[Repeater-Builder] Re: Closed Repeaters

2009-07-26 Thread Dennis Zabawa
The point has been made that a closed repeater (actually any repeater) is private property and others have no right to utilize it. I would agree to that premise except for the fact that the repeater utilizes PUBLIC spectrum. The analogy would be: I have a large tent that I like to set up on my

[Repeater-Builder] Re: This is carrying "home brewing" to the extreme....

2008-01-04 Thread Dennis Zabawa
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to Rod Wallberg KB8DNS for this pointer > > Trust me guys, you really want to watch this video all the way through... > > > > The Babelfish translation service

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Newsline Poll: Do You Plan To Buy A D-Star Radio For Christmas?

2007-12-01 Thread Dennis Zabawa
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mark Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you plan to treat yourself to a D-Star radio for Christmas? Amateur Radio Newsline is conducting a very unscientific survey to see how many are and how many are not. > > Its easy to participate: Just take yo

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Icom gives 5 more D-Star repeaters to the WIA

2007-11-24 Thread Dennis Zabawa
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mark Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Icom gives 5 more D-Star repeaters to the WIA > > . > Let's see, iCOM gives away repeaters that can only be used with iCOM radios.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Part 97 question reference to Repeater control

2007-11-08 Thread Dennis Zabawa
OK, here is where it really gets fuzzy for me: ยง97.213 Telecommand of an amateur station. ... (b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the station to a period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of malfunction in the control link. Does that mean that the link must be active

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Opening Salvo "Poor Mans Repeater Project"

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis Zabawa
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul M Schmitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm actually working on improving my poor man's > repeater right now. .. Using > an old Radio Shack digital voice module(20 second), I > recorded an ID message. Using a 555 timer, I created a > pulse to trigger the ID ev

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Power-Pole connectors NOT for power

2007-03-25 Thread Dennis Zabawa
Reasons not to solder PowerPoles: 1) It is very hard to control the wicking of solder into a stranded wire. Allowing this to happen can create a failure point in applications where vibration is present. And there can be a surprising amount of vibration in a rack mounted piece of electronic gear.

[Repeater-Builder] ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!

2005-07-22 Thread Dennis Zabawa
I joined this group under the apparently MISTAKEN impression that is was a group of REPEATER BUILDERS! I DON'T CARE ABOUT POLICE WANNABES! Dennis KG4RUL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscrib