Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions]

2004-01-06 Thread mch
Can you say 'overqualified' (Re: RS)? Joe M. JOHN MACKEY wrote: > > In the 1980's, when I was in college, I applied for a pre-christmas > time job at RS. (I figured it would pay the bills until I found a > real job) I was interviewed, & later received a letter stating that > I was not what they

Re: [Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions]

2004-01-05 Thread JOHN MACKEY
> Mike Morris wrote: > > Yeah, most of them wrong, or "it's out of stock", or "we don't carry > > that any more" Recently, I went in to RS for a simple device I knew they had. Of course, the worker there met me a few steps after walking in the door to ask how he could help. I told him what I wan

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-05 Thread Mike Morris
At 10:33 AM 1/5/04 -0500, you wrote: >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?" > >Jim Yeah, I've had that res

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-05 Thread Richard
al Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:11 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions >The two responses I've seen most often are the blank stares and >"we used ta carr

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-05 Thread Neil McKie
Around here, RS is the only source of anything distantly resembling something electronic. Otherwise, you get it from another ham operator or from out of town. Neil - WA6KLA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >The two responses I've seen most often are the blank stares and > >"we used

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-05 Thread no6b
>The two responses I've seen most often are the blank stares and >"we used ta >carry that." > >Richard, N7TGB Actually it's "We've got questions, you've got answers". Example: I walk into a RS store. I'm asked "can I help you find something?" I respond "No thanks, I know what I'm looking for"

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?" =cP Jim Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http:/

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-05 Thread Butch Kanvick
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-04 Thread Russ Stafford
Hello All, Do we really need so much "OFF TOPIC QUESTIONS"? I just fills up our mail boxes! 73 Russ, W3CH 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] Off topic questions

2004-01-04 Thread Neil McKie
Yea, true. You have it right there ... so carefully put ... Neil Ken Arck wrote: > > At 10:28 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > > > Ok, I will bring it just for you ... will you have power at your > > booth? > > >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:28 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > Ok, I will bring it just for you ... will you have power at your > booth?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
Ok, I will bring it just for you ... will you have power at your booth? Neil Ken Arck wrote: > > At 09:14 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > > > The 5V had a vibrator power supply. You *do* know what a vibrator > > is ... ? > > <---Ooooh... you mean in the context of radio! Of course

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread bill Croghan
age - From: "aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions Adam, the connectors for the power cords on my old 520 is a Jones Socket (female). Now made by GC/Waldom. The P/N

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 09:14 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > The 5V had a vibrator power supply. You *do* know what a vibrator > is ... ? <---Ooooh... you mean in the context of radio! Of course! > I have one of the SOS red plastic wheel ider's around here. Every > time I see it, I think of your booth disp

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
The 5V had a vibrator power supply. You *do* know what a vibrator is ... ? I have one of the SOS red plastic wheel ider's around here. Every time I see it, I think of your booth display at Rickreall. Might you need to borrow it for your booth, February 21st? Neil Ken Arck wr

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread aiken
4648 - Original Message - From: Adam T. Liette To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions When looking for the connector for the AC/DC in on my TS-520, the gal informs me they don'

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:21 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > Might you need that modification diagram for one of your iders?

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
You are quite correct ... was C&A Electronics ... Don't remember when / where I bought my Red Book or the Yellow Book for that matter either. When those books first arrived on the scene, I already had 'collected' a few of the original factory manuals. As you may guess, I still have t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
I wasn't the one looking - but occasionally have one here someone may be able to use ... 73, Neil - WA6KLA Burt Lang wrote: > > I think the original question was about a Jones or Cinch-Jones > plug. I have a large number of various sizes. Which one was being > looked for? >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:32 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > Could that have been Art (Arthur) Roberts, a www.qrz.com search: > > W6UPL and WB6QIP ... I'd bet on W6UPL ... > > Was known as C & Art Roberts Electronics ... I think.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Burt Lang
I think the original question was about a Jones or Cinch-Jones plug. I have a large number of various sizes. Which one was being looked for? Burt VE2BMQ>>> 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] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
inal Message - > From: "Ken Arck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions > > > At 05:22 PM 1/3/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > >Boy, I long for the old-time radio e

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread KENL
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Chuck Kelsey
And that would be - Original Message - From: "Neil McKie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions > > Yup, if you know where to sign up ... > > Neil > > &g

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
Yup, if you know where to sign up ... Neil Chuck Kelsey wrote: > > Those aren't free anymore, are they? > > Chuck > > - Original Message - > From: "Neil McKie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 9:0

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
Could that have been Art (Arthur) Roberts, a www.qrz.com search: W6UPL and WB6QIP ... I'd bet on W6UPL ... Was known as C & Art Roberts Electronics ... I think. Somewhere around here, I think I have a C&A Electronics business card ... --- After looking for about 23 secon

