Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Advise

2010-07-17 Thread Richard Young
Gareth, There are pre-amps on the input side. I have considered the possibility of rf getting back into the receive side. I am running a similar configuration now with a mono-band Antenex vhf antenna and Wacom 641's. It seems to be holding its own. Rich - Original Message - From:

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Invar Rods

2010-07-17 Thread burkleoj
Hi Mike, No this was not one of Tommy's deals, but the guy had to have been to the Tommy Rea school of duplexer modification 101. Good to hear from you. Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > > > Sounds like a Tommy Rea deal. He used to cut the rods of

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Invar Rods

2010-07-17 Thread burkleoj
Burt, I have not had a chance to measure them yet, but I am pretty sure they are the 1/4" diameter ones as they are from a fairly new Sinclair Resloc VHF 6 cavity duplexer. I will get a measurement tomorrow and report back. Thanks, Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Burt Lan

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Controller recommendations

2010-07-17 Thread burkleoj
Barry, The method that I use to accomplish this, is to build "Macros" that only require 12 button pads to execute them. You can string several functions together within a Macro that can then be executed with a single multi-digit command. I normally use a 4 digit command structure for calling the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Kenwood TKR850 series receive sensativity

2010-07-17 Thread k7pfj
Pre Amp is ok if you use band pass in front of the pre amp. The henry amp should give you good service. If it's a 100watt model run it at 80 watts. Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ 6886 Sage Ave Firestone, Co 80504 303-736-9693 _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeate

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Controller recommendations

2010-07-17 Thread Barry
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Controller recommendations

2010-07-17 Thread no6b
At 7/17/2010 14:04, you wrote: >I have no interest here...but why just say it can be reprogrammed >without explaining how. Thought the hobby was about >communicationsometimes I wonder! What explanation? Bob NO6B >D > >On 17/07/2010 20:38:14, n...@no6b.com wrote: > > At 7/16/2010 23:41, you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Advise

2010-07-17 Thread Doug Hutchison
Devils advocate..explain what you mean? Perhaps the fellow/lass knows not what you imply? On 17/07/2010 23:18:34, Gareth Bennett (gare...@es.co.nz) wrote: > What about the receive side of the equation? ...After all the mobile still > needs to access the repeater in the first place. > >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Advise

2010-07-17 Thread Gareth Bennett
What about the receive side of the equation? ...After all the mobile still needs to access the repeater in the first place. Cheers Gareth Bennett RadioSystems Limited P.O. Box 5202 Dunedin 9024 New Zealand gare...@radsys.co.nz - Original Message - From: w6ghz To: Repeater-

[Repeater-Builder] Antenna Advise

2010-07-17 Thread w6ghz
Hello Group, Thank you for being here and reading this. I am new to this group and need antenna advise for a repeater system I am attempting to build. My electronics skills are very limited, but I know enough to assemble a system and get it on the air. This system consists of two repeaters lin

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kenwood TKR850 series receive sensativity

2010-07-17 Thread K5IN
Thanks Mike, so you are saying no preamp needed and any recommendations for an amp to be combined with the rig. I have a Henry UHF amp in hand. I would think any amp would work with simple RF out of the repeater. Am just curious more about sensitivity than anything. Thanks - Original M

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Kenwood TKR850 series receive sensativity

2010-07-17 Thread k7pfj
Your repeater should receive good to a -120db. You can get it a bit better with some time tunning. If your repeater is out of the box it will be def and will need to be tunned. Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ 6886 Sage Ave Firestone, Co 80504 303-736-9693 _ From: Repeater-Builder@ya

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Controller recommendations

2010-07-17 Thread Doug Hutchison
I have no interest here...but why just say it can be reprogrammed without explaining how. Thought the hobby was about communicationsometimes I wonder! D On 17/07/2010 20:38:14, n...@no6b.com wrote: > At 7/16/2010 23:41, you wrote: > >Steve, > >Based on your request about using your 12 bu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Controller recommendations

2010-07-17 Thread no6b
At 7/16/2010 23:41, you wrote: >Steve, >Based on your request about using your 12 button DTMF mic, I would >recommend the Arcom RC-210. I have a few of the Arcom RC-210's, a couple >Link-Com RLC-1's and a couple of the ICS Linker IIa controllers in our system. > >They all work great and the progr

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Invar Rods

2010-07-17 Thread Ross Johnson
You might save on Invar if you can get away with using coupling nuts to reuse your short rods, and don't forget the jam nuts. I've done it with no measurable degradation. Ross Kc7rjk -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dispatch consoles

2010-07-17 Thread Bill Smith
Used is false economy. You end with someone elses problems and high maintenance costs as well as downtime which is a bad thing for an ambulance company. The 4010 is a nice reliable system, much simpler than the RoIP stuff but not nearly as versatile. The nice part of RoIP is that by using intern

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Invar Rods

2010-07-17 Thread Burt Lang
What diameter are the rods? The older Sinclair VHF Hi cans used 5/16in diameter whereas the newer cans used 1/4 in daiameter. burkleoj wrote: > Glenn, I need 6 of them for a Sinclair duplexer that I have. > > Someone cut the rods off when it was originally on a commercial > frequency. The rods in

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Invar Rods

2010-07-17 Thread k7pfj
Hi Joe, Sounds like a Tommy Rea deal. He used to cut the rods off on all of the Sinclair resloc UHF duplexers. Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ 6886 Sage Ave Firestone, Co 80504 303-736-9693 _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Beh

RE: [Repeater-Builder] dispatch consoles

2010-07-17 Thread k7pfj
Use the Telex Nexus consol and you will need two IP223 units. You will be much happier this way. Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ 6886 Sage Ave Firestone, Co 80504 303-736-9693 _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jed Barton

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Controller recommendations

2010-07-17 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jul 17, 2010, at 12:41 AM, burkleoj wrote: > They all work great and the programming is about as different between the > units as possible. The Arcom programs great with both the RCP Software and > DTMF. The Link-Com RLC-1 can be programmed via a serial connection but is > pretty clunky. It