I just went (actually, AM GOING) through an order with ICM. Boy have they changed in the last 10 years. Orders take much longer than they used to. I went with ICM because this particular order I wanted to be flawless. I should have stuck with Bomar.
Joe M. Jim Brown wrote: > > I use Bomar these days for crystals for the ham bands. I have had > good luck installing them myself and re-adjusting them in a year or so > back to the right frequency. > > I recently worked on a GE Delta radio that had been crystaled using > CUMEX and found the receive crystal had drifted over 2 kHz in the > several years it had been in service. It was so far off it would not > adust back to the original frequency until I ran the adjustment slug > on down through the coil form and added another slug on top of it. > Now with two slugs in the coil, it wound up back on frequency. I > don't know if it will continue to drift, or if it has settled down, > but for now it is working just fine. > > I used Marden for crystals until I got into a beef with them on a > receive frequency and gave up after sending an operating crystal back > to them a couple of times and telling them what frequency it operated > on, and them sending it back and telling me what frequency they > thought it operated on. > > 73 - Jim W5ZIT > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi All > > Looking for information on who makes crystals for channel > elements. > > Micor's and Mitrek > > Yes, I know that International makes them but the price is > high. > > I have had good luck putting crystals in old channel > elements and changing the caps as necessary > > to achieve reasonable stability. Used to use CUMEX in El > Paso but they seem to be gone > > Ralph, W7HSG > > From: Kris Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: UHF Radio > recommendations ?? > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 23:32:48 +0000 > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, wb6ymh wrote: > > The 30 watt version is a better radio for repeater service > since all > > solid state transmitters are very inefficient when run > below their > > designed output. A 30 watt Mitrek running at 15 watts will > probably > > last forever, but a 50 watt Mitrek running at 20 watts > gets way too > > hot for my tastes. It would probably be ok with a fan, but > I really > > didn't want a fan for numerous reasons. > > Well the radio is only specified to run a certain percentage > in transmit > anyway, but at this point, you can probably get a dump-truck > load of > Mitreks for the asking. That will give you enough radios to > keep the > repeater running until Doomsday. All you need is a few > channel elements, > and you can skip using lightning protection altogether. > > If a Mitrek falls in the forest, does it make a noise? > > -- > Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility. > --rly > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
