RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820 info needed

2008-04-25 Thread n9wys
Here is how I have my CAT-300 connected via the 15-pin accessory plug: 1Hook Switch Must be grounded for unit to transmit 2TX Mod. input ground 3Direct Modulation Input This is where your CTCSS and/or DCS output from your controller would go.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820 info needed

2008-04-23 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
At 08:41 PM 04/23/08, you wrote: >--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "n9wys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Give me a couple of days to dig up my notes, Frank... I interfaced >a > > CAT-300 to a TKR-820. (You DID meant to write TRK, not KTR, >correct?) The > > internal controller MUST

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-17 Thread John
Hi Skipp skipp025 wrote: >ps: The rear panel molex connectors and required >pins are common to find... > Do you have a part # for the plug and the male pins? What do you sell them for? John -- John Mc Hugh, K4AG Coordinator for Amateur Radio National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC Home page:-

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-14 Thread Jim B.
Paul Finch wrote: > Hello, > > The 820 repeater I have does not have a controller in it, wonder if it ever > did. I got it second hand but it was set up for LTR trunking. If it really is a TKR and not a TKB, then yes it had the controller board. > Did Kenwood have a option of no controller? Be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-14 Thread Jim B.
skipp025 wrote: > Re: Kenwood TKR 820 > > I agree Jim, but some guys pull the boards and sell them > on Ebay for about $50 each. If you don't think you'll > ever need them, you generate another $50 income and run > an external tone/ltr panel through the rear connector. > > cheers, > skipp

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread Paul Finch
nks anyway, Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DCFluX Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 8:13 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820 An NHRC-2 or NHRC-4 may fit there, but you should

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread DCFluX
An NHRC-2 or NHRC-4 may fit there, but you should measure it to make sure. Plus you need a way to derive COS, so you may want to look at the NHRC squelch board or go with a Comspec PL board, or combonation of both. On 3/13/06, Paul Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > The 820 repeater I h

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread John
DCFluX wrote: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/message/57016 > Thanks, I overlooked that one John, K4AG 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 t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread DCFluX
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/message/57016 On 3/13/06, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DCFluX wrote: > > >It is possible to brute force program the EEproms to what ever channel > >and tone you want without the KPT-50, check the archive for the > >threads from about 5 months ago

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread Paul Finch
Hello, The 820 repeater I have does not have a controller in it, wonder if it ever did. I got it second hand but it was set up for LTR trunking. Did Kenwood have a option of no controller? Be interesting to find out. By the way, who knows what they were thinking when/if they removed the contro

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread John
DCFluX wrote: >It is possible to brute force program the EEproms to what ever channel >and tone you want without the KPT-50, check the archive for the >threads from about 5 months ago. > I checked the archives back to 1999 and couldn't find this. I'd be interested to findout more about it if you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread DCFluX
>and we all know what hapens when we ASSUME... hehehe I think that was said best in a Stevan Segal movie. Under Seige Pt.2 The TKR-820 will just sit there like a dumb shit until the magic tone is played for it on the channel that the receiver is tuned to. Pull out the 8 pin EEProm that is on t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread Mark Tomany
Sorry - I meant "Krik G"..Mark Tomany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I'm thinking that "Eric B" doesn't know that this repeater has an internal controller. He probably saw the empty Molex connector on the back panel and made an assumption - and we all know what hapens when we ASSUME...  heheh

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread Mark Tomany
Sorry - I meant "Kirk G"..Mark Tomany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I'm thinking that "Eric B" doesn't know that this repeater has an internal controller. He probably saw the empty Molex connector on the back panel and made an assumption - and we all know what hapens when we ASSUME...  heheh

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread Mark Tomany
I'm thinking that "Eric B" doesn't know that this repeater has an internal controller. He probably saw the empty Molex connector on the back panel and made an assumption - and we all know what hapens when we ASSUME...  hehehe   Mark - N9WYS"Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: skipp025 wrote:>

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-13 Thread Jim B.
skipp025 wrote: > Kirk G. is selling tkr-820's cheap enough on ebay right now, > but they don't include the controller. What a surprise some > buyers are going to have when they learn the repeater is > missing the repeater controller board. Well, that's pretty stupid. Why bother taking the bo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR 820

2006-03-12 Thread John
Skipp, Thanks for the response. I'd like to pick your brain on this. I havejust finished a GE MastrII Exec VHF conversion and I've been in the comm field for 30 years so I have some experience (just to let you know I'm not a novice) Yes, the cavities are external, they are a 4 can Sinclair I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820

2005-12-14 Thread DCFluX
Pete,   That is some damn fine information there.  I only wish I had it last night.  About the only thing that is different in the 820 is the divde radio is .0125 instead of .005Currently I am using a program called pony prog which the serial interface I am using is similar to the one shown on t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820

2005-12-14 Thread Jim B.
skipp025 wrote: > Hi Jim, > > There was a debate about the reverse being "a > true Motorola type Reverse-Burst". It only seemed > to matter if you were running the true reverse > burst decoder with the reed stall Motorola > parameters values. > > Never mattered to me much... the goal was t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820

2005-12-14 Thread Jim B.
DCFluX wrote: > I have not gotten the internal controller to activate the repeater, I am > suspecting that it is waiting for a DQT code (Digital PL) to activate. If you pull the tone chip, it should repeat CSQ. Make sure the rpt button on the front is pushed in! > > I tweaked the VCO's for 3 v

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820

2005-12-14 Thread DCFluX
I have not gotten the internal controller to activate the repeater, I am suspecting that it is waiting for a DQT code (Digital PL) to activate.  I tweaked the VCO's for 3 volts not knowing any better, I will readjust them tonight. I built a simple interface for the serial EEPROM out of a few

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820

2005-12-14 Thread Jim B.
skipp025 wrote: > The factory repeater board doesn't generate true > reverse burst. Like other mfgrs did... the tone is > often shut off before the transmitter drops and the > detector tries to close the audio of before the tx > drops. Hmmm-all the ones we had at the shop I used to work at d

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood TKR-820 Follow-up

2005-03-21 Thread N9WYS
My sincerest apologies to the list - I meant this to be a private message. I guess I need to watch more carefully before I hit the SEND button, eh? :) Mark - N9WYS -Original Message- From: skipp025 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:51 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoo