Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread Paul Plack
now allows much of 2m,) but the reasons for the position are explained. 73, Paul, AE4KR - Original Message - From: wd8chl To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 10:50 AM 12/25/07, you wrote: Jim, I'd be interested to know where in part 97 you find any restriction on FM below 29.5. (Without debating it, of course.) ARRL bandplan, yes, but FCC rules? Keith, we're also stuck with band-planning on other bands which didn't anticipate the popularity

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread Jim
Paul Plack wrote: I'm afraid you've missed the ARRL's point. It's not about what modes are authorized on a given frequency, it's about what constitutes an auxiliary station. The ARRL's position is that the linking of a whole community of users from a VHF/UHF repeater input to 10M does not

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread MCH
That's nice, but the ARRL does not make the rules, and I can find nothing in Part 97 about AUX frequencies being limited to a single user. There is a saying about opinions and how everyone has one. The ARRL is no different. Joe M. Paul Plack wrote: I'm afraid you've missed the ARRL's point.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread MCH
It's not the 10M radio that is in AUX operation - it's the (2M or higher) frequencies that are dhared by the repeater that are. The statement was that *those* cannot be AUX frequencies since they have multiple users. (a stand that is completely ridiculous) I wonder if this has something to do

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread Nate Duehr
On Dec 25, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Paul Plack wrote: Keith, we're also stuck with band-planning on other bands which didn't anticipate the popularity of FM repeaters. 2m is even more screwed up. Why have only 600 kHz offset, when it could have easily been double that? Duplexers would have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread Paul Plack
- From: Nate Duehr To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. On Dec 25, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Paul Plack wrote: Keith, we're also stuck with band-planning

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread JOHN MACKEY
-- Received: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:49:05 PM CST From: Paul Plack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. Nate, Where I live, (and every place I have lived,) the 2m band was not crowded

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-26 Thread JOHN MACKEY
From: Paul Plack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. I'm afraid you've missed the ARRL's point. It's not about what modes are authorized on a given frequency, it's about what constitutes

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-25 Thread wd8chl
kb1we6r wrote: Why oh why did they pick 100KHz??? The 10m band is HUGE with no activity (even when the band is open, there should be plenty of room for a better repeater plan). Keith, WE6R in Monterey CA Nope-FM is only allowed above 29.500, so we only have 29.5-29.7 for ANY FM

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-25 Thread Paul Plack
about buying crystals and retuning duplexers. 73, Paul, AE4KR - Original Message - From: wd8chl To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. kb1we6r

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-25 Thread MCH
Actually, FM is allowed anywhere on HF. You just have the keep the modulation index less than or equal to 1. It's REPEATERS that are only allowed above 29.500 MHz. Joe M. wd8chl wrote: kb1we6r wrote: Why oh why did they pick 100KHz??? The 10m band is HUGE with no activity (even when

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-25 Thread MCH
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. kb1we6r wrote: Why oh why did they pick 100KHz??? The 10m band is HUGE with no activity

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-25 Thread wd8chl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim - you meant to say Repeaters are allowed above 29.500, not FM. FM is allowed above 29.000 MHz. LJ No, the only thing I should've added was 'wide-band' FM, ie, anything that occupies more bandwidth then a normal AM signal.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-24 Thread MCH
I would question that statement. If it's a remotely controlled station (commonly called a Remote Base), it can operate anywhere. It's only the CONTROL LINK that must be in an 'appropriate' band segment (or via phone). SkyCommand is a good example of that. The remotely controled station operates

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-24 Thread Kris Kirby
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, JOHN MACKEY wrote: So if the transmit offset for a CB radio was overcome, and converting from AM to FM for a CB radio was overcome, adding CTCSS is a simple issue that will be easily overcome. Adding CTCSS to a repeater has been an issue as long as I've been a ham. I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-24 Thread Paul Plack
- Original Message - From: Kris Kirby To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, JOHN MACKEY wrote: So if the transmit offset for a CB

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread JOHN MACKEY
: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. At 12/22/2007 20:40, you wrote: It's been tried many times since the 1970's. LJ The Commission has been a lot more flexible lately, so a petition for rulemaking that asks for more 10 meter repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread Paul Plack
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. It would be nice if we could also work in to the rulemaking a requirement for 10 meter repeaters to be CTCSS or digital access for every

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread Paul Plack
, December 22, 2007 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. At 12/22/2007 20:40, you wrote: It's been tried many times since the 1970's. LJ The Commission has been a lot more flexible lately, so a petition

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread skipp025
So for a realistic solution you need to place some form of tight pre-selection in front of the receiver. Cavities might be possible but not practical. I'm not sure if they're cost effective to buy but for an Amateur Radio 10 Meter Repeater Project but... piezo (crystal) filters for 30 MHz

