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Re: GE Ranger for 6 meters? [update]

Tedd Doda
 

Hi Chuck:

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 08:11:35 -0800, Chuck Wood wrote:

I HAVE ONE ON A MOUNTAIN 3500 FEET NO PROBLEM. YES THEY ARE WIDE BAND. BUT
THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF EASIALLY FILTERING THEM. ISERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT A
BABY MONITOR COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS.
I'd like to hear your ideas about filtering. Because I'm using
notch only filters, each offending frequency would need it's
own filter. Is there a "intermod" style filter available for 6?

YOU CANNOT DUPLEX A PLL RADIO THEY MUST
BE XTAL OR YOU NEED TO USE TWO OF THEM .
Thanks.

ANYONE WHO DOESNT WANT THEIR
RANGERS JUST SEND THEM TO ME ILL SUFFER WITH THEM.
I've decided to get a couple to try them out. As I mentioned
before, I have a UHF Ranger, and it works very well, in a
high RF neighbourhood, probably due to the helical resonator
front end.

ALSO THE C.H.P. HAS
ABOUT 5000 OF THESE IN THEIR FLEET THEY MUST BE O.K..
On 6 meters???

Thanks for the input.


Tedd Doda CET

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Re: Member Update

Cristobal Inos
 

Kevin K. Custer W3KKC wrote:

From: "Kevin K. Custer W3KKC" <kuggie@...>

The Repeater-Builder List now has 211 members.
This all has happened in just 14 days!

Carry on........

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March 3, 1999

I am not too sure whether we can do business in this list...it has to do
with linking repeaters. If anyone in the list is interested, please
contact me at: soni@....

thanks

chris inos
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Re: Decibel Products DB-224s on sale

Cristobal Inos
 

DPW wrote:


From: DPW <dpw@...>

To All,

I just ordered a new DB-224 from a company in S. Florida called
Marketronics. The price was $364.00 plus shipping. These things list
for over $500.00. I thought if anyone is building a repeater, here is a
great antenna for it at a good price.

Marketronics Corporation
1-800-845-1230
Janine Ext. 244



I hope this helps. It seems you can never have too many sources for
such things.

David Waters, AC4JF

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Re: GE Ranger for 6 meters? [update]

Chuck Wood
 

I HAVE ONE ON A MOUNTAIN 3500 FEET NO PROBLEM. YES THEY ARE WIDE BAND. BUT
THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF EASIALLY FILTERING THEM. ISERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT A
BABY MONITOR COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS. YOU CANNOT DUPLEX A PLL RADIO THEY MUST
BE XTAL OR YOU NEED TO USE TWO OF THEM . ANYONE WHO DOESNT WANT THEIR
RANGERS JUST SEND THEM TO ME ILL SUFFER WITH THEM. ALSO THE C.H.P. HAS
ABOUT 5000 OF THESE IN THEIR FLEET THEY MUST BE O.K..

CHUCK WD6APP

-----Original Message-----
From: Tedd Doda <lazer@...>
To: repeater-builder@... <repeater-builder@...>
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 1:15 PM
Subject: [repeater-builder] Re: GE Ranger for 6 meters? [update]


From: "Tedd Doda" <lazer@...>

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:34:28 -0800, Chuck Wood wrote:

THE RANGER WONT MAKE A RPT UNLESS YOU USE TWO OF THEM. HOWEVER THEY ARE
ONE
OF THE BEST SIX METER RADIOS GOING. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THEM DO.
I was talking to a GE service rep., and he also said that
2 are required because of the PLL only doing TX or RX at
one time.

ALSO ARE THEY AVAILABLE TO OTHER PEOPLE OR WHAT?
I think so. Supposedly, the 2 people that are selling them
got a skid load of them from a local police force that moved
to 800 Mhz trunking. If anyone is interested, I'll see what
his policy is about shipping them (they are currently in
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).

AGAIN DONT LET THEM SLIP BY THEY ARE AN EXTREMELY GOOD RADIO.
One of the things that Reg (the GE tech) said was that the
Ranger has absolutely NO front end filtering. He had a Ranger
in his car for 6 meters, and noticed signals on the radio
that weren't on the repeater. He then concluded that the
front end must have been getting overloaded by all the baby
monitors and 49 Mhz cordless phones.

He then installed a GE Delta, and all the noise disappeared.

Is this a common problem with the Rangers?


Tedd Doda CET

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Re: Model

Richard D. Reese
 

I do not have the list handy but it is a 100 watt UHF unit. The 7 is the
power and the 4 is 406 to 512 MHz.
Rich WA8DBW

Chuck k wrote:

From: Chuck k <chuckk@...>

Hello to all

Can some one tell me what a motorola C74gsb-610_ _at
That is the # that i can read

Thanks
chuckk
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Richard D. Reese WA8DBW
Re: Member Update

Cristobal Inos
 

Kevin K. Custer W3KKC wrote:

From: "Kevin K. Custer W3KKC" <kuggie@...>

The Repeater-Builder List now has 211 members.
This all has happened in just 14 days!

