i have no need for your old nappies, dirty underwear, or smelly atrmpit teeshirts , as these are Compulsive hoarding (or pathological hoarding or disposophobia or the Messie mindset) is a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to acquire (and failure to use or discard) a significant amount of possessions, even if the items are worthless, hazardous, or unsanitary. ...
have a loverly sunny day, un hasseled by mothers in law keep a happy face Marcus On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:30 PM, niteviser <nitevi...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > > Marcus, > > You're a disposophobic, look up compulsive hoarder in Wikipedia. Don't > refer to my 'collection' of radios, that is a genuine hobby and not any > specific medical or mental condition. Until they come to take me away, Ha > Ha...... > > niteviser > > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>, > "x.tait.tech" <x.tait.t...@...> wrote: > > > > what would it take short of some cash to have one sent to me here in New > > Zealand as a one off key, not that i need one, i am told i am a Hoarder > > > > Marcus > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 4:38 PM, KP3FT <kp...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > Thanks for the previous advice on the Mitrek lockout key; I ordered one > off > > > Ebay and it worked fine. > > > Opened the radio up and everything looks visually OK, all the channel > > > elements are there, no burned components, etc. I read through the > > > Repeater-Builder's Mitrek webpages and figured out the pins for hookup. > I > > > was wondering if anyone could look over some sections of the Mitrek > > > schematic< > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/files/Mitrek%20Lowband/> > > > > I posted in the Files section under the folder "Mitrek Lowband", > regarding > > > the PTT circuit. I circled the areas in question in red and blue. (I > also > > > hyperlinked to the various schematic sections in this message). I just > want > > > some verification before I start wiring up the radio. I found another > > > website where the author said to jumper pin #1 to pin #25 on the > interconnect > > > board connection< > http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/wBWDTM_dzohoZJ1M25svBvhmyUk3YStFZKcbHdVjzcHCTQSgFE9U0-wFOU3PHUQL3NIWEGUG1ndFPkhYrLdul9o1/Mitrek%20Lowband/interconnect_board.jpg> > , > > > > and then just ground pin #13 of the cable connector (or pin #13 on the > front > > > of the radio in my case) for PTT operation. (Pin #24 of the > interconnect > > > board connector is the same as pin #13 of the cable connector) My > questions > > > are: > > > 1. What does the jumper do and is it beneficial for beacon operation? > > > Here is the schematic section > > > < > http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/wBWDTDg1U9VoZJ1MJmrSx6917ZszwfFtwKxh8c5tPrKp1IiKeb_dd_z6o52LjBRH6eMjcKXGvRCwASnBIgIJ8PUE/Mitrek%20Lowband/mitrek_PTT.jpg> > of > > > > the PTT circuit. > > > 2. I will be using the Mitrek solely as a transmitter beacon, so RX is > not > > > necessary. I'll have to disable the antenna relay< > http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/wBWDTJ0GE-FoZJ1MoIPDEYBXLqbbFZph6Eymc3u9dFQYPG2vhGbVYg92QCtUhDuNVVr89_tTKgsBysS0H3B3Q5eW/Mitrek%20Lowband/Antenna_Relay.jpg > > > > > > because it won't last long during constant beacon operation, plus it > isn't > > > even needed. Can I just disable the relay by cutting power to it and > wire > > > the PA output directly to the antenna jack (two points circled in > blue)? > > > Or, just keep voltage on the relay so the RX section is always switched > out > > > and the TX switched in? Probably easier that way. > > > 3. The radio has the PL board installed; can I just remove it so it > doesn't > > > introduce anything into the carrier, or just leave it alone? I can't > tell > > > from reading through the various websites and the schematic if the > PL-encode > > > is enabled automatically or if it needs switching on, in which case I > will > > > leave it off. > > > Thanks for any advice. > > > Jeff KP3FT > > > > > > > > > > >
