Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further
DC, he was given a free crystal which turned out to be worth what he paid. I never implied he was trying to rubber one cut for another channel, just rubber one that was too far off frequency. 73, Paul, AE4KR - Original Message - From: DCFluX To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further Seriously, some people need to read the original message before replying. The original complaint was running out of tunning range on the piston trimmer in the channel element while trying to net the crystal on frequency. Not rubbering the crystal to another channel or Nuclear warfare on an inactive club. Also I should mention that the receiver should be set by looking at the LO frequency on either a service monitor or a frequency counter of known precision, Tuning it until it sounds best is not the way to go. The LO frequency for the MASTR-II VHF will be either + or - 11.2 MHz from the receive frequency depending on the whether high side injection was specified when ordering the crystal. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Paul Plack pl...@xmission.com wrote: Forgive me if I'm going where no one wants to go, but isn't there a point in the decline of a club at which the nuclear option becomes the best choice? Guys, the repeater's been a fun ride for 40 years, but we're down to three members, and no longer have enough in the treasury to keep the old girl running. The coordinator says there are people on the waiting list willing to spend the money to take care of a repeater. As I see it, we have two choices. I await your guidance. Sincerely... 73, Paul, AE4KR
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further
Yeah, I could see that. He did not specify the crystal manufacture, plus the factory compensated the element to what crystal was originally in it. I just got some Bomar crystals (Not my choice) for the clubs UHF Micor. The TX was off 14 to 39 kHz, Had to add a 10pF cap to get the trimmer in the center range. Strangely the RX was fine. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Paul Plack pl...@xmission.com wrote: DC, he was given a free crystal which turned out to be worth what he paid. I never implied he was trying to rubber one cut for another channel, just rubber one that was too far off frequency. 73, Paul, AE4KR
[Repeater-Builder] Re: GM300/Maxtrac 2w conversion
Try the manual power mod, iv taken a low power 900 maxtrac and brought it down to about 250mw before the radio stops tx'ing, it got stabler at about 350mw. I had a range of a stable 350mw to 20w or so. I dont know if the mod can be done to a GM300 as i have never done one to that radio, but iv done many to maxtracs. No major hardware changes, look up the mod in the maxtrac section on repeater-builder. I used the radioshack 10k 15 turn pot btw... Jeff - KG6UYZ
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further
There used to be a great little company in the Toronto area called Lesmith that did a nice job with crystals at prices below ICM's. They morphed a couple times and changed names, but I think they're out of the crystal biz now. Anyone have an update? 73, Paul, AE4KR - Original Message - From: DCFluX To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further I just got some Bomar crystals (Not my choice) for the clubs UHF Micor. The TX was off 14 to 39 kHz, Had to add a 10pF cap to get the trimmer in the center range. Strangely the RX was fine.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GM300/Maxtrac 2w conversion
Hi I have some low band maxtracs here in the UK and want to use them on 6mtrs, the rx side is fine but the firmware won't allow you to set the tx pwr above 50Mhz, so I intend to do the pwr mod, just one track cut and a pot between the 9.6v, and one side of the cut. I have found that my gm300,s can be set to lower power by just using the rss. I turned one down to 3w no problem Steve, M1SWB - Original Message - From: kg6uyz kg6u...@gmail.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:31 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GM300/Maxtrac 2w conversion Try the manual power mod, iv taken a low power 900 maxtrac and brought it down to about 250mw before the radio stops tx'ing, it got stabler at about 350mw. I had a range of a stable 350mw to 20w or so. I dont know if the mod can be done to a GM300 as i have never done one to that radio, but iv done many to maxtracs. No major hardware changes, look up the mod in the maxtrac section on repeater-builder. I used the radioshack 10k 15 turn pot btw... Jeff - KG6UYZ Yahoo! Groups Links
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Bend an ICOM a little further
no crystal mfctrs left in Canada now, that West is out of business--to my knowledge Jerry VE3 EXT
RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness
Norm I need you to do two more things: 1) Tell me where the measurements of the lengths of the coax were made to, were they to the edge of the molded tee block, or to the center of the block, and at the splice to the different coax cables, was the measurement to the center of the splice or at the edge of the shrink tubing? 2) I used Z measured data from a DB 224A (for the 150-162 range) in my inventory, of the physical dimensions of the dipole. Would you confirm the dipole dimensions of the antenna you are using, everything including the spacing to the mtg pipe, the overall length, the length from the center mounting bracket to each end of the dipole and the dimension of the center to center of the folded section. I want to confirm that I am using correct data in my calculations. Only one dipole dims. are necessary. A dwg would be nice. From first go around the Smith Chart, it appears that to use or modify the O.C. stub to optimize the impedance matching for use at 144-148 Mhz may be unwise. I'm leaning towards adding a Tee adapter with stub at the feed point connector, and if necessary modifying the length of the 106.5, 50 Ohm feed line coax. If you somehow modify the O.C. stub and your results are worse, then you have essentially destroyed the matching harness usefulness. Please also advise the type of connector used at the feed-point, N or UHF. WA9ZZU --- On Wed, 2/17/10, NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio.net wrote: From: NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio.net Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 10:35 PM The unknown coax type is/was VB-83 (35 ohm). The VB-8 is of course 50 ohm and the VB-11 is 75 ohm. I hope that is the info you needed. It would be great if you could figure out what the open stub is for and can we use that for adjustments. If you need more info, let me know. 73 Norm _ _ __ From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com on behalf of allan crites Sent: Wed 2/17/2010 9:29 PM To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness I tried to work backwards on a Smith Chart from the dipole to the 1/2 WL O.C. stub to determine a reason for the stub but it appears the unknown coax types are causing erroneous and confusing answers. Can you confirm the coax types shown on your diagram? a. --- On Wed, 2/17/10, NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio. net wrote: From: NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio. net Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 3:57 PM I got the harnesses at no charge from Andrew. I contacted customer support and told them I had 3 fairly new DB224's (2 a models and a b model) that had water intrusion/contamina tion in the harness where they were supposedly seal by the factory. I offered pictures and they accepted. Upon seeing the photos they asked that I give them serial numbers and requested I send the defective harnesses to them. I did and they offered and I accepted replacement harnesses. The two db224's that I have (personally) are the A models. The B model belongs to my shop. I often end up with abandoned and or defective db224's and other antennas as I work for a two way land mobile dealer/shop. Unfortunately, I have yet to get any DB224e's or any DB304's, just tons of DB224a's and an occasional DB224b. Hats off to Andrew for shipping me free replacement harnesses. I am still gonna ScotchKote those moldings regaurdelss. If you look at the attached photoes from my initial post, you will see that the open 25 VB-8 (50 ohm) stub is 12.5 from the T where the top half and bottom halves of the harness come together, down the main feed to the hardline (or whatever you feed the antenna with). Last night I connected the Sitemaster up again and I noticed the the SWR will come down some when I firmly secure the harness to the mast with the metal tape. How far down remains to be seen. I will keep you posted. 73 and thanks! de N5NPO Norm
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further
Les Smith died several years ago and the Company is no longer in business. Les started making crystals at CTS in Streetsville Ontario and about 35 years ago he started his own company. I have lot's of his crystals here. 73 John VE3AMZ Waterloo Ont. (Where the Blackberry was invented) - Original Message - From: Paul Plack To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:41 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further There used to be a great little company in the Toronto area called Lesmith that did a nice job with crystals at prices below ICM's. They morphed a couple times and changed names, but I think they're out of the crystal biz now. Anyone have an update? 73, Paul, AE4KR - Original Message - From: DCFluX To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further I just got some Bomar crystals (Not my choice) for the clubs UHF Micor. The TX was off 14 to 39 kHz, Had to add a 10pF cap to get the trimmer in the center range. Strangely the RX was fine.
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Bend an ICOM a little further
I just got some Bomar crystals (Not my choice) for the clubs UHF Micor. The TX was off 14 to 39 kHz, Had to add a 10pF cap to get the trimmer in the center range. Strangely the RX was fine. That's probably not indicitive of Bomar making a bad rock; you almost always have to change out the cap behind the trimmer to center the tuning range if the original frequency was significantly different than the new. Maybe you just got lucky on the RX element, but 9 times out of 10, I've had to change caps in Micor elements to get them to net, regardless of whether the crystal came from Bomar, ICM, or West Crystal. --- Jeff WN3A
Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness
Thanks Allen. All coax harness measurements are center of moldings or splices. The dipoles are supposed to be standard db224a elements. I will have to measure them and get back to you on that. All connectors are N type. Thanks again Norm - Original Message - From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu Feb 18 08:49:47 2010 Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness Norm I need you to do two more things: 1) Tell me where the measurements of the lengths of the coax were made to, were they to the edge of the molded tee block, or to the center of the block, and at the splice to the different coax cables, was the measurement to the center of the splice or at the edge of the shrink tubing? 2) I used Z measured data from a DB 224A (for the 150-162 range) in my inventory, of the physical dimensions of the dipole. Would you confirm the dipole dimensions of the antenna you are using, everything including the spacing to the mtg pipe, the overall length, the length from the center mounting bracket to each end of the dipole and the dimension of the center to center of the folded section. I want to confirm that I am using correct data in my calculations. Only one dipole dims. are necessary. A dwg would be nice. From first go around the Smith Chart, it appears that to use or modify the O.C. stub to optimize the impedance matching for use at 144-148 Mhz may be unwise. I'm leaning towards adding a Tee adapter with stub at the feed point connector, and if necessary modifying the length of the 106.5, 50 Ohm feed line coax. If you somehow modify the O.C. stub and your results are worse, then you have essentially destroyed the matching harness usefulness. Please also advise the type of connector used at the feed-point, N or UHF. WA9ZZU --- On Wed, 2/17/10, NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio.net wrote: From: NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio.net Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 10:35 PM The unknown coax type is/was VB-83 (35 ohm). The VB-8 is of course 50 ohm and the VB-11 is 75 ohm. I hope that is the info you needed. It would be great if you could figure out what the open stub is for and can we use that for adjustments. If you need more info, let me know. 73 Norm _ _ __ From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com http://us.mc822.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com on behalf of allan crites Sent: Wed 2/17/2010 9:29 PM To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com http://us.mc822.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness I tried to work backwards on a Smith Chart from the dipole to the 1/2 WL O.C. stub to determine a reason for the stub but it appears the unknown coax types are causing erroneous and confusing answers. Can you confirm the coax types shown on your diagram? a. --- On Wed, 2/17/10, NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio. net http://us.mc822.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nknapp%40twowayradio.net wrote: From: NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio. net http://us.mc822.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nknapp%40twowayradio.net Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com http://us.mc822.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 3:57 PM I got the harnesses at no charge from Andrew. I contacted customer support and told them I had 3 fairly new DB224's (2 a models and a b model) that had water intrusion/contamina tion in the harness where they were supposedly seal by the factory. I offered pictures and they accepted. Upon seeing the photos they asked that I give them serial numbers and requested I send the defective harnesses to them. I did and they offered and I accepted replacement harnesses. The two db224's that I have (personally) are the A models. The B model belongs to my shop. I often end up with abandoned and or defective db224's and other antennas as I work for a two way land mobile dealer/shop. Unfortunately, I have yet to get any DB224e's or any DB304's, just tons of DB224a's and an occasional DB224b. Hats off to Andrew for shipping me free replacement harnesses. I am still gonna ScotchKote those moldings regaurdelss. If you look at the attached photoes from my initial post, you will see that the open 25 VB-8 (50 ohm) stub is 12.5 from the T where the top half and bottom halves of the harness come together, down the main feed to the hardline (or whatever