Carry on........

Kevin Custer
List Owner

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I am glad I found and joined this list...I am equally happy to know that
membership has grown in such a short time. I just would like to know how
far (geographically) membership extends. I am located at 15 mira
14-08-28W 145-11-12E

thank you

chris inos
wh6um
Re: GE Ranger for 6 meters?

 

I don't have the exact spec here, but I recall that the RANGR has a
rather low duty cycle. I've also never heard of one getting overloaded
so easily - especially by milliwatt power transmitters!

The CTCSS is controlled by a micro and cannot be used simultaneously for
encode and decode. For that matter, neither can the TX and RX.

Joe, KR3P

Tedd Doda wrote:


While at the Hamilton, Ontario fleamarket, a friend found
some GE Rangers on 6 meters. They come with the 990 control
head, and all 64 memories programmed. We can get them for
$150 CDN ($100 USD).

Has anyone tried these for repeater use? I would be worried
about the PLL noise, but don't know if it would be a concern.

Would it be possible to use the internal CTCSS (PL) encode
AND decode at the same time (again, for repeater use).
Decibel Products DB-224s on sale

DPW
 

To All,

I just ordered a new DB-224 from a company in S. Florida called
Marketronics. The price was $364.00 plus shipping. These things list
for over $500.00. I thought if anyone is building a repeater, here is a
great antenna for it at a good price.

Marketronics Corporation
1-800-845-1230
Janine Ext. 244



I hope this helps. It seems you can never have too many sources for
such things.


David Waters, AC4JF
Re: GE Ranger for 6 meters? [update]

 

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:34:28 -0800, Chuck Wood wrote:

THE RANGER WONT MAKE A RPT UNLESS YOU USE TWO OF THEM. HOWEVER THEY ARE ONE
OF THE BEST SIX METER RADIOS GOING. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THEM DO.
I was talking to a GE service rep., and he also said that
2 are required because of the PLL only doing TX or RX at
one time.

ALSO ARE THEY AVAILABLE TO OTHER PEOPLE OR WHAT?
I think so. Supposedly, the 2 people that are selling them
got a skid load of them from a local police force that moved
to 800 Mhz trunking. If anyone is interested, I'll see what
his policy is about shipping them (they are currently in
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).

AGAIN DONT LET THEM SLIP BY THEY ARE AN EXTREMELY GOOD RADIO.
One of the things that Reg (the GE tech) said was that the
Ranger has absolutely NO front end filtering. He had a Ranger
in his car for 6 meters, and noticed signals on the radio
that weren't on the repeater. He then concluded that the
front end must have been getting overloaded by all the baby
monitors and 49 Mhz cordless phones.

He then installed a GE Delta, and all the noise disappeared.

Is this a common problem with the Rangers?


Tedd Doda CET

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Re: VHF Antenna Design

John Lloyd
 

Terry,

I would mount your antennas per your note 2C.

John Lloyd, K7JL

-------------------

Terry Bartholomew NQ4Y wrote:

From: "Terry Bartholomew NQ4Y" <terry@...>

I am on a fact finding mission, gathering information about
the pros and cons of a particular antenna design/configuration.
This antenna will be used on a VHF repeater (Monteagle, TN.)
We need near 360 degree coverage. The repeater is at 2300
feet HAMSL if downtilt should be a consideration.
I have narrowed the choices down to either an 8 or a 16 element
dipole array.

1) Would a folded dipole have more gain than a "gamma matched"
dipole? I was told that a folded dipole has 1.5dB more
gain than a standard dipole.

2) What is the best way to orient the antennas on the tower
(Rhon 25G?)
a) put them all on the same side of the tower and point
them toward the tower...
b) put them in two groups of 8, back to back...
c) start at the top and mount them down the tower, turning
each 90 degrees from the previous...
d) put them in two groups of 8, first group of 8 over the
second group of 8, point the lower group of 8 180 degrees
of the first 8?

3) Has anyone had any experience with the Maxrad 4 element dipole
array? Or would it perform like the old cushcraft 4 element
dipole?

All comments welcome!

-Terry NQ4Y


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6m solid state transmitter strip?

w7ntf@aol.com
 

I apologize for this being a bit off-topic, however repeater builders should
have a bunch of goodies laying around which would serve my purpose nicely.

I'm putting together a six meter propagation beacon here in Washington State,
and am in need of a solid state transmitter strip that can be keyed for
continuous beacon service. I want to run straight CW, simply an on/off carrier
keyed at about 8-10wpm... I am hoping for something in the 25-100w range, but
am flexible. Can anyone spare something from their junk box? 12vdc operation
and a schematic or other associated documentation would be a plus. I plan to
put the beacon transmitter on the low end of six meters, below 50.1, frequency
yet to be determined. I hope to mount the tranmitter strip and memory keyer
on a blank 19" rack panel. Please let me know what you have and your terms.
Thanks in advance.

