If you have Internet at the site (WiFi) a single cameral Amazon Blink system is about $50 and will detect movement and send notices and video to your cell phone. These are very small cameras and run off batteries with about 2yr battery life, no wiring needed. Hope they catch the scum.
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Two of our repeater sites have door and window alarms that will cause the repeaters to broadcast “intruder alert, door open’ until the door is closed. Someone will hear that and call the police. Of course, these repeaters are inside the city limits.
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On Apr 12, 2025, at 7:07?PM, Chad Nelson <chad.nelson71@...> wrote:
? Hey Johnny, that's a good idea! You just gave me a really good idea for my repeater site that I'm gonna start to be using shortly. Should maybe find tiny surveillance camera and connect it up so I have monitoring capability visually. Just need to figure out how to get it to transmit over the Internet to my location 60 miles away. Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979 Janesville Wisconsin 608-754-8671 Send from my spectrum iPhone 16. On Apr 12, 2025, at 6:29?PM, Jonny Tomlinson KF6PHX via groups.io <jstlink@...> wrote:
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No cameras?
Kf6phx
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get
Motorola VHF Quantar SN 509CLR1418
stolen from site last Thursday...
Along with DB4060B ...missing mounting brackets. Both tuned to 146.36/96 pair?
they cut the tie wraps holding the 4 cans together..the brackets had been misplaced but found and were to be reinstalled when repeater was discovered missing?
Also cables from rptr to duplexer and duplexer to Heliax gone....Sinclair Duplexer in cabinet that the rptr was sitting on not touched nor a UHF MII repeater...so this was personal....and I have 4 suspects in the list.
Sheriff's office has been contacted.
Contacting Boone Co Iowa (ironic) where the duplexer was bought from to get the SN on both units bought..lost the paperwork?
Chris WB5ITT?
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Hey Johnny, that's a good idea! You just gave me a really good idea for my repeater site that I'm gonna start to be using shortly. Should maybe find tiny surveillance camera and connect it up so I have monitoring capability visually. Just need to figure out how to get it to transmit over the Internet to my location 60 miles away. Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979 Janesville Wisconsin 608-754-8671 Send from my spectrum iPhone 16.
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On Apr 12, 2025, at 6:29?PM, Jonny Tomlinson KF6PHX via groups.io <jstlink@...> wrote:
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No cameras?
Kf6phx
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get
Motorola VHF Quantar SN 509CLR1418
stolen from site last Thursday...
Along with DB4060B ...missing mounting brackets. Both tuned to 146.36/96 pair?
they cut the tie wraps holding the 4 cans together..the brackets had been misplaced but found and were to be reinstalled when repeater was discovered missing?
Also cables from rptr to duplexer and duplexer to Heliax gone....Sinclair Duplexer in cabinet that the rptr was sitting on not touched nor a UHF MII repeater...so this was personal....and I have 4 suspects in the list.
Sheriff's office has been contacted.
Contacting Boone Co Iowa (ironic) where the duplexer was bought from to get the SN on both units bought..lost the paperwork?
Chris WB5ITT?
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Can we say a pile of scum!? That's really pathetic, if someone doesn't like someone else then don't take it out on the equipment. Maybe people should learn to grow up and leave things alone. Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979 Janesville Wisconsin 608-754-8671 Send from my spectrum iPhone 16.
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On Apr 12, 2025, at 6:16?PM, Chris Boone WB5ITT via groups.io <setxtelecom@...> wrote:
? Motorola VHF Quantar SN 509CLR1418 stolen from site last Thursday...
Along with DB4060B ...missing mounting brackets. Both tuned to 146.36/96 pair?
they cut the tie wraps holding the 4 cans together..the brackets had been misplaced but found and were to be reinstalled when repeater was discovered missing?
Also cables from rptr to duplexer and duplexer to Heliax gone....Sinclair Duplexer in cabinet that the rptr was sitting on not touched nor a UHF MII repeater...so this was personal....and I have 4 suspects in the list.
Sheriff's office has been contacted.
Contacting Boone Co Iowa (ironic) where the duplexer was bought from to get the SN on both units bought..lost the paperwork?
Chris WB5ITT?
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None that I know of at the site
Plenty of signs that say there are ?
On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 6:29 PM Jonny Tomlinson KF6PHX via <jstlink= [email protected]> wrote:
No cameras?
Kf6phx
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get
Motorola VHF Quantar SN 509CLR1418
stolen from site last Thursday...
Along with DB4060B ...missing mounting brackets. Both tuned to 146.36/96 pair?
they cut the tie wraps holding the 4 cans together..the brackets had been misplaced but found and were to be reinstalled when repeater was discovered missing?
Also cables from rptr to duplexer and duplexer to Heliax gone....Sinclair Duplexer in cabinet that the rptr was sitting on not touched nor a UHF MII repeater...so this was personal....and I have 4 suspects in the list.
Sheriff's office has been contacted.
Contacting Boone Co Iowa (ironic) where the duplexer was bought from to get the SN on both units bought..lost the paperwork?
Chris WB5ITT?
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No cameras?
Kf6phx
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get
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Motorola VHF Quantar SN 509CLR1418
stolen from site last Thursday...
Along with DB4060B ...missing mounting brackets. Both tuned to 146.36/96 pair?
they cut the tie wraps holding the 4 cans together..the brackets had been misplaced but found and were to be reinstalled when repeater was discovered missing?
Also cables from rptr to duplexer and duplexer to Heliax gone....Sinclair Duplexer in cabinet that the rptr was sitting on not touched nor a UHF MII repeater...so this was personal....and I have 4 suspects in the list.
Sheriff's office has been contacted.
Contacting Boone Co Iowa (ironic) where the duplexer was bought from to get the SN on both units bought..lost the paperwork?
Chris WB5ITT?
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Motorola VHF Quantar SN 509CLR1418 stolen from site last Thursday...
Along with DB4060B ...missing mounting brackets. Both tuned to 146.36/96 pair?
they cut the tie wraps holding the 4 cans together..the brackets had been misplaced but found and were to be reinstalled when repeater was discovered missing?
Also cables from rptr to duplexer and duplexer to Heliax gone....Sinclair Duplexer in cabinet that the rptr was sitting on not touched nor a UHF MII repeater...so this was personal....and I have 4 suspects in the list.
Sheriff's office has been contacted.
Contacting Boone Co Iowa (ironic) where the duplexer was bought from to get the SN on both units bought..lost the paperwork?
Chris WB5ITT?
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Good afternoon everyone, I bought this on eBay as it says in the link below, but as it turns out, I won't need this so if anyone needs it, I
sell for $10 It's brand new in the package and never opened
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Janesville Wisconsin
608-754-8671
Send from my spectrum iPhone 16.
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Hey Butch, figured I'd let you know that the issue I was having with JAWS and my rig blaster plug-in plane ? box was not computer's fault. The schematics we received to wire up the cable to the RC 210 controller was the wrong schematic for the wrong product so we wired the cable wrong. Aggravating! Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979 Janesville Wisconsin 608-754-8671 Send from my spectrum iPhone 16.
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On Apr 11, 2025, at 8:08?AM, Butch-tiny puppy via groups.io <wa0vjr@...> wrote:
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You often have to tell it specificly to use that
card as it sees the usb device as another sound card.?
Butch Bussen WA0VJR butchb@...irlp
7135 allstar 56023 echolink 790800 ----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [repeater-builder] weird issue
It uses the internal one normally
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You
probably need to tell jaws what doundcard to use.?
Butch Bussen
WA0VJR
butchb@...
irlp
7135
allstar 56023
echolink 790800
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Sent:
Friday, April 11, 2025 6:45 AM
Subject:
[repeater-builder] weird issue
Hi,
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I hope someone can help me figure out an issue. I am trying
to use a West Mountain Radio Rigblaster plug and play sound card interface to
run echolink.
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The issue I am running into is that I use JAWS a screenreader
that reads text outloud from the computer since I am totally blind. When I have
my nomic working JAWS talks fine and everything is happy but when I connect the
plug and play, I get the usual computer sounds out of my speaker, but JAWS
doesn’t talk, (so I can’t do anything if it doesn’t read to me what is on eht
screen).
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Does anyone have any ideas or how to make an external sound
card play nice together with the internal one.
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I would be happy to use the internal card for JAWS, and use
the USB card to run the plug and play, but I run into the same issue with the
USB sound card.
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Thanks,
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Chad
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We got it worked out. A config error in the code plug.
We are also running RSS through a VirtualBox VM running 32bit WinXP. We're even using a USB/Serial device mapped through VirtualBox.
There is adequate documentation on the repeater-builder website. Don't forget to save the codeplug as received (you need a 32-bit Windows OS). Some programming settings are required for the wireline audio to work, and Moto's REALLY WEIRD audio alignment
procedure.
