Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread no6b
At 2/27/2010 09:56 AM, you wrote: I have been following the 9.6 Volt Micor Voltage information. One post indicated that if one were to replace the Stock MICOR Supply with a switcher and add the 9.6 Volt circuit, the monthly electric bill to run the repeater could be significantly reduced. Is

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Eric Lemmon
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies At 2/27/2010 09:56 AM, you wrote: I have been following the 9.6 Volt Micor Voltage information. One post indicated that if one were to replace the Stock MICOR Supply with a switcher and add the 9.6 Volt circuit

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Kevin Custer
You wrote: Switchers -as a class- are more efficient and reliable than linear supplies. As a Class... More efficient - yes, More reliable - that's debatable. In the two-way radio world, linear supplies are the rule, switchers are the exception. In 25 or 30 years, we'll see if switchers are

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Eric Lemmon
...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Custer Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 3:36 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies snip There are a few tower management companies that I know of that won't let you install a switcher because

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Larry Horlick
What's the rationale behind the LMR ban? Leakage? lh On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Kevin Custer kug...@kuggie.com wrote: You wrote: Switchers -as a class- are more efficient and reliable than linear supplies. As a Class... More efficient - yes, More reliable - that's debatable. In

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Sun, 2/28/10, Larry Horlick llhorl...@gmail.com wrote: From: Larry Horlick llhorl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 7:26 PM What's the rationale behind the LMR ban

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Larry Horlick
to chime in on this... Larry On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Ralph Mowery ku...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On *Sun, 2/28/10, Larry Horlick llhorl...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Larry Horlick llhorl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies To: Repeater-Builder

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Larry Horlick
Andrew has a coaxial cable similar (remarkably similar) to LMR, called CNT. I guess the same cautions apply to this product, too? lh On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Mike Morris WA6ILQ wa6...@gmail.comwrote: Go here: http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/ant-sys-index.html Scroll down

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Kevin Custer
Sorry, I cannot answer that question. My reference was more toward the replacement of an existing linear supply or new installations such as GMRS or Amateur Radio systems - repeater or otherwise. Whether or not their rule applies to newer Motorola or other commercial radio manufacturers -

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Sun, 2/28/10, Larry Horlick llhorl...@gmail.com wrote: From: Larry Horlick llhorl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:49 PM Andrew has a coaxial cable similar

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Morris
At 09:56 AM 02/27/10, you wrote: I have been following the 9.6 Volt Micor Voltage information. One post indicated that if one were to replace the Stock MICOR Supply with a switcher and add the 9.6 Volt circuit, the monthly electric bill to run the repeater could be significantly reduced. Is

[Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-27 Thread James
I have been following the 9.6 Volt Micor Voltage information. One post indicated that if one were to replace the Stock MICOR Supply with a switcher and add the 9.6 Volt circuit, the monthly electric bill to run the repeater could be significantly reduced. Is this due to the fact that the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies

2010-02-27 Thread Eric Lemmon
-Builder] Micor Stock Power Supplies I have been following the 9.6 Volt Micor Voltage information. One post indicated that if one were to replace the Stock MICOR Supply with a switcher and add the 9.6 Volt circuit, the monthly electric bill to run the repeater could be significantly reduced