Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: SEA ESP1000

2005-05-05 Thread DCFluX
What is the difference in the formats? Pilot tone? It looks like the SEA repeater is based on two mobile radios, so the chip I am working on should be compatible with most of their equipment, as long as it uses the MC145158 synthesizer. I saw a repeater on there with a dutch auction, but I belie

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Looking for Microwave Associates 7R011T Isolator Tuning Procedure

2005-05-05 Thread Steve Rodgers
What power levels have you seen the drift issue at? I'm not going to run more than 30W into these units. On Thursday 05 May 2005 19:22, skipp025 wrote: > You will notice the MA UHF Isolators drift > with heat a lot more than largers current > dual port products. > > Instrument tuning is not the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: SEA ESP1000

2005-05-05 Thread skipp025
Pay attention to what you buy. The 220 stuff is found under SEA, Intek, Securico, Midland and LMR "Linear Modulation" brand names. Again there are two ACSB formats in use and they do not talk to each other. I know of a group of "people" running around with surplus ACSB units on simplex/tal

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Looking for Microwave Associates 7R011T Isolator Tuning Procedure

2005-05-05 Thread skipp025
You will notice the MA UHF Isolators drift with heat a lot more than largers current dual port products. Instrument tuning is not the best option, except maybe to get it in the ball park. They are tuned just like dual port telewave types. Never trusting one specific method, I use both the t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: SEA ESP1000

2005-05-05 Thread DCFluX
Anyone have an extra one of these repeaters they are willing to sacrafice for experimentation purposes? Seeing as 4K00J3E is an aceptable emission in the ham bands it has been decided to leave the modulation type the same (ACSSB). This would allow use of the surplus HT and mobile radios currently

[Repeater-Builder] Looking for Microwave Associates 7R011T Isolator Tuning Procedure

2005-05-05 Thread Steve Rodgers
Does anyone have a tuning procedure they could share for the Microwave Associates 7R011T dual-stage UHF Isolator? I have 2 of these tuned on 454 and 462MHz. I've never attempted to tune isolators so any tips would be useful. Can these be tuned with a tracking generator/spectrum analyzer? Steve

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GE Datafile Bulletin 1000-6 & Appendix A

2005-05-05 Thread Kevin Custer
I have uploaded it to the site, but no link from the index yet.  Mike will add the link when he can, but until then, go here directly for the file: Thanks to all involved in getting this to my site so quickly. Kevin Mike Perryman wrote: Duane, et all... I just emailed a copy

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Converting Use of Duplexer from SingleAntenna to Split Antenna?

2005-05-05 Thread Mark Holman
Say Kevin; The hard line in question that you have for a single antenna ok you also have a duplexer, now you remove the 2 items and use the same line for one antenna no problem correct ? My guess is that the conduit is probably making contact at some point; just as a loose pa

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on 50MHz repeater

2005-05-05 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
Matt The low band equipment that has noise blankers receive on a nearby frequency and use the impulse noise that it sees to reduce the noise on the channel if interest. They invert the signal from the nearbuy frequency and apply it to the channel of interest. This would apply to broadband noise

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on 50MHz repeater

2005-05-05 Thread Dave VanHorn
> >Has anyone ever used one of the MFJ-1025 noise cancelling type devices in >their receive path to get rid of this type of noise? How do you invert the phase of noise? The only way such a device can actually work, is to pick up the signal on it's antenna, invert the phase, and add it at the sa

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on 50MHz repeater

2005-05-05 Thread JOHN MACKEY
My experience is that you have to remove the generation of the noise rather than attempt to make noise canceling devices work. What have others found? -- Original Message -- Received: Thu, 05 May 2005 04:42:15 PM CDT From: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Noise

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on 50MHz repeater

2005-05-05 Thread Brent
are you sure that the noise is entering thru the antenna and or feedline? oh wait you said other buildings so I imagine it is.. ok have you tried a pass cavity to narrow the front end some more? I have not used one of those mfj units but a friend has and he was happy but not to happy with it's per

[Repeater-Builder] Noise on 50MHz repeater

2005-05-05 Thread Matt
My 50MHz repeater is troubled by a high noise level on the site its operating from - my noise floor is around -100dBm!! The source of the noise is all the digital equipment in the other buildings on the site. I have approached the owners of this equipment to try to get them to screen their cabl

[Repeater-Builder] (OT) Free Lunch

2005-05-05 Thread rs . gilmore
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[Repeater-Builder] Re: SEA ESP1000

2005-05-05 Thread skipp025
The conversion to FM or a change to the Amateur Range is not practical. They are ACSB repeaters and there are 2 types... depending on who's format you have. Using ACSB is anoter story... It works just killer with a 20 watt radio going many times the distance a similar power FM signal. The r

[Repeater-Builder] Re: voting receivers with simulcast transmitters

2005-05-05 Thread edctexas
Typically older systems had high stability ovenized oscillators (0.001ppm at VHF or slightly better at uhf). The newer systems are synthesized and locked via the 1ppm pulse from a GPS. This allows something like 0.1ppm while three satellites are in view of the GPS RX. Most systems are co

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GE Datafile Bulletin 1000-6 & Appendix A

2005-05-05 Thread Mike Perryman
Duane, et all... I just emailed a copy (pdf) of technote 1000-6 to yourself, Mike (WA6ILQ) and Kevin (W3KKC).  If it fails to arrive, please let me know...  file is 7.383Mb..   Mike  -   Mike Perryman   

[Repeater-Builder] Re: simulcast transmitters

2005-05-05 Thread Al Wolfe
Back in the 1970's several of the European broadcasters experimented with simulcasting with multiple transmitters on the same frequency. It seems to me that they settled on 50 htz for an offset (carrier frequency difference) between adjacent transmitters. This is low enough to not be a pr