73
-de "Curly" John NI0K
call me: 6100271
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Re: VHF Duplexer Identification
My Quantar is on 2m standard 146.36/96 pair in Texas...mine is a 4 can DB4060B ....tuned perfectly and no desense...rptr runs about 75watts out....rcvr is 0.15 thru the cans with the xmtr on or off
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 4:32 PM Jeff Acree via <locustpointlight= [email protected]> wrote: Chris,
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Like you, it appears I am now getting 80+ dB per channel of stop-band insertion loss.? Also like you, I am using them with a Quantar, so hopefully I can get by with four cans.? I only have 600 Khz separation? though.? Not sure what you have.
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Thanks!
Jeff KC8VFN
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Thanks for the input, we figured out the issue. The cable was wired to a pinout that didn’t exist for the plug and play unit. So we will pull the cable apart and re-wire it. ? ?
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Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 11:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [repeater-builder] weird issue? And be prepared to tell it again each time Windows does an update.
On Apr 11, 2025, at 09:08, Butch-tiny puppy via groups.io <wa0vjr@...> wrote:
? You often have to tell it specificly to use that card as it sees the usb device as another sound card.? Butch Bussen
WA0VJR
butchb@...
irlp 7135
allstar 56023
echolink 790800 ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 7:02 AM Subject: Re: [repeater-builder] weird issue It uses the internal one normally ? ? You probably need to tell jaws what doundcard to use.? Butch Bussen
WA0VJR
butchb@...
irlp 7135
allstar 56023
echolink 790800 ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 6:45 AM Subject: [repeater-builder] weird issue Hi, ? I hope someone can help me figure out an issue. I am trying to use a West Mountain Radio Rigblaster plug and play sound card interface to run echolink. ? The issue I am running into is that I use JAWS a screenreader that reads text outloud from the computer since I am totally blind. When I have my nomic working JAWS talks fine and everything is happy but when I connect the plug and play, I get the usual computer sounds out of my speaker, but JAWS doesn’t talk, (so I can’t do anything if it doesn’t read to me what is on eht screen). ? Does anyone have any ideas or how to make an external sound card play nice together with the internal one. ? I would be happy to use the internal card for JAWS, and use the USB card to run the plug and play, but I run into the same issue with the USB sound card. ? Thanks, ? Chad
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Re: VHF Duplexer Identification
Chris,
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Like you, it appears I am now getting 80+ dB per channel of stop-band insertion loss.? Also like you, I am using them with a Quantar, so hopefully I can get by with four cans.? I only have 600 Khz separation? though.? Not sure what you have.
?
Thanks!
Jeff KC8VFN
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Re: WTB: OEM Cellwave 526-4-2 harness set
I think Jeff found me a set of pd526 cables in his stash that should work with this duplexer.
Thanks
A "new" cable kit is a bit expensive and Mark at Northcomm has them for $389.00. They are easy to make using RG-142 and crimp connectors, either silver plated or tri-metal for low PIMD. The RG-142 cable lengths are published somewhere or I can measure one of my sets.?
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Re: WTB: OEM Cellwave 526-4-2 harness set
A "new" cable kit is a bit expensive and Mark at Northcomm has them for $389.00. They are easy to make using RG-142 and crimp connectors, either silver plated or tri-metal for low PIMD. The RG-142 cable lengths are published somewhere or I can measure one of my sets.?
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https://northcommtechnologies.com/collections/duplexers-and-filters/products/duplexer-coaxial-cable-rebuild-kit
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WTB: OEM Cellwave 526-4-2 harness set
Does anyone have a factory new old stock Cellwave 526-4-2 factory made oem harness set they want to sell?
I'm looking for a set for this duplexer I got that someone converted to some kind of band pass filter.
Or can someone manufacture a harness for set for me?
I have attached a picture of duplexer for reference.
Someone thought they might have a set but I haven't heard back from the person so I'm scoping out alternatives in case this person falls through.
I will want to see pictures of harness set and I use PayPal for payment.
Thanks
Robert
Kc8gpd
Wrcm325
Scottsbluff NE
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Re: Decibel DB4060 Series Duplexers
The DB4060/4062 series had five different loop assemblies.? Depending on the bandsplit (there are three) and whether the loop is used for high-pass/low-reject versus low-pass/high-reject determines which of the five loop assemblies is needed.? Or to say it another way, for any given bandsplit, two of the five loop assemblies are needed, one type for the high-pass leg and one type for the low-pass leg. ? If the OP will email me what model or frequency range the duplexer is as it stands, I can tell them what to do to convert it to ham band.? I can also provide loops to replace the ones that need to be changed; the trimmer caps are the same regardless so you just need to replace the loop itself.? I can provide cable lengths and other details as well. ? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? --- Jeff WN3A ?
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Re: Grounding with a tower glued to the top
I'm working on a project where the ham station is in the mezzanine of a warehouse where the
tower was installed on TOP of the roof, with a seriously over-engineered mount in the middle
of the building metal structure. OK. The entire building has a ground rod ring around it that are connected to a 6" copper strap that
does not NOT contact to the building. Why isn't it connected to the building? Are you saying the ground ring around the building is there only as a ground for the shack? If it isn't not bonded to the electrical service ground, that is a code violation, and is bad in several other ways. The copper ground strap comes up along the outside side of the building, galvanically isolated, through a plastic tube and junction box, into the shack. This is crazy. The ground ring is a grounding electrode and MUST be bonded to, and become part of, the service ground. The service ground MUST be bonded to the building steel; hopefully it already is, but verify. The structural steel of the building is a MUCH MUCH MUCH lower-resistance and lower-inductance path to ground than a piece of copper strap. And, per above, if that ground ring isn't bonded to the service ground, it's only creating new problems. The building steel should be used as the grounding conductor for the tower, master ground bar, etc. en route to the ground electrodes. In some cases, the building steel can also serve as a grounding electrode (i.e. in addition to, or as a replacement for, other electrodes such as ground rods, cold water pipes, ground rods, et al), but without knowing the construction of the building and foundation I wouldn't blindly count on that, so just treat the building as a grounding conductor and not as an electrode. To summarize: Bond the ground ring to the service ground per NEC. The ground ring becomes an additional grounding electrode. Bond your master ground bar in the shack to building steel using listed clamps. Bond all of the radio equipment, arrestors, etc. to the master ground bar. It sounds like the tower is already directly connected to structural steel from a mechanical standpoint, but to be compliant, there should be a grounding conductor between the tower and building steel (yeah, I know, seems like overkill). All feedlines on the tower should have ground kits at the top and bottom of the cable runs, and again at the point of entry into the building if not immediately at the tower base. If the point of entry isn't at or near the master ground bar above, add another ground bar at the entry point for the ground kits, and bond it to the building steel in the same manner as the MGB. --- Jeff WN3A
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On Apr 11, 2025, at 09:08, Butch-tiny puppy via groups.io <wa0vjr@...> wrote:
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You often have to tell it specificly to use that
card as it sees the usb device as another sound card.?
Butch Bussen WA0VJR butchb@...irlp
7135 allstar 56023 echolink 790800 ----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [repeater-builder] weird issue
It uses the internal one normally
?
?
You
probably need to tell jaws what doundcard to use.?
Butch Bussen
WA0VJR
butchb@...
irlp
7135
allstar 56023
echolink 790800
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Friday, April 11, 2025 6:45 AM
Subject:
[repeater-builder] weird issue
Hi,
?
I hope someone can help me figure out an issue. I am trying
to use a West Mountain Radio Rigblaster plug and play sound card interface to
run echolink.
?
The issue I am running into is that I use JAWS a screenreader
that reads text outloud from the computer since I am totally blind. When I have
my nomic working JAWS talks fine and everything is happy but when I connect the
plug and play, I get the usual computer sounds out of my speaker, but JAWS
doesn’t talk, (so I can’t do anything if it doesn’t read to me what is on eht
screen).
?
Does anyone have any ideas or how to make an external sound
card play nice together with the internal one.
?
I would be happy to use the internal card for JAWS, and use
the USB card to run the plug and play, but I run into the same issue with the
USB sound card.
?
Thanks,
?
Chad
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Grounding with a tower glued to the top
I am seeking advice where the RF feedline grounding/lightning arrestor block should be mounted to.
I'm working on a project where the ham station is in the mezzanine of a warehouse where the tower was installed on TOP of the roof, with a seriously over-engineered mount in the middle of the building metal structure.
The entire building has a ground rod ring around it that are connected to a 6" copper strap that? does not NOT contact to the building.
Near the coax entry point there is a building structural I-beam.
The copper ground strap comes up along the outside side of the building, galvanically isolated, through a plastic tube and junction box, into the shack.
So, for best lightning/EMP protection:
1. should the ground strap be sandwiched between the building i-beam and the ground block, or, 2. should the ground block be connected to the copper strap secured by some kind of isolating material from the metal building?
If typing words is not your forte'; email direct for my cell number.
Benjamin, KB9LFZ
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Chris Boone WB5ITT
KB9LFZ