[GreenKeys] Fwd: OT: Motorola Cabinet

Sat Apr 24 19:47:45 EDT 2021

  All of the General Electric and Motorola base station cabinets I ever 
saw were 19 inch. Some General Electric modules were shorter than 19 
inches, and had to be mounted on adapter panels to mount in the rack.

     Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY

On 4/24/21 19:14, w9ddd at tapr.org wrote:
> Not a problem with this one.
>
> I've never seen one narrower than 19", but I lead a sheltered life? 
>  There is a 23" version.
> Then as someone mentioned there's the WE/Bell system that uses 12-24 
> screws rather than the more common 10-32 screws. Add to that the ones 
> with holes for a snap in nuts.    I first ran into those with DEC 
> computers.
>
> John, W9DDD
>
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> On Apr 24, 2021, at 5:32 PM, Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net 
> <mailto:paul0926 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>> Be careful. Make sure it is a