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Those aren't free anymore, are they? Chuck - Original Message - From: "Neil McKie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions > Those of you out there who are fortunate enough t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
Shanon Lee Herron wrote: > > Yeah, that smell of the new catalog! Came in a brown wrapper. > Still have a few of the old ones, can't seem to be able to throw > them away. Those of you out there who are fortunate enough to be able to get the current Electronic Engineering Master (Catalo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:54 PM 1/3/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > There used to be a land mobile radio surplus (2-way radio) place > in the greater Los Angeles area back in the late sixties ?? called > Mann Communications and Electronics.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
RS is expensive too. > > 73, Shanon KA8SPW > > -Original Message- > From: Ken Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 5:30 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions > > Yeah,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
uot; > >> > > >> > ANY Radio Shack sales clerk should be able to help you. > >> > > >> > . I just couldn't resist. I suppose I should apologize to > >> > > >> > > >> anyone out > >> > >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Robert Mantell
Dick Smith Electronics is still alive in VK land. A Google search should find him. - Original Message - From: "Chuck Kelsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions > Boy, I long for

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Richard
The two responses I've seen most often are the blank stares and "we used ta carry that." Richard, N7TGB -Original Message- From: mch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:47 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread mch
Now I HAVE to take exception to that statement. All of their answers are right. They just may not match your question. ;-> "You've got questions, we've got answers!" (matches not guaranteed) Joe M. Mike Morris wrote: > > "You've got questions, we've got answers!" > > Yeah, most of them wrong,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Richard
004 2:22 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions Boy, I long for the old-time radio electronics places like Lafayette Radio and Burstein-Applebee. Is Dick Smith Electronics still in business -- haven't seen any ads for years now and suspe

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Shanon Lee Herron
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 5:30 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions Yeah, life was good when the new Allied catalog arrived...the stuff dreams are made of. 73, Ken KB3JA -Original Message- >B

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Adam T. Liette
yone out there who works at Radio Shack, but would they understand? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "Gregg Lengling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Jones
Yeah, life was good when the new Allied catalog arrived...the stuff dreams are made of. 73, Ken KB3JA -Original Message- >Boy, I long for the old-time radio electronics places like Lafayette Radio >and Burstein-Applebee. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Arck
At 05:22 PM 1/3/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Boy, I long for the old-time radio electronics places like Lafayette Radio >and Burstein-Applebee. <---I remember driving to New York (we lived in Connecticut when I was growing up) with my dad to Lafayette for our weekly outing. That was a cool place for a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Mike Morris
resist. I suppose I should apologize to > anyone out > > there who works at Radio Shack, but would they understand? > > > > Chuck > > WB2EDV > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Gregg Lengling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: >

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
Go to http://www.findchips.com fill in the tiny hole and click on FIND. Neil - WA6KLA Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote: > > 3RS is a good marking for a SMT device. This is a GaAs-N-FET made > by Matsushita Denshi Kogyo Co. It is in a SOT-143 package and is > of type 3SK184-S. I was unabl

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Chuck Kelsey
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions > Radio Shack, You have questions? > We have blank stares > > Huh? > > Kevin > Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Ken Jones
Hi, hi. Um, yeah, uh, we used to have that, but it's sold out...I think. Yeah, that's the ticket... 73, Ken KB3JA [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of the "you've got questions, we've got dumb looks" crew. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Re

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Kevin Custer
Radio Shack, You have questions? We have blank stares Huh? Kevin 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 t

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Gregg Lengling
. I just couldn't resist. I suppose I should apologize to anyone out > there who works at Radio Shack, but would they understand? > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > - Original Message - > From: "Gregg Lengling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, Ja

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
3RS is a good marking for a SMT device. This is a GaAs-N-FET made by Matsushita Denshi Kogyo Co. It is in a SOT-143 package and is of type 3SK184-S. I was unable to find a source of these with Google. I did find that these were a common transistor and also used by Icom and Alinco. These were a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Neil McKie
dn't resist. I suppose I should apologize to anyone out > there who works at Radio Shack, but would they understand? > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > - Original Message - > From: "Gregg Lengling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Gregg Lengling
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 3:27 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions Gregg - This is obviously a Radio Shack part "3RS." ANY Radio Shack sales clerk should be able to help you. . I just couldn't resist

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Chuck Kelsey
age - From: "Gregg Lengling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions > The markings on it only say 3RS and nothing more. > > Thanks in advance. > > > Gregg R. Lengling, W9DHI, Retired

[Repeater-Builder] Off topic questions

2004-01-03 Thread Gregg Lengling
Does anyone have the service manual for the Kenwood 701A dual band mobile. I just fixed one by changing the 440 front end fet with the 144 front end fet (they are both the same)my buddy really just needed his UHF side working. But I would like to replace the bad fet (now in the 2 meter side) w