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Re: Coating Aluminum
In a message dated 4/21/99 11:13:58 AM !!!First Boot!!!, lazer@...
writes: << I use it on all my tools, but the stuff is extremely HEAVY. I could imagine that it would double the weight of most aluminium antennas! >> You can thin it with automotive paint thinner, just make it "pissy" and dip the antenna and let it dry, then dip again and so on.. Its thick because of its application to tools. I use this stuff at work to cap the Motorola antennas on the HT's they lose those caps and scratch everyone or things around the work area, This stuff is great but you would need to be thinned in order to work onto a base antenna. Hey and it comes in colors too!! Richy |
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Ge S-550 control head
Jim Horvat
Hi
I am looking for a scan board for a GE s-550 contril head. Or the microprocessor chip for the later version scan board the one without the battery. I think the early verson bord the one with the battery will also work but would need the complete board. Thanks Jim W8WRP |
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Re: GE MASTR II Question
John Lloyd
Jeff,
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Do you have a mobile or a base station?? John Lloyd, K7JL Jeff Weinberg W8CQ wrote: Hello Listmembers,I am in the process of starting the duplex mod and |
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Re: Coating Aluminum
Another option: the rubberized roof coating, applied thinly with a
brush to the antenna. It holds up for several years in the Arizona sun. All for now./Comments invited! Ed N6KIV ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [Repeater-builder] Re: Coating Aluminum Author: ruhe+@... at mime Date: 04/21/1999 06:33 From: "D. Ruhe" <ruhe+@...> I have found that Clear Acrylic works very well. Sold at any hardware store. Rust Oleum, Defi Rust just a few of the brand names. -Dan- Ed Bathgate, RMA Repair Dept x8785 wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show mom you love her. Check out our great Mother's Day Gifts! 14K Gold and gemstone jewelry, leather and cloth wallets and purses, gardening, gourmet, kitchen, more! Free Shipping in the US! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by the owners and users of "RBTIP" |
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Re: Coating Aluminum
D. Ruhe
I have found that Clear Acrylic works very well. Sold at any hardware
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store. Rust Oleum, Defi Rust just a few of the brand names. -Dan- Ed Bathgate, RMA Repair Dept x8785 wrote:
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Re: Coating Aluminum
Ed Bathgate, RMA Repair Dept x8785
Has anybody used epoxy paint?
I have heard of it being used for plastic/fiberglass dirtbike parts that flex a lot. I have seen it sold in spray cans for kitchen appliance refinishing. What do they paint airplanes with? That should work well on a antenna. $.0179 (not quite worth 2 cents) Ed N3SDO Ed Bathgate RMA Dept (724) 772-8785 pager (412) 649-6773 |
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Re: Cheap RIC
Lou Harris
Try the NHRC line of controllers.
I am using 4 of them. Total cost, aroun 60 - 70 $!!! LOU<<< -----Original Message----- |
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Re: Coating Aluminum
The Lacko's
And increase the wind loading!