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Bend an ICOM a little further
I just got some Bomar crystals (Not my choice) for the clubs UHF Micor I just got some crystals from Bomar, my first crystal order in about 40 years. Some were basic crystals for an Alert Monitor receiver and some were in channel elements supplied and compensated by Bomar. Every crystal/element that I received was right on the money and one of the elements didn't even require a slight touch up to hit it's mark (my frequency reference is a bit more accurate than the average service monitor, too). AND,some of this equipment operates in the temperature extremes that have been prevalent in the midwest in recent weeks. My suggestion would be to avoid implicating a manufacturer for an individual case of error as there are far too many variables involved to pin the results on any one cause. I have no business involvement with Bomar, just a satisfied customer. My only gripe is their minimum order requirement which means that I have to wait to order until I can meet the requirement. Tom DGN --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, DCFluX dcf...@... wrote: Yeah, I could see that. He did not specify the crystal manufacture, plus the factory compensated the element to what crystal was originally in it. I just got some Bomar crystals (Not my choice) for the clubs UHF Micor. The TX was off 14 to 39 kHz, Had to add a 10pF cap to get the trimmer in the center range. Strangely the RX was fine. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Paul Plack pl...@... wrote: DC, he was given a free crystal which turned out to be worth what he paid. I never implied he was trying to rubber one cut for another channel, just rubber one that was too far off frequency. 73, Paul, AE4KR
[Repeater-Builder] Re: DB224A new harness
Hello to all, This is just my opinion but since the new style harnesses have been installed on all of the new DB-224s, i have found that the patterns and recieve /transmit ranges have changed drastically for the worse I have replaced harnesses and also complete swap-out of some antennas and have found the ranges greatly reduced. i confirmed this by reinstalling the original antennas and or harness and quickly went back to the original performance ( it doesn't look good when a lightning dammaged 4-bay antenna outperforms a brand new 8-bay antenna). The harnesses were replaced because of lighting damages ( high SWR) but still had good rx . on the complete antenna replacements, i had actually swapped out DB-228s to improved the range for handhelds in the field but saw a reducedction in range for both bases, mobiles and handhelds. The new harnesses are using a stub tuning to make it easier for the non-technical people down in Mexico to put these antennas out the door quickly but only hinders the performanace of the antennas. my first time installing one of these stub tuned DB-228s caused me to send the antenna back to the ground 3 times , while arguing with the ground crew that They sent up the wrong section 1st( all eight bays should be in the same radiating plane not half up/half down) after numerous calls with DB Products about this with very little response, they said that the stub, change the timing of the rf wave using a a time diversity inversion to actually put all the bays in phase DELAY LINES , although half of them were inverted.. BULLL CRAP!! all it did was screw things up. the reason they did it this way, was to simplfy the building of the antennas. by grossly underpaid below the border non-technical labor. It is easier to tell or show someone to build all the antennas the same way and just invert one half of the antenna to make a DB-228 by putting together (2) DB-224s without having to completely build a seperate antenna with the bays oriented to match the other half. i have taken two of these new style DB-228s and reconfigutreed the bays on the lower half to match the upper half and you guessed it. the performance is back where it should be. As for the water ingress problem with DB-224/228 harnesses, i have always used Liquid Tape and Scotch 88 tape to seal all the connections and molded joints on these antennas ( I don't use Scotch-Kote as it eventually dries out, becomes brittle and disentigrates in the weather( it is fine for use in partially exposed enviroments, but just doesn't standup to the liquid tape for longivity, in the weather!!! I try not to leave anything to chance. Some people would say that this defeats the chance of recurring revenue, but i look at it this way, if i seal it up right the first time and never have to do maintenance on it, then that speaks well of my installation and i stand a better chance of getting more work from those customers than if i did a marginal job and had to keep returning to fix a recurring proplem for an unhappy customer, at my expense ! anyhow enough of my my ramblings for this episode. if you have time to play with a DB-228(new style, experiment with it and i think you will agree with me. if not, then MY BADDD!! To each his own. CUL tyrone N5XES
[Repeater-Builder] VHF Decibel Duplexer
Re: VHF Decibel Duplexer I should probably buy this... or at least bid on it. But I'm making a serious effort to revive my 12 Step Junk Ender's Program participation. So I'll pass this on to one of you to hopefully take advantage of. It's a great Deal for what this is... Ebay Item Number: 150413877464 Decibel Products VHF TR Duplexer You're not restricted to using this unit as a duplexer... The circuit is two paths of notch cavities (tuned circuits) so you can get quite creative. You could also use it as a commercial vhf repeater duplexer and or a non-standard offset ham repeater duplexer. good luck, s.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness
Hello Andrew and Norm If you are trying to figure out the lengths needed for 144-148Mhz I can measure what you need to know but not in a hurry. I have a DB products antenna that is cut for the two meter band that I ordered from DB Products about 10 years ago. What I need to know is the measurements for 220Mhz. I also have several DB224a's that have been removed due to problems. These could easily be modified to cover 220Mhz. 73 de Tom Manning, AF4UG - Original Message - From: NORM KNAPP To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:35 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness The unknown coax type is/was VB-83 (35 ohm). The VB-8 is of course 50 ohm and the VB-11 is 75 ohm. I hope that is the info you needed. It would be great if you could figure out what the open stub is for and can we use that for adjustments. If you need more info, let me know. 73 Norm From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com on behalf of allan crites Sent: Wed 2/17/2010 9:29 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness I tried to work backwards on a Smith Chart from the dipole to the 1/2 WL O.C. stub to determine a reason for the stub but it appears the unknown coax types are causing erroneous and confusing answers. Can you confirm the coax types shown on your diagram? a. --- On Wed, 2/17/10, NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio.net wrote: From: NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio.net Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 3:57 PM I got the harnesses at no charge from Andrew. I contacted customer support and told them I had 3 fairly new DB224's (2 a models and a b model) that had water intrusion/contamina tion in the harness where they were supposedly seal by the factory. I offered pictures and they accepted. Upon seeing the photos they asked that I give them serial numbers and requested I send the defective harnesses to them. I did and they offered and I accepted replacement harnesses. The two db224's that I have (personally) are the A models. The B model belongs to my shop. I often end up with abandoned and or defective db224's and other antennas as I work for a two way land mobile dealer/shop. Unfortunately, I have yet to get any DB224e's or any DB304's, just tons of DB224a's and an occasional DB224b. Hats off to Andrew for shipping me free replacement harnesses. I am still gonna ScotchKote those moldings regaurdelss. If you look at the attached photoes from my initial post, you will see that the open 25 VB-8 (50 ohm) stub is 12.5 from the T where the top half and bottom halves of the harness come together, down the main feed to the hardline (or whatever you feed the antenna with). Last night I connected the Sitemaster up again and I noticed the the SWR will come down some when I firmly secure the harness to the mast with the metal tape. How far down remains to be seen. I will keep you posted. 73 and thanks! de N5NPO Norm
Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness
Tom I would certainly be interested in knowing just how a 150-162 MHz DB224 could be easily be modified to cover 220. The dipoles would need to be physically shortened and the matching harness would need to be completely redesigned. What magic do you have in your bag of tricks to manage this? Allan Crites WA9ZZU --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Tom Manning af...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Tom Manning af...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 4:58 PM Hello Andrew and Norm If you are trying to figure out the lengths needed for 144-148Mhz I can measure what you need to know but not in a hurry. I have a DB products antenna that is cut for the two meter band that I ordered from DB Products about 10 years ago. What I need to know is the measurements for 220Mhz. I also have several DB224a's that have been removed due to problems. These could easily be modified to cover 220Mhz. 73 de Tom Manning, AF4UG - Original Message - From: NORM KNAPP To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:35 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness The unknown coax type is/was VB-83 (35 ohm). The VB-8 is of course 50 ohm and the VB-11 is 75 ohm. I hope that is the info you needed. It would be great if you could figure out what the open stub is for and can we use that for adjustments. If you need more info, let me know. 73 Norm _ _ __ From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com on behalf of allan crites Sent: Wed 2/17/2010 9:29 PM To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness I tried to work backwards on a Smith Chart from the dipole to the 1/2 WL O.C. stub to determine a reason for the stub but it appears the unknown coax types are causing erroneous and confusing answers. Can you confirm the coax types shown on your diagram? a. --- On Wed, 2/17/10, NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio. net wrote: From: NORM KNAPP nkn...@twowayradio. net Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB224A new harness To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 3:57 PM I got the harnesses at no charge from Andrew. I contacted customer support and told them I had 3 fairly new DB224's (2 a models and a b model) that had water intrusion/contamina tion in the harness where they were supposedly seal by the factory. I offered pictures and they accepted. Upon seeing the photos they asked that I give them serial numbers and requested I send the defective harnesses to them. I did and they offered and I accepted replacement harnesses. The two db224's that I have (personally) are the A models. The B model belongs to my shop. I often end up with abandoned and or defective db224's and other antennas as I work for a two way land mobile dealer/shop. Unfortunately, I have yet to get any DB224e's or any DB304's, just tons of DB224a's and an occasional DB224b. Hats off to Andrew for shipping me free replacement harnesses. I am still gonna ScotchKote those moldings regaurdelss. If you look at the attached photoes from my initial post, you will see that the open 25 VB-8 (50 ohm) stub is 12.5 from the T where the top half and bottom halves of the harness come together, down the main feed to the hardline (or whatever you feed the antenna with). Last night I connected the Sitemaster up again and I noticed the the SWR will come down some when I firmly secure the harness to the mast with the metal tape. How far down remains to be seen. I will keep you posted. 73 and thanks! de N5NPO Norm
[Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
FYI It is now Against the Law in Il To Rebroadcast Public safety Communications including radio or Internet I know most of us in this Hobby are aware of all the Scanner Type Communications being linked d to the Internet. I always wondered about the legality of doing this especially living in one of the Few States that have an Anti Scanner Law against mobiles and Handhelds unless one is exempt. I always liked the idea of seeing something big on the News and finding a site from that area to listen to it Live . Well it looks like Il has put together a law against doing this I do not know about other states . Or how this is going to stop the On Line Scanner stations. Also as written unless I have permission it looks like I cannot rebroadcast the Amber Alerts which come out over My Emerg Weather Receive on My Repeaters I am sure others have this on the Repeters too This will be interesting to see if anyone is a actually charged with this Don KA9QJG Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance 20 ILCS 2615/11 new 20 ILCS 2615/12 new Synopsis As Introduced Amends the State Police Radio Act. Provides that a person receiving public safety voice or data communication transmitted via the facilities of the State's public safety radio system by wire or radio shall not, without the written authority of the originator of the communication, rebroadcast the communication via any means, including radio or Internet, or otherwise divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning thereof. Provides that this provision does not apply to the public safety radio communication transmitted by any system station for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts and other communications specifically intended for rebroadcast to the public. Provides that radio access to the public safety radio system within the State may only be accomplished upon receipt of written authorization granted by the appropriately licensed authority. Provides that a violation of these provisions is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately. http://tinyurl.com/yf3on2y
