Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread Micheal Salem
Ken: About that same time a friend of mine in Norman, Oklahoma modified his UHF to VHF remote base to add a home built GLB synthesizer to his tube VHF remote. He built the logic for it and I think that he used a 567 tone decoder set. I remember this because it was after I got out of school in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread mch
That would have been using a GLB synthesizer? Joe M. Ken Arck wrote: Hi folks Is anyone aware of the earliest use of a synthesized remote base on an amateur repeater? One that allowed full frequency agility? My take is that it happened in 1976 (and of course, I think I know who did it

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread Ken Arck
Very cool, Michael. If it's not too much of a hassle, it would be nice to know who was first :-) Ken At 09:36 PM 9/19/2004 -0500, you wrote: Ken: About that same time a friend of mine in Norman, Oklahoma modified his UHF to VHF remote base to add a home built GLB synthesizer to his tube VHF

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message: - From: Ken Arck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:50:29 -0700 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question Hi folks Is anyone aware of the earliest use of a synthesized remote base on an amateur repeater? One

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread Micheal Salem
Ken: Thank you for your e-mail. Well, I wish that I could say that I did it, but it was my friend, K5HMD, who had moved to Oklahoma from Dayton, Ohio. I recall that I helped him with the boards and the space on the building and other small things. He designed and built it. He is now living in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread Chuck Kelsey
, September 19, 2004 11:51 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question I remember using a 2M synthesized remote base in Las Vegas back in 1975. They used a VHF Engineering synthesizer - not a GLB (but I don't remember what kind of VHF radio it was hooked up to.) Buried somewhere

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread Chuck Kelsey
$!#$ spell checker ! That was obviously GLB not Glib. Chuck - Original Message - From: Chuck Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question I don't think

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kinda of a strange question

2004-09-20 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:51 PM 9/19/2004 -0400, you wrote: That would have been using a GLB synthesizer? ---A Vanguard, actually. And a Metrum II (remember those?). As did Mike, we designed a complete TTL controller (5 x 7 cards in a cage - state-of-the-art!), using 567 decoders that did all the usual controller