Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wind Generators

2006-03-05 Thread Dale Pratt
Title: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Wind Generators Kevin Some where I am missing this thought - train , “Maybe it ran over me & my intelligence “ . But if an old auto alternator will produce 100 volts at 2000 RPM then why not 25 volts at 500 RPM & 12.5 volts at 250 RPM or is the vo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Wind Generators

2006-03-03 Thread Dale Pratt
Most of the older auto alternators with external voltage regulator are Three phase & at 2000 RPM will put out about 100 Volts at 100 Hertz If you by pass the rectifiers & put a full 12 volts to Field . Amperage according to size of alternator . They use to make a box that you could hook to alternat

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Towers for my repeater station

2006-02-24 Thread Dale Pratt
Title: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Towers for my repeater station    If you are I the USA you can sometimes find towers cheap from former or old CBer’s that no longer use them sometimes just to take them down Or at a fraction of the cost of a new one . Around here about $20.00 a 10 ft section

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Alinco Ham Repeater??????

2006-02-21 Thread Dale Pratt
Anything wrong with a simplex repeater for emergency use at about 10 to 25 watts no duplexer needed just set up ant mobile radio with controller and on the air takes some getting use to but would do in emergency . Most hams radios can go out of band so could set up on freq needed .( with Permission

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Solar-Wind Powered Repeaters

2006-02-19 Thread Dale Pratt
The company I worked for installed solar systems for radio telemetry on water systems . The main trouble we had was keeping the batteries dry Make sure you keep batteries in a Dry Well ventilated place by themselves away from other Electronic equipment . Batteries kept in Metal boxes tend to sweat

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Failure to communicate.....

2006-02-17 Thread Dale Pratt
Sometimes you wonder how some people get along & exist from day to day . When I hear stuff like that on 2 mtr You know where they came from " The Chicken Band " and are Telling the world without knowing it . They have no idea How a repeater works & wouldn't understand if you told them . It isn

Re: [Repeater-Builder] generators diesel to propane

2006-02-14 Thread Dale Pratt
Title: Re: [Repeater-Builder] generators diesel to propane    About 2 years ago I was at a sewer plant that had a Diesel generator as back up . EPA was there suppervising cleaning up what they called a spill That was costing the PSD major bucks . Just where a line had been leaking on grou

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Generator question

2006-01-16 Thread Dale Pratt
Title: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Generator question  Gary      I just plug in heater in late fall and unplug in early spring. Can buy heater for water can from southern states or other feed store , But same type heater fastened to bottom of small engine.   On 1/15/06 9:42 PM, "[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Generator question

2006-01-15 Thread Dale Pratt
Title: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Generator question You might try this Web Site < http://www.etipinc.com/universal.asp?cat=maint > they look like the heater I use under watering bottles for pets . They keep water from turning to ice in “0” weather We used them in control panels to keep conde

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Funding

2006-01-06 Thread Dale Pratt
His Ham License Gives him the Right to put up a tower the city Doesn't have the right to govern comn. Only FCC. He can put a 200 ft tower if he wants. They might require him to have insurance. Dale N8SAC On 1/5/06 8:34 PM, "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Funding

2006-01-05 Thread Dale Pratt
Title: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Funding    We know what you are coming from . I know Sherrif well  in the county I live in but when it comes to  Radio communication on The Radio he will tell anyone Ham or other wise to mind their busness and he will take care of his. So I don’

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: polyphaser Help

2006-01-03 Thread Dale Pratt
I don't know what you are talking about by straps on shopping carts but the state of WV has been using chains fastened to axle housings and let them drag roadway for years is this same idea? Oldmax On 1/2/06 1:56 PM, "Laryn Lohman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In Repeater-Bu