I can't answer all your questions. You may want to
post these on the MSF5000 group.
I will say that the front panel Squelch knob is only
active when the ACC DIS switch is raised. This also
shuts off internal repeat, stops the CW ID from
firing, etc. Depending on how you connect your
controller to
Well I thought the same thing. I have a db408 that I have treated
with plastic dip AND liquid tape. Long story but have several layers
(about 3 or 4) of this stuff on there. Each layer I allowed to dry
before putting on the next. In the pictures you can see that every
joint (metal to metal) is
So how do you know your antenna is not performing as it should? When an
antenna has a corrosion problem, can it still have good VSWR? I think it
can. A resistor can have good VSWR. So what should I do to find out
whether I need a new antenna?
I'd like to benefit from your experience. Thanks for
LOL!!!
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Use a
Morning,
I want to be able to run two antennas one for the Omni and one for the
yagi that I want pointed to the link repeater we are getting ready to
install. What’s the best way to accomplish this? Both antennas are going
to be Ham radio digi for APRS and both on the VHF band. The main radio
at
John,
By all means it can, I have seen a good dummy load DB224 antenna several
times. It had fairly good reflected reading but like I said, it resembled a
dummy load more than an antenna. These problems can be addressed. There
can be water in the coax harness or straight out corrosion on the
Group,
To help I am going to take some commercial HT's on UHF to talk through the
repeater, I hope the added quality front ends will help with the problem. I
remember several years ago my Icom W32A was useless in the buildings.
Paul
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Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] FW: Dayton and Parts you might need
Oh - there are lots of ways to him him (or her - let's be PC here). But,
enforcement is
At 08:44 AM 05/01/08, Ron Wright, N9EE wrote:
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One other plus for
folded dipole antennas, the fiberglass antennas are much more prone to
become toothpicks with a lightning strike where a 224 will most likely
survive.
Plus in windy areas they need a top support to prevent
You don't have to use Scotchkote... it's just easy to find, well
known and well trusted as a solution sealer.
Dip-it breaks down pretty fast and I'm sure the sun would
probably beat it up pretty bad.
There are other sealers that work well... but Scotchkote is the
most practical answer for
At 5/3/2008 11:44, you wrote:
At 08:44 AM 05/01/08, Ron Wright, N9EE wrote:
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One other plus for
folded dipole antennas, the fiberglass antennas are much more prone to
become toothpicks with a lightning strike where a 224 will most likely
survive.
Plus in windy areas
Someone else told me that after I had put a whole can of dip it on the
db408 I showed you. I went back and covered every inch of it with
liquid electrical tape. I have had good results in the GA sun with it.
73,
Robert
KD4YDC
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Hi Robert,
You might get lucky... because they might also have advertised
the dip-it as an insulator material, which means someone was
hopefully looking at the dissipation factor (aka D-Factor) when
the compound was engineered. Time will tell...
cheers,
skipp
georgiaskywarn [EMAIL
I confirmed that these things are no longer being made, haven't had any
luck finding a used one. Hopefully I'll see one at Dayton, otherwise I
guess I'll have to design my own.
I can't believe there isn't enough of a market in remote base control for
someone to market a universal controller
Re: Doug Hall RBI-1
Hi Bob,
The problem is we paid so much for the fricken' box that none
of us want to get up off ours because we'd never be able to
ask enough money to make it worth our while. It would hard to
impossible to clone the RBI-1 unless you could work a deal to
buy the already
Cut four or five element Yagis or quagies for the third and fifth
harmonics of the frequency in question. They will be quite small, and
as the signal will be many dB down from the main carrier, you can
t-hunt them with an HT or scanner with no special shielding
requirements. And you won't need
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