Re: [Repeater-Builder] Polyphaser Question

2010-08-17 Thread STeve Andre'
ces my operating freq somewhere in the middle of the unit's operating > range or does that matter as long as it IS WITHIN the range of the device > someplace? I need the protected end to be an N-female and the antenna end > to be and N-Male. Suggestions? - Mike -- STeve Andre

Re: [Repeater-Builder] new member introduction

2010-08-15 Thread STeve Andre'
>- Great Outdoors Radio Club http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gorc/ > >- Ham Radio Help Group > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HamRadioHelpGroup/ > >- Military and Commercial Portable Radios > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/milpack/ > >- Survival Communications http://groups.yahoo.com/group/survivalcomm/ -- STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 Disease Control Warden Dept. of Political Science Michigan State University A day without Windows is like a day without a nuclear incident.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Silver plating of cavities advice please?

2010-07-12 Thread STeve Andre'
ke a pickle solution > > and a silver dollar the rest is easy > > > > google is very useful by the way -- STeve Andre' Disease Control Warden Dept. of Political Science Michigan State University A day without Windows is like a day without a nuclear incident.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Just a Crazy Thought

2010-02-11 Thread STeve Andre'
or whatever actual frequency would be the farthest). Think of 10m repeaters and you've got most of the idea, though interference on 11m might be worse. Or has 11m usage dropped a lot because of cell phones? Me, I've never heard of one in operation. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic ... a time for God

2009-11-21 Thread STeve Andre'
d down my throat. I am not a Christian; I have never been--I was not raised as one, and I rather doubt that I will switch in this lifetime. So please take Jesus elsewhere and not a mailing list such as this. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ACSSB

2009-11-12 Thread STeve Andre'
b equipment on 2m and maybe higher bands. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: An advocate for a little audio compression

2009-08-17 Thread STeve Andre'
s, a pain but that was their disability. That repeater would have shut them out, which I consider rather unforunate. There is also the issue of emergencies: someone in some kind of accident (think auto) who either got a damaged mic, or is injured themselves, trying to use the repeater. While not likely in either case, its very real for that person if it happens. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Heliax

2009-07-05 Thread STeve Andre'
for your consideration. > > Curt W1FSM Um, how much? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Need tips for repeater performance

2009-06-17 Thread STeve Andre'
gging you can find those, too. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Wednesday 17 June 2009 21:34:42 Eric Lemmon wrote: > Aisen, > > Changing the RG-8 to LMR400 will reduce the feedline loss by about 0.8 dB, > which is a small improvement, but LMR400 is known to cause major problems >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re:Dayton

2009-05-18 Thread STeve Andre'
w problems, and I was able to fix three of them myself by calling others. Not bad. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Monday 18 May 2009 06:57:45 Adam T. Cately wrote: >Maybe one of the members of DARA reads this list... > >Years ago, when the club farmed out the running of th

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Ridiculus

2009-04-08 Thread STeve Andre'
On Wednesday 08 April 2009 16:38:13 Lee Pennington wrote: > === > > THIS IS ABSOLUTLY REDICULOUS! > Of course it is. So was "The War of the Worlds". --STeve Andre' wb8wsfen82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] looking for an Untenna (or two)

2009-03-10 Thread STeve Andre'
adiator, right? I remember when they came out in the 70's or 80's for 2M use. They wern't very good as I remember them, about on par with a 1/4 wave antenna. They did look neat though, and sparked questions from people who saw them. Look at http://www.orionmicro.com/ant/ddrr/ddrr1.htm for more information. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Radios and Coms in TV and Movies

2009-02-02 Thread STeve Andre'
#x27;t think anyone can tell where the audio came from. Yes, using a ham HT is illegal *if it transmits*. But if they add the audio "from" the HT later, thats ok. Stuff like that is done all the time. Sure, they could have used ham frequencies, but they're used to the art of pretending-- they're movie makers. ;-) --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] GM-300 Repeater (was 900mhz , DTR, 906 to 923.75 MHz FHSS)

2008-11-22 Thread ANDRE
900mhz , DTR, 906 to 923.75 MHz FHSS) Andre, a pair of Motorola GM-300 radios can be interconnected as a repeater using a cable available on eBay for about 10 USD. I have used two radios set up like this, one as the receive and the other as the transmit and they worked just fine as a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 900mhz , DTR, 906 to 923.75 MHz FHSS

2008-11-17 Thread ANDRE
up a small 462.5 75 to 462.725 repeater and all of your family could use it. John - Original Message - From: ANDRE To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:44 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] 900mhz , D

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 900mhz , DTR, 906 to 923.75 MHz FHSS

