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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 04:30:23 PDT
From: Ham-Equip Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-equip@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #227
To: Ham-Equip
Ham-Equip Digest Mon, 11 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 227
Today's Topics:
Micor cabinet keys
Need info on FT-727R
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 18:29:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!michaelr!ray.wade@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Micor cabinet keys
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
On 07-08-94 MICHAEL BARTS wrote to ALL...
MB> From: mbarts@vt.edu (Michael Barts)
MB> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc
MB> Subject: Micor cabinet keys
MB> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 21:19:03
MB> Message-ID: <mbarts.12.001551E4@vt.edu>
MB> Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
MB>
MB> Someone broke into our repeater building and stole the key to our
MB> repeater
MB> cabinet (of all things!). Of course we don't have a duplicate.
MB>
MB> The repeater is a Motorola Micor in its cabinet. Does anybody know if
MB> the
MB> locks on these things is uniquely keyed or is it a generic key? We
MB> have a
MB> key blank but no way of knowing how to cut it. Anyone have experience
MB> with
MB> these things?
MB>
MB> Mike KB4NT
MB> mbarts@vt.edu
Try a screwdriver. The locks are junk. They can only keep out
those without a screwdriver!
K5JCM
* OFFLINE 1.56 * Sex is like snow, you always get at least one inch...
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Date: 11 Jul 94 07:35:15 GMT
From: news.delphi.com!BIX.com!jdow@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Need info on FT-727R
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
wrfin@prairienet.org (william r finch) writes:
>I hope somebody can answer this for me. I just picked up an FT-727R,
>without manual. I have it mostly figured out, but there is a small switch
>on the back under a rubber cover that is still a mystery. Also, on the
>top, where the speaker mike goes, there is a port marked "CAT".
>Can anybody help? Thanks in advance,
>--
>Bill Finch ~ | ~
>KF9KI ~~ | ~~
>Champaign, Il ~ | ~
>wrfin@prairienet.org /|\
The switch under the rubber cover is VOX sensitivity. If you are using their
headset with the boom-mike you want to twiddle the switch to find the position
that works best.
The CAT port is hackable. It is not necessarily worth it on this IMD prone
monster. Mine cost too much to toss it in the trash. But there have been
times I have thought of doing so. Sensitivity is great. Selectivity is great.
Sound quality is adequate if a little shy on base for guys. IMD sucks dead
bunnies through garden hoses. Diatribe aside CAT is a TTL level, I understand,
port for remote controling the beastie with a computer using more or less
standard asynch serial signals. Someone sells a hookup for this for a skosh
more money than I think it is worth it for me to buy. I think you might still
see ads in magazines.
Note that you can see a little switch when the battery pack is off. *DO NOT*
piddle with it. It will clear the radio completely. Then you will have to
program in a multi-digit code to wake it back up in the mode you want. Oh - two
switches underneath. With the slots down the one on the left should never be
touched. It is used for factory setup. The one on the right is the reset.
Once reset, if you happen to screwup, you must key in 443300 (US) or
4433600 (European) to make it come alive again.
Note that memory zero can be programmed with oddball splits. All the others
are one common split.
{^_^} jdow@bix.com who is untroubled by lack of bass response....
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Date: 11 Jul 94 07:32:21 GMT
From: news.delphi.com!BIX.com!jdow@uunet.uu.net
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
References <2vd0jt$jnm@news.acns.nwu.edu>, <1994Jul6.121852.1@ualr.edu>, <milcomCsqBFo.I95@netcom.com>║
Subject : Re: How much does a repeater cost?
milcom@netcom.com (wayne roberts) writes:
>ldheiss@ualr.edu wrote:
>: I believe that 200 W PEP is the legal maximum for 2 meter operation:-O. Does
>Why are you talking PEP when repeaters run on FM??
>The fcc limits power to 1500w. A repeater amp higher than 500w cannot be
>found. A tube amp on a hill can -never- be trusted: period.
>The factor limiting power output would be the limit placed by the owner
>of the site you repeater is located, to prevent trashing other systems on
>the hill. And of course a circulator is in order here.
>--
>POP: Persistant Online Procrastination milcom@netcom.com
I might note that out this way there are a few people who refuse to consider
transistor amplifiers on a hill because the affordable ones generate WAY WAY
too much intermod between their signal and the other junk on the hill feeding
backwards up the coax into the transmitter. They all use tubes. That seems to
be experience talking. (I do know that the Army is well aware that transistor
PAs can generate noise and intermod so they include specs on tolerable limits
for both these effects whereas they did not used to when tubes were involved.)
{^_^} jdow@bix.com being nitpicky again.
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