[50mhz] Homebrew VHF lo FM receiver

[CBoone@Earthlink.Net]

I fail to see why a scanner would not be best....take from someone
who has been there...you CAN barely listen to 2 rcvrs at the same time;
much less MORE!!! Also old scanners (xtal or the early synthesized)
for lowband are DIRT cheap now.....buy a lot of them if you REALLY want
more than one rcvr...

BUT again, been there, dont want to do that again!

Imagine 16 audio channels going at the same time!!!! My former job
at a public util where they HAD to have all the base stations into
the dispatch area cpabale of being used AT the same time....BIG
GREEN sloping cabinets with 2x2 faces...each face panel holding 6 
RS spkrs covers and mic in/HDph out jacks on each....every one fed by
a separate T1600 console in the back...each SPKR had LEDs for rx active
(using Tellabs 9000 series VOX cards!) and PTT as well as spkr bypass
switch...we could have 16 different dispatchers (all using headphones!)
working at the same time...but it was a PITA to work on...all custom
done...using 66 Blocks and 25 pair cabling....SHUUUUDDDDDEERR...
Oh yeah the normal mode had ONE dispatcher being able to select which
TX his main mic PTT keyed and he could disable ANY of the speakers 
from the center position...(this didnt kill the headphone jacks or
VOL controls there..just the spkrs! WHEW!!! what a nightmare it was

Chris

"Dennis L. Wade" wrote:
> 
> Thanks Mike and Ray for your responses.  A pager or alert receiver
> would be ideal in this application.  However, I checked that E place
> and what I saw was a little more than what I wanted to spend on this
> idea.  Others have suggested kits, and although I'd love to put a
> series of Hamtronics kit receivers in this use, I really can't
> mortgage the house to fund that idea. :)
> 
> Mike, if you could find that information that would be great.  Alert
> receivers by Motorola, Plectron, or similar would be great at the
> right price.  I'm thinking I would need about 8 vhf lo and a couple
> of vhf hi eventually.  I'm beginning to think now that I should do
> this in stages, if for no other reason to preserve domestic
> tranquillity.
> 
>                         Thanks again
>                                                                         Dennis
> 
> > > From: "Dennis L. Wade" <dlwade@pacbell.net>
> > > >  I've been wanting to set up a bank of dedicated FM monitor
> > > >  receivers
> >
> > From: "Ray Brown" <raybrown@ipa.net>
> > >   Hmmm... looks to me like you might be best off with a few Motorola
> > Minitaur pager/receivers. I know that they make them for
> >
> > Mike wrote
> >
> > There's an outfit down in Fla somewhere that deals in a lot of surplus
> > pagers/recievers and such.  They've got a web-site, the URL of which I
> > no longer have, and they have a newsletter, yes real paper, too!
> >
> > I'll dig around later and see what I can come up with.
> >
> > Mike Urich,   KA5CVH
> > www.ka5cvh.com
> > LaPorte TX   EL-29
> >
> > Amateur Radio *IS* a contact sport!
> >
> >
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> 
> Dennis Wade
> KG6ZI
> Carmichael, CA
> 
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