Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT - Jeep Cherokee

2006-04-07 Thread Jim B.
ously, the 900 can go within 3-4" of the front, UHF abt 6-7" behind that, VHF abt 18-19" behind that, and then just center LB from there, since that's the best you can do. Watch out for the cross beams when you drill! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Li

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Anetenna Help

2006-04-07 Thread Jim B.
elp would be greatly > appreciated. > > KL0LS A 1/4-wave cut for abt 147 will sorta work on UHF as a 3/4-wave. Pattern's not the greatest, but usable...ymmv... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Weird Kerchuking Problem

2006-04-09 Thread Jim Brown
has a key up delay option, that might be used to accomplish the same thing, if that turns out to be your problem. 73 - Jim - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Weird Kerchuking Problem

2006-04-10 Thread Jim B.
ther repeater, >> and a link radio, but NONE of that is even turned on (and doesn't make >> a difference when it is). >> >> Suggestions as to what to look for...? Make sure you are using COS *AND* PL. The decoder may be falsing on random noise. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Aviation Problem Returns, Need Some Help, or a Tuned Stub

2006-04-11 Thread Jim B.
pent some time working with an old Standard VHF repeater > that was given to me. It seemed to behave as you described your systems: > spurious unless tuned just right & with a spectrum analyzer. I wrote it > off as defective & returned it. > > Bob NO6B Yup-that's the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] midland 70-e10 radio alignment test station

2006-04-17 Thread Jim B.
Michael Shaffer wrote: > Hi Mark, > > It plugs into midland Syntech 1 radios and is used as > a meter for alignment. Just curious-where does it plug in? I've never seen a metering jack on a Midland... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-19 Thread Jim B.
y admission tix came last week. Vendor tix may take longer...? -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL 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 PROTEC

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-19 Thread Jim B.
ally doesn't need more then one space. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL 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

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Anetenna Help

2006-04-19 Thread Jim B.
up there with the big boys. Heh-what kind of antennas are you putting on your cars that do any of that??? Yikes! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamvention Reply back (as requested)

2006-04-19 Thread Jim B.
son other than selling non-electronic related > items, which there seemed to be quite a bit of going on last year. > > Bob NO6B Yeah, selling too much of that should be grounds for getting kicked out. --- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] back-up battery charging

2006-04-21 Thread Jim Brown
a failure. I take the buck transformer out of the circuit every few months to 'stir' the electrolite in the battery to reduce the sulfation of the plates. I use a stardard type 27 deep cycle battery from Wall Mart for the backup and have had excellent service for over 5 years

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: That horrible noise

2006-04-21 Thread Jim B.
ss to it at about 4 Hz. > Kind of like listening to a short sequence pseudonoise generator. Sounds like medium to high speed data-specifically it sounds like a control channel from a trunked system, or maybe a mobile data terminal system, or cellular... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Grou

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NHRC-2 + MASTRII

2006-04-21 Thread Jim Brown
Board) to get it to transition with the COR. Good luck - 73 - Jim W5ZIT 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] <*>

[Repeater-Builder] Sinclair Q 202G Tuning Problem

2006-04-22 Thread Jim Brown
pass side.. Any comments on which way to go? 73 - Jim W5ZIT 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 Y

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Sinclair Q 202G Tuning Problem

2006-04-22 Thread Jim Brown
here is probably nobody left at Sinclair that >>> even remembers that part as that design dates back to the 1950s or 60s >>> and was superseded by the Johanson trimmer design in the late 1960s. >> >> >You > > >> should be able to get a local machinist

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair Q 202G Tuning Problem

2006-04-23 Thread Jim Brown
Jim - W5ZIT wrote: >I am trying to move a Q 202 G from the 170 mHz range down to the 147 mHz >range and have run into a problem on the notch tuning. The high pass >tuning works like a charm and has a good pass and notch characteristic. >The low pass side is another story. The

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Sinclair Q 202G Tuning Problem

2006-04-23 Thread Jim Brown
. Thanks again for the help and comments. 73 - Jim W5ZIT >According to the information I have, all the cables between the T's >should be the same length. For the VHF ham band, the cut length of >RG214/u should be 10.5" long then trim to add the N male connectors >without mak

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Two CTCSS Tones out of One TX

2006-04-24 Thread Jim B.
x just fine. Only hitch is that you can't do split tones. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL 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] <

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Sinclair Q 202G Tuning Problem