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread no6b
At 12/23/2007 00:48, you wrote: It would be nice if we could also work in to the rulemaking a requirement for 10 meter repeaters to be CTCSS or digital access for every transmission. Although this would be very desirable, I doubt the FCC would write it into Part 97. It typically leaves such

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread no6b
At 12/23/2007 03:56, you wrote: I'm not sure more 10m pairs are really needed. When the band is open, 50 pairs would all have heterodynes. I disagree. Thinning out the current density by a factor of 5 would solve a lot of problems, given the difficulty in constructing a working 10 meter

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread Jeff Kincaid
That sounds like a great way to cause massive, worldwide interference problems when the sunspots return. But hey, you can petition the FCC for it and see what happens if you'd like. 'JK --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Johnny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it may sound to simple

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread Jeff Kincaid
A lot of that comes from the guys that insist on running carrier access. Just because it works when the band is dead doesn't make it OK in my book. Jeff As it is, with only four 10-Meter repeater frequencies available, they're all unusable howling messes when the band is open. LJ

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread John Burningham
I would recommend first using a spectrum analyser at the TX site to make sure the TX is not generating the noise. If you see the noise at the TX site, determine if internal to the TX or external. If the site is clean proceed to the RX site. At the RX site, check with a spectrum analyser to see

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread JOHN MACKEY
100KHz offsets. -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:49:45 AM CST From: Paul Plack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. John, I think CTCSS should remain voluntary. I'm

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Bob- You are probably correct that the FCC would suggest it be left to coordination. But that has been the plan for the last 25 years, and we see that it is a failure. I few dim-wits refusing to use CTCSS spoil it for everyone. -- Original Message -- Received: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:40:11

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread Paul Plack
, December 23, 2007 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. Comm-spec even gives instructions on how to make CTCSS work on AM CB radios! Really, 10 FM radios are so plentiful, that uncertainty regarding how well a converted CB would work

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread Brian Romine
I would have to agree with Keith WE6R, the FCC has been on a roll here lately re-banding several different frequency bands, why not reband the 10m band to accomodate more repeater pairs? One thing some people seem to be missing in this thread... at least I haven't seen anyone else mention

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread JOHN MACKEY
Message - From: JOHN MACKEY To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. It would be nice if we could also work in to the rulemaking

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-23 Thread Paul Plack
:06 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. HF Remote bases have been supported for decades by various repeater controller manufacturers. They're not just limited to outputs in the 10M FM Repeater band, you'll hear them on 75 meters, 20

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-22 Thread skipp025
Hi Keith, Do you have the equipment to check each location for desense and effective sensitivity? It would be very hard to make a notch cavity from Hard-line with enough Q to allow a decent 100KHz split. Even placing a band-pass cavities will help only so much... A DCI Filter would not be

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-22 Thread kb1we6r
Thanks, yes, the split is too close to do much! I recently had both sites equipment here to check it out, everything looks good and plays (individualy) here with no problems. With the transmitter turned off, weak signals can get in and sound great on the UHF link. I just learned that there is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-22 Thread Johnny
I know it may sound to simple but how about splitting the repeater sub-band. Put the repeater inputs at the top of the main band and the outputs at the bottom of the main band. Or vice-versa. Johnny Jeff Kincaid wrote: The band may be huge, but the FM sub band is smaller and the repeater sub

[Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-22 Thread Jeff Kincaid
The band may be huge, but the FM sub band is smaller and the repeater sub band is smaller still. Just how wide of a split would you like to use in a 200 kHz wide band? Jeff W6JK --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, kb1we6r [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why oh why did they pick 100KHz??? The

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-22 Thread MCH
Uhhh... because the FCC only allows repeater operation between 29.5 and 29.7 MHz? [see 97.205(b)] When you aren't given a choice, the decision is pretty easy. Joe M. Jeff Kincaid wrote: The band may be huge, but the FM sub band is smaller and the repeater sub band is smaller still. Just

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-22 Thread MCH
Feel free to petition the FCC to allow this. ;- Joe M. Johnny wrote: I know it may sound to simple but how about splitting the repeater sub-band. Put the repeater inputs at the top of the main band and the outputs at the bottom of the main band. Or vice-versa. Johnny Jeff Kincaid wrote:

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor.

2007-12-22 Thread no6b
At 12/22/2007 20:40, you wrote: It's been tried many times since the 1970's. LJ The Commission has been a lot more flexible lately, so a petition for rulemaking that asks for more 10 meter repeater spectrum may be a worthwhile effort now. IMO, in order to have a reasonable chance of