wave elements vertically using collinear model or stack array. Thank you. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Virden Clark Beckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What angle of radiation are you measuring gain in? What method of coupling are you using between

Re: [Repeater-Builder] best antenna for GMRS

2004-03-21 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
What angle of radiation are you measuring gain in? What method of coupling are you using between the radiating elements? samsoncr wrote: Hi. I wanna make an antenna stacking two 5/8 elements, it's for my GMRS radio. Which one will have more gain, 40,5 cm over 40,5 cm element with 2 cm of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 10V Regulator Problem

2004-03-20 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Make sure the ceramic plate on front and the insulating spacer in the back are in good condition and gooped up with heat transfer compound, if either part is faulty the voltage goes down to zero and hops up and down when you wiggle the frame and or the cover. Terry wrote: Hey folks, I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna support structures

2004-03-19 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Get onto an existing tower as a co-located user, you will be meeting a lot of people to explain the volunteer support ham radio gives existing emergency services when they are overloaded - cell phones don't go fast enough - electrical outage in one area puts an end to communications between the

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

2004-03-16 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I would imagine you might want to bid on 4 that I have belongs to a radio club in northern Ohio - they paid 800 bux and they worked good until we split the site with the solid state pa deck. There is info on adding a pass notch out of cable to the inside somewhere on the web, I wanted to try this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] M pro Ge deskmate

2004-03-16 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
There is a tube store in Tempe Arizona that has fair prices on new old stock tubes, I think it is called radio restoration or something close - before you chase good money for new why not buy another mobile radio at a swap-n-shop? Or dig into a 2way shop's castaway pile to see what you can

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MCC RC-1000V to Ge Mpro UHF

2004-03-15 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Tedd Doda wrote: An oscilloscope is your best friend for tracking logic and audio levels. Snip -- In many cases you can use a volt meter to observe the .2 ac in the audio stream to the controller rxa in this case taken from tb502-2. But again be careful when you grab that cas line from

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TX-RX Duplexer Tuning

2004-03-15 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
This is a good example, don't do what you just thought about doing - you will ruin the rx radio set. Before you transmit into the cavity filter be sure it has some isolation to the rx port, this is a must... Now how can you test this? Try a little extra isolation - don't connect direct, huh? what

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MCC RC-1000V to Ge Mpro UHF

2004-03-14 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
GE M-pro pin out on the top of the power supply there are 2 terminal strips tb501 and tb 502, tb502-2=rxa, tb502-10=ptt/lo, tb502-12=txa, tb502-16=cas/hi - the cas is next to 110vac so be really smart and pull the plug from the wall before you tinker with that one. Russell Filling wrote: ok

Re: [Repeater-Builder] No Thanks

2004-02-12 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
This is typically done to protect the seller from someone not familiar with the equipment from shooting both in the foot from one location, shoot yourself in the foot alone. This is why most electronic equipment is sold as is, however if you run into trouble Paul is a very helpful guy and can

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mitrek repeater builders group starting on groups.msn.com

2004-02-08 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Hey Chuck, have they started a j-pole antenna group yet? That would be a fascinating one to watch, if you include 432 I will join. Chuck Kelsey wrote: I guess that the Repeater Builder list was so overwhelmed with Mitrek stuff that it was inevitable that another list would be needed. I'm

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater upgrade needed

2004-02-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I have one of the micors like you are using, same gas-fet, dci 4 bay filter and duplexor also. The gas-fet is the single biggest item of gain, and would mention if you have easy access try changing just that to a bi-polar and do only one thing at a time because without being there it is hard to

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola CM-51 LPA

2004-02-06 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Roger, is this the replacement for the ICC AM-6154 and 6155 series equipment? I have one of each and besides a couple early smokes tests they work well in the 6-700 watt range after mods. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the CM-51 is a UHF (225-400 MHz)LPA designed to boost AM signals from 10 watts

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater for GMRS use-help needed??

2004-02-03 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I geuss we couldn't wait till the first day in April for that news? Jim B. wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jim, For repeater duty, it MUST be turned down or it will burn up. And conversely, it mustn't be turned up or it will burn down. 73, Bob oh my...|cP -- Jim

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB - GE MastrII VHF UHS front-end amp

2004-02-01 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
That will be a rare catch - the micor ones are 2 helical and bi-polar, also scarce. Adam T. Cately wrote: Looking for a Mastr II UHS amp for VHF - have receiver boards, but would take another with the amp installed for the right price. Please respond to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] PL problems

2004-02-01 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Look for the white wire to cycle with the correct tone, this is rx pl detect - you didn't say if the unit will rx with any tone but you didn't say the rx has died so that sounds like the symptom. If you have the green wire going to vol/squ hi and the org, blk and violet held low and the white wire