2006-04-24 Thread Jim Brown
from Sinclair then Eric (WB6FLY) had the right idea to just replace the whole thing. Just buying a couple of cables would cost $50 or so, and the whole assembly at $150 would be a bargain. 73 - Jim W5ZIT >That was suppose to be 10.5" of cable before the N male connectors are >put

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

2006-04-24 Thread Jim B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The proper name Heliax is owned by Andrew Corp. > > If you don't know what type hard line you have is, don't name > it Heliax. > > Neil - WA6KLA Just like PL and HT are owned by Motorola...;c\ -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] telco and ctcss tones

2006-04-25 Thread Jim B.
e the CTCSS frequencies derived from? Meaning why are they what >> they are? Like 123.0, 127.3, Why not 120, 125, 130 ETC? I know bandwidth of the decoders (at the time) was a factor as well. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: TKB or TKR-720 on 220 Mhz band

2006-04-25 Thread Jim B.
VCO's.. > > Ours was definitely a TKR-720. Wouldn't tune into the ham band, > although that's what we ordered, turned out they shipped the wrong > unit. Note that it's a TKR-720, not a TK-720. Two very different radios. They share some componentry, but not all. -- Ji

Re: [Repeater-Builder] EF Johnson 8640 900 MHz Ham Mods .

2006-04-25 Thread Jim B.
and reprogram! Check out this group for more info: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AR902Mhz/> Lots of info in the files section. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To u

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile antenna installation help/fatigued metal

2006-04-25 Thread Jim B.
Dick wrote: > OK, I'll make a citizens arrest or write a citizens ticket to the next cop I > see yakking > on his radio while driving his cop car. > > Dick Or talking on his PERSONAL cell phone-which seems to be nearly continuous... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Electronics and Radio types...

2006-04-26 Thread Jim B.
be. > > It must be lesson 11 skipp, which reads something like > "when you go to a flea market, never, never, never, bring > home more than you took to sell". I'm having a real hard > time with that one myself :) Especially when you don't take anything to sell! --

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Simplex repeater Controller

2006-04-27 Thread Jim Cicirello
Hi Randy, Check out the NHRC Controllerhttp://www.nhrc.net/nhrc-2/ This unit has a SIMPLEX Repeater Mode. Fully assembled $130.00 also available in kit. This is a good company I have their controllers. Good Luck JIM KA2AJH http://www.nhrc.net/nhrc-2/ Jim Cicirello 181 Stevens Street

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Simple PIC Repeater Controller

2006-05-01 Thread Jim B.
be not enough room. Frankly, I didn't see any transmitter control at all. I would call it a DTMF controller, not a repeater controller. Looks like a nice little board though. Much better then the ones I've seen in the past. And cheaper too! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Gwd: crypted document

2006-05-02 Thread Jim B.
those are not making it out. I never see those emails, neither does any of my spam filters, etc. I only knew about them because my box filled up the other day (someone sent me a 4.7M file-OUCH!!!), and I had to go to the web site to read what I missed...pita slow... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yaho

Re: [Repeater-Builder] dayton airfare

2006-05-08 Thread Jim B.
e airfares to be found (I've been checking every day since > before the beginning of the year). Hopefully next year! > > LJ here's a hint-try Toledo or Akron-Canton airports. bit more of drive down, except for Louisville, about the same there, but I would expect it to be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Radio's for Repeater?

2006-05-09 Thread Jim B.
Flexar repeater has in common with a regular Flexar. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL 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] <*> Yo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Radio's for Repeater?

2006-05-09 Thread Jim B.
Robin Midgett wrote: Also in that line up > are amateur radios with 20% duty cycle, or practically anything that > says Alinco on it. 20% A really good commercial grade mobile is usually 10-20%. Ham rigs are usually struggling for more then 5%. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo!

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Help with GE TMX-1000

2006-05-11 Thread Jim B.
bad-likely too hot and going into clipping-or the receiver isn't aligned properly. Or one end or the other is off freq. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsub

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RC-1000 Controller question

2006-05-11 Thread Jim Brown
hat you can't change. You do not use the dedicated prefix when programming the function. If you need to download the manual, Google MCC computing and you will find it on line. 73 - Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RC-1000 Controller question

2006-05-11 Thread Jim Brown
ished. The controller will respond with a low-high tone when a function is turned on, and with a high-low tone when it is turned off. I hope some of this helps - 73 - Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.c

[Repeater-Builder] Tuning of DB4613-1A Circulator

2003-11-01 Thread Jim Cicirello
appreciated. 73 JIm KA2AJH Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Repeater-Builder] Mastr II RX ON 442.275

