[Repeater-Builder] Computer noise in 2M Repeater

2009-04-24 Thread Jim Russell
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to eliminate noise generated by a Wireless Internet System. The owner of the tower where our club has our 145.370 MHz repeater has rented space to a group who have mounted a wireless Internet "relay" on the tower. The system is simple, it consist of a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread Nate Duehr
On Apr 24, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Eric Lemmon wrote: > The insurance required by most commercial site managers is liability > insurance to cover injuries, damages, and lost revenue that could be > caused > by a Ham repeater. Eric, if you've found any insurance that doesn't contain an injury liab

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread Eric Lemmon
The insurance required by most commercial site managers is liability insurance to cover injuries, damages, and lost revenue that could be caused by a Ham repeater. It has nothing to do with covering the replacement of your equipment. One of the local 2m repeaters in my area is on land owned by a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread TGundo 2003
Yes- thru the ARRL, I believe it's thru Marsh insurance. I think its @ $330/yr for a general $2 Mil liability policy. Tom W9SRV --- On Fri, 4/24/09, georgiaskywarn wrote: > From: georgiaskywarn > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance? > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Date:

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread Laryn Lohman
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "NORM KNAPP" wrote: > > Our insurance in our club consists of lots of spare parts and back-ups. Ours too. With cheep/free GE and Motorola radios, and a few used DB224s also cheep/free, we're good and money ahead. Laryn K8TVZ

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Yes, through ARRL plan. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "georgiaskywarn" To: Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance? > Good Evening Folks, > How many of you have repeater insurance? With our new installation, we > thought this

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
We have ours through ARRL. Not sure of the rates, but they're posted on the ARRL website. Mike WM4B _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of georgiaskywarn Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:52 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread NORM KNAPP
Our insurance in our club consists of lots of spare parts and back-ups. - Original Message - From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri Apr 24 20:51:55 2009 Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance? Good Evening Folks, How many of you h

[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Insurance?

2009-04-24 Thread georgiaskywarn
Good Evening Folks, How many of you have repeater insurance? With our new installation, we thought this might be the next step. How much are you paying and who do you have the insurance with? Thanks, Robert KD4YDC http://disneycrazy.smugmug.com/gallery/7943953_gF4Q3 (Hope to get some more pict

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: DeskTrac question

2009-04-24 Thread Mark
The MaxTrac RSS reads and writes the radio itself just fine - it's the issues related the DeskTrac, and that annoying start-up glitch - that I'm trying to resolve. I really need to see a working codeplug from a conventional DeskTrac, in order to know whether I have all the external accessory optio

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Surplus: UHF RCA 500 series repeater / parts

2009-04-24 Thread motarolla_doctor
Boy if only I had a few pennies for every one I maintained in Commercial service many years ago.. They are a very good station. Remember RCA mentioned that their 500 Series would last 15 years before the electrolytic capacitors would start drying out and need replacing. Something to think about

[Repeater-Builder] Re: DeskTrac question

2009-04-24 Thread motarolla_doctor
The Desktrac RSS is limited as what it can do, really only needed to program the remote control board. You may have to use the Maxtrac RSS to read your radio. If the Maxtrac RSS does not 'find' the radio, check the setting on the switch behind the front panel near the builtin mic. That selec

[Repeater-Builder] results of the 220 link issue

2009-04-24 Thread Joe Landers
I wanted to pass back to everyone my findings on my linking issues. The alnicos I got did not have the tnc's and I did have the pull-up resistor in the cable. I brought it home and hooked it up to my backup repeater at the house and it worked ! So now I find it must be something in the controll

[Repeater-Builder] DeskTrac question

2009-04-24 Thread Mark
To the learned group(s): I have a 900 MHz DeskTrac which I converted the radio inside to a 16-channel conventional configuration. Now, when I first power up the DeskTrac, the radio beeps seven times, and the channel display cycles rapidly through all modes (1 thru 16) before settling on Mode 1. T

Re: [Repeater-Builder] W1GAN and square duplexers

2009-04-24 Thread DCFluX
There were a couple of designs that used copper circuit boards to form square boxes for the outer jacket of the duplexer. Size maters as the inner to outer diameter ratio effects the impedance of the cavity. It is my understanding that the optimum impedance for a cavity is approx 70 ohms. Not sure

[Repeater-Builder] GE Master II Mobile

2009-04-24 Thread Randy
Is there a simple way to have the G3 Tone board stop sending the tone as soon as the reciever input is droped. Randy

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Remote Receiver

2009-04-24 Thread Jim Kvochick
We've had real good luck with using Icom ICF121S (VHF) and Icom ICF221S (UHF) transceivers for this type of application. For us, the trade off was "folks capable of repairing, maintaining, and modifying older gear" vs. "folks who could help us get money for newer gear". We bought a bunch of rad

[Repeater-Builder] Decibel Antenna Harness Info

2009-04-24 Thread TRACOMM
For those of you that would rebuild a bad or questionable DB 420 by replacing the wiring harness (Andrew/Decibel Products #12074-420B), Andrew DB made a "business" decision to no longer sell the harness alone. A copy of the wiring diagram for the DB420 has been uploaded to the files section.

[Repeater-Builder] W1GAN and square duplexers

2009-04-24 Thread cruizzer77
Hi Most of you who are into duplexers will know W1GAN's old QST-article "A Homemade Duplexer for 2-Meter Repeaters". His design uses 4" copper tubes, but today many duplexer manufacturers use square aluminium profile as duplexer bodies, i.e. Sinclair but others as well. Now I wondered if W1GAN

[Repeater-Builder] WTB: GE MII Cont. Duty Heatsinks Dead or Alive

2009-04-24 Thread Scott Zimmerman
All, I am in need of some MII constant duty heatsinks. VHF 3 transistor preferred, but not a requirement. They need not be in working order. All I am looking for is the 1/2" thick plate, tinwork, and heatsink fins. Please respond privately with your asking price. Thanks, Scott Scott Zimmerman