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

2010-07-15 Thread Joe
I had a similar experience with a low power FM transmitter that a church put on the air. I started to get interference on my 6 meter repeater. It turned out that the local church moved their FM station to the tower that I am on and put their antenna on the top of the 300 foot tower 5 feet

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Icom OPC-617 Cable

2010-07-15 Thread John Transue
Ryan, The information you want is at http://www.prestonmoore.com/opc-617.html JOhn -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ryan_151 Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:26 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

[Repeater-Builder] Transmitter Combiner

2010-07-15 Thread na4it
Is there a cheap way to combine two txcvrs into one antenna... 144.39 APRS and 145.550 packet?

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Transmitter Combiner

2010-07-15 Thread Ross Johnson
You could try a duplexer? There's enough channel separation it should work OK. Not sure what duplexer would be best for running duplex though each side but I'm sure there out there. 73 Ross kc7rjk -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Transmitter Combiner

2010-07-15 Thread MCH
About the only way is via a duplexer. (Cheap? Well... used??? ;- ) Joe M. na4it wrote: Is there a cheap way to combine two txcvrs into one antenna... 144.39 APRS and 145.550 packet?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Transmitter Combiner

2010-07-15 Thread DCFluX
Maybe a pair of those 6 cavity mobile duplexers with the 5 MHz split can be configured as 6 notch sections each to reject the opposite frequency. and then combine them with a T to the antenna. Lossy, but should be cheap, I've seen those go in the $20 range. On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:49 PM, MCH

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Transmitter Combiner

2010-07-15 Thread no6b
At 7/15/2010 13:53, you wrote: Maybe a pair of those 6 cavity mobile duplexers with the 5 MHz split can be configured as 6 notch sections each to reject the opposite frequency. and then combine them with a T to the antenna. Even though they're notch duplexers, each side has a very weak pass

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Transmitter Combiner

2010-07-15 Thread DCFluX
I could live with 3dB of loss which is about what I would expect per leg. I've ran the UHF notch duplexers back wards and they have ran ok, but the insertion loss does go up like 1-2dB. If you want to get picky you would have to modify each set so that the coupling loops and coaxes are the same,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Transmitter Combiner

2010-07-15 Thread Dennis
DCFluX dcf...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe a pair of those 6 cavity mobile duplexers with the 5 MHz split can be configured as 6 notch sections each to reject the opposite frequency. and then combine them with a T to the antenna. Lossy, but should be cheap, I've seen those go in the $20 range. On

[Repeater-Builder] DB8900 series tower top preamplifier

2010-07-15 Thread rickbuckner2003
Does anyone have a spare DB8945 tower top preamplifier module hanging around? Or, does anyone have any diagrams on this preamp module? I think I can repair mine with a diagram or acess to a parts list. Thanks, RIck

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

2010-07-15 Thread rickbuckner2003
Nope, wouldn't do it. It violates the rules under which we operate. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Nate Duehr n...@... wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:23 PM, KD5SFA wrote: If a person whom you knew and is involved in a number of church youth camps activities asked you to

[Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread kb1sph
Ok, I'm playing around with my Kenwood TKR-820 a bit. I've found the instructions for HEX editing the channel and ctcss information after reading it from the EEPROM, and they work great. But there's nothing about DCS. I'm wiing to try and decipher how to get the DCS, but I need a look at the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread Jeff Lavoie - KB1SPH/WQEX694
It appears my L button doesn't work half the time, guess I need to take my keyboard apart and clean it. Jeff On 7/16/2010, kb1sph kb1...@wqex694.info wrote: Ok, I'm playing around with my Kenwood TKR-820 a bit. I've found the instructions for HEX editing the channel and ctcss information

RE: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread Eric Lemmon
Jeff, I suspect you may be headed for disappointment. CTCSS (PL) and CDCSS (DPL) are handled differently within the radio. While the former is audio, albeit sub-audible, the latter requires a DC connection to the modulator in order to create the DCS signal at a 134.4 Hz rate. In other words

[Repeater-Builder] Invar Rods

2010-07-15 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
Does anyone need INVAR rods? I salvaged some from a TV audio / video RF combiner. 73 Glenn WB4UIV

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread Jeff Lavoie - KB1SPH/WQEX694
Ok, let me make it a little more clear for anybody that might not have understood the first message. (No offense intended Eric) A Kenwood TKR-820 repeater has CTCSS and DCS encoding and decoding built into it with an on-board controller. The configuration is stored in a EEPROM chip, 93C46

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread DCFluX
Hey, I didn't need DCS at the time. Looks like TX code is at 80-81 Hex, and RX code is 82-83 81 EC = D023N 81 E6 = D026N What DCS code do you need? On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Jeff Lavoie - KB1SPH/WQEX694 kb1...@wqex694.info wrote: Ok, let me make it a little more clear for anybody that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread DCFluX
Scratch that 00-01 is TX, 02-03 is RX On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:35 PM, DCFluX dcf...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I didn't need DCS at the time. Looks like TX code is at 80-81 Hex, and RX code is 82-83 81 EC = D023N 81 E6 = D026N What DCS code do you need? On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Jeff

[Repeater-Builder] Re: TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread skipp025
Hi Jeff, I have a few DCS TKR-720/820 Eprom files in my collection. Email me direct if you haven't got it figured out by the weekend. I have a KPT-50, the software and the ponyprog setup you have so I can help as time allows. With that software and an inexpensive EEprom Programmer easily

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Invar Rods

2010-07-15 Thread ka9qjg
Glen , I know some will think If I am to dumb to know what they are , Then I do not need them . But I still would like to know in layman terms what is a INVAR Rodif I was guessing Maybe something that goes in a duplexer Thanks Don KA9QJG From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Invar Rods

2010-07-15 Thread DCFluX
Invar is a special material. It is special that is has very low tempreture expansion characteristics. When used for the tuning rod in a duplexer it will compensate the expansion in the copper center conductor so that the frequency of the cavity does not drift. I calculated a 6m cavity that uses

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread Jeff Lavoie - KB1SPH/WQEX694
Well I'm not particularly needing any one code at the moment, just trying to figure out how exactly to figure out the hex codes. Thanks for the great tutorial on the rest. It makes it easy to change the config when I want instead of having to call someone with a programmer. Now if I can find

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM

2010-07-15 Thread Jeff Lavoie - KB1SPH/WQEX694
Skipp, sent you a message, but sometimes messages from my domain are put in spam on yahoo. I still haven't figured out why, so if you don't get it in your inbox, check the spam folder. Jeff -- From: skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday,