[Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1000s
Jim, Try this guy, Kurt Gruber. kurtgru...@yahoo.com He works on IFRs. Ken WA6OSB --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, George C geo...@... wrote: That's the smaller series 6 pin, S406, the IFR used the larger one with locating pin. G --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Camilo So socamilo@ wrote: There is one on EBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Cinch-Jones-S406-CCT-Heavy-Duty-Connector-/150405952853?cmd=ViewItempt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item2304e4b555 73 de W4CSO - Original Message - From: George C To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:14 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1000s That's a Cinch-Jones S2406 connector. Pretty rare. Surplus sales doesn't have them... Six pin. GeorgeC --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, lawsign_us lawsign_us@ wrote: Can anyone help me obtain a power cord or the pin for one for the IFR 1000s Thanks Jim E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14850 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14850 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/
[Repeater-Builder] Re: West Coast Electronics
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, skipp025 skipp...@... wrote: hybridfan wa6osb@ wrote: OK, since we've activated the Wy Back Machine again, does anyone remember the VHF high band West Coast Electronics remote mount mobiles? I'm still looking for photos of the radio, especially an interior picture and control head. These were built in Los Angeles, used an 832A in the final and had silver plated tuned lines in the receiver rf stages. I know San Diego Yellow Cab used them in the early 60's. That's how we got our FM start down here. The model was MFM 15-150B. Ken No good deed should go unpunished... I asked Geoff who operates a very nice CHP History web page at: http://www.wb6nvh.com/ ... and he replied with the following. [pasted text] West Coast Electronics was a division of, or somehow hooked up with, Mobile Communications Company of Los Angeles. It is my understanding that they were wholly owned by Yellow Cab and existed from only about 1949-54, more or less. Apparently Yellow Cab did not like paying the prices Motorola and GE were asking for their gear. They never branched out to public sales, as far as I can tell, as no one has seen an example with ownership documentation other than a Yellow Cab franchise somewhere. They made at least two mobile radios, a two-piece and a one-piece set. Dynamotor powered. Quite a bit smaller than Motorola, and cheaper in design. As Ken says, they used an 832 in the PA, probably because 832's were available on the war surplus market for about fifty cents at the time. The control head, at least the one I saw on an old Superman serial (!) was just a square box with pilot lamps and a volume control, with a Western Electric F3 handset hanging across the lower portion. I have an example of the transmitter from a two piece set and can send you photos when I find what I did with them. They are probably in my computer at home. In a true comment of what it is often like working in an independent mobile shop, my transmitter, tagged with Yellow Cab of Salinas, California had a yellowed scrap of paper wadded up and crammed inside the crystal oven. Written in pencil, the note on it says: Unable to warp back on frequency. He made me use it anyway. [end of pasted text] cheers, skipp Thanks for the additional info Skipp. The ones we had were the single piece R/T unit. Vibrator supply and 15 watts RF output. I think the dynamotor versions were 25 watts. I have the manual for them, but no pix. It does have the pictorial layout of the transmitter and receiver strips though. No mention is made of Yellow cab in the manual. Date on the schematic is Dec 1950. WCE's address was 1601 South Burlington Ave. Los Angeles 6, California. I guess Yellow Cab had them in service for quite a while, as I believe they were changing them out in the 1962-1963 time frame. We got 'em for $20 each at the time and gave us a start in FM in S.D. Ken
[Repeater-Builder] West Coast Electronics (was Key Collection)
OK, since we've activated the Wy Back Machine again, does anyone remember the VHF high band West Coast Electronics remote mount mobiles? I'm still looking for photos of the radio, especially an interior picture and control head. These were built in Los Angeles, used an 832A in the final and had silver plated tuned lines in the receiver rf stages. I know San Diego Yellow Cab used them in the early 60's. That's how we got our FM start down here. The model was MFM 15-150B. Ken --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Custer kug...@... wrote: skipp025 wrote: Oh yeah..? Got an Allen B. Dumont, (Fred) Link key in that collection? My father had a Link FM transmitter on VHF - used a pair of 2E26's in the final. It was paired with a receiver, but I don't recall what it was. The receiver would get so hot it would burn up the tube sockets. Both were in a small Link cabinet, but the door wasn't lockable, as I remember. We did have a small/unstable DuMont oscilloscope - it sure wasn't a Tektronix. Kevin
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Information needed on Norcomm NC 401 ctcs encoder-decoder
I bought an NC 401 from them last year. You can find their manuals on the website. If you need assistance, the tech guy is very helpful. Ken --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Steve Passmore k6...@... wrote: Norcomm's web site is http://www.norcommcorp.com As far as I can tell they are still independently owned. Steve On 1/24/2010 15:21, Wayne wrote: From the web sight it looks like Norcomm turned in to Selectone which turned into Comm. Spec. This product is not listed on their sight. If anyone has information on this encoder- decoder I would appreciate hearing from you. The unit looks similiar to the Comm. Spec. TS-64 but the pin out is deferent. Wayne, WA5LUY Yahoo! Groups Links
[Repeater-Builder] Re: FS: 1960's Vintage FM magazines
