[Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S Problems
Appreciate the information. I will dig the scope out and have a look at all three voltage rails. I have not had a chance to try the password yet. I totally agree that having a service manual will be necessary to most likely fix this thing properly. I at least have a Motorola 2600 service monitor to check the performance and calibration of the 1600S with. I have been looking for a service manual with no luck so far. Seems like 1600S information and support is pretty thin as compared to other models. Thanks, Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, DCFluX dcf...@... wrote: Dont know for sure on the 1600, but for future reference the calibration password on the IFR-1900CSA is CSMATE which will have to be input from the keypad with the shift engaged. Apparently it is written in the service manual, which I don't have. With that said you should probably stay out of there without a service manual and another test set of known calibration. I'd suspect the caps getting weak in a negative voltage generator, look for a ICL-7660 or MAX1044. Or I'd try replacing the audio amplifier. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:25 PM, burkleoj joeburk...@... wrote: My IFR 1600S is giving me a couple problems. One is it appears to have some high frequency noise in the received audio, but the generated signal and audio looks and sounds clean. I am thinking maybe some caps in the power supply might be causing this problem. I have the three inch thick operators manual, but does anyone have a service manual for one of these beasts. I tried to run the calibration from the aux menu but I can not seem to find a password that the operators manual makes reference of. Any help or ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks, Joe - WA7JAW I tried Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S
Hello group, I will try to have this document and I will save it on my system. Thank you Gary for your help ! Eric VE2VXT /VE7 _ De : Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] De la part de Gary Hoff Envoyé : 30 août 2009 21:12 À : Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Objet : Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S I sent it to Mike WA6ILQ for posting on the Repeater Builder Site, It's a really big file, youcan get it there when he gets it posted. I couldn't find it again on the internet but had a copy on my system. Gary shibukiau wrote: Thanks for the comments Gary -- much appreciated!! Could you send me the link for the operators manual?? I don't have any info on the unit so I'm sort of flying blind trying to run this unit!! Thanks again for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ --- In Repeater-Builder@ mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com, Gary Hoff k7ney...@... wrote: I have a 1600S, have had it now for about 3 years. No trouble at all. I Love it.. The operators manual is available on the net in a PDF, however I got mine from the company I purchased the Monitor from in printed form. It's several hundred pages. Gary - K7NEY shibukiau wrote: I have a chance to acquire an IFR 1600S and would like some users reports on their experience relative to the instruments performance and reliability to help me make my decision! Are manuals available somewhere for these units other than from IFR?? Thanks for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S
The IFR1600S operators manual is up at www.repeater-builder.com along with a couple of relevant applications notes from Agilent that a ham from NASA/JPL sent me. Click on Test Equipment and then on Aeroflex / IFR. As long as I am discussing IFR, it would really help others if people would look around and see what they have that others might need. Or what they can give. Gary had no problems with donating something that he had that others needed (the 1600 manual). Have you done any mods or repairs to your IFR (or any other piece of gear for that matter) that someone might be interested in? Can you shoot a photo and describe it in an email? That's how repeater-builder articles get started. As far as photos, go, we're missing front and rear exterior photos of an IFR1000, 1100, 1200, 1600, and a COM120B. We have interior photos of an IFR500 courtesy of a gentleman in Australia, and we'd love to have interior photos of the rest of them. If you have the skin off your service monitor for any reason, how hard is it to shoot a half-dozen photos and email them to us? We've got a 100gb allocation on the web server and we aren't even using 10% of it. Mike WA6ILQ At 09:11 PM 08/30/09, you wrote: I sent it to Mike WA6ILQ for posting on the Repeater Builder Site, It's a really big file, you can get it there when he gets it posted. I couldn't find it again on the internet but had a copy on my system. Gary shibukiau wrote: Thanks for the comments Gary -- much appreciated!! Could you send me the link for the operators manual?? I don't have any info on the unit so I'm sort of flying blind trying to run this unit!! Thanks again for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com, Gary Hoff k7ney...@... wrote: I have a 1600S, have had it now for about 3 years. No trouble at all. I Love it.. The operators manual is available on the net in a PDF, however I got mine from the company I purchased the Monitor from in printed form. It's several hundred pages. Gary - K7NEY shibukiau wrote: I have a chance to acquire an IFR 1600S and would like some users reports on their experience relative to the instruments performance and reliability to help me make my decision! Are manuals available somewhere for these units other than from IFR?? Thanks for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S