2008-11-17 Thread ANDRE
n Thu, 2008-11-13 at 14:44 -0200, ANDRE wrote: > Hi all, > > I have 2 motorola DTR FHSS 900mhz, and i want to bild a repeater for > use in my farm thats near my store , 5miles. > I know the max watts DTR are 1W, and i didnt find any Repeater or amp > for it. >

[Repeater-Builder] 900mhz , DTR, 906 to 923.75 MHz FHSS

2008-11-14 Thread ANDRE
Hi all, I have 2 motorola DTR FHSS 900mhz, and i want to bild a repeater for use in my farm thats near my store , 5miles. I know the max watts DTR are 1W, and i didnt find any Repeater or amp for it. I found 900MHz Smartamp, 10W amp that works on FHSS, so i was wondering, Can i use a DTR + s

[Repeater-Builder] New Member

2008-11-08 Thread ANDRE
Hi all, I m new from brazil, thanks this list. It will help me a lot. Thanks Mattos

Re: [Repeater-Builder] N connector parts?

2008-10-22 Thread STeve Andre'
Yes, absolutely a great place. Joel can get just about anything connector wise, and tell you to get and not get. The url is www.therfc.com. --STeve Andre' On Wednesday 22 October 2008 22:29:36 Michael Ryan wrote: > RF Connection in Gaithersburg, MD. They also have the rubber wash

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Portable Temporary Repeater

2008-09-30 Thread STeve Andre'
Sure it is. If you have a *genuine* emergency, you can go around the rules. Do you honestly think that the FCC is going to come down on you if you are directly dealing with a crisis, and didn't obey some rule, in order to better facilitate helping the situation? --STeve Andre' wb8wsf

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Registered Sex Offenders

2008-08-11 Thread STeve Andre'
No Paul, a blanket statement like that is wrong. The owner of a repeater was wide latitude, but not complete. Try banning people of a certain race from a repeater, and see what happens. The owner of the repeater is not going to do well. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Monday 11 August 20

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ScotchkoatR

2008-01-08 Thread STeve Andre'
ted people used earlier in our lives. So while MEK is cool, I use it with great caution and protection. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Tuesday 08 January 2008 12:46:38 Paul Finch wrote: > Jim, > > One thing, same thing about Radon gas. What happened to that, it was > supposed

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Quasi-Simulcast?

2007-05-10 Thread Stephan Andre'
On Thursday 10 May 2007 15:39:19 Steven Samuel Bosshard (NU5D) wrote: > Those signals are usually only generated near the Cathedral of Notre Dameā€¦ > > > > BAADDD! Created by quasi-moto, a derranged Motorola engineer...

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cool or not cool?

2007-04-03 Thread STeve Andre'
amateur spectrum is OPEN, receive wise. What a crock. Even if the owner of the remote was doing something illegal with it (hard to imagine) it would be the FCC's responsibility, not the originator of the signal. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] SPSS 15 codes

2007-03-29 Thread STeve Andre'
OOPS! This is work mail, not ham mail. *SIGH* Sometimes, just too many things are going on at once in my life and it gets nuts. By the way, you *don't* want to run SPSS. Trust me. ;-) --STeve Andre' On Thursday 29 March 2007 17:50:46 STeve Andre' wrote: > I hope you saw t

[Repeater-Builder] SPSS 15 codes

2007-03-29 Thread STeve Andre'
I hope you saw the SPSS CD in your mailbox. In case you don't still have them, the codes are s/n 9720071 SPSS15 4b2a832a14bb51604dd0 AMOS7 5e6c8c205c43610ffefd Do remember to check the time on the system before installing. Good luck. ;-) STeve

[Repeater-Builder] Looking for advice on 1200MHz repeater antennas

2007-03-19 Thread STeve Andre'
What are good 1200MHz antennas for repeaters? Where is the line between quality and price? What should I avoid? tnx, --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

[Repeater-Builder] Opinons on Andrew VXL5-50

2007-03-13 Thread STeve Andre'
I'm curious if the XVL version of LDF5-50 has any problems that I should know of. It seems pretty reasonable, and the price seems to be $1.95 a foot. If folks know of cheaper sources for N connectors for it, I'd like to hear about those. Thanks, STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] posts showing up out of sequence

2007-02-13 Thread STeve Andre'
our ISP has to deal with spam as well, and there are times when they aren't going to be dealing so well, either. Sigh. I remember simpler days when email systems were actually fun to administer... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LMR-1200

2007-01-25 Thread STeve Andre'
s a neat deal and I'd use it. It's a little less than .9dB per 100ft loss at 450MHz, so that should work well. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] FYI: FCC officially issues R&O dropping code requirement today

2006-12-15 Thread STeve Andre'
the spark of a reason as to why it might be a good idea to learn it ignites... The rest of this is up to us, however. We need to welcome these changes and then find ways to hook them onto CW and all the other wonderful modes we have. It IS possible. All is takes is imagination on our parts. --S

