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Hello Group, I am writing to find out what I can about the "QRZ New Ham Jumpstart Program" "Explorer QRZ-1" radio. Wanting to find out what experience some of you have had with this radio. One of the main things to find out is what the deviation is like. Does it suffer from the low deviation like the boothingys do? I don't need or want any of those on my system. The local group has been very good about using good radios. I have three people who just got their license issued this week. So of course they are looking for new radios. Trying to help them get started with a good starter radio while looking for something better. Anyone run up any of these to see how they do??? Mick - W7CAT -- Untitled Document

I inherited a highband MSR2000 that was partially stripped. The continuous duty TLD2602A PA was still in it and beckoned for me to do something with it just as a need came along. I benched the PA and have a keying switch temporarily connected to the appropriate pin. With a few hundred mW drive it pegs a 100W Bird meter. I'm still looking for a 250W slug) I am reading around 23Amps on the 13.8Vdc applied. Adjusting the power set pot makes no change at all in output. I am not experienced with this model, in days past Skipp was so generous when he sent me a driver transistor (an odd PNP device as I recall) and I got the exciter crystalled up and working but its not currently installed (the control chassis is incomplete). I poured over the Motorola drawings and see the power control board TLD5960A is under a metal shield, and it uses a pre-historic silicon opamp type M2002. I hope that's not bad. I'd really like to find a known good power control board to substitute. I see this thing needs 9.3Vdc so I made a 3 terminal regular set for 9.3V that I connected to the red/white wire going to the 4-pin feedthru on the PA but it doesn't seem to be the solution and the power out is still way too much to put this into service. I wonder if anyone has had this kind of problem? I'm still on a steep learning curve with this MSR. Am I missing something? Reid W6MTF

Hi all, Does anyone have any documentation on the Mastr II 800MHz PA's, or any Mastr II PA's at all? Follow up...has anyone ever modified one to 900MHz? Since all capacitors inside are fixed, there are not any adjustment points to slide it up. I have full power output on 860, and power drops significantly after 895. Just need to slide it up a little bit, but will need a schematic of it in order to figure out what new capacitors to stick inside. Thank you, Joe KC3LMP

I have available free for pickup three vhf Micor base stations. One of them has a 136-150mHz PA deck, that was working when last in service about ten years ago. There have been various parts robbed, but believe there is enough here that one complete repeater could be assembled. I believe there is a native 142-150mHz receiver as well. The collection comes with a set of NOS 8560 finals. Free for pickup in West Terre Haute, IN. You must take the entire lot. Contact me direct at k9hxATyahoo if interested. I do gave a few pictures, but the cabinets are against a wall, and are a little dirticult to move to get better shots. There are three loose HP power supplies, status unknown. Thanks and 73, Kevin, K9HX

Many thanks to all for the overwhelming requests for these antennas. They have all SOLD but I want to thank each and every one who had interest or got one for your outreach! SOLD SOLD SOLD They are all sold. Rick w6re

I am looking for an Arcom AP1 Intelligent Autopatch if anyone has one for sale. The part has been discontinued so the only option is to see if I can pick up one secondhand. Much appreciated and 73, Scott - WB6EFW

Hello RB members, I have a potential project that I thought I would list for those of you who like things like this. I have the bottom half of a Decibel DB-420 16-bay antenna array here that is cut for the 470-490MHz band according to the dipole loop sizes. They are a good 1.5-2" shorter than the 450-470MHz cut versions I have used in the past. The harness is in great shape and there is no damage to the hardware. Basically it is laid out like a DB-408 with the connector at the top of the harness to feed another DB-408 making up the full DB-420 16-bay array. I will ship it less the bottom half of the mast to anyone needing it or interested in a project for $150 + actual shipping to you. Maybe it can work on GMRS frequencies since they are quite broad banded, maybe the harness can be terminated at the mid-point connector and used as is, maybe someone can modify the harness and use it as is. Basically it is a project or for someone with a damaged bottom half of your DB-420 higher cut that needs the parts. I don't see many parts for these come up anywhere so I figured list for the RB group. Thanks for looking, Rick w6re

Selling several DB-404 antennas cut for the 460 MHz range. Perfect for a GMRS repeater or some such. In good usable shape, various ages. Will ship these WITH NO MAST in a compact box CONUS 48 @ $225 in a box each. Stuff is getting spendy new these days so save some coin. Use your own mast to save some money. These have factory harnesses with type N connectors and have been swept to make sure. I might even have a couple cut for the "T" band 470+ if someone needs one. I can text or email pictures as they are before they are taken off the masts for shipping and compare the loops. These have a higher SWR than I like on the ham UHF 440 band so I recommend them to use on GMRS instead. Thanks for reading! Rick w6re

Looking for a CLN1229. Anyone have one laying around? Matt AL0R

I have a couple of pieces of test equipment for sale at the Hamvention that might be interest to the repeater builder group. Note: This is for pickup only at the Hamvention. - Agilent E7401A EMC Analyzer, 9 kHz to 1.5 GHz. $600. - Siglent SRF5030T Near Field Probe Set (looks unused.) $275. I will be in space 7736 on Friday and Saturday. Tom N3AJA

