Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-08-03 Thread Bob Dengler
At 8/2/2005 03:59 PM, you wrote: Hi Bob, The Midland Clegg receivers would be stomped on like a narc at a biker rally... at most of the major high level sites where the noise floor is mostly a disaster and the rf is intense. Certainly the 13-509 RX doesn't have much front-end filtering. What

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-08-02 Thread Bob Dengler
At 7/29/2005 08:58 AM, you wrote: Although the Clegg and Midland 13-509 radio mod to repeater convertion works ok, the receiver is fairly marginal for most busy repeater applications. You'd do much better to buy a receiver designed for actual repeater operation. I have to disagree. I maintain 2

[Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-08-02 Thread skipp025
Hi Bob, The Midland Clegg receivers would be stomped on like a narc at a biker rally... at most of the major high level sites where the noise floor is mostly a disaster and the rf is intense. Nothing like a multi-kw FM Station or two, or three or five nearby to let you know how good a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-08-02 Thread Joe
I had an FM76 convered to a 220Mhz repeater and used a GLB preselector in front of the receiver. It helped a lot. Unfortunately, the GLB is no longer available. 73, Joe,K1ike skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bob, The Midland Clegg receivers would be stomped on like a narc

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-08-01 Thread Jim B.
k3phl wrote: I opted to split a Midland 13-513. The PA runs 20-30 watts, is synthesized, and has a much better receiver than the drifty and rather deaf 509. The operating manual also has a full schematic as well as the point to point wiring between the individual boards. It even

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-07-31 Thread Mel Farrer
I built one up and while it worked OK with an external preamp, the crystal drift over temp was always a problem even with a wide temp range crystal and to keep the heat in check, I reduced the power to 10 watts. It worked about 95% with the problem above on dead cold and over 105 temp days.

[Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-07-30 Thread k3phl
I opted to split a Midland 13-513. The PA runs 20-30 watts, is synthesized, and has a much better receiver than the drifty and rather deaf 509. The operating manual also has a full schematic as well as the point to point wiring between the individual boards. It even includes receiver and

[Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-07-29 Thread skipp025
Although the Clegg and Midland 13-509 radio mod to repeater convertion works ok, the receiver is fairly marginal for most busy repeater applications. You'd do much better to buy a receiver designed for actual repeater operation. I like the preformance and output functions of the Spectrum

[Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-07-29 Thread Richard Velez
I have a spectrum 220 rec. It worked well in a site by it self. But once I transferred it to the main site ful of wonderful pager Tx and other com repeaters in the same site. Forgetaboutit. Regardless of how much filtering. So we went to a Micor Rec. Problem solved. Rich/N2ROW [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-07-29 Thread DCFluX
Anyone have any experience with the TX-220 by VHF Engineering? I am debateing building it or just sticking with the FM-76 On 7/29/05, Richard Velez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a spectrum 220 rec. It worked well in a site by it self. But once I transferred it to the main site ful of

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: midland 13-509 220mhz to convert to repeater

2005-07-29 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- DCFluX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any experience with the TX-220 by VHF Engineering? I am debateing building it or just sticking with the FM-76 I know of a couple of the VHF Engineering repeaters that have been on the air for many years. Not too sure how they would be