[50mhz] Homebrew VHF lo FM receiver

[Ray Brown]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis L. Wade" <dlwade@pacbell.net>

> Hello everyone,

  Howdy!

>  I've been wanting to set up a bank of dedicated FM monitor receivers
> for
> some 6 meter repeaters and our highway patrol (dual channel 46 mhz)
> so I can have them up at a touch of a button and not rely or tie up
> a scanner for them.  The highway patrol here uses separate
> frequencies for
> base and mobile, so each "channel" is actually a pair of frequencies.
>  I
> would want the ability to add a subaudible tone decode function to
> it.  No
> other odd features...crystal control preferred, squelch, respectable
> selectivity (I'm in an urban area).

  Hmmm... looks to me like you might be best off with a few Motorola Minitaur pager/receivers. I know that they make them for
the low band (I have heard of one fellow that tweaked one up to 52.525, I don't know *why* but he did :-)... there's a switch
on top to go between COR (normal squelch) and page mode, and I think they can do something with the PL as well. I haven't
played with one in a while.

  Anyway, if you want several dedicated receiving radios, brouse around on the "bay" or some of the commercial for-sale radio
lists.

  Now, getting the audio all together would be a different trick. :-)

  Good luck!

                _Ray_        KB�STN