OK. Time to move these as we're trying to standardize our sites on two platforms, and these don't fit in. One is essentially new and unused and includes the accessory kit. Just tuned it up on a 449 pair, works fine. The other needs, er, decontamination. It lived at a site with a rodent problem. When removed from service it worked fine (upgraded to an integrated 110W station). Can test if there's interest. These are both the 450-470 version and both tuned into the amateur band without issue. A minor hex edit is required to the saved archive to get them in the ham band, but it's fully documented here on the list. I'll entertain trades for anyone that might have Midland 71-4xxx series Base Tech II equipment, or anything Palomar Telecom. Otherwise, please drop me an off-list email (my callsign at aol dot com) and make an offer on one, or preferably, both. The "used" unit was used with an RLC-4 for years and years without issue. Thanks! Chris/AJM -- Chris Baldwin, CETSr. (KF6AJM) Trustee - MetroNET Cal. Intertie (KB3PX)

Hi All, S-COM will again be at Hamvention this year in the same spot as last year. We're located with the Repeater-Builder group of companies/organizations/projects. Be sure to stop by the Flea Market spaces around #7727 in the Flea Market to say hi and see what's new. This year S-COM and JHK Labs are showing: -- a GPS plug-n-play add-on module for the AllstarLink-compatible Micro-Node RTCM. We will have some of the GPS modules available for sale at the table. -- an MTR2000 Buffered Interface Module. We are almost ready to take orders and ship -- available in the next month. We will also be showing two new controller prototypes. -- AllstarLink VOTER-compatible option board for the MTR2000: Voter2-MTR2K. This MTR2000 option board works just like the original VOTER board, but is updated with the latest technology. Coming soon! -- S-COM 7110e for the MTR2000. This new S-COM controller is based on the same board as the VOTER board, above. Coming soon! Standalone versions of these two controller products are also in development. Watch for updates at scomcontrollers.com and jhklabs.com and on these email lists. Stop by and take a look. 73, Dave -- Dave Maciorowski, WA1JHK S-COM, LLC JHK Labs, LLC

Hi, this is a new experiment that I'd like to try and work out. I have a Motorola SLR 5700 repeater DMR running through Chicago land seabridge and would like to connect a raspberry pie node to it to see if I can incorporate TGIF to run through the repeater along with seabridge from Chicagoland. Does anyone know how to accomplish this if I even can? Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979 Janesville Wisconsin 608-754-8671 Send from my spectrum iPhone 16.

Hello RB people, I am cleaning out the storage shed and have some leftover Kenwood NXDN hand helds that can cover into the ham bands and work well there. The radios I have are all in good working order and can be programmed from 440 to 520 MHz, used in either ANALOG or NXDN digital and in conventional service, LTR trunk service or NXDN conventional or trunk service. They hold hundreds of channels in multiple zones so memory space is not a problem. Supplied with radio, antenna & one battery (LiON type) although I cannot guarantee the battery condition. The Motorola hand helds are XPR 6550, 440-512 MHz come with antenna, no battery or charger. Package deals if buying more than one. NX-320K (16ch selector) 52+ zones, no display. $90 each NX-320K2 (16ch selector) 128 zones, with LCD displays $135 each XPR-6550 (16ch selector) LCD display $120 each All prices + $15 each shipping CONUS US 48. All have been tested to work and shipped with no passwords. I have tested them in the ham bands and they functioned just fine along with the commercial band. Thanks for looking, Rick w6re

I have three or four wax filled Storm Chief style heavy duty fiberglass colinear type UHF antennas for sale that have lightning spike tips on the top. These are cut for the "Government" band around 415 to 420 MHz band. They have acceptable SWR on the 420 to 430 MHz band and would work well in the sub or linking portion of the HAM band. They are heavy duty and weigh quite a bit being that they are filled with wax. They are around 7 or 8 Ft long gain may be around 6dB give or take. These would do well on a severe weather mountain site or wherever you need an antenna that can survive harsh environments. I have not tried to use one in the 440 MHz band but they might be tunable with the metal band method and provide some electrical down tilt as a result. If one could figure out how to clean out the inside, they would make an excellent storm housing for Comet or Diamond type ham grade antennas to survive at severe weather sites. In any event, $200 each and you figure freight or shipping unless you want dimensions and to see if they are shippable by a national carrier of some sort. I haven't tried to ship something like this in a while so quoting wouldn't be accurate. The government paid a small fortune for these originally and I don't supply this contract work anymore so they are for sale as surplus in great shape the last three there are. Thanks for looking, Rick w6re

Our usual crew including SCOM, Repeater-Builder (the company), and a number of other members of this list will be at Hamvention once again this year, same block of spaces in the infield as in past years with #7727 being the easiest one to remember. Stop by, have a chat and a beer, spend your hard-earned money on things you may or may not actually need. Who knows, you may even catch a glimpse of the elusive Skipp May as he skulks around our spaces akin to bigfoot in the forest trying to stay out of sight for fear of being spotted, or worse yet, captured. On a semi-commercial note, if you will be at Hamvention, email me direct if you have any interest in the following: Duplexers, all bands, new and used Repeater PA's, VHF and UHF and maybe a few 900, many, new and used Heliax connectors, hundreds, virtually any flavor, prefer to sell by the case for smaller sizes (1/2" and below) Maggiore 220 repeaters VHF MTR3000 Various repeater controllers, RLC-210, Link RLC-Club (Club Deluxe? I forget), etc. Not selling any SCOM's. A half dozen or so Tek 2465B scopes (I haven't tested them, but can do so if there's any interest) SteppIR "CrankIR" 80m thru 2m vertical antenna package, new, complete with tripod Email if there is anything else repeater-related you're looking for that is of manageable size. I am only bringing things that I have pre-sold ahead of time, and I'm packing the truck tomorrow. I will not ship anything, hamfest pickup only. 73 and hope to see you there. === Jeff WN3A