I have a number of those magazines also. I used to contribute information about FM activities in San Diego County to FM Magazine. I'm working on a history of early amateur FM in the San Diego area (when I get time). Those old magazines help jog the old memory. Ken Decker WA6OSB --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ wa6...@... wrote: As I keep posting, we have a 100gb server allocation, and are using less than 10% of it (9.82 gb to be precise). If anybody wants to scan stuff, and send me PDFs, I'll create a new directory on repeater-builder and post them. Mike WA6ILQ At 02:32 PM 11/14/09 -0800, you wrote: I have only a very few of the old RPT and FM magazines, but they were sure interesting reading when we were first getting started in FM and Repeaters. What a great resource they would be if they were scanned and available on-line somewhere! -Original Message- From: sjotrollet Sent: Nov 14, 2009 9:36 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] FS: 1960's Vintage FM magazines Following items from an estate. SK was deep into VHF/UHF and had 2 repeaters (2m 220). Retired PD radio tech. Total volume about a whiskey box and can be sent by media mail. Price $25 plus postage. No extra charge for packing. FM Magazine 81 copies of FM Magazine. From mid to late 1960's. Same format at the old 73 magazines. Some duplicates. Good condition FM Bulletin 52 copies of FM Bulletin magazine. From mid to late 1960's. Some duplicates. good condition. 73 Walt (N4GL)
[Repeater-Builder] WTB: Icom Touch Tone Mic
Hi, I'm looking for an Icom T.T. mic, model HM-100T or HM-152T. Must be in good useable condition. Used OK, reasonable new preferred. You can email direct to wa6osb (at) cox (dot) net Thanks, Ken WA6OSB
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Radios for easy VHF 29 to 54 MHz Low Band operation Repeater Projects
Motorola Syntor X 9000. 29-54 MHz near bullet proof. One of the best radios Moto ever made. Ken --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Dean Endicott dean.endic...@... wrote: I have 1 or 2 of the Delta's left. I retuned some and then was able to program the chip in the 990 control head using the GE suitcase programmer. When you enter a freq on the suitcase programmer, you need to hit Insert instead of Enter. The Delta were really easy to retune without any modifications and output was 90-105 watts on a 110 watt radio. It seems that all the GE radios are easier to convert out of band. Dean. --- On Fri, 1/30/09, skipp025 skipp...@... wrote: From: skipp025 skipp...@... Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Radios for easy VHF 29 to 54 MHz Low Band operation Repeater Projects To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 11:39 AM Re: Radios for easy VHF 29 to 54 MHz Low Band operation Repeater Projects Dean Endicott dean.endicott@ ... wrote: How about a GE delta low band. There programmable with 128 channels w/990 control head. 90- 100 watts and they tune fairly easy, no modifications. Dean. Hi Dean, Another great radio for the low band cause... In the realistic space of the original post it was hard to include more than a small number mention of the many popular low band radios. Alinco programmable radios GE Delta - Programmable GE MVP - Crystal GE Master II - Crystal GE Master Pro GE Ranger Other GE Radio Models Kenwood tk-6110 mobile and tk-190 portables, which program onto the ham bands without hardware modifications. Midland Syntech, XTR and newer series of programmable radios (an easily found programmable lb radio). One of my choice easy to do radios for ham projects. Motorola Mitrek/Motrek - Crystal Motorola Maxar/Moxy - Crystal Motorola Maratrac/Maxtrac/ Radius - Programmable Neutec - programmable Older RCA radios long out of production. Uniden radios - Crystal and Programmable Vertex/Standard - FLT-1011 and similar programmable radios. Relatively easy to find on Ebay and similar to the Motorola Maxtrac/Radius Radios in physical size. And this list will surely grow as others chime in... cheers, s.
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater controller to be used with MSF5000
Well, I'm cheap and lazy also. On the front of the control panel is a center off Access Disable switch, SW801 sp3t (on-off-mom). I took a shielded wire, soldered the shield to the center contact and the center to the on contact, i.e., the ACC DIS position. I ran the wire to a friends UHF controller with a spare latching relay. Connected to the N.O. contacts on the relay. Done! One code latches the relay disabling the MSF5000, another unlatches it. P.S. I do plan on putting my own control receiver and DTMF board on line eventually. Have fun! Ken --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Bob M. msf5kg...@... wrote: Not only am I cheap, I'm lazy. Building something takes time. I was mainly interested in a product I could buy that just needed power, incoming audio, and a set of dry contacts that could be stuck inside the MSF5000 cabinet and be ready to use in a matter of minutes. The DTMF decoder in the MaxTrac also needs to be programmed, and it uses different software than what would be needed for the MSF5000, of course. Once this is installed, I don't want to be the one they call every time they want to change something. Bob M. == --- On Tue, 1/13/09, nj902 wb0...@... wrote: From: nj902 wb0...@... Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater controller to be used with MSF5000 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 4:33 PM --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Bob M. msf5kguru@ wrote: I believe the Motorola DTMF decoder resides in an expansion chassis. ... As you said, both are rare and none of the stations I need to control have an expansion chassis. ... The other suggestions, while innovative, don't seem to decode DTMF, which is what I want to use to control the repeaters. ... -- -- Expansion chassis aren't really all that hard to find, I have gotten several off that e auction site, as a matter of fact there is a current listing of two for $40 buy-it-now. As regards DTMF, the Maxtrac does a fine job of decoding DTMF as I said in my original response: ...to have the Maxtrac decode DTMF you need a small option board or you need to duplicate that circuit on a perf board. ... That option board is available from Motorola parts for $64.60 ready to go, but knowing that hams are cheap, as an alternative I suggested a DIY version on perf board - it's pretty simple - it consists of 2 IC's, a 145436 decoder chip and a 4021 CMOS shift register plus a 3.58 crystal and a few resistors caps.
