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

2004-01-07 Thread Rod Lane
eater-Builder] Repeater Help]]] Kevin Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, this year at Dayton, Repeater Builder will be accepting donations > for the opportunity to smash a Spectrum Repeater with a hammer. > > Now I'm kidding.. > > Let's move on folks, I

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

2004-01-07 Thread Jim B.
Well---I never said it was a idea... Actually, they CAN be acceptable ***IF*** you are very careful with tuning (spectrum analyzer is a BIG must!), and once it's set DON'T TOUCH IT Oh, you'll probably have to replace ALL the trimmer caps too. There is ONE on the air I know of in NE Ohio, an

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

2004-01-07 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Jim - What about all the spurs that Spectrums tend to put out? "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would say that if he REALLY wants to do SOMETHING with this thing, > it could be xtal'd up on his favorite repeater as a monitor/base. Find > an antenna relay out of a mastr pro or a Mitrek o

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

2004-01-07 Thread Jim B.
JOHN MACKEY wrote: > Thanks Gary, you are correct. I might add, I have found > Spectrum equipment perform very well as door stops. > > "Gary La Force" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Come on folks you no spectrum repeater are ok. >> >> >>As long as you don't turn them on. >> >> >>Gary N0PBM I

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Kevin Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, this year at Dayton, Repeater Builder will be accepting donations > for the opportunity to smash a Spectrum Repeater with a hammer. > > Now I'm kidding.. > > Let's move on folks, I believe this thread is dead To bad That would have been

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

2004-01-06 Thread Kevin Custer
Virden Clark Beckman wrote: >I think you should send it to Kevin so he can hit it with a hammer, when >he is done I will come over and melt some of it with a blowtorch while >he takes the pictures, I am sure someone will step in with a >hammerdrill. Maybe bring it to dayton and charge 1 buck a h

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

2004-01-06 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
ver someone feels > the need, that URL can be posted and everyone will feel better. > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > - Original Message - > From: "JOHN MACKEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:14 PM > Subject: Re: [RE: [[Rep

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Coy, are you saying you are the one who made foolish statements? "ac0y5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AND I DID. > > > (or some foolish statement like that). Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Go to bed, Coy. "ac0y5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OHSTOP.JOHN! > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, JOHN MACKEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Kevin - Don't "over-react" on the spectrum by throwing it out > before > > considering other uses. Remember my earlier post when

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

2004-01-06 Thread ac0y5
OHSTOP.JOHN! --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, JOHN MACKEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin - Don't "over-react" on the spectrum by throwing it out before > considering other uses. Remember my earlier post when I said they make good > door stops??? > > "Kevin Bednar" <[EMA

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

2004-01-06 Thread ac0y5
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, JOHN MACKEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Kevin Bednar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SNIP > > At least I'm > > one of the people that cares enough to NOT put drifty piece of crap > > on the air. ;) > > Kevin, for that I applaud you!!! Just a few weeks

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

2004-01-06 Thread Kevin Bednar
Yes I did John! :) I was also thinking maybe a wheel chock for my Blazer might be a use. ;) Kevin -Original Message- From: JOHN MACKEY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:15 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater

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

2004-01-06 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "JOHN MACKEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]] > Kevin - Don't "over-react" on the spectrum by throwing it out before > co

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Kevin - Don't "over-react" on the spectrum by throwing it out before considering other uses. Remember my earlier post when I said they make good door stops??? "Kevin Bednar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately, we have NO usable radio right now. The old Mastr II was > tossed a few weeks ba

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

2004-01-06 Thread Kim Carr
ssage- From: Kevin Bednar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 5:13 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [RE: [RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]]] Well, considering the "technical standards" (or lack thereof) that Spectru m uses I gues A

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

2004-01-06 Thread Kevin Bednar
t: Re: [RE: [RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]]] "Kevin Bednar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SNIP > At least I'm > one of the people that cares enough to NOT put drifty piece of crap on > the air. ;) Kevin, for that I applaud you!!! Just a few weeks ago we ha

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
"Kevin Bednar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SNIP > At least I'm > one of the people that cares enough to NOT put drifty piece of crap > on the air. ;) Kevin, for that I applaud you!!! Just a few weeks ago we had a person come on this mail list, & ask about spectrum repeaters. He was told all the h

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

2004-01-06 Thread Kevin Bednar
: [Re: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]] Kevin Bednar wrote: > I kinda figured that John from what I've been told, but unfortunately > there is $0 to replace it with something else. I didn't pay for it so Kevin - if you don't have any money to put up a repeater, then you sh

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

2004-01-06 Thread Kevin Bednar
ce of crap on the air. ;) Kevin -Original Message- From: JOHN MACKEY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 5:44 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE: [[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Help]] Kevin - Does that tell you something when the manufacturer

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Kevin Bednar wrote: > I kinda figured that John from what I've been told, but unfortunately > there is $0 to replace it with something else. I didn't pay for it so Kevin - if you don't have any money to put up a repeater, then you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. Repeaters are a HUGH

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Thanks Gary, you are correct. I might add, I have found Spectrum equipment perform very well as door stops. "Gary La Force" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Come on folks you no spectrum repeater are ok. > > > As long as you don't turn them on. > > > Gary N0PBM Yahoo! Groups Links To vis

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

2004-01-06 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Kevin - Does that tell you something when the manufacturer won't even support the product? Most of us here are running repeaters that are at least 15 years old. Several of my repeaters were built in the late 1960's & thru the 1970's by GE (the Mastr Pro). > "kbednar99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot