[Repeater-Builder] "Aftermarket" Moto RSS software documentation

[W. H. Phinizy]

Being well aware of Motorola's copyright enforcement vigorousness and 
not wishing to trnsgress same, does anyone know of any *aftermarket* 
or "public domain" documentaiton or operating notes for the HT600/
P200 and the MT1000 RSS?

Please understand that I am NOT looking for illegitimate copies of 
the RSS or the documentation.

Thanks in advance,

Also, any referrals to good sources for aftermarket battery packs for 
the above radios would be appreciated.

Bill, k6whp
Fountain Valley, California

[Repeater-Builder] CD IDer needed for GR300

[Joe Serocki]

I have a GR300 with M120/M10 radios. Seems nice, puts out about 25 watts,
clean.

 

I need to get an IDer into this repeater. Suggestions on how and where to
get it?

 

Thanks

 

 

73

 

Joe Serocki, N9IFG

Prez, WeLCARS (www.welcars.org)

 

Commander Peter Quincy Taggart: Never give up, never surrender!

Red Green: Quando omni flunkus moritati - when all else fails, play dead.

Riley Hollingsworth: If you don't like it spin the dial!

Serocki: It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission, but you better
have whatever it is fixed first!

 

 

[Repeater-Builder] Icom Pan f420 Repeater

[tait700]

Hello,
Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this particular 
model of Repeater ?
I am having trouble with the fan control section which i believe is 
actuated by the main repeater controller board that also controls the 
Audio path between the RX and TX radios.
I have contacted Panther Electronics but have not received any reply 
so i assume they do not provide any support for obsolete products.
The contoller board contains 2 555 timer chips along with a selection 
of resistors, 2 pots and several transistors which i think might 
control the fan timer circuit.
Bypassing this section altogether and wiring directly to the fan 
relay mounted on the fan itself brings it into life but i would 
prefer to have the original circuit working if possible.
If anyone has any info on this board and how it is supposed to 
operate in regards the fan circuit, and also if it alters the Rx 
audio signal path between the two transceivers i would be most 
appreciative for any help.
A circuit schematic would be really handy or any other info.

All replies gratefully received.

[Repeater-Builder] Manual Request-Motorola RICK

[Joe Serocki]

Anyone have a manual? I could use it, especially with the pinouts. I have a
schematic, but it only shows half the pinouts! Sheesh J

 

73

 

Joe Serocki, N9IFG

Prez, WeLCARS (www.welcars.org)

 

Commander Peter Quincy Taggart: Never give up, never surrender!

Red Green: Quando omni flunkus moritati - when all else fails, play dead.

Riley Hollingsworth: If you don't like it spin the dial!

Serocki: It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission, but you better
have whatever it is fixed first!

 

 

[Repeater-Builder] GE Master II Pa decks

[Randy]

Hi group whats the deal with the GE Master II PA decks needing to use a 
ferrite isolator with a 50 ohm dummy load and a low pass filter between 
the PA and the High Q duplexer. Is this something that most do  with 
the 75 and 100 w Pa's We just replaced one in a Master II Mobile radio 
which lasted for years with no issues. After installing the PA and 
doing a tune up the Radio did about 80 watts we set it to 45 watts  I 
was also told that was not a good thing to do so whats the story on the 
PA. I seen where Repeater Builder the Company talks about the 75 or 100 
watt PA's in there web site only bening good set to 45 watts or so 
anyway so I assume they are setting theres at that level when they do a 
Duplex conversion ect making the radio into a repeater. I have read the 
information on the website about this but would like some user comments 
as well. Also where would one get the needed parts ect to do this Mod.


Randy

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Manual Request-Motorola RICK

[nj902]

--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Serocki" 
 wrote:

" Anyone have a manual? ..."

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ebay

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RE: [Repeater-Builder] CD IDer needed for GR300

[Eric Lemmon]

Joe,

The Communications Specialists model ID-8 is probably the most versatile
unit on the market, but not cheap at $70:


There are many simpler and cheaper units available, but not so easy to
program or apply.

73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
 

-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Serocki
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:36 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] CD IDer needed for GR300

I have a GR300 with M120/M10 radios. Seems nice, puts out about 25 watts,
clean. 

I need to get an IDer into this repeater. Suggestions on how and where to
get it? 

Thanks 

73 

Joe Serocki, N9IFG

Prez, WeLCARS (www.welcars.org  )

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Manual Request-Motorola RICK

[Eric Lemmon]

Joe,

The Instruction Manual for the HLNB R*I*C*K is 6880901Z79, and is still
available from Motorola Parts for about $6.

73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
 

-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Serocki
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 5:34 AM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Manual Request-Motorola RICK

Anyone have a manual? I could use it, especially with the pinouts. I have a
schematic, but it only shows half the pinouts! Sheesh J 

73 

Joe Serocki, N9IFG

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Manual Request-Motorola RICK

[Bob M.]

The single-page schematic on BatLabs is complete. That's all it is in the 
manual. Three 16-pin connectors.

Bob M.
==
--- On Sun, 2/1/09, Joe Serocki  wrote:

From: Joe Serocki 
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Manual Request-Motorola RICK
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 8:34 AM

Anyone have a manual? I could use it, especially with the pinouts. I have a 
schematic, but it only shows half the pinouts! Sheesh J
 
73
 
Joe Serocki, N9IFG


  

[Repeater-Builder] Repeater - Radio - Receiver Pre-Selector Recommendations

[skipp025]

Re: Repeater - Radio - Receiver Pre-Selector Recommendations  

I received the following question by direct Email and thought 
it might be useful to reply back via the group. There I go 
thinking again... 