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
Wow! I would have thought it illegal under Federal Law. What do I know Best Regardss, de W1EL Eric Lowell Eastern Maine Electronics Inc. 48 Loon Road Wesley ME 04686 eme@starband.net www.satnetmaine.com From: ka9qjg1 ka9...@wowway.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, February 18, 2010 9:27:44 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications FYI It is now Against the Law in Il To Rebroadcast Public safety Communications including radio or Internet I know most of us in this Hobby are aware of all the Scanner Type Communications being linked d to the Internet. I always wondered about the legality of doing this especially living in one of the Few States that have an Anti Scanner Law against mobiles and Handhelds unless one is exempt. I always liked the idea of seeing something big on the News and finding a site from that area to listen to it Live . Well it looks like Il has put together a law against doing this I do not know about other states . Or how this is going to stop the On Line Scanner stations. Also as written unless I have permission it looks like I cannot rebroadcast the Amber Alerts which come out over My Emerg Weather Receive on My Repeaters I am sure others have this on the Repeters too This will be interesting to see if anyone is a actually charged with this Don KA9QJG Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance 20 ILCS 2615/11 new 20 ILCS 2615/12 new Synopsis As Introduced Amends the State Police Radio Act. Provides that a person receiving public safety voice or data communication transmitted via the facilities of the State's public safety radio system by wire or radio shall not, without the written authority of the originator of the communication, rebroadcast the communication via any means, including radio or Internet, or otherwise divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning thereof. Provides that this provision does not apply to the public safety radio communication transmitted by any system station for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts and other communications specifically intended for rebroadcast to the public. Provides that radio access to the public safety radio system within the State may only be accomplished upon receipt of written authorization granted by the appropriately licensed authority. Provides that a violation of these provisions is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately. http://tinyurl. com/yf3on2y
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
The Federal Law says only that is it illegal to divulge radio traffic to third parties or to use it for personal profit or gain (ambulance chasers), when I lived in Philadelphia in the 60’s the Phila PD used to pipe their communications into the various radio stations and TV Stations—then they passed a anti scanner law. The Chief of Miami PD once said that he wanted to sell ads on his network—the following robbery is brought to you by the bank of Miami. Andy From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Lowell Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:56 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications Wow! I would have thought it illegal under Federal Law. What do I know Best Regardss, de W1EL Eric Lowell Eastern Maine Electronics Inc. 48 Loon Road Wesley ME 04686 eme@starband.net www.satnetmaine.com From: ka9qjg1 ka9...@wowway.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, February 18, 2010 9:27:44 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications FYI It is now Against the Law in Il To Rebroadcast Public safety Communications including radio or Internet I know most of us in this Hobby are aware of all the Scanner Type Communications being linked d to the Internet. I always wondered about the legality of doing this especially living in one of the Few States that have an Anti Scanner Law against mobiles and Handhelds unless one is exempt. I always liked the idea of seeing something big on the News and finding a site from that area to listen to it Live . Well it looks like Il has put together a law against doing this I do not know about other states . Or how this is going to stop the On Line Scanner stations. Also as written unless I have permission it looks like I cannot rebroadcast the Amber Alerts which come out over My Emerg Weather Receive on My Repeaters I am sure others have this on the Repeters too This will be interesting to see if anyone is a actually charged with this Don KA9QJG Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance 20 ILCS 2615/11 new 20 ILCS 2615/12 new Synopsis As Introduced Amends the State Police Radio Act. Provides that a person receiving public safety voice or data communication transmitted via the facilities of the State's public safety radio system by wire or radio shall not, without the written authority of the originator of the communication, rebroadcast the communication via any means, including radio or Internet, or otherwise divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning thereof. Provides that this provision does not apply to the public safety radio communication transmitted by any system station for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts and other communications specifically intended for rebroadcast to the public. Provides that radio access to the public safety radio system within the State may only be accomplished upon receipt of written authorization granted by the appropriately licensed authority. Provides that a violation of these provisions is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately. http://tinyurl. com/yf3on2y http://tinyurl.com/yf3on2y
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
Provides that this provision does not apply to the public safety radio communication transmitted by any system station for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts and other communications specifically intended for rebroadcast to the public. The way I read this, you specifically CAN retransmit Amber Alerts, etc. Also, the provision reads that you cannot retransmit voice or data transmitted via the STATES public radio system. Amber Alerts going out over NOAA Weather Radio are NOT being transmitted by state facilities. NOAA is a Federal agency. Mike WM4B From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ka9qjg1 Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:28 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications FYI It is now Against the Law in Il To Rebroadcast Public safety Communications including radio or Internet I know most of us in this Hobby are aware of all the Scanner Type Communications being linked d to the Internet. I always wondered about the legality of doing this especially living in one of the Few States that have an Anti Scanner Law against mobiles