Your antenna needs to come down and be gone over before you buy anything new.
Those G7s will get bad connections in them that act like diodes and rectify all
kinds of crud to desense your otherwise good system. I understand that there is
a document on the RB site about refurbing that antenna. You may have heard this
before.
Good Luck, Eric (W1EL)
Eric Lowell
Eastern Maine Electronics Inc.
48 Loon Road
Wesley ME 04686
eme....@starband.net
www.satnetmaine.com
--- On Tue, 10/6/09, W3ML <w...@arrl.net> wrote:
From: W3ML <w...@arrl.net>
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Radio for repeater use Response to Tom's
comments
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 5:36 PM
Well Chuck, there will be no new radio unless I buy it out of my pocket and
that won't happen as I need a new rotor.
This club has no money. I was able to get a grant for emergency communications
and that is how I ended up with the stuff we have now.
My big problem seems to be that I took this radio in for free instead of buying
one from that ham in Florida that sells GEs for repeaters.
As I have said before being a ham for 30 years now has taught me nothing about
the maintenance of a repeater. I have built rigs before and trouble shot many a
good HF radio, and now I am actually somewhat having fun playing with this
thing.
I have done more reading on repeaters than I have at my regular job and that is
the Teaching of English Literature.
Of course if we were to buy a new one, hi hi, then there would be nothing to
learn and we all need to keep learning to keep our brains working.
I really appreciate everyone on here helping out not only myself, but the
others that come on here who need help and are just starting out in this area
of ham radio like me.
73
John
--- In Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com, "Chuck Kelsey" <wb2...@...> wrote:
>
> John -
>
> A word of caution may be in order since you are dealing with a club.
>
> These days, the typical ham doesn't begin to comprehend the complexity of a
> repeater system. To many, one simply needs to go out a purchase new
> equipment, plug it all together, and it runs. Wrong!
>
> Don't let your club go down that path. The end result will be lots of money
> being spent and unhappy results. I've watched it happen.
>
> If you are running a repeater, you WILL have problems with it, no matter
> what brand of equipment you use, no matter if it's new or used.
>
> You appear to be taking the steps to learn about it. It's the only way
> you'll be able to cope unless the club pays a commercial two-way shop to
> maintain the system.
>
> In the meantime, keep plugging away. It can get very frustrating at times.
>
> Chuck
> WB2EDV
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> >>
> >> I will go read that article. Thought I read them all, since January,
> >> trying to learn all I can.
> >>
> >> That is when I decided to get into this repeater business. It has been a
> >> great learning experience for sure.
> >>
> >> 73
> >> John, W3ML
> >
>
