Hi back Wesley, Thank you for the kind words... consider making it to the Dayton Hamvention 2010 and you see many of the group members in person. Those of us hiding from ex wives, people we owe money to or the law move around the flea market quite a bit... but we can on occasion be tracked down at various Group Member Seller Spaces.
Back to work... after my lunch and mmmmhhhmmm... a can of sardines in the lunch bag! Fish breath for the rest of the day... cheers, s. > "Wesley Bazell" <wesley...@...> wrote: > Hi Matt & Skipp, > Just wanted to say Hello to Skip. Have always enjoyed > his Gems of Wisdom. > Wesley AB8KD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matt Harker > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Icom IC RP1520 Repeater Receiver needed > > > > Thank You, Skip! I've had no luck getting parts for that old repeater. > > KC5DBH Matt > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: skipp025 <skipp...@...> > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:05:43 AM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Icom IC RP1520 Repeater Receiver needed > > Hi Matt, > > Re: Icom IC RP1520 repeater receiver needed > > I had such a horrible time trying to get parts for > an Icom 220MHz Repeater Receiver Repair that I > retrofitted a Synthesized Hamtronics right into the > Icom Chassis/box. > > Much to my delight... the replacement Hamtronics > Receiver worked Killer (excellent) and I put the box > back in service for a number of years until the > Transmitter VCO died (became to unstable to trust). > > Now that the Icom Repeater is pretty much a non working > cabinet I pulled the Hamtronics Receiver from the Icom > Repeater Chassis, bought the matching Hamtronics Transmitter > strip and made the pair into a repeater. Last May I created > a folder in the Group Photos Section to provide some pictures. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/photos/album/0/list > > "224 MHz Home Brew Repeater Project" the first folder in > the Group Photos Section. > > The "Homebrew 224MHz Repeater Project worked out so well... I > have since built six of the little buggers, three four our > system needs and three at the request of others. > > So the retrofit Hamtronics Receiver is an option you might > consider. > > cheers, > skipp > > skipp025 at yahoo.com > > > Matt Harker <kc5dbh@> wrote: > > > > Hi Everybody! > > > > I have an Icom IC-RP1520 2 meter repeater station that has a bad receiver > in it. It has always had a problem with low sensitivity and, has had some > damaged tuning slugs in the IF coils. > > > > If anyone has one of these they'd like to part with, please let me know > as I'd like to get this Icom repeater working again. > > > > Thank You! > > KC5DBH Matt > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links >