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At 04/21/1999 07:14 AM, you wrote:
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Re: Coating Aluminum
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:18:22 -0400, mch wrote:
Has anyone tried the rubberized coating used on metal tools? I'm talkingI use it on all my tools, but the stuff is extremely HEAVY. I could imagine that it would double the weight of most aluminium antennas! Tedd Doda CET CEO Lazer Audio and Electronics packet ve3tjd@va3sed e-mail lazer@... |
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Re: Voter description
Justin Reed
At 08:09 4/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
From: Cris Caraballo <ccarabal@...>Voters use a dedicated receiver for each link at the voter site. It is important that those receivers have the same audio frequency response. The voter simply compares the audio level of all of the receivers. If a given signal has more voltage on one receiver than another, then it must have more noise. Thus, the voter will vote the receiver with the least amount of audio. Justin and Kim Reed NUJQ and KBNTH 910 N. Argyle Minneapolis, Kansas 67467 e-mail: jreed@... The N0UJQ Homepage |
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Re: Coating Aluminum
Randy Leval
Hi Mike,
Well I live on Maui very near to the Pacific ocean too. I dont know about that special coatings but we use silicon sealer on all the joints, nuts and bolts and coax seal on connectors. It does the trick. Aloha, Randy AH6GR Mike Hamann wrote: From: "Mike Hamann" <wb6csh@...>-- See Randy's ("The Guru") Personal Homepage at |
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GE MASTR II Question
Jeff Weinberg W8CQ
Hello Listmembers,
I am in the process of starting the duplex mod and controller hookup with a MASTR II. I have seen many different wording (versions) of the modification for duplex and interface to a controller. These include the "standard" duplex mod to additional modification of the plug were the Channel-Guard board goes to accept controller wiring at that point. Can someone give me an answer for the definitive mod process for duplex and interfacing to a RLC-1+ controller. I really want to have it straight in my mind before I carve up my radio. Thanks in advance, Jeff Weinberg W8CQ w8cq@... |
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Re: Coating Aluminum
mch
Has anyone tried the rubberized coating used on metal tools? I'm talking
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about the stuff you dip a pair of pliers (handles only) into for 10 seconds, remove and allow the excess to run off for 10 seconds, then hang to let dry. Would this work on aluminum antennas? If anyone has tried this, how hard is it to peal off if you had to 'get to' the actual antenna again for some reason? Joe, KR3P Mike Hamann wrote:
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Coating Aluminum
Mike Hamann
Hi gang!
I live in an area next to the Pacific Ocean, and the salty air from that body of salty water causes rapid corrosion of most metals, particularly aluminum. So, it is imperative that metal antennas (except gold!) be protected from the atmosphere. Back in the 60's there was an article in a non-QST ham journal about how the Point Magu (sp?) test range protected their metal antennas with a two-part brush on chemical that had a commercial name that started with "Magma-....". The article was written by a ham who worked at Pt. Magu (again relying on my memory!). I ordered some of the stuff, coated several aluminum antennae with it, and was very impressed. It dried, but remained flexible so the metals expansion and contraction would not chip it off. In fact, I neglected one of the two-meter beams in Manhattan Beach, CA, and allowed it to get partially buried in the basement part of the house for "years". Normally, such neglect would result in the aluminum getting that Al- oxide (Al2O3?) coating, making the antenna - if it physically survived - useless as a radiator. I think the company that made the stuff has probably long been extinct. Does anyone know of, or tried anything recently to protect antennas from smog, sunshine, salt air, etc.? Please do not suggest Krylon spray - it doesn't protect for very long, chips off within months when exposed to UV radiation and smog, at least near the Pacific Ocean. Thanks in advance! 73, Mike, wb6csh |
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Re: GE MASTER II VHF MOBILE Exciter Problems
tom oliver
did you remember to ground the f1 select line?
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tom n8ies Brent DeSalvo KF4TNP wrote: From: Brent DeSalvo KF4TNP <Bug1@...> |
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Re: GE MASTER II VHF MOBILE Exciter Problems
Brent DeSalvo KF4TNP
WELL i got it working thanx to who all was going to reply .. and All parts
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on the way Brent DeSalvo KF4TNP wrote: From: Brent DeSalvo KF4TNP <Bug1@...> |
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GE MASTER II VHF MOBILE Exciter Problems
Brent DeSalvo KF4TNP
I have taken my master II parts from the base cabinet(need more roomin
the cabinet)and the tx died. Well it sort of died, it does work when 10v is applied to the tx osc leg, but not when the PTT leg is pulled to ground it does not. I did replace the jumper on the control board cause the CTCSS is not used but still no luck. I have about 8 volts little more on the PTT line(after installing the jumper for ctcss) and the 10v reg is right at 10 volts, on the dot. Is there a control transistor for the exciter i am unfamiliar with the mobile layout of the Master II VHF mobile rig -- Brent DeSalvo (KF4TNP) ICQ UIN# : 17430698 Mailto:bug1@... |
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