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kenwood TM-G707A Remote Base Question

2004-01-31 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Stephen, the acc controller and link are the only ham radio type controllers that can process analog data. You would have to make an interface with a basic stamp or some from of digital-analog convertor to interact between the scom and the radio itself. kg4pto wrote: I have a general question.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Shorten Tail SQ. on older Repeaters

2004-01-30 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Change the programming to your desired timing sequence, what is an old repeater? In many ham radio conversions the controller is not made by the radio company, so you will have to examine the board for a name if you didn't get all the info when you aquired the unit. There are still some

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 2m quad

2004-01-29 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Conducting boom is ok but not spreaders, if you are a purist you will find feedpoint impedance ranging from 75 to 300 ohms - use some 1/2 electrical wave length of inversion coax to return to 52 ohm for your transmitter to enjoy. Sandeep wrote: Hi this is off topic I am planning a 2M

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Z-Matcher adjustment

2004-01-27 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
The zmatcher matches the reactive impedance to the transmitter, not the resistive load - any cable changes or anything will affect this reactance. Ralph Mowery wrote: Couldn't agree with you more. The important point is that you can't insert an SWR meter or wattmeter in the line to make

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

2004-01-27 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
For commercial tower installation watch those wind load numbers, most towers want a 90-100+ wind load, 120+ within 5 miles of navigable water. As far as efficiency goes there is no such thing as a multi-band antenna, the ham patterns are generally so high on the horizon that you would need a good

Re: [Repeater-Builder] vhf cellwave

2004-01-23 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I don't think you will get the capacitance and base loading coil to work on 222 band from 154, that is a large step - I think hustler has a g6 or g7 on 222. Richard Velez wrote: I have a VHF cellwave which has a faded label. I cant tell what model it is. However the freq stamp was still

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: wanted

2004-01-19 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
What band are you looking for? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I forgot in my earlier post Wanted the chassis I was looking for is a Micor PA Chassis. Thanks Mike -- 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: stacking dipole them in nall pount no duplexer

2004-01-19 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Well you have an idea how it works but I don't think you realize the spacing needed is about 50-60 feet from one antenna to the other for uhf, for vhf you would need about double the distance. Towers work well at keeping everything upright, trying this idea in portable sounds more like something

Re: [Repeater-Builder] #$%#$F@#$ Micor

2004-01-17 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I don't have intimite uhf micor experience however it sounds like the exciter is making some noise if your walky can hear it, I do know on the mastr family if you change the length of the jumper to the pa you will have to retune the last 2 caps as it makes just enought to get the pa going and

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Backup Repeater System

2004-01-15 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Use a circuit looking at the output of the primary - you will need a radio to do this, it having sensed the primary on-line will inhibit the ptt engagement of the secondary even though both rx are working fine. nfd440 wrote: We have a MTR 2000 Primary Repeater at one location. and we are

Re: [Repeater-Builder] No TX audio

2004-01-14 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Take a telephone butt set to examine the output, and some resistors. If these are simulcasting it would seem there is something affecting the ptt parallel circuit - take 2 or 3 some 1n4001 to act as isolator so that one ptt does not backfeed into the other. I think I would use a pair of output

Re: [Repeater-Builder] No TX audio

2004-01-14 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
:04:26 -0500, Virden Clark Beckman wrote: Take a telephone butt set to examine the output, and some resistors. If these are simulcasting it would seem there is something affecting the ptt parallel circuit - take 2 or 3 some 1n4001 to act as isolator so that one ptt does not backfeed

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Adding whiskers to a DB-224?

2004-01-13 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Mechanical fatigue; where the elements are formed this outer region is the thinnest as it is stretched the most in the forming process. Had this hole been drilled along the side it may have been a better choice as the thickness would be almost the same as the parent straight tubing however after

Re: [Repeater-Builder] VHF Engineering 35 watt Repeater

2004-01-09 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
What is the swr and can you lower the output power to about 2/3 rated power to reudce heating? You mention no controller, how does it ID with 10 minute intervals? kf4vgx wrote: This Repeater was an old kit that was put together last year by a Ham friend and myself works great ! But when

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fiberglass rod

2004-01-08 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
The red stuff is called glastic in the power distribution world, fiberglass impregnated plastic - it has a very nice dielectric value and is installed in most power distribution transformers around the connection lugs. I see it in 1/4 flat format, I imagine it must be available in other forms like

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Identify this antenna manufacturer

2004-01-08 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
If you are looking for a name it was folded monopole 20 some years ago, no gain but wide banded and durable in high winds - most coast guard stations use these. Mike Perryman wrote: Looks like a DB-201 that is missing the radial kit... see attached PDF and tell me if you agree.. mike

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Easy VHF Duplexer !

