RE: [Repeater-Builder] AGT = IMTS ?

2006-03-27 Thread n . mckie
Hi Eric, Back in the old MTS (pre-IMTS) days ... (MTS = Mobile Telephone Service / IMTS = Improved Mobile Telephone Service) I was on mobile telephone in the late sixties / early seventies on lo-band - the ZM channel. My 'mobile telephone' consisted of a Motorola 80-D (30 watts

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Weather station and repeater

2006-03-27 Thread Bob M.
Wow. Talk about getting your feet wet. The CAT200 (www.catauto.com) and other basic repeater controllers can talk to the Peet Brothers weather stations. I have three of the CAT200 controllers and have had zero problems with them. You will need their serial interface board, which has a

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Mouse-tr II chassis - free

2006-03-27 Thread n . mckie
We did that back in the sixties ... soap and water in the kitchen sink - drying in the oven. Neil - WA6KLA Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Mouse-tr II chassis - free Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:05:21

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Two-Way Radio Shop

2006-03-27 Thread Paul Finch
Neil, you know, I thought of you when I was looking through the stash! Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:51 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE:

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Two-Way Radio Shop

2006-03-27 Thread n . mckie
Paul ... thank you ... I think ... Neil Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Two-Way Radio Shop Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:14:49 -0600 Neil, you know, I thought of you when I was looking through the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention

2006-03-27 Thread Jeff DePolo
Kevin sed: I've been attending Dayton since 1974. This year, I've had two folks contact me to see if I had gotten my tickets yet, as they have not received any word. They need to be more prompt about communications, or they are going to piss a bunch of folks off. Scotty, did we get our

[Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-03-27 Thread skipp025
Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested) My friend Tom replied with the following information: [paste] Hi Skipp... The pricing scheme for flea market spaces had been in place for many, many years, and is intended to discourage the larger vendors from hogging all the spaces, while keeping

[Repeater-Builder] 8870 Tone Decoder

2006-03-27 Thread Jim Cicirello
I am trying locate a Tone Decoder Chip 8870 ( Zarlink MT8870DE). These are no longer available from Jameco or Digikey. Does anyone know where I can buy a chip or two? It fits the ICS Controller and is said to be a popular chip but both companies no longer stock the chip. 73 JIM KA2AJH

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Dayton Fleamarket space prices?

2006-03-27 Thread Jim B.
Paul Finch wrote: Joe, Wow, this is weird, I got your reply BEFORE I got the message back from me! Wonder what's up with that! I heard something about the owners of the arena want to discontinue the Hamvention and sell the property or something like that. That was two years ago the last

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 8870 Tone Decoder

2006-03-27 Thread Ken Arck
Write me offlist. We use them in our controllers and have plenty in stock Ken At 04:19 PM 3/27/2006 -, you wrote: I am trying locate a Tone Decoder Chip 8870 ( Zarlink MT8870DE). These are no longer available from Jameco or Digikey. Does anyone know where I can buy a chip or two? It fits

[Repeater-Builder] Dayton time line...

2006-03-27 Thread skipp025
Last year or the year before I heard that the Hamvention has a 5 year deal already signed... so no one is going anywhere for 3 or 4 more years... skipp Wonder what's up with that! I heard something about the owners of the arena want to discontinue the Hamvention and sell the property

[Repeater-Builder] At least 2 new Repeater Controllers to be shown at Dayton

2006-03-27 Thread skipp025
Direct word from two different Repeater Controller Mfgrs.. they both hope to unvail new multi-port units at this years Dayton Hamvention. I'm looking forward to seeing (and hearing) both brands at Dayton. Can't say anythimg more about it...but it's fun to tease you guys. It's also nice to

[Repeater-Builder] db 4072

2006-03-27 Thread Dave VanHorn
Anyone know how much power this Br-Br duplexer is designed for? Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is

[Repeater-Builder] Re: NEW - ICS Basic repeater controller partial Kits

2006-03-27 Thread na6df
Cool! I am using one of these as a test controller while I build repeaters. Great stuff, can't beat it for the price. na6df --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, brian_martens_ics [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All FYI I am happy to announce that the Basic repeater controller is now

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Band pass cavity loop lengths

2006-03-27 Thread Harold Farrenkopf
The loop size of 8.5 down and then back up if used on VHF would produce a very low insertion loss cavity with a very wide pass response and if both of the loops were that dimension then the return loss would be very good assuming the loops were adjusted to the same coupling. Such a large loop may

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention

2006-03-27 Thread Jim B.
So, I realize it's a bit early yet, but with all this talk of Dayton, what kinds of things should we hope to see at the RB table? ;c} -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton time line...