> Do you have any recommendations for a 3 cell pre-selector 
> for 150-160 MHz with an insertion loss of around 3 dB ? 

Yes and No... the obvious answer. 

Each and every application seems to be different so I end up 
engineering front end filtering pre-selectors based on a 
checklist of requirements mentioned below. 

1. Fixed single frequency of operation or x-amount of 
   bandwidth required. 

It seems to be an advantage for most people to use receiver 
cavity type pre-selection to protect a single frequency 
receiver. Repeater input frequencies for a time tended to 
be placed in one portion of a band with corresponding high 
power transmitters place at/in another portion of the band. 
But nowadays... all bets are off. Are you feeding one or 
more receivers? 

2. Adjacent transmitters and their respective frequencies. 

Continuing on from above... I now see a lot of very poorly 
planned frequency coordinations. In some cases including my 
own... the FCC has licensed relatively high powered transmitters 
a very short physical and spectral distance from a number of 
receiver input frequencies. 

I have one location where the FCC generously granted a large 
number of repeater transmitter frequencies less than 200KHz 
from the receiver input frequencies. Go figure... 

Another mountain-top location where a valley floor located 
co-channel user 80 miles distant blows 160 watts from a 200 
foot tower station master antenna system and quite often takes 
out local portables operating on our system. 
 
Both the above examples are clearly serious head scratchers, 
which obviously change the pre-selector requirements. 

3. The type of antenna or antenna combiner/distribution 
   system.

Sometimes you need wide-band antennas and sometimes you want 
narrow band antenna performance. In the case of two different 
folded dipole layouts... one specs operation from 138-174MHz 
while the other brand/type a more conservative 10 MHz segment 
of 138-174MHz. No sense making it easy for strong out of band 
undesired signals to reach your receiver. Omni or directional 
antenna patterns desired..? 

4. Options

Do you buy a pre-made pre-selector filter assembly or design 
one?  

 

So... in reality there is no off the shelf filter that takes 
care of all situations.  If you don't have to deal with any 
of the commercial world land minds... I do like and generically 
use a lot of the DCI filters for out of band protection. I've 
even had DCI custom make a number of UHF repeater pre-selectors. 

I do see a number of wide-band VHF receiver pre-selectors 
(Cellwave, Decibel, Sinclair & Pyramid) but I normally don't
use those as repeater site pre-selectors where I need a lot 
of performance for portable (HT) operations. Notice I wrote 
"normally"... 

The Pyramid BPF-1604 seems to be the type of pre-selector 
referenced in the original question. 

http://www.pyramidcomm.com/pdf/BPNF/4%20Page%20Filter%20Brochure.pdf 

I am a Pyramid Dealer and use a fair number of their various 
filter products successfully installing in-band and cross band 
SVR-200 mobile vehicle repeaters. It's not super easy to get 
a duplex frequency agile receiver to happily live spectrally 
and physically next to a 60 watt transmitter.

Otherwise it's a custom design and assembly based on the 
specific application.  As always... the no free lunch rule 
applies. The group here is a great place to ask for ideas... 
so do ask and we'll all chime in with free or very low cost 
opinions... I can be easily bribed... 

cheers
skipp 

skipp025 at yahoo.com 
www.radiowrench.com 

[Repeater-Builder] Re: CD IDer needed for GR300

[skipp025]

Hi Joe, 

In addition to the suggestions made by others... I like 
the N0AXS ID O Matic, which is now selling on Ebay for about 
$21.50 and $2.50 shipping 

You have to assemble the ID'er from parts, but it's a 
through hole part type kit and easy to complete. 

You then have to sort through the ability to access and 
program the ID'er kit using an RS-232 connection and a 
terminal program such as procomm or hyperterm. Since doing 
said is not plug and play... sorting out the RS-232 connection 
and programming can turn off the "more informal" folks. 

Well worth powering up your soldering iron... 

But once you get the ID O'Matic going... it's a great 
product and a very fair dollar value. 

ID-O-Matic Repeater - Foxhunt - Beacon - ID Timer Kit
Ebay Item number: 160313387826

cheers, 
skipp 




> "Joe Serocki"  wrote:
> I have a GR300 with M120/M10 radios. Seems nice, puts 
> out about 25 watts, clean.
> I need to get an IDer into this repeater. Suggestions 
> on how and where to get it?
> Thanks
> 73
> Joe Serocki, N9IFG

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CD IDer needed for GR300

[Ralph Mowery]

--- On Sat, 1/31/09, Joe Serocki  wrote:

From: Joe Serocki 
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] CD IDer needed for GR300
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 3:36 PM








I have a GR300 with M120/M10 radios. Seems nice, puts out about 25 watts, clean.
 
I need to get an IDer into this repeater. Suggestions on how and where to get 
it?
 
Thanks
 
 Look at this:
http://www.hamgadgets.com/product_info.php?products_id=64
 
Only about $ 20.
 
 
 


  

[Repeater-Builder] MR4 receiver

[Merrill]

I have a MR4 receiver that the squelch will not close on .

any ideas .


Merrill
KG4IDD

[Repeater-Builder] Manual for E.F. Johnson CR-1010 Repeater

[D.]

I was not able to upload this to the site due to its size, 13.16 Meg
If someone wants this file, please go to the link below, I got this
information from an E.F. Johnson Rep.
If you can get it to upload here, please do.

http://www.savefile.com/files/1933552

Thanks,
Danny
N5DRG