[FADCA] Tampa Hamfest Plans

Mon Nov 29 22:45:29 EST 2004

OOPs "back plane" not "black plane" spell checker strikes again......

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Oder" <oderr at bellsouth.net>
To: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>; "Florida Amateur Digital Communication
Association" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Tampa Hamfest Plans

> Chuck, I need to call Linda tomorrow and see what things look like there.
I
> sent the TX levels to the Motorola guy here today and he said the Low
Level
> (default) would be fine for the MSR2000 and MSF5000 repeaters.
>
> My manual was not complete enough to give me the tie in points from the
> black plane of the repeater.
>
> He says we will need a relay to interrupt the TX PL and I suggested we
could
> use a two pole relay on the PTT line from the controller to both interrupt
> the PL on Transmit in the repeater and provide PTT for the MSR2000.
> Apparently the MSF5000 will work without the relay (digital version
only/).
>
> My plan, and he said he understood, is that he will provide me with the
> tie-in points on the back plane and I can run the connections to a DB25
> connector on the side panel (there is a punch-out for the DB25 on both MSR
> 2000 repeaters (VHF and UHF) and on the MSF5000 UHF and 900 Mhz repeaters.
>
> Bill, have you guys successfully attached a digital regenerator to one of
> your MSR2000s?
>
> Chuck, are there folks at PACCOMM who are familiar with this?
>
> Russ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
> To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association"
> <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [FADCA] Tampa Hamfest Plans
>
>
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:50:11 -0500, Russell Oder <oderr at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> > > I will be checking in on Thursday evening 12/2/04 at the Quality Inn
> Suites
> > > in Bradenton.
> > >
> > > Bud and Charlie, I would like to meet you (and anyone else who would
> care to
> > > join us) for dinner Friday evening. Call me on my cell phone (below.)
> > >
> > > I will be there on Saturday and can attend to the booth as needed.
> > >
> > > If all works out, I hope to have a UHF MSR2000 Motorola repeater
> operational
> > > at the site with a 9600 bps digital regenerator installed and working
> > > (depends on a lot of things outside of my control.) If it works (and I
> hope
> > > it does) I can use some of the 15 minutes if there are any left after
> your
> > > brilliant and thoroughly entertaining presentation.  If it works, I
will
> > > have the pin-outs and other necessary information regarding the
digital
> > > regenerator and connecting it to the MSR2000.  If it doesn't work,
I'll
> be
> > > disappointed.
> > >
> > > Russell Oder N4KOX
> > > Home 904.272.5812
> > > Cell 904.705.1043
> > > Work 904.723.2032
> > > "Do Not Meddle In the Affairs of Dragons,
> > >  For You Are Crunchy and Taste Good With Ketchup,"  Anonymous
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "bud thompson" <budt at cfl.rr.com>
> > > To: <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> > > Cc: "Catherine KG4UKI" <manywtrs at atlantic.net>; "Sally Thompson"
> > > <sthompson8 at cfl.rr.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:16 PM
> > > Subject: [FADCA] Tampa Hamfest Plans
> > >
> > > Hi, All-
> > >
> > > Charlie N3PPC and I will be visiting with KG4UKI in Inglis north of
> Crystal
> > > River Friday morning Dec 3.  We'll be installing Airmail, AGW PE,
> Pacllink
> > > AGW, TelPac and Winpac for her.  (Whew!)
> > >
> > > Chuck K4GBB: What is the status of the 145.03 "Inverness" ROSE switch?
> We
> > > hope to be able to access it from Catherine's Friday for Paclink AGW
and
> > > TelPac.
> > >
> > > On to Tampa - We hope to be on our way from Inglis to Bradenton early
> Friday
> > > afternoon for dinner and our motel.
> > >
> > > We'll be staying at the
> > >
> > > Quality Inn Suites
> > >
> > > 2301 1st Street
> > >
> > > Bradenton, FL
> > >
> > > 941-747-6455
> > >
> > > If anyone wants to get together Friday let me know.  I'll bet Gary can
> > > recommend a repeater frequency we can monitor to find each other.
> > >
> > > On Saturday N3PPC and I will be at the Manatee Convention Center Ham
> Fest as
> > > early as is allowed (Gary?) - we'll set up the FADCA E-Mail over Ham
> Radio
> > > tables/booth demo.  We will need some help manning the booth
throughout
> the
> > > day as we want to have some time for shopping and The Necessary.  The
> FADCA
> > > Forum "E-mail Over Ham Radio in Support of EMCOMMs" will be in Long
Key
> > > North Room #4 at 10:30AM. I can provide a 35-45 minute PPT
> presentation -
> > > anyone else have anything to offer for the remaining 15 minutes?
> > >
> > > I assume that we can have a general FADCA BOD meeting sometime,
> somewhere
> > > Saturday before we leave.
> > >
> > > N3PPC and I have to return home Saturday evening.
> > >
> >
> > I am presently in Atlanta, trying to get things cleaned up so I can
> > get outta here
> > tomorrow, but I am only taking the work with me back to Tampa, so will
> have it
> > cut out for me. I am going to try to get clear of things Thurs or Fri,
> > not sure when.
> > I will try to be down there I hope by Friday.
> >
> > I will have the FPAC switch with me and will bring some other stuff.
> > We can I hope
> > set the 9k6 regen unit up as a port on the FPAC switch and we can play
> > with it that
> > way. I hope we have access to the internet there on site so we can at
> least have
> > the local and international access available. Again, I do not know how
> > things are going
> > to cook out with work, but am hoping that I can get away for at least
> > Friday I am going
> > to see if I can pull of Thurs also since I had to work over the
> > Tnxgvng holiday in order to
> > make this trip.
> >
> > John, sorry you can not come was hoping to see you.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Chuck Hast
> > To paraphrase my flight instructor;
> > "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
> > out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
> > and twisted metal."
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