2003-11-01 Thread Jim Cicirello
! Anything for UHF? Comments please. 73 JIM KA2AJH Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Tuning of DB4613-1A Circulator

2003-11-07 Thread Jim Cicirello
as good as the MSF5000. I was grabbing at straws with the circulator thinking that maybe the FM Station was coming back down my antenna although I can't measure it. Any suggestions as everything I do don't make the MASTR II much better.It is the closest freqquency to the pagin

Fw: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Tuning of DB4613-1A Circulator

2003-11-08 Thread Jim Cicirello
;Window Filter. Is this a filter MFG by DCI? I am familiar with their site, is there another name for Window Filter" Thanks again Jeff and the group for sharing your expertise. 73 JIM KA2AJH - Original Message - From: "Sue Cicirello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Ci

[Repeater-Builder] Mitrek For 2-Meters

2003-11-25 Thread Jim Cicirello
Does the MITREK Helical Resognators have to be modified similiar to the MICOR to get good sensitivity on 2-Meters? I am looking to use the MITREK down as low as 144.830 on one application and 147.810 in another. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 73 JIM Your use of Yahoo! Groups is

[Repeater-Builder] Backplane on Micor Bases

2003-12-05 Thread Jim Cicirello
? Thanks and 73 JIM KA2AJH Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Heatsink anyone?

2003-12-12 Thread Jim Cicirello
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Russ Crisp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russ: Check out E-Bay number 3064250510. The item is a Heavy Duty MASTR II UHF PA with bad transistors. You may be able to swap boards and get what you need. Good Luck! 73 JIM KA2AJH W

[Repeater-Builder] De-Emphasis from Discriminator Audio

2003-12-21 Thread Jim Cicirello
a LM350 to make a DeEmphasis Circuit. What might this circuit do that the proper Resistor and Capicator Combination would not do? Thanks guys and Happy Holidays from JIM KA2AJH in Wellsville, NY Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group

Re: [Repeater-Builder] De-Emphasis from Discriminator Audio

2003-12-21 Thread Jim Cicirello
Sorry for the typo, it should have read LM358. Here is the address. http://www.n1uec.org/n1uec/deemphasis.html Thanks JIM - Original Message - From: "NĂ˜ATH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] De-Emphasis fr

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TS-64 Reverse Burst

2003-12-22 Thread Jim B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Eric, > >> Reverse burst is one of my favorite topics! The TS-64 is probably >> designed to operate on the more common of the two standard reverse burst >> formats, privately referred to as "Kenwood and the Rest of the World" >> format. This format shifts the phase

[Repeater-Builder] SEASONS GREETINGS FROM KA2AJH

2003-12-24 Thread Jim Cicirello
ate all the help that makes my projects a success. This site is the best publication that any repeater builder can subscribe to. I hope some don't consider this message junk mail, it is the time of year to say "THANKS GUYS." Merry Christmas De JIM KA2AJH Yahoo! Groups Li

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: Feed-through caps

2004-01-02 Thread Jim Newbold
http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/ Jim KB2WMP - Original Message - From: "George Salzmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:13 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: Feed-through caps > All, > > Happy, Merry and all that good stuff. I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-05 Thread Jim B.
Mike Morris wrote: > "You've got questions, we've got answers!" > > Yeah, most of them wrong, or "it's out of stock", or "we don't carry > that any more" > > Mike > "By the way, how's your cell phone service?&qu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Satelite receivers

2004-01-06 Thread Jim B.
no shielding between the tx and rx circuitry, so internal desense would be too great. Besides, what you want is a 2M receiver (I'm assuming your repeater is 2M) and a UHF tx. If the radio you have is UHF, it may be usable as the link tx. If it's VHF, it may be usable as the remote receiver. Ji

Re: [RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]

2004-01-07 Thread Jim B.
he antenna inputs and wire it to the PTT. Put an indoor antenna on it so you don't have to worry about lightning protection, just enough to put a good signal into the repeater. Oh, and rip out the internal controller so it doesn't repeat... Jim Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your g

Re: [Repeater-Builder] CW ID info

2004-01-07 Thread Jim B.
d I will look in the Manual. > > Thanks Don KA9QJG > The rules about adding /r and /l were dropped a number of years ago. Technically, all you need is to send your call at less than 20WPM ten minutes after the first keyup and every ten minutes therafter during activity. Jim Yahoo!