THANK YOU from VE2VXT /VE7 in British Columbia. 73 Eric _ De : Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] De la part de Mike Morris WA6ILQ Envoyé : 30 août 2009 23:19 À : Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Objet : Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S The IFR1600S operators manual is up at www.repeater-builder.com along with a couple of relevant applications notes from Agilent that a ham from NASA/JPL sent me. Click on Test Equipment and then on Aeroflex / IFR. As long as I am discussing IFR, it would really help others if people would look around and see what they have that others might need. Or what they can give. Gary had no problems with donating something that he had that others needed (the 1600 manual). Have you done any mods or repairs to your IFR (or any other piece of gear for that matter) that someone might be interested in? Can you shoot a photo and describe it in an email? That's how repeater-builder articles get started. As far as photos, go, we're missing front and rear exterior photos of an IFR1000, 1100, 1200, 1600, and a COM120B. We have interior photos of an IFR500 courtesy of a gentleman in Australia, and we'd love to have interior photos of the rest of them. If you have the skin off your service monitor for any reason, how hard is it to shoot a half-dozen photos and email them to us? We've got a 100gb allocation on the web server and we aren't even using 10% of it. Mike WA6ILQ At 09:11 PM 08/30/09, you wrote: I sent it to Mike WA6ILQ for posting on the Repeater Builder Site, It's a really big file, you can get it there when he gets it posted. I couldn't find it again on the internet but had a copy on my system. Gary shibukiau wrote: Thanks for the comments Gary -- much appreciated!! Could you send me the link for the operators manual?? I don't have any info on the unit so I'm sort of flying blind trying to run this unit!! Thanks again for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ --- In Repeater-Builder@ mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com, Gary Hoff k7ney...@... wrote: I have a 1600S, have had it now for about 3 years. No trouble at all. I Love it.. The operators manual is available on the net in a PDF, however I got mine from the company I purchased the Monitor from in printed form. It's several hundred pages. Gary - K7NEY shibukiau wrote: I have a chance to acquire an IFR 1600S and would like some users reports on their experience relative to the instruments performance and reliability to help me make my decision! Are manuals available somewhere for these units other than from IFR?? Thanks for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ Yahoo! Groups Links
[Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S
Thanks again Gary --- I got the manual off the Repeater Builder site and started to read through it -- looks like I'll be at it for quite a while!!! Thanks to you, Mike, for the posting and the excellent Repeater site and everyone else who have shared their experiences with me!! Great bunch of folks here!! Cheers! Lloyd VE3ERQ/VK4ERQ --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Gary Hoff k7ney...@... wrote: I sent it to Mike WA6ILQ for posting on the Repeater Builder Site, It's a really big file, youcan get it there when he gets it posted. I couldn't find it again on the internet but had a copy on my system. Gary shibukiau wrote: Thanks for the comments Gary -- much appreciated!! Could you send me the link for the operators manual?? I don't have any info on the unit so I'm sort of flying blind trying to run this unit!! Thanks again for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com, Gary Hoff k7ney123@ wrote: I have a 1600S, have had it now for about 3 years. No trouble at all. I Love it.. The operators manual is available on the net in a PDF, however I got mine from the company I purchased the Monitor from in printed form. It's several hundred pages. Gary - K7NEY shibukiau wrote: I have a chance to acquire an IFR 1600S and would like some users reports on their experience relative to the instruments performance and reliability to help me make my decision! Are manuals available somewhere for these units other than from IFR?? Thanks for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ
[Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S
Thanks for the comments Gary -- much appreciated!! Could you send me the link for the operators manual?? I don't have any info on the unit so I'm sort of flying blind trying to run this unit!! Thanks again for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Gary Hoff k7ney...@... wrote: I have a 1600S, have had it now for about 3 years. No trouble at all. I Love it.. The operators manual is available on the net in a PDF, however I got mine from the company I purchased the Monitor from in printed form. It's several hundred pages. Gary - K7NEY shibukiau wrote: I have a chance to acquire an IFR 1600S and would like some users reports on their experience relative to the instruments performance and reliability to help me make my decision! Are manuals available somewhere for these units other than from IFR?? Thanks for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S
I sent it to Mike WA6ILQ for posting on the Repeater Builder Site, It's a really big file, youcan get it there when he gets it posted. I couldn't find it again on the internet but had a copy on my system. Gary shibukiau wrote: Thanks for the comments Gary -- much appreciated!! Could you send me the link for the operators manual?? I don't have any info on the unit so I'm sort of flying blind trying to run this unit!! Thanks again for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com, Gary Hoff k7ney...@... wrote: I have a 1600S, have had it now for about 3 years. No trouble at all. I Love it.. The operators manual is available on the net in a PDF, however I got mine from the company I purchased the Monitor from in printed form. It's several hundred pages. Gary - K7NEY shibukiau wrote: I have a chance to acquire an IFR 1600S and would like some users reports on their experience relative to the instruments performance and reliability to help me make my decision! Are manuals available somewhere for these units other than from IFR?? Thanks for your help!! Lloyd VE3ERQ
[Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600s
When I was working, the company I worked for used Cardinal. They always did good work and quite reasonable. That's who I'd use. Tom --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Joel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Group Hope you'all may be able to help,my IFR 16006 is due for calibration but still passes all self test.The problem is in the trackin generator when tuning duplexer's it has three settings for the tracking gen, low, medium and high,I thought it was only susposed to just change the scan rate but it will show at different positions in low, medium and highmaybe you 1600s owners may be able to clue me in on whats going on.I am also going to send it to Cardinal Electronics for calibration,any coments on them and some recomendations where to send it to,Areoflex is very expensive so trying to save a few dollars. Joel
[Repeater-Builder] Re: IFR 1600S service monitors fs
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, johnmichaelwelton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just want to pass along for those looking for a nice service monitor, TekNet has several IFR 1600S ... _ I can recommend them as well. I bought an Anritsu instrument from Teknet a while back. It was in good condition and they seem like swell folks to deal with. That IFR1600 is a steal at that price - enjoy your new toy! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