Re: FW: Read: [Repeater-Builder] Stuck cores

2006-12-06 Thread STeve Andre'
nt that people stop using dangerous software. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Wednesday 06 December 2006 21:18, Ken Arck wrote: > At 05:56 PM 12/6/2006, you wrote: > >I don't know what this is, but I don't think I sent this message... Maybe > >someone is spoofing my

Re: [Repeater-Builder] VHF or UHF repeater

2006-07-27 Thread STeve Andre'
I tend to agree with that. I'll also add that 220 seems to be the best when you're trying to communicate around a lot of trees. The smaller antenna size from 2M meant that I could have better yagis. Lastly, 1200 around trees is a great way to not talk very far in a forest. ;-) --S

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RG-213 versus RG-214 in a Sinclair Duplexer

2006-07-09 Thread STeve Andre'
RG214U is available for $2/foot over at the RF Connection. I really like those folks. So, judging by their web site (therfc.com), it's a stock item. Not exactly cheap, but how many feet do you need for a reharness project... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Monday 10 July 2006 11

Re: [Repeater-Builder] A couple of questions about hard line

2006-04-24 Thread STeve Andre'
eter. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton time line...

2006-03-27 Thread STeve Andre'
s now, with two getting their licenses there. We did some volunteer stuff last year, and I think it was obvious, the commitment they had to improving the show. We plan on doing that again this year. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Monday 27 March 2006 11:52, skipp025 wrote: > Last year or

Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Dayton Fleamarket space prices?

2006-03-25 Thread STeve Andre'
e a lot of double and triple space sellers say 10 years ago. If you think that this doesn't make sense, you should be emailing the people there. Looking at the web site it seems that [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be good places to direct your feelings. --STeve Andre' wb8ws

Re: [Repeater-Builder] mods.dk (possiably OT)

2006-01-31 Thread STeve Andre'
heed stuff like this can result in a "DMCA take down notice" The DMCA is the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. If you want to be nauseated, read it. I'm not a lawyer but I've dealt with stuff like this on the net before. I will shut up now. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82

Re: [Repeater-Builder] change of OS

2005-08-16 Thread STeve Andre'
don't run Windows myself. ;-) --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 On Tuesday 16 August 2005 20:56, Mark A. Holman wrote: > I just checked they are running WIN 2000 that they were being attacked. > > Mark > > skipp025 wrote: > >There a fairly new virus out now that has knocked out

Re: [Repeater-Builder] APC-7 - N adaptors

2005-07-12 Thread STeve Andre'
place to get things. I've been very happy with the stuff I've gotten and Joel probably can get APC7 anything, knowing him, and at a good price. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/grou

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Heliax Prices

2005-07-12 Thread STeve Andre'
a foot. Connectors seem to be really rather harder to get these days. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Caution on Bomar Crystals

2005-05-10 Thread STeve Andre'
nd proved right in reality. Running a repeater is a certain amount of pain. I'm willing to see what I can get away with too, but there are things that I won't try to skimp on and this is one of them. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf On Tuesday 10 May 2005 23:40, Steve Rodgers wrote: > Wh

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 2 meter coors?

2005-03-30 Thread STeve Andre'
sibly answer that. It all depends on where you are. If you live in Wyoming, I'd bet you might be able to. New York City, and I'll bet not. You have to talk with your frequency coordinator. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, g

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 2 meter repeater

2005-03-30 Thread STeve Andre'
ou are going to get one on 2m. 2m is overpopulated with repeaters. Why not create one at 1.2GHz, where real innovation can be done? Or 902, or 2.4GHz, or ... --STeve Andre' wb8wsf (ann arbor, mich) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] New poll for Repeater-Builder

2005-03-25 Thread STeve Andre'
tell me what is useful on this list. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf On Friday 25 March 2005 14:54, Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com wrote: > Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the > Repeater-Builder group: > > Russ is on my last nurve because he says > people that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] which kind of cable coax should I use?

2005-02-13 Thread STeve Andre'
t of talk on this list about the reasons why LMR wasn't good for repeater use. See the archives for that. Given the cost of Heliax these days, I'd use that. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] antenna opinions

2005-02-09 Thread STeve Andre'
ntenna (which lasted at least 6 years) and did well. Others have had less good luck however. --STeve Andre' wb8wsf Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, sen

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater, service monitors and other stuff for sale

2005-02-08 Thread STeve Andre'
keep on finding folks I haven't talked with since some Dayton in the 80's or so, and feeling sad about them Friends I'm not going to see again. So why should this not be real? Don't forget, there is fraud EVERYWHERE. The best fraud looks the most polished of all. --STeve Andre