and Handhelds unless one is exempt. I always liked the idea of seeing something big on the News and finding a site from that area to listen to it Live . Well it looks like Il has put together a law against doing this I do not know about other states . Or how this is going to stop the On Line Scanner stations. Also as written unless I have permission it looks like I cannot rebroadcast the Amber Alerts which come out over My Emerg Weather Receive on My Repeaters I am sure others have this on the Repeters too This will be interesting to see if anyone is a actually charged with this Don KA9QJG Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance 20 ILCS 2615/11 new 20 ILCS 2615/12 new Synopsis As Introduced Amends the State Police Radio Act. Provides that a person receiving public safety voice or data communication transmitted via the facilities of the State's public safety radio system by wire or radio shall not, without the written authority of the originator of the communication, rebroadcast the communication via any means, including radio or Internet, or otherwise divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning thereof. Provides that this provision does not apply to the public safety radio communication transmitted by any system station for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts and other communications specifically intended for rebroadcast to the public. Provides that radio access to the public safety radio system within the State may only be accomplished upon receipt of written authorization granted by the appropriately licensed authority. Provides that a violation of these provisions is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately. http://tinyurl.com/yf3on2y
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
I can't imagine any reason why it shouldn't be legal to do this. Where is the sense? Oops, there I go thinking that all laws should make sense. 73 Paul - KC0HST - Original Message - From: Eric Lowell To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications Wow! I would have thought it illegal under Federal Law. What do I know Best Regardss, de W1EL Eric Lowell
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
Don, the copy of the statute you quoted specifically exempts communications transmitted ...for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts. What I want to know is, what if you set up across the state line with a yagi, and put it on the web from there? Your QTH would be just the place from which to do it! Nyah-nyah, Illinois! 73, Paul, AE4KR - Original Message - From: ka9qjg1 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:27 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications FYI It is now Against the Law in Il To Rebroadcast Public safety Communications including radio or Internet I know most of us in this Hobby are aware of all the Scanner Type Communications being linked d to the Internet. I always wondered about the legality of doing this especially living in one of the Few States that have an Anti Scanner Law against mobiles and Handhelds unless one is exempt. I always liked the idea of seeing something big on the News and finding a site from that area to listen to it Live . Well it looks like Il has put together a law against doing this I do not know about other states . Or how this is going to stop the On Line Scanner stations. Also as written unless I have permission it looks like I cannot rebroadcast the Amber Alerts which come out over My Emerg Weather Receive on My Repeaters I am sure others have this on the Repeters too This will be interesting to see if anyone is a actually charged with this Don KA9QJG Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance 20 ILCS 2615/11 new 20 ILCS 2615/12 new Synopsis As Introduced Amends the State Police Radio Act. Provides that a person receiving public safety voice or data communication transmitted via the facilities of the State's public safety radio system by wire or radio shall not, without the written authority of the originator of the communication, rebroadcast the communication via any means, including radio or Internet, or otherwise divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning thereof. Provides that this provision does not apply to the public safety radio communication transmitted by any system station for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts and other communications specifically intended for rebroadcast to the public. Provides that radio access to the public safety radio system within the State may only be accomplished upon receipt of written authorization granted by the appropriately licensed authority. Provides that a violation of these provisions is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately. http://tinyurl.com/yf3on2y
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
Then it is a federal matter and not that I am much good with this legal stuff ... but no matter where you are, it is illegal to divulge what you hear to a 3rd party ... that would include a re-broadcast via IP or radio anyway?? So with that, aren't all the scanner sites illegal? James Paul Plack wrote: Don, the copy of the statute you quoted specifically exempts communications transmitted ...for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts. What I want to know is, what if you set up across the state line with a yagi, and put it on the web from there? Your QTH would be just the place from which to do it! Nyah-nyah, Illinois! 73, Paul, AE4KR
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
That's not true. Certain information (that which is specifically intended for rebroadcast to the public) MAY be rebroadcast. The statute (both Federal and State) has to do with privileged communications, not material which is intended for public consumption. It appears to me that this law is redundant. but then again most of the Gov't is redundant, so what else is new. WM4B _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of James Delancy Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:31 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications Then it is a federal matter and not that I am much good with this legal stuff ... but no matter where you are, it is illegal to divulge what you hear to a 3rd party ... that would include a re-broadcast via IP or radio anyway?? So with that, aren't all the scanner sites illegal? James Paul Plack wrote: Don, the copy of the statute you quoted specifically exempts communications transmitted ...for the use of the general public, including Amber Alerts. What I want to know is, what if you set up across the state line with a yagi, and put it on the web from there? Your QTH would be just the place from which to do it! Nyah-nyah, Illinois! 73, Paul, AE4KR
[Repeater-Builder] Radio Parts available in NZ
