Re: [Repeater-Builder] dtmf encoder - decoder chip number

2007-04-10 Thread Nate Duehr
On 4/9/07, Ken Arck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:27 AM 4/9/2007, you wrote: > > >Hello, for DTMF IC you can find Clare M-8870 or Teltone M-8870. I believe the original company to make all of these was Mitel. Clare and Teltone were repackagers, I believe. Thus the "M". >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Moto Pulsar 120

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
nj902 wrote: > The Pulsar mobile phone is not a 1969 product, they were produced from > the late 1970's through the 1980's. > That would be a Pulsar II. The first Pulsar goes back to the late 60's, and was made out of componentry from...I think a Mocom-30 or 35. The one you're thinking of was

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Midland WR-100 Weather Receiver w/S.A.M.E. Decoder Interface "HOWTO"

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
> --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "crackedofn0de" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I just interfaced one of these to an Arcom RC210 controller for >> automatic announcement and broadcast of NOAA warnings in my county. > If >> you're interested, see below URL for a photo with the hookup p

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Tuning duplexers with sweep generator?

2007-04-10 Thread w6nct
Hi "skipp025"; Thanks for the input and comment. You are actually coming in mid-thread; but I'll try to catch you up. Unfortunately, some of the information exchange has been off-list; so I appologize for the loose-ends it left in the group's message thread(s). I do have some of the other supp

Re: [Repeater-Builder] IWCE 6KHz Audio

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
skipp025 wrote: > Re: 2007 IWCE Las Vegas > > So the big thing/buzz at the IWCE Las Vegas Convention is narrow > bandwidth digital uhf radios. > > Both Motorola and Icom are trying to drive narrow bandwidth hype... > both having working 6KHz radios demos. > > Nice idea until you pick up a p

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Tuning duplexers with sweep generator?

2007-04-10 Thread skipp025
A quick reply... > "w6nct" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am setting up my duplexer using four Phelps-Dodge cavities (all > in series for Rx), and two Cell-wave cavities (in series for Tx). > All of these are individual, cylindrical, PASS-REJECT cavities. Are the 5 or 8 inch... or some other

[Repeater-Builder] Re: IWCE 6KHz Audio

2007-04-10 Thread skipp025
Hi Jim, Through the years I've spent a lot of money on guitar effect pedals that don't flange nearly as well as a new narrow-band digital radio. Plus the time delay drives me crazy... :-) s. > "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So it sounds like a Nextel phone then? > ;cD > -- > Jim B

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Heath HW-24 Question

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jim, you may be my last hope. I have an HW-24 talkie and need to change > the encode/decode tone frequency. Most functions are pretty straight > forward, but for the life of me I can't remember how to set the tone > frequency. > > If you could enlighten me, I would su

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Heath HW-24 Question

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
Mike Morris wrote: > Would either of you two would like to contribute the info to the > Standard page at www.repeater-builder.com ??? What would you want, Mike? About all I have is the basic op's, pretty much available anywhere I would think. And not very repeater-related... -- Jim Barbour WD8CH

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: IWCE 6KHz Audio

2007-04-10 Thread DCFluX
I thought we came to the conclusion that digital radio (D-Star or otherwise) sucks? On 4/10/07, skipp025 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Through the years I've spent a lot of money on guitar effect > pedals that don't flange nearly as well as a new narrow-band > digital radio. Plus the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Midland 70-0375c Questions

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
achowalogen457 wrote: > Gretings, > > I may be showing my inexperience, but has anyone ever used the Midland > 70-0375c radios to build a repeater. I seem to find this model radio > fairly common and it can be tuned to the 6m band. I'm just not sure > that it would be a good choice for a repe

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MSR2000 UHF REPEATER PL TONE

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
Doug wrote: > I have just about completed setting up the MSR2000 as per the > article by K4HAL and WA6ILQ > and it appears to work just great. I have to interface it to the 7k > and Doug Hall interface and > it will be ready to go. All the cabling is done. The only option > cards left in a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Moto Pulsar 120

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
> That would be a Pulsar II. The first Pulsar goes back to the late 60's, > and was made out of componentry from...I think a Mocom-30 or 35. The one > you're thinking of was built from a Mocom-70, and the early version of > that, plus the first one were not synthesized, but "crystal-plex"-two or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Multiple Emails

2007-04-10 Thread Jim B.
I like how so many people did such a great job of exacerbating the problem exponentially by continuing to post instead of shutting up until the problem was fixed. Almost as bad as the people who hear the repeater go into battery backup, and spend an hour or two talking about it instead of shutt

[Repeater-Builder] Re: MSR2000 UHF REPEATER PL TONE

2007-04-10 Thread skipp025
However,(I just like writing "however,") The PL-Disable switch is probably wired for local speaker audio. To force tx ctccs off would require additional work. Don't know if the mentioned mod will allow you to toggle rx ctcss on/off as the mod I describe does. With the mentioned mod you

[Repeater-Builder] Re: IWCE 6KHz Audio

2007-04-10 Thread skipp025
Not really... I had one of the proto D-Star Systems up a few years back and it works really well for what it is. I'm just not going to talk through it much. The internet worked pretty well through it ... We also tried the radios in analog and digital modes. Sure the analog mode is a bit wide

[Repeater-Builder] Looking for a 440 UHF Commercial Antenna

2007-04-10 Thread Paul Metzger
Hello All, I am looking to acquire a Commercially made vertical which was designed for use within the 440-447 range. In the neighborhood of 6-15 feet long. If any of you have one and would like to sell it, please reply. Thanks ! Paul Metzger K6EH

[Repeater-Builder] IC-F121 horn line (COS line) voltage / current limitations

2007-04-10 Thread Sean Smith
Hi there I'm puting together a repeater package for our local ham group and run into a bit of a snag the IC-F121 radios external COS signal is active low but only floats around 0.9 volts the controller I've got to work with is a Crayfield CD-3P controller and it doesn't reconize the signal sinc