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A grant may be obtained to install Amateur Radio VHF and UHF repeaters. The grant funds are limited, so recommendations for new VHF and UHF repeaters that offer the best value for the price are desired. This is the first time the club is looking for new equipment! Thanks de David K5RAV

Any experience with using the Node-Ventures ClearRpt with a DR-2X to connect to AllStar, DMR, Echolink, YSF, etc?

Hello, I have a 900 mhz quantar repeater I want to setup for off grid use. It has the battery cable labeled for 28 volts. I can't find the settings in the RSS software to enable the DC power. The batteries will be charged external to the quantar I just need it to power up and operate when dc is applied. I am using WinRSS 14.12. Can anybody help me with what the correct settings are for this configuration? Thank you Kim Gross KI0E

I finally got around to working on a MII mobile in the E chassis I got some time ago. The RX crystal arrived from KLOVE and it went in and with a few turns of the netting cap is on freq. Hooray (whew) ! I took the cover off the front end and checked for tin whiskers, didn't see any but wiped the walls with alcohol and buttoned it up. The exciter came with a rock in it for a 145MHz freq and its OK. I am using a NHRC3/M2 controller and its working. I fired it up and adjusted the ferrite slug on the PLL down and got lock, the slug is stuck however and I fear trying to move it will crack it. I was using a 250mW Bird meter for the exciter load and saw it pegged so I fed into my COM120B where I am reading 480mW. And furthermore, the 2 driver transistors on the PA look overheated, or maybe they were changed and the tech left lots of solder flux on the leads but I would like to drive the PA properly. I have a MSR2000 PA I could use externally and I may even prefer it outside with its big heatsink over the mobile PA but that's in the future. I checked all resistor values associated with the exciter output driver and they measure within 5% I'm curious what can cause this excessive output? I have 9.9V on the 10V supply, nothing there to adjust. I don't see a mention in the manual for a solution to excessive output. Maybe a transistor has too much gain? I hate having to go to New London, the last time I inquired about something simple I got a screwy response off the subject, not a good customer relationship. Anyone with a PLL exciter I can beg borrow or buy, or a way to make this one good? Let me mention something also I hadn't expected. Listening to the test signal I kept hearing a noise related to a hiss or open SQ while reducing the drive and tweaking the front end. Moving my hand around the exciter raised or lowered the hiss but it never went away. I put a scope probe on the 10V line and the 9V point in the exciter showed some RF on it, then after wasting an hour placing a .01 bypass on anything I thought needed additional bypass with no result I looked up at the fluorescent lamp some 4 feet away and switched it off and no more hiss in a weak signal ! Is this thing supposed to be that sensitive? Obviously with the top cover off that might be expected but I hadn't ever experienced this with anything before. Reid

I found one of these on eBay, and the guy says it will only go down to 146 MHz, will that 751 actually go lower than that? Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979 Janesville Wisconsin 608-754-8671 Send from my spectrum iPhone 16.

I had a Quantar (Epic 1) dropped in my lap and it has an issue I've not experienced. When attempting to connect with RSS, I get "Wrong Prompt Received" when I try to read it. In searching I see the same question posed about 5 years ago, but no responses. The greater interwebs don't seem to address this either. Anyone have a direction to go on this? Matt AL0R

hi everyone, well we can see on Ebay,amazon and other sellers site some cables interface for Motorola,generally 2 connectors and a cable between them! I need the same kind of cable but for 2 Ge Phoenix,does it exist somewhere? if yes would you have a link? i stil have 2 working Phoenix and if possible make them a "spair repeater" . thanks in advance, it must exist somewhere, thanks have a good week Gervais,ve2ckn

I have Range 0 (380-433) Quantar Exciter and Receiver modules that I need schematics for. They are DLN1214 (CRX4022A) RX and DLN1215 (CLX4000A) TX. I have the thick service manual and asked MOL for any update sheets but they don't cover these later modules. There is a PDF on Repeater-Builder but it only covers installation. I'm trying to see if I can move them up to Range 2 since they look different than the standard R1-R4 blocks with the IC3200 VCO module (having discreet parts instead). Thanks! Tony

I'm going to be ordering a polyphaser surge protector to put in line with the 2M repeater heliax. Im noticing some have specific frequency ranges. That has me wondering, does that mean they will block signals they are not rated for? Seems like that might be useful for having a little extra filtering.

I’m looking for the connector to go on the back or the whole cable kit for a dc backup on a quantar. Does anyone here have anything they would be willing to part with? I can’t find anything online. Thanks!

I found my RIM RLC USB FOB.....but I cant remember what the ip address is on the Pi....I dont have a monitor handy (Im at the tower site now),,is there a way to determine it from the ETH connection? Ive been running ZENMAP to try to find it via scans but no joy...If I can figure it out, I can SSH in and set it up and have my allstar node on my new site today (its an hour drive from the house)... Any ideas?? Thanks Chris WB5ITT

I had a question posed to me so thought I would pose it here. The local club has a 7cm DMR repeater antenna is at 500 ft.. They are interested in adding a GMRS repeater use cavities to combine the two to use the same antenna. Has anyone seen that style of arrangement? I know major radio markets you see FMs use combiners, but this arrangement is not involving only transmit. Any thoughts appreciated. -- Mikeal R. Hughes, BA., MA., D.Min., Th.D. Amateur Extra - N9GI EchoLink - 810004, Allstar link node - 58465 GROL, MOS, CompTia A+, Network+, Security+, CEH

Greetings fellow Repeater Builders, I have attached a RIM-Lite interface to Port-3 on an Arcom RC210 repeater controller. The RIM then attaches to a Raspberry-Pi running Asterisk so it can access the AllStar network of Repeaters. Repeater-Builders supplied sample configs for both Asterisk as well as for the RC210. The problem I am seeing is that audio coming in from a local RF user of the repeater is being repeated out on the transmitter as it should be, BUT the audio sent out to AllStar is *also* being echoed back to the repeater to go out on the transmitter causing a terrible ECHO. I have used the settings prescribed in the sample files from "Repeater Builders" for RPT.CONF and SIMPLEUSB.CONF, and the settings recommended for the RC210. Perhaps there is a setting that needs to be modified to prevent audio that is being returned on AllStar from being mixed/repeated whenever a local RF user presents COS??? This works perfectly if you are the ONLY user on the repeater (so I didn't notice it immediately), but if there are two or more users we notice the echo. Is anyone else here on the list using the RIM-Lite on an RC210, have you experienced this ECHO, and how did you go about fixing it??? Thanks! --- Jay WB8TKL o ARROW radio club Technical Coordinator -- 146.96 Ann Arbor -- 224.38 Ann Arbor -- 145.45 Chelsea o Owner 146.74 Ann Arbor (linked into the IRA Rptr Network) o Co-Owner 146.92 Ypsilanti

I have had my DR-2x running through a HRI-200 for over a year not. Suddenly there is no connection from the Wiresx software to the transceiver. When I view the transceiver in the File dropdown, the window pops up. All of the settings are there, but everything is greyed out. I cannot change and apply changes. Any ideas on how to get the software to recognize the transceiver again? I have rebooted the repeater, laptop, and HRI-200. Usb to HRI-200 is working, I have also tried unplugging and replacing the data cable from the HRI-200 to the ACC port on the repeater. Any ideas appreciated. bill