2004-01-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I have 3 of them in my attic that I use on simplex, with the vhf contest coming I will bring them down and forward digital photos to the web site for posting. There has got to be plans still around for them, I made mine about 12 or 14 years ago. -- 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD Yahoo! Groups

Re: [Repeater-Builder] help with sinclair duplexer r101gc

2004-01-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Randy, I don't have any experience with those cavities however if they are that close I think you will be able to get them moved into the ham band with little or no trouble. Have you tried having someone 2 or 3 miles away transmit on the repeater piar while you moved any of the adjustments to

Re: Fwd: Re: [Repeater-Builder] FREE 330 watt GE AMP

2004-01-07 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Likely more than that, I used to get my cordless out about 2-3 miles with a 5 element beam aimed down the interstate, it worked up to the first hill which was a large overpass, I was on a 1/4 wave mag mount for 6 mtrs with the handset. Don wrote: 330 watt, low band 42-54MHz I think I could

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help

2004-01-06 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
The reciever is pretty good, but from everything we have found here the transmitter will work best in the trunk of a tucker torpedo - otherwise using it as portable ballast from an amphibious car would be the best way to use it. Both GE and Motorola made a repair kit for the spectrum radio family,

Re: [RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]]

2004-01-06 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I think you should send it to Kevin so he can hit it with a hammer, when he is done I will come over and melt some of it with a blowtorch while he takes the pictures, I am sure someone will step in with a hammerdrill. Maybe bring it to dayton and charge 1 buck a hit in the flea market area, you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] noise on repeater

2004-01-05 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Try adding a pull-down resistor to the cas line about 10k would do to be certain the controller is not floating, you may want to try this on the correct ctcss input switch also to prevent bouncing. Rick - VA3RZS/Charlotte - VA3CMR wrote: Ok Guys and Gals I have a little problem here I am

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Battery terminal corrosion

2004-01-05 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
It will be hard to do and maintain the system in battery working order while you work on it, the easiest way to clean the terminals is soak in baking soda/water solution - you may have to swirl them around in a kids bucket of the mixture to activate the soda enhancing the cleaning into the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB 212 6m repeater antenna null

2004-01-04 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
You will need about 4 more 100 foot towers to get the seperation to aquire 100db isolation - I use 8 of these antennas on a split site repeater, the null changes depending on other hardware on the tower - the pattern comes from each side 25 percent and 50 percent from the front - keep each antenna

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mastr II UHF audio adjustment

2004-01-04 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Those are deviation and ctcss levels, they won't help a 'bassy' sounding repeater. What you need to do is follow the audio lines in and out to see what components and where the de-emphasis was made, compare the values you have to the repeater builder web site audio recomendations to get the level

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater TVI Problem

2004-01-04 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I thought it was 2500 watts, I guess I will have to scale down my vhf/uhf contesting amplifier, maybe those 8877s will last a long time now. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snip I can transmit with 1500 watts out, legally. We were both polite to each other - never in a pushing match of any kind. And

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Can some one please help?

2004-01-04 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
A hamfest or the electronic style in the comfort of your armchair - Ebay? Mike wrote: I am looking for instuctions and details on which radios that I could tie together use a controller for a UHF repeater? (Prefer kenwoods) Maybe some 805 or 809? Also, I would like to know the value of the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LMR-195 as interconnect cables for repeater

2004-01-03 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
It requires the crimping tool which now most everyone has, and be careful folding tight corners as when the aluminum foil tears open you are left with plain old coax. For this reason I use only double shielded cabling on my repeater projects, when something slips out of place and strains that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GE Master II power output

2004-01-01 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
If you are looking at a station pa deck and the output filter is on your right side - or a mobile and the fins are away from you, look to your left near the horizontal centerline and into the left 1/3 section - you should see a potentiometer on the pc board - this is the driver control - mostly

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplex noise on new DB-408 and DB-420's

2004-01-01 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
I don't have build specs for that particular antenna on hand however the shaking and producing noise on the ground doesn't sound good, could it be the hardline connector making intermittent to the mast? Try insulating the mast wrapping positions with scotch electrical rubber tape covered with

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Fan controller

2003-12-24 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
Search ARRL technical articles - N8AKS recently wrote up a great circuit - be sure to use aluminum window screen as it is for a 12 VDC fan. drwoolweaver wrote: I need a simple circuit for a repeater PA fan controller with delay time out. I did a search, but found nothing. Thanks de David

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for Good Ideas to Turn on and off a Repeater

2003-12-23 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
The nhrc remote board is probably the easiest way to add options to an existing controller machine - money wise the nhrc-2 would be a more cost effective route. Have you tried researching the controller data sheets for some info on disabling the transmit? kg4yti wrote: Looking for Good Ways

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