Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
I have had several 850 and 750 Kenwoods in operation and the only problem I had was PA problems on both,but they were V1 units. Most have been replaced with V2 units now unfortunately due to bad
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Wayne
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
Hum in an amplifier ¨C did the hum go away ? _____________________________________________________ According to him, it did. But after he spent that money, I¡¯m sure he would say it had whether or
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Mike Langner <mlangner@...>
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
Did the hum go away after he installed that transformer? -- The Real RFI-EMI-GUY
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RFI-EMI-GUY
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
There is sometimes confusion as to what flat audio actually means and how to accommodate it. In monitoring the linked UHF SARNET system here in FL, some of the repeater nodes are very tinny suggesting
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RFI-EMI-GUY
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
Bob's point (and made well) is it's pretty easy for an engineer to properly make an amplifier to reproduce 20 Hz-5K with less than 1% distortion and less than +/- a couple DB. (and if there are
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wj9jrg
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
This website was interesting to see what the limits of my ears are on dynamic range, pitch, phase, and audio bit rates: https://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_index.php 16 vs 8 bit audio
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Skyler Fennell
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
I have an audiophile brother in law who purchased a special power line ¡°balancing transformer¡± because he said if he turns the volume up all the way and puts his head next to one of his speakers
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Mike Langner <mlangner@...>
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
I need to get out of the ham radio market and start selling stuff like this!
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Skyler Fennell
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
It is to communicate, not for high fidelity music. Oh the number of times that someone has been 100% copy and yet someone complains that it isn't broadcast quality. And speaking of broadcast, we are
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Teton Amateur Radio Repeater Association (TARRA)
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
One can sell some of the audiophiles most anything.? ?The best I know of is special wire from the equipment to the 120 volt AC receptacle in the wall.? I have seen ads for that 6 to 10 feet of wire
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Ralph Mowery
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
Hi Skyler, Sure, but my point was the audio goes through all those devices and still comes out good. I don't know why a receiver/controller/transmitter audio chain is so feared. We're talking <300 Hz
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Bob
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
I disagree, this is mixed in and the original audio is not touched when the voice announcement is not playing. I built a basic controller with the dumbest mixer circuit ( 2 resistors) and the original
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Skyler Fennell
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
Dan, Do you have much real experience with Kenwood hardware??? The TKR-750v2 and TKR-850v2 are excellent repeaters. I've not experienced any of the "problems" you suggest are common and I've had a
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David McGough
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Re: Why use a purpose built repeater box as a repeater rather than a transmitter, receiver, and controller tied (lashed) together?
Hi Dan, repeater, you will sacrifice audio quality, often just to add voice IDs and announcements. Without exception? We're talking about audio, not rocket science. Audiophiles spend many thousands
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Bob
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Re: Another basic digital voice question.
Thanks for the clarification Matt, I was in the unclear group, given the recent output from the FCC regarding illegal activity and the use of radio for nefarious reasons, which is why I asked the
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JeffBanke
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Re: How to use a VGA monitor with your broken HP gear
The 'video out' is the connector you need to connect to an external monitor or the GSB8200 type board.
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Ralph Mowery
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Re: How to use a VGA monitor with your broken HP gear
Thanks for the info. I have an HP 8935, I assume it would work on this as well, I have a couple of BNC connectors one is labeled "scope monitor out" and the other BNC is "video out". I assume it would
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N1UB
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Re: Tuning procedure for Mobile Duplexer TFE6030A
Thanks for the info! I was able to find the tuning procedure here? in the message archives and, combined with your insights, it all makes sense now. The extra adjustments are capacitors to maximize
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WB5MCT <harvey.babb@...>
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Re: TPRD-1554 Troubleshooting
I'm out of town on a job so I can't check my notes, but from memory it should be 1-14 pF, Johanson 5402 or similar. Jeff's parts stock. Email me direct, I'll be back in town this weekend. --- Jeff
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Jeff DePolo WN3A
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Re: Kenwood TK-760H VHF
Then why do my TK-860s have a narrow/wide setting?
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Bob Dengler
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