Re: [Repeater-Builder] Problem with fan noise in power line.

2007-04-17 Thread DCFluX
I would suggest you try a 100uH inductor and as well as a 1000uF capacitor as an L/C filter. You may need 2 sets in series depending on how bad the noise is. On 4/17/07, Doug Hutchison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a system comprising 4m simplex link and 2m repeater running from same PSU.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rethinking the Possible poll question

2007-04-17 Thread Bob Linda Smith
Jim, Right now we have a very good relationship with the building owner and the transmitter in there. Our space rent is very nominal and I want to keep it that way. I thinking of trying to hang a rack on the wall that will give us VHF and UHF in the same cabinet, if possible. Our system is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Opening Salvo Poor Mans Repeater Project

2007-04-17 Thread Paul M Schmitter
I'm sorry. I should have been more clear on my first post. This repeater was being built for GMRS NOT FRS. The FRS radio I was using has a trim cap on the crystal for the PLL allowing it to be tuned to the GMRS frequencies. This radio is for receive only. The PTT button has been removed. It has

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Poor Mans Repeater - Receiver

2007-04-17 Thread George Henry
- Original Message - From: skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:33 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Poor Mans Repeater - Receiver Voice ID would be legal. If the regs read the same for the repeater... the legal ID is

[Repeater-Builder] Re:Label makers

2007-04-17 Thread Cam Bremner
Kroy makes a compact labeler that prints on heat-shrink tubing. I also use Brother P-Touch labels under clear heat-shrink. Actually, almost anything under clear heat-shrink works. I've had mixed results with the 'self-laminating' kinds. Unless you use a stable ink (NOT sharpie), they tend to bleed

[Repeater-Builder] Yaesu FT4700H for cross band repeater operation.

2007-04-17 Thread Deepan N
Hi, any one help me with conversion details for the yaesu FT-4000H for cross band repeater operating mode. regards deepan Vu2 dpn _ Palate teasers: Straight from Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor

[Repeater-Builder] Thanks for the info

2007-04-17 Thread Bob Linda Smith
Thanks Nate, I've put your email in the special folder on our repeater.. I remember when I was with the Phone Co., we did just what you are suggesting.. Wrote it all down, twice or three times, that was before digital photos of course.. 73, Bob Smith WB6ODR, Prescott, AZ - Original

[Repeater-Builder] Problem with fan noise in power line.

2007-04-17 Thread Doug Hutchison
Have a system comprising 4m simplex link and 2m repeater running from same PSU. Tried using a brushless fan to boost cooling but when running and connected on the same PSU as the RF kit, the noise generated on 4m TX audio (not 2m), a very loud buzz, is incredible. Obviously the inverter noise

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Thanks for the info

2007-04-17 Thread Mike Perryman
Our Micro is on 2 meters and has a 70 cm receiver in the cabinet who's frequency I don't know. Need to find that out!! ^ control receiver maybe??? just a thought... 73 Mike Perryman www.k5jmp.us -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Repeater-Builder] New file uploaded to Repeater-Builder

2007-04-17 Thread Bob Dengler
At 4/16/2007 10:00 PM, you wrote: Good thinking Bob, I will look in to it. Do you have a schematic or the model number of the squelch you were working with? No schematic handy here. It was the stock squelch circuit in a mid-80's vintage Hamtronics R144 or whatever repeater grade RX they were

Re: [Repeater-Builder] New file uploaded to Repeater-Builder

2007-04-17 Thread DCFluX
No schematic handy here. It was the stock squelch circuit in a mid-80's vintage Hamtronics R144 or whatever repeater grade RX they were selling at the time. The noise filter was a simple 2-pole BPF with a very high Q. The op amp they used was the dedicated op amp within the MC3357 or

[Repeater-Builder] mc-3357 mc-3359 squelch circuit

2007-04-17 Thread skipp025
Re: mc-3357 mc-3359 squelch circuit Many receivers used the two mentioned chips... in both commericial, Amateur Radio and classic scanner circuits. I've seen both part numbers converted to tk numbers in Yaesu and Uniden Radios. There are a number of working squelch circuits using the back

Re: [Repeater-Builder] mc-3357 mc-3359 squelch circui

2007-04-17 Thread DCFluX
Many receivers used the two mentioned chips... in both commericial, Amateur Radio and classic scanner circuits. I've seen both part numbers converted to tk numbers in Yaesu and Uniden Radios. I wanted to do a receiver based on the SA-604 and an external squelch circuit, but it is still on the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] mc-3357 mc-3359 squelch circui

2007-04-17 Thread Nate Duehr
On 4/17/07, DCFluX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If cheap is the goal why not just convert a MASTR-II or a Micor? The last 2 Micors I got were free and I paid $20 each for some Custom MVPs. Pretty cheap. I'd prefere designing something from the ground up vs. just converting something into the ham

[Repeater-Builder] Re: mc-3357 mc-3359 squelch circuit (poor mans repeater receiver)

2007-04-17 Thread skipp025
Nothing wrong with a Master II, Micor or MVP Radio. The test case radios I'm using for the poor mans repeater project are Midland Syntech 70-340b units, which cost us $10 each. Last night we put the previously built (by us) cor/cos interface relay (yes we used a relay vs something solid

Re: [Repeater-Builder] mc-3357 mc-3359 squelch circuit

2007-04-17 Thread Joe Montierth
A few years ago I designed a dual level squelch circuit that could be a replacement for the Micor type carrier squelch. I built a couple of the prototypes and put them into service, and they worked very well, you really couldn't tell them from the real thing. They were designed around readily

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Problem with fan noise in power line.

2007-04-17 Thread Eric Lemmon
Doug, The solution is to replace the noisy fan with one that is designed for very low EMI. The first thermostatic switch controlled fan I put on my solar-powered UHF repeater had a whine that modulated the carrier. I then swapped it with a Panasonic fan that was specified for low EMI. Presto!

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Problem with fan noise in power line.

2007-04-17 Thread rrath
I too had a fan noise on my GR 300 repeater. As Eric instructed, I replaced the fan with a low EMI. Still had some but a lot less. Then I took the new low EMI fan and removed it from the repeater cabinet and hung it from the big cabinet, holding all the repeater items, so it still blows on the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] mc-3357 mc-3359 squelch circui

2007-04-17 Thread DCFluX
Ah yes, The JEM squelch. If I look around I can probably find the GIF you sent me that became the comparator section for the SuperSquelch Mk.1. It was pretty good, but there is always room for improvement. By replacing the comparator section with a microcontroller the board can be talored for

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Problem with fan noise in power line.

2007-04-17 Thread sgreact47
As Rod pointed out, the vibration from the fan causing transmitted noise in his GR300 Rptr. In the Motorola GM,Radius M, and Maxtrac, series mobiles the RX and TX VCO's are very sensitive to vibration. Other radios may be sensitive to vibration also. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I too had a fan