Re: [Repeater-Builder] Arcom RC210 aux audio question

2009-08-05 Thread Robert Pease
I do this with a rat shack wx radio and it works flawlessly.. I use an aux input on my 210 for audio straight from the volume pot and find the mute line in the radio to run the alarm port. The advantage with this setup and specifically the radio shack model radio is that it takes care of the mu

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for desktrack info

2009-08-05 Thread N9WYS
Allan, First off, if it is being used as a desktop station radio (i.e., NOT duplex) the first thing that you will find is you need to add another radio chassis to be able to convert it into a repeater - the "DeskTrac repeater" used separate chassis (plural) for TX and RX. Mark - N9WYS -Origi

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Arcom RC210 aux audio question

2009-08-05 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 03:07 PM 08/05/09, you wrote: i am trying to use a weather receiver on aux 1 input when i turn on aux 1 it transmits as it should but when i turn it off it stops transmitting but then when the repeater is keyed i can still hear the weather radio on the tail am i doing something wrong or does t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Portable repeater and RSSI issues

2009-08-05 Thread Gareth Bennett (Ihug)
Hi Allen, Yes, It's hard pleasing everyone :-) Yes the repeater is based on Vertex product. Easy for us to do as we distribute for New Zealand and have the Engineering support from Japan. Interestingly enough it was the internal battery that dictated the specifications of our PRU, which i

[Repeater-Builder] Arcom RC210 aux audio question

2009-08-05 Thread kb3hjc
i am trying to use a weather receiver on aux 1 input when i turn on aux 1 it transmits as it should but when i turn it off it stops transmitting but then when the repeater is keyed i can still hear the weather radio on the tail am i doing something wrong or does the aux audio inputs not actually ge

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Portable repeater and RSSI issues

2009-08-05 Thread vhsproducts
Gareth, I like your portable repeater! Is it Yeasu/Vertex based? I agree that an RSSI controlled repeater could be problematic for outlying areas, so if it was implemented, we would want to take careful steps to make sure it was appropriate. My thinking was that the relatively small footprint

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for desktrack info

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Raker
Motorola DeskTrac Service Manual, still in print. $77 from Motorola Online. P/N 6802993G65. Also, RB-Tip has information about the pinouts on the DB25 connectors on the back. Hope this helps! -Brian / KF4zwz On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Brian Raker wrote: > I've got two UHF DeskTracs as we

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking for desktrack info

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Raker
I've got two UHF DeskTracs as well that I would like to push into service. I'll take a look at MotoOnline and see if they still have documentation in print. -Brian / KF4ZWZ On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM, ve2pf wrote: > We have a desktrack that is allready used at our club for ham radio > oper

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Arcom RC110 controller

2009-08-05 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:18 PM 8/5/2009, wb7bts wrote: > > >Does anyone have the latest firmware for the RC-110 controller or a >fix for repeater port lockup after holding the star button down for >3 to 5 seconds ? <---That latest (last) firmware is available at our FTP Site (EVERYTHING is available at the FTP si

[Repeater-Builder] Looking for desktrack info

2009-08-05 Thread ve2pf
We have a desktrack that is allready used at our club for ham radio operation, but its working in stand alone mode. we would like o interface it to our repeater controler. but we have no service manual or user manual for it.. any one here have some info you culd share? we are willing to pay f

[Repeater-Builder] Arcom RC110 controller

2009-08-05 Thread wb7bts
Does anyone have the latest firmware for the RC-110 controller or a fix for repeater port lockup after holding the star button down for 3 to 5 seconds ? It appears that Ken no longer supports this controller with updated firmware,mine is version 3.1 Thanks Phil

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Tuning TPL UHF Amplifier

2009-08-05 Thread flashport68
Mike, I started with the pre-driver, driver, and than the final stage each separately by tuning C2 and C9 for minimum VSWR in and max output power. Finally, went through each stage again tuning C2 and C9 for minimum VSWR, maximum power and maximum efficiency. Thanks, Pat --- In Repeater

[Repeater-Builder] Slightly OT - Motorola GP328 Disasemble Help

2009-08-05 Thread Gmail - Kevin, Natalia, Stacey & Rochelle
Hi All, Sorry for asking this group, but I know there is a heap of knowledgible people on this group. Right I have a GP328 standard H/H (not the plus model, which is smaller) The front case got damaged and I got a replacement front to make the radio usable again. I have been able to remove the

[Repeater-Builder] Portable repeater and RSSI issues

2009-08-05 Thread Gareth Bennett (Ihug)
Repeater Power output being a function of RSSI...Have another think on this one ... What about all the other mobiles or handhelds that could be in fringe or poor coverage areas, what will happen to their repeater reception if suddenly the repeater power is suddenly dropped at the expense of a hi

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Portable repeater

2009-08-05 Thread WA3GIN
Allen, Just for fun our club set-up a 250watt repeater w/o cans. We installed the transmit antenna on the roof top of the building. One floor down (its a tiered roof) we installed the receive antenna. We positioned the two antenna so that they were physically separated by the structure. The

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Portable repeater

2009-08-05 Thread vhsproducts
Thanks for all the great input! I agree that it would be a lot easier to manage a portable repeater as a UHF station,or UHF/VHF cross band, but the VHF mode is a hard and fast requirement of my clients that want a truly portable repeater. Just to clarify a couple of points, I won't be convertin

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Portable repeater

2009-08-05 Thread vhsproducts
Thanks for all the great input! I agree that it would be a lot easier to manage a portable repeater as a UHF station,or UHF/VHF cross band, but the VHF mode is a hard and fast requirement of my clients that want a truly portable repeater. Just to clarify a couple of points, I won't be convertin

[Repeater-Builder] Glenayre RL453 Receiver

2009-08-05 Thread d_kerouac
I have a Glenayre RL453 receiver I want to place on a 440 mHz link frequency, Can anyone direct me to a manual for this radio or can you provide me with info on setting the dip switches to reprogram the frequency. Thanks, Don Kerouac K9NR