Re: [Re: [RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]]

2004-01-07 Thread Jim B.
x-rx duplexer. And at that the rx still gets crap. But it does run. It does need to be watched on a VERY frequent basis, too. For the kind of purpose I was talking about, again once it's tuned LEAVE IT ALONE and it should be alright. Maybe a pass cavity on the tx wouldn't be a bad idea

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Convert Kenwood TK-820 Mobile to a Repeater??

2004-01-16 Thread Jim B.
gh the microprocessor, and it would likely mean replacing the micro with one from a TKR. I wouldn't bother with it. By the time you get done, you could have converted two or three Mitreks, and a BUNCH of Micors or MII's. Or gotten a second mobile and just wired the two together. Jim

[Repeater-Builder] Replacing MASTR II Exciter

2004-01-18 Thread Jim Cicirello
it. I just wanted to make sure. Thanks in aadvance JIM KA2AJH 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:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] DPL

2004-01-19 Thread Jim B.
Gary Bargholz wrote: > Hello group, first post. > > Joined and looked through the archives for info on DPL. > Anybody know the proper spec to set the level of DPL? > Using an external DPL encoder. > same as regular tone PL Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: htt

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: stacking dipole them in nall pount no duplexer

2004-01-19 Thread Jim B.
What subject? I couldn't read his post. Chuck Kelsey wrote: > Whenever this subject has come up before, the suggestion has been "trial and > error" by checking the receiver for desense. > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > > - Original Message - > From: "ROB FELSTEIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Z-Matcher Component Values

2004-01-27 Thread Jim Cicirello
Thanks Skipp, I will start searching. Looks like a good project. 73 JIM KA2AJH - Original Message - From: "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 12:15 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Z-Matcher Component Values > Hi Jim, > >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater for GMRS use-help needed??

2004-02-02 Thread Jim B.
etter receivers for high profile sites. Besides, those radios are too nice to tie up on a fixed frequency repeater. I use a 705D and an 805D in the car, and it sure is nice to have the field programmability. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater for GMRS use-help needed??

2004-02-02 Thread Jim B.
ost UHF mobiles are 25-35 watts, as are the radios he mentioned, but that is NOT continuous duty rated as is needed for a repeater. For repeater duty, it MUST be turned down or it will burn up. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater for GMRS use-help needed??

2004-02-02 Thread Jim B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Jim, > > >>For repeater duty, it MUST be turned down or it will burn up. > > > And conversely, it mustn't be turned up or it will burn down. > > 73, > Bob oh my...|cP -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Why need a commercial community tone board ?

2004-02-06 Thread Jim B.
peater radio > with Decible Products Duplexer. Thanks in advance for any comments. > Jim K7RNR > The primary purpose is to allow the use of more than one tone/code on the same system. This is all earlier tone panels would do. Secondary purposes, usually reserved for newer panels, inclu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: UHF Repeater

2004-02-09 Thread Jim B.
egal on amateur bands. Ham and GMRS should complement each other, as most things that are illegal on GMRS are legal on ham, like phone patch, and casual conversations. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL KAE9169 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yaho

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Pac/Rt

2004-02-09 Thread Jim B.
same thing with 2 UHF radios, again one as a monitor rx. That could probably be made into a UHF repeater for portable, low-profile use. It would not be aany good in any kind of high-RF environment because the rx has almost no front-end, and the tx has very little filtering. -- Jim Barbou

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Pac/Rt

2004-02-09 Thread Jim B.
t I remember that a local (very small) PD near where I used to live had a VHF one in the chief's car tied to the 39Mhz mobile. I was working for a 'basement MSS' at the time, and was told that that unit put out about 1-2 W. The chief would park the car at the station, tu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Pac/Rt

2004-02-10 Thread Jim B.
at the time, and was told that that unit put out about >>1-2 W. The chief would park the car at the station, turn on the PAC-RT, >>and use his portable all over town! He said there wasn't much of >>anywhere in town he couldn't go...heh >>(It WAS one of the very fi

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Source for 175 MHz 1/2 Wave whip?

2004-02-10 Thread Jim B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>Slightly off topic, but in the realm of RF. Does anyone know of a >> >>source for 175 MHz 1/2 Wave whip? >> It's for a radio mic. > > Why do want a 1/2-wave and not a 1/4-wave? or was that a typo? A 1/2-wave end-fed whip

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Ham freqs in a Motorola HT750?