Hi Folks, I was wondering if there is any interest in some radio kit that I am removing here in New Zealand. My apologies first of all, I'm not a radio ham or enthusiast I just happen to be running a project where we are removing A LOT of kit. I feel that its criminal to scrap it when there are people who may have an interest in it, considering some items are near new and cost over $1000 per unit to make scrapping it is my last option. I have the following available, items were working when removed. Tait - T838-10 PA Tait - 837-20 Exciter Tait - 835-20 Reciever Tait - 855-10 Reciever Tait - 856-10 Transmitter Tait - Duplexer Tait - 359-02 Speaker Panel Chassis and PSU I also have 100+ duplexers for 158-161? which I believe is somewhere in the middle of the NZ marine band? I also have a large quantity of Tait 489D radios, these are in pairs to work with the duplexers and also a large quantity of Motorola RTs of a slightly newer age - perhaps mid to late 90's If you have any use for these or know anyone who would and would like to make an offer drop me a line, proceeds will go to charity, please remember these are in New Zealand.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] VHF Decibel Duplexer
I need to notch 145.16 out of my receiver. Do you think it would tune down that low? On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:25 PM, skipp025 skipp...@yahoo.com wrote: Re: VHF Decibel Duplexer I should probably buy this... or at least bid on it. But I'm making a serious effort to revive my 12 Step Junk Ender's Program participation. So I'll pass this on to one of you to hopefully take advantage of. It's a great Deal for what this is... Ebay Item Number: 150413877464 Decibel Products VHF TR Duplexer You're not restricted to using this unit as a duplexer... The circuit is two paths of notch cavities (tuned circuits) so you can get quite creative. You could also use it as a commercial vhf repeater duplexer and or a non-standard offset ham repeater duplexer. good luck, s. -- :wq Tim
[Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more
Folks I've been reading the low voltage disconnect thread with a great deal of interest. Thanks for the tips and suggestions. We're putting up a VHF repeater and two UHF link radios on a solar/wind power site.Given Alberta winters what would you folks suggest as a low voltage disconnect value to avoid the batteries freezing in winter? Which can hit -40 for a few days. Also we're thinking of having a backup power generator being a lawn mower motor hooked up to an auto style alternator and a rioughly eight or ten hour fuel tank.If the batteries get too low then we'll just attempt to get into the site, fire up that home made generator and walk away. We'll make sure it looks like a rusty piece of garbage so no one who wanders by is likely to steal it. Any comments? (Apparently the snow drifts can get quite bad so we might need to borrow a snowmobile for the last 400 yards or so.) We're thinking of putting the batteries in a chest freezer disguised by thin plywood so it just looks like a box. We're told by the site owner that a fridge looks way too much like trailer trash so disguising it with wood should work.I'm thinking we would put the charge controller in there for a little heat and the dump load in winter Are we nutz? Have I asked some stupid questions? Tony
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Unlawful in Il to Rebroadcast Public Safety Communications
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, James Delancy wrote: Then it is a federal matter and not that I am much good with this legal stuff ... but no matter where you are, it is illegal to divulge what you hear to a 3rd party ... that would include a re-broadcast via IP or radio anyway?? So with that, aren't all the scanner sites illegal? Four points: 1) No station outside of Shortwave, TV, FM, or AM services are legally authorized to broadcast. 2) The Communications Act of 1934 and The Telecommunications Act of 1996 govern this. RF is the FCC's domains, unless someone really wants to rehash States Rights during this administration. 3) The use of the internet is governed by the FCC, through the divisions the telcos use, under the name they use: Common Carrier. 4) Interference with a common carrier is a FEDERAL offense, punishable by fine and/or jail time. On the point of #4, if a police officer pulls over a legally operated and authorized semi-trailer carrying a sealed load across state lines and tells the driver to break the seal on the trailer, that officer is interfering with interstate commerce and may be be arrested by the US Marshals. My advice? Don't test this law. If you do test this law and officers show up to arrest you, immediately call the US Marshals office. Oh -- get a good lawyer, and make him a rich man. And further -- it is impossible to broadcast over the internet or IP. There are mechanisms which work similar to the common-sense concept of broadcasting, but properly designed networks do not allow such packets to traverse the networks or the edges of the networks. Multicast, which is a broadcast like IP-based system has not been deployed on large scale basis by most providers. Like 99.999% of them. And they charge good money if your packets need to be in all places at one time -- that's X amount of bandwidth taken from ALL of thier pipes that service your points of interest. It's time for a repeal of that law, and a recall election to remove that member of the legislature from office. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Tony VE6MVP wrote: Also we're thinking of having a backup power generator being a lawn mower motor hooked up to an auto style alternator and a rioughly eight or ten hour fuel tank.If the batteries get too low then we'll just attempt to get into the site, fire up that home made generator and walk away. We'll make sure it looks like a rusty piece of garbage so no one who wanders by is likely to steal it. Any comments? Generators and fuel are a lot of trouble. (Apparently the snow drifts can get quite bad so we might need to borrow a snowmobile for the last 400 yards or so.) This is when you have to ask yourself: Is it really worth the hardship to keep this repeater on the air at this site? We're thinking of putting the batteries in a chest freezer disguised by thin plywood so it just looks like a box. We're told by the site owner that a fridge looks way too much like trailer trash so disguising it with wood should work.I'm thinking we would put the charge controller in there for a little heat and the dump load in winter Are we nutz? Have I asked some stupid questions? Yes, and no. For the former, you're in good company. The freezer idea isn't new; there's one repeater up somewhere in Canada that is near a rock peak mounted in a large freezer. It, along with the repeater trustees, were flown in with a helicopter. For your situation, it might be best to use a pair of freezers, and install a hasp and padlock on them. Put the batteries in one (or both) and the repeater in the other. If you can find self-resetting circuit breakers, I would use those for the batteries, and individually protect each battery from a common bus. This way, if you develop a shorted cell in one battery, or a dead-short across several or the battery itself, the problem becomes self-isolating. Of course, you have to be able to develop enough power from the other batteries to exceed the circuit breaker's trip rating. You'd be better off using fishing batteries than lawn garden batteries. Don't forget to make a gas collection/vent system using aquarium tubing or surgical tubing. Well, if you need a gas collection system, you don't have sealed lead acid (SLA) batteries, which means you're adding electrolyte or water a few times a year. SLA is the better way to go, but you have to watch the battery temperatures to prevent damage to the batteries during the warm months or when charging on a really good power day. Damage means the battery vents, and that's no good. So you need a good charge controller, and decent diversion load. I suppose if one was really inventive and handy with some metal tools, you could make a vertical rack and suspend a large weight from it. Then attach a screw/gear lift motor from the diversion system, and have a small, regulated generator from a different gear ratio making a few watts of power. 10,000 feet of wire-rope and an old oil well -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
[Repeater-Builder] Re: VHF Decibel Duplexer
Tim Sawyer tisaw...@... wrote: I need to notch 145.16 out of my receiver. Do you think it would tune down that low? It should... but I can't promise frequency coverage that low. Consider this duplexer two very nice notches you can put in the standard VHF High Band range, each just not within a MHz or two of each other without more serious performance degradation. I've got more than one similar unit (I use these duplexers all the time) so maybe it's time to crank one down to see how low the resonators will go without physical modification. You could to all the notch networks in one path side to a specific frequency and separate the two sides of the duplexer or use them both for different tasks. There are many possible applications for these type of notch-pass duplexers. It's just that everyone wants narrow 600KHz offset packages for conventional ham repeater operation. But if you need to notch something out, it's hard to beat the deal or use it for a 152/159 commercial ham box. Another cute idea... separate the two paths within the duplexer for use on a separate tx/rx (dual) antenna repeater. The notch in the rx side (antenna lead/path) is tuned to the tx frequency and the converse for the other path. There are six very useful notch resonator networks in the box and they can be used in various combination for many things. s. skipp025 skipp...@... wrote: Re: VHF Decibel Duplexer I should probably buy this... or at least bid on it. But I'm making a serious effort to revive my 12 Step Junk Ender's Program participation. So I'll pass this on to one of you to hopefully take advantage of. It's a great Deal for what this is... Ebay Item Number: 150413877464 Decibel Products VHF TR Duplexer You're not restricted to using this unit as a duplexer... The circuit is two paths of notch cavities (tuned circuits) so you can get quite creative. You could also use it as a commercial vhf repeater duplexer and or a non-standard offset ham repeater duplexer. good luck, s. -- :wq Tim
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Low voltage disconnect in Alberta winters and more
Hi Tony, Tony VE6MVP t...@... wrote: Folks I've been reading the low voltage disconnect thread with a great deal of interest. Thanks for the tips and suggestions. We're putting up a VHF repeater and two UHF link radios on a solar/wind power site. The event will be quite the learning experience... Given Alberta winters what would you folks suggest as a low voltage disconnect value to avoid the batteries freezing in winter? Which can hit -40 for a few days. Are you planning to disconnect the batteries based on low voltage, (low/high) temp or both conditions? Also we're thinking of having a backup power generator being a lawn mower motor hooked up to an auto style alternator and a roughly eight or ten hour fuel tank.If the batteries get too low then we'll just attempt to get into the site, fire up that home made generator and walk away. We'll make sure it looks like a rusty piece of garbage so no one who wanders by is likely to steal it. Any comments? The Gas Genset is kind of an inconvenient popcorn fart but heck any port in a storm when you've got nothing better. You might find a... or convert the gas motor to propane, try and find an electric start engine and have a timer and or logic from the Low Voltage Disconnect fire the charger system engine up and give the batteries a charge. Propane is a lot easier to deal with... and probably safer. Otherwise you can find TEG Thermal Electric Generators on the used market and they in theory have no moving parts. There are tricks you can use to discourage vandals, which can be talked about in direct Emails if you need that type of information. (Apparently the snow drifts can get quite bad so we might need to borrow a snowmobile for the last 400 yards or so.) A set of 10 gallon propane tanks are easier to haul than the equivalent gasoline tanks... less messy to use and safer. Propane engines tend to be self priming and that's a very nice feature. We're thinking of putting the batteries in a chest freezer disguised by thin plywood so it just looks like a box. We're told by the site owner that a fridge looks way too much like trailer trash so disguising it with wood should work. I'm thinking we would put the charge controller in there for a little heat and the dump load in winter Consider some of what I call non shinny diamond plate sheet metal cover plates shot onto the freezer box properly and strongly secured both to the ground and the box with safety screws and strong security head lag nuts. Put the wood over it if you like... but protect it first. Rare is the case where you'll have to dump generated energy unless your charging system is way overkill. Otherwise, use the load dump to heat the box or building. Are we nutz? Have I asked some stupid questions? Tony (history or the world...) It's spelled nvts. Your questions are valid and Kris had some good ideas in his post. cheers, s.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio Parts available in NZ
How many Tait T800 bins do you have? Are these Maritime NZ 25 KHz VHF with UHF I Band T855/856 links? Series 1 or Series 2 Cheers, Gareth - Original Message - From: DeanP To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 3:53 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Radio Parts available in NZ Hi Folks, I was wondering if there is any interest in some radio kit that I am removing here in New Zealand. My apologies first of all, I'm not a radio ham or enthusiast I just happen to be running a project where we are removing A LOT of kit. I feel that its criminal to scrap it when there are people who may have an interest in it, considering some items are near new and cost over $1000 per unit to make scrapping it is my last option. I have the following available, items were working when removed. Tait - T838-10 PA Tait - 837-20 Exciter Tait - 835-20 Reciever Tait - 855-10 Reciever Tait - 856-10 Transmitter Tait - Duplexer Tait - 359-02 Speaker Panel Chassis and PSU I also have 100+ duplexers for 158-161? which I believe is somewhere in the middle of the NZ marine band? I also have a large quantity of Tait 489D radios, these are in pairs to work with the duplexers and also a large quantity of Motorola RTs of a slightly newer age - perhaps mid to late 90's If you have any use for these or know anyone who would and would like to make an offer drop me a line, proceeds will go to charity, please remember these are in New Zealand.