2006-03-27 Thread STeve Andre'
It never ceases to amaze me, how the dayton is moving rumor mutates and spreads around. The owner's of Hara have no intention of selling, nor the does the Hamvention organization want to leave. I bumped into some folks last Dayton (litterally) who were (are) hara folks. Hara is doing at

[Repeater-Builder] very close frequencies seperation

2006-03-27 Thread Ian Wells
Hi guys .I am trying to receive 473.575mhz from a 25 watt repeater ,line of sight, 50kms away and and retransmitt it on 473.200 at 25 watt on another site.The transmitt antenna is a 6db vertical ,9 meters above ground and the rx antenna is a 6 db uhf beam 1-2 meter above ground ,aimed at

[Repeater-Builder] OT..Kind of..Flat Bed Scanner Opinions Sought

2006-03-27 Thread Robin Midgett
Hi, I have a significant collection of service manuals for various commercial two-way radios which I'd like to scan into Adobe Acrobat and make available via the Repeater Builder web site. The makes and models include RCA 500, 700 1000 VHF UHF, and G.E. models from MASTR Exec through

RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT..Kind of..Flat Bed Scanner Opinions Sought

2006-03-27 Thread n . mckie
Hi Robin, I have the earlier RCA like the Super Carfone, Super Carfone 500, Super Fleetfone 700 and 1000 and apparently some ML1000 VeeTac. Also in GE from the pre- Progress Line thru Mastr-pro, Exec, Exec II and Mastr II, manuals in the EBI and LBI sections. In Motorola, I

[Repeater-Builder] Re: AGT = IMTS ?

2006-03-27 Thread sgreact47
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was on mobile telephone in the late sixties / early seventies on lo-band - the ZM channel. My 'mobile telephone' consisted of a Motorola 80-D (30 watts output) installed in the trunk of my car ... connected to

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 8870 Tone Decoder

2006-03-27 Thread Coy Hilton
Did you try NEWARK Electronics? --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Jim Cicirello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying locate a Tone Decoder Chip 8870 ( Zarlink MT8870DE). These are no longer available from Jameco or Digikey. Does anyone know where I can buy a chip or two? It fits

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Weather station and repeater

2006-03-27 Thread Coy Hilton
Why not just link the weather info to the site via a link from home that way when it crashes you don't have to wait for the spring thaw to fix it. Obviously the site weather is going to be pretty much the same during the wintercolder than a well diggers A Ummm well, you get the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT..Kind of..Flat Bed Scanner Opinions Sought

2006-03-27 Thread Mike Perryman K5JMP
Take them to Kinko's... they have Canon "Image-Runners" iR330... you can define a custom page size, and the are fast! Up to 1200dpi. It will cost a few bucks, but it is worth it. Forget trying to stitch the images back together... "Xerox stretch" is almost impossible to correct. We used

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 8870 Tone Decoder

2006-03-27 Thread Nate Duehr
Ken Arck wrote: At 07:47 PM 3/27/2006 -0600, you wrote: I think that I have seen these at B.G. Micro. --True but they are not true Zarlinks; they're some knockoff (which I've never been able to find out who make's em.) I used to buy them from them until I got setup direct with

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 8870 Tone Decoder

2006-03-27 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:06 PM 3/27/2006 -0700, you wrote: California Micro. CM8870. Virtually identical to the original Mitel, and findable still. --Ahhh, thanks for the info Nate.. Good to know (every once in a while, Zarlink can't fill our 1,000 piece orders quickly enough!) Ken

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention

2006-03-27 Thread Kevin Custer
Jim B. wrote: So, I realize it's a bit early yet, but with all this talk of Dayton, what kinds of things should we hope to see at the RB table? Repeaters Repeaters... Repeaters... Oh, and did I mention Repeaters And Repeater stuff, lots of repeater stuff... lots and lots of

[Repeater-Builder] Re: NEW - ICS Basic repeater controller partial Kits

2006-03-27 Thread wn1b8
I've used them in two link radios and as a back up repeater controller. They are great little controllers. Scott Madison, WN1B --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, na6df [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool! I am using one of these as a test controller while I build repeaters. Great stuff,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention

2006-03-27 Thread Mike Perryman K5JMP
Any chance of picking up one of the snazzy tie-dye T-shirts? 73 Mike K5JMP www.k5jmp.us -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Custer Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 9:12 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

[Repeater-Builder] Fan cooling on PA

2006-03-27 Thread Daron J. Wilson
OK, this sounds like a simple question, but I can see advantages to both solutions. When adding a Fan on a PA heatsink, should I be moving new air in blowing it onto the heatsink? Or is cooling more efficient when the fan pulls the heat away from the heatsink? Thanks in advance, Daron N7HQR

Re: [Repeater-Builder] very close frequencies seperation

2006-03-27 Thread Gareth Bennett
Ian, It sounds like you are building a back-back link? What type of equipment are you proposing to utilise? Is your linking site the only one with UHF equipment present? Is site #2 line of sight and at what particular distance? ... Either way you wont need 25 Watts to link your