2004-03-12 Thread Jim B.
onally like the > "DC-to-light" capabilities of some wideband Amateur gear, but that > capability brings along a lot of limitations! > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > Well, my 450-512 split HT1000 works AT SPEC all the way down to below 430...shame the hack won't wo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LINK receivers

2004-03-12 Thread Jim B.
Micor rx's feeding Maxar-80's turned down to about 7W out. Don't run the dual-bander very long, and DON'T run it at full power out! Keep it under 10W out! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.y

Re: [Repeater-Builder] LINK receivers

2004-03-12 Thread Jim B.
audio response tailoring to make everything match. Ther should be NO noticable difference in audio between receivers. Voting will be more reliable, and it will be much better copy when audio isn't bouncing between 'tinny' and 'bassy' in one transmission. -- Jim Barbour

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Motrac Radio]

2004-03-23 Thread Jim B.
ht be OK for a while, but you'll go bankrupt getting new tubes for it. A customer where I used to work had a lowband Motrac base that needed tubes. I priced them out at the time (around 1994-5) and found it would cost us nearly $1000 for the two tubes. You might find used ones cheaper, but.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] desktrac

2004-03-28 Thread Jim Cicirello
How did they intend to address tuning of the duplexer? Maybe I missed something. Good LuckJIM KA2AJH - Original Message - From: "Mike Morris WA6ILQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] desktrac >

[Repeater-Builder] Duplexer Cable Legnth

2004-03-28 Thread Jim Cicirello
-449 MHZ would the cables have to be changed? 73 JIM KA2AJH 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 us

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer Cable Legnth

2004-03-29 Thread Jim Cicirello
the Bird, the less expensive watt meters are not a true power measuring device but a glorified voltage meter which can be easily fooled by hi Q as found in a duplexer. JIM KA2AJH - Original Message - From: "Daron J. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer Cable Legnth

2004-03-29 Thread Jim B.
r jumpers from the duplexer > to the transmitter and receiver? > > N7HQR > ...especially since those lengths aren't important. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Bui

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: 440 Mhz Receiver with COR]

2004-03-29 Thread Jim B.
oever put it in to pick it up outa the trash bin, and don't darken my door again. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL 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 emai

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Duplexer Cable Legnth

2004-03-30 Thread Jim B.
Again, the correct length for coax between the duplexer and the tx/rx is the minimum length that will reach between the two. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL > "Davies, Doug A FOR:EX" wrote: > >>I have been having a heck of a time getting my Q202G to tune to 146.xxx. It >>w

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Yugo radios

2004-03-31 Thread Jim B.
ne else came up with it): Politicians are just lawyers who couldn't keep clients, and judges are just politicians who couldn't get re-elected. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Build

Re: [Re: [Re: [Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: 440 Mhz Receiver with COR]]]]

2004-03-31 Thread Jim B.
... and perhaps attitude. >> >> Neil - WA6KLA >> >> Actually, Kenwood commercial equipment from the last 10-15 years is on a par with any other conventional (non-trunked) equipment out there. I'd put a Kenwood up against an _equivalent_ Motorola any day. -- Jim Bar

Re: [Repeater-Builder] 900mhz Spectra Tac Receiver

2004-04-01 Thread Jim B.
ho does most of the work for the folks (users)on the Metro-Comm > system. > 73 Russ, W3CH > Trustee W3PS > Metro-Comm, INC > repeater network. > Spectra Tac, not Spectra. I don't know for sure, but it's likely a Micor rx board. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Ya

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Yahoo problems

2004-04-08 Thread Jim B.
was only about 'half full' (abt 2.5M out of 5M), so the bounces are NOT coming from my ISP. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this grou

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Dual-Band Repeater Antennas

2004-04-09 Thread Jim B.
ransmitters that was turned off. I'm assuming it was resonant. It did sorta work, in that it could be used with a mobile from 20+ miles away...but a portable in the hospital 5-7 floors down or more was spotty. (We call that P-squared-D...piss-poor design) -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Controllers RC-210

2004-04-09 Thread Jim B.
ng electronic devices shouldn't be messing with repeaters. There's enough crap out there. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL 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

[Repeater-Builder] MICOR Pinouts

2004-04-12 Thread Jim Cicirello
Control Module would be the same. Thanks in advance for the help. 73 JIM KA2AJH 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] <

Re: [Repeater-Builder] MICOR Pinouts

2004-04-13 Thread Jim Cicirello
Hi Kevin: Thanks for the information listed below on the hookup for the MICOR Non-Unified Chassis. I will be converting to your suggestions to include your squelch modification which I really want. Again thanks 73 JIM KA2AJH - Original Message - From: "Kevin Custer&quo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Audio Reproduction

2004-04-14 Thread Jim B.
z, LTR is spec'd for +/-1 Khz-setting voice at +/-4Khz for voice with no signalling present is the end result. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Looking at a UHF repeater...

