You beat me by a couple of years. I built a 22S control system from TTL that was on Palos Verdes and then later on Onyx Peak (9114 feet). The original controller used octal to set the actual N code into the 22S, but I later added a 2708 lookup table. *52 put you on 146.52, *34 put you on 146.34/146.94. Since it was all done by a lookup table it "knew" the band plan and would automatically select a repeater split if you dialed an input frequency or simplex on the output if you dialed an output frequency, etc. It did "the right thing" if you dialed *40 (people from L.A. will know that frequency). There were commands to force simplex or reverse. I can't find the schematic any longer, but I did find a control list dated 12/79 that was after the lookup table was added. My best guess is 1/79 when it first went on the air. I know my controller wasn't the first 22S controller as I later compared nodes with Greg (WB6KCD ?) who that had built a controller before I had.
It also had cw unkey telemetry that sent the frequency in cw when you unkeyed. I can't tell you how sick I got of hearing 46 and 52 in cw over and over and ... It sounded like a good idea at the time. Boy those were the days ... we had the only ham box on Onyx peak for a year or so and could hear 3 states ... then a 2 meter repeater was installed. The 22S rolled over and died whenever the repeater keyed up (duh!). I'm not sure this matches your "fully frequency agile" definition as the 22s only covered the top 2 Mhz of the band. 73's Skip WB6YMH --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Ken Arck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks > > Is anyone aware of the earliest use of a synthesized remote base on an > amateur repeater? One that allowed full frequency agility? > > My take is that it happened in 1976 (and of course, I think I know who did > it <g>). > > Ken > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > President and CTO - Arcom Communications > Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. > http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html > We now offer complete Kenwood TKR repeater packages! > AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 > http://www.irlp.net 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 subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