73, de Gary, W7NTF
Re: Member Update

Richard Bomboy
 

Near Albion PA 41-54-08 X 80-25-52 Elev 910 ft
Dick WA3USH
"It happens, just deal with it"
Re: GE Ranger for 6 meters?

Chuck Wood
 

THE RANGER WONT MAKE A RPT UNLESS YOU USE TWO OF THEM. HOWEVER THEY ARE ONE
OF THE BEST SIX METER RADIOS GOING. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THEM DO.
ALSO ARE THEY AVAILABLE TO OTHER PEOPLE OR WHAT?

AGAIN DONT LET THEM SLIP BY THEY ARE AN EXTREMELY GOOD RADIO.


73S CHUCK WD6APP

-----Original Message-----
From: Tedd Doda <lazer@...>
To: Repeater list <repeater-builder@...>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 1:31 PM
Subject: [repeater-builder] GE Ranger for 6 meters?


From: "Tedd Doda" <lazer@...>

Hi people:

Thanks for all the replies about the Mitreks and Master II's.

While at the Hamilton, Ontario fleamarket, a friend found
some GE Rangers on 6 meters. They come with the 990 control
head, and all 64 memories programmed. We can get them for
$150 CDN ($100 USD).

Has anyone tried these for repeater use? I would be worried
about the PLL noise, but don't know if it would be a concern.

Would it be possible to use the internal CTCSS (PL) encode
AND decode at the same time (again, for repeater use).

Thanks for any input.


Tedd Doda CET

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Re: Member Update

 

On Mon, 01 Mar 1999 18:35:57 -0800, Cristobal Inos wrote:

I am glad I found and joined this list...I am equally happy to know that
membership has grown in such a short time. I just would like to know how
far (geographically) membership extends. I am located at 15 mira
14-08-28W 145-11-12E
Located about 60 miles south-west of Toronto, Ontario (EN93).
Our club, The Kitchener-Waterloo ARC ()
maintains a number of repeaters including 2m, 220, 440, and
the soon to be released 6 meter.


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Re: List of subscribers

JoeD
 

Oops, sorry, I posted to the wrong list!!

Sorry guys.

Joe (wa4nwo)
List of subscribers

joed@xxx.xxx
 

To answer Bob's question about getting a list of all the subscribers: YES!

On your member center page ( go to < and login, then click the "Member center" button) click on the USS_Chicago link under "List Center" then select "Member Profiles". Finally, run outside and rotate the tires on your car.... No wait, skip that last step...

This should give you a list of all the users on the list (24 at last count)

Joe
Re: Member Update

Kevin Mitchell <sparc@xxxx.xx.xxx
 

Hi Chris, and the Group,

I am getting this group from down here in New Zealand, and if this group is anything to go by, it should be going into every country, thanks to Kevin
for adding it to the newsgroups.

On the subject, Kevin mentions that this server will accept attachments, so hopefully we might see some circuits being posted.

Hope to catch, or hear from everyone as the group grows more and more.


Regards

Kevin, ZL1UDD.
Owner, Operator South Auckland Repeater Group.
29.64, 145.775, 147.325, 438.250, 428.575, 1291.100.
Using Link-Comm RLC-2a and RLC-3 controllers with DVR and Remote Auto-Patch.

PS. I am looking for equipment to run on 1296MHz as a repeater, I understand there is a mod to convert 430MHz equipment up to this freq.
Come to mention it, I am always on the look out for reasonable priced equipment to use as portable repeaters and full duplex links.


Cristobal Inos wrote:

From: Cristobal Inos <soni@...>

Kevin K. Custer W3KKC wrote:

From: "Kevin K. Custer W3KKC" <kuggie@...>

The Repeater-Builder List now has 211 members.
This all has happened in just 14 days!

Carry on........

Kevin Custer
List Owner

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I am glad I found and joined this list...I am equally happy to know that
membership has grown in such a short time. I just would like to know how
far (geographically) membership extends. I am located at 15 mira
14-08-28W 145-11-12E

thank you

chris inos
wh6um

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GE Custom MVP Rptr Mods

Randy Nelson
 

I understand this model converts very easily to a repeater.
Has someone published modifications for use as a repeater?
Nothing fancy, just a simple COR would do.

73's, Randy, WB0VHB
Member Update

Kevin K. Custer W3KKC
 

The Repeater-Builder List now has 211 members.
This all has happened in just 14 days!

Carry on........


Kevin Custer
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Re: Member Update

w7ntf@xxx.xxx
 

I'm in Spanaway , WA... 470222N x 1222250W, Grid CN87TA.

73, Gary, W7NTF
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