2004-04-14 Thread Jim B.
rs yet, last I heard. By then, you'd be looking for other equipment anyway. But as mentioned, you DO need to check with your state coordinating body, and you WILL need a license. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://grou

Re: [Repeater-Builder] maxar 80 5 watt

2004-04-14 Thread Jim B.
he low power. The Maxar 50 was a completely different radio, smaller than the rest, and shared nothing with the others, except maybe xtals. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Controller identification ?

2004-04-14 Thread Jim B.
> > Charles Miller > WD5EEH > Sr. ET - City of Dallas - Communications > It's not Motorola-you won't find anything there. It's Centra-Com, not Centracom. Someone said they were a british company, and probably still exist. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Gro

Re: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-850 - Where to get CTCSS enable signal?

2004-04-14 Thread Jim B.
ppears to be either to use an external CTCSS decoder or to find a > signal in the receiver that does reflect the true CTCSS enable state. > > Anyone deal with this issue on a TKR-850? > > Thanks! Jim K7RNR > Do you have a manual? If not, get one. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cellular Antenna question

2004-04-15 Thread Jim B.
caused oscillation, spurs, and interference to other cell carriers, and worse, other radio services, including public safety systems on 800 MHz. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builde

Re: [Repeater-Builder] FCC considers Auxiliary Operation on 2M!

2004-04-16 Thread Jim B.
ions. > > Joe > > Joe > I'd sure like to know where you're gettin the idea that 2M is 'underutilized'! Everywhere I've been (in the US), there's plenty of repeaters. Most areas there's too many! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links

Re: [Repeater-Builder] FCC considers Auxiliary Operation on 2M!

2004-04-16 Thread Jim B.
Doesn't matter-in fact a repeater that's tied up all day with chatter isn't available for emergency communications. Plus the more time it spends keyed up, the less time till something fails. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Fred Flowers wrote: > Yeah, but does anybody t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] ICRI

2004-04-16 Thread Jim B.
ny radios used with it. Also someone needs to be with it monitoring to shut it down 'just in case'. There's no provision for remote control that I saw. I'm sure it's got some good uses, but it has a number of limitations. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Link

[Repeater-Builder] Modifying a Motorola Micor Station Control Module

2004-04-18 Thread Jim Cicirello
site that shows Q10 Q15 Etc? If not available on line a scanned copy by someone would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. JIM KA2AJH Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsu

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Modifying a Motorola Micor Station Control Module

2004-04-18 Thread Jim Cicirello
Hi Eric: The ink stamped number is: TLN4635B Thanks JIM - Original Message - From: "Eric Lemmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Modifying a Motorola Micor Station Control Module > Jim, > > Wha

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Min Separation for VHF, no duplexer, 2 ants?

2004-04-20 Thread Jim B.
site on either side of a REALLY BIG mountain. The two sites could not hear each other at all. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, se

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re:Audio problems revisited

2004-04-20 Thread Jim B.
7;s possible for more than one channel to be up at the same time. Even if it's digital, if you keep the squelch on edge, it should still open, it'll just sound like white noise. A spectrum analyzer would, of course, be better, since you can see all the freqs at the same time. -- Jim Bar

Re: [Repeater-Builder] VHF Syntor X

2004-04-20 Thread Jim B.
saw instructions to do that somewhere, but I don't remember where offhand. Not too bad to do, but you need a decent size soldering iron. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Is there a relationship between 147.225 and 146.925?

2004-04-20 Thread Jim B.
ling whenever both were up. No doubt in my mind that if the Spectrum had been replaced with a Micor or MII, the problem would've gone away. Instead, I think it got pulled for other reasons. Nothing has been on that pair for years. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*>

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: PA Duty Cycle & broadcasting

2004-04-21 Thread Jim B.
ch. :) > > Just a personal opinion here. I have been listening to > miscellaneous 'chatter' on various repeaters in excess of 40 years. > Now, finally, I have decided to chose what I will listen to ... and > what I won't. > > Neil McKie - WA6KLA &

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: PA Duty Cycle & broadcasting

2004-04-21 Thread Jim B.
the club doesn't like it, all they can do is get a different trustee, if the club owns the equipment. If the club doesn't own the equipment, they can get their own equipment and put up a different repeater. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your grou

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