For 2 minutes I would think a weather alert would be more helpful than
what the net was covering. All should hear the weather alert in most
all cases.
73, ron, n9ee/r
Ron Wright, N9EE
727-376-6575
MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS
Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL
No tone, all are welcome.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Laryn Lohman wrote:
And it would be good to keep the wx receiver audio low enough that
users can talk over it. You wouldn't want your weather net taken out
of service for two minutes during an active weather net.
Laryn K8TVZ
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wrote:
There won't be "dead air." You'll hear weather. If you want the
duration to be shorter than the preset of the receiver, have your
controller shut it down sooner.
Chuck WB2EDV
----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Besemer (WM4B) To:
Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com
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2008 8:10 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Weather Receivers -
follow up
Well pooh! I really don't want to tie up the repeater for
X-minutes with dead air. especially when there could be severe weather
involved.
VOX?
Mike
WM4B
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Weather Receivers - follow up
It will transmit the NOAA radio for the duration, unless you
shorten the length with your controller.
Chuck
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:21 PM
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Weather Receivers - follow up
Mark,
I understand that Ext. Alert does not follow the NWS signals
(specifically for End of Message), but stays high for a period of time
and then drops. Am I understanding that correctly? If so, if the
message is shorter than the timer on the Ext. Alert, does the repeater
then just transmit dead air, or is the Ext. Alert forced low with the
EOM signal.
Dang. it's hard to test all this when the radio never goes off.
2 weeks ago, I'd have been going off every 5 minutes!
Mike
WM4B
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Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Weather Receivers - follow up
Mike,
If your controller has the ability to use speaker audio take it
off the external pc connection and run that into the receiver input of
the controller. I have not opened my unit yet so not sure where the
discriminator connection would be. The ext alert works great for the
COS input.
Mike Mullarkey (K7PFJ)
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Where are you grabbing audio from, Chuck? My original thought
was to pull it off the volume pot.
Mike
WM4B
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Just to cover my faulty memory... it might be longer than 2
minutes, but it is several minutes - longer than I need. I simply have
the controller shut it off when I want - with the time-out-timer for
that port.
Chuck
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Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Weather Receivers
See below.
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 2:07 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Weather Receivers
I just picked up a Midland WR-100 weather receiver to
replace my sickly Radio Shack unit here at the house. I've been
toying with interfacing a weather receiver with our repeater for a
while and was considering getting another WR-100 (they're only $29
locally) for that purpose, but I have a couple of questions.
1) I see on RBTIP page that Midland WX receivers have
a built-in fault because they will mute before receiving the EOM
signal from NWS. Does anybody know if this is true of the WR-100?
It doesn't follow the EOM. However, if you set it to "tone"
it will stay active for about 2 minutes.
2) Does anybody know what types of alerts will trigger
the External Alert function on the receiver? Obviously I want to
capture Watches and Warnings, but would rather not catch the periodic
tests. I know that I can tap into the lights, but if the External
Alert function does what I want it to do, there's no point in
reinventing the wheel.
The external jack will pull low for watches and warnings,
but not for tests. It will hold at a low state for about two minutes
if the radio is set to "tone."
If you pick up the audio inside the radio, that stays active
all the time, allowing you to command the WX on and off as needed. You
could also configure your own timer with your controller.
3) Anybody using this receiver in a repeater
application? Any hints?
Yes, I feel it works perfectly adequate for my application.
Thanks in advance es 73,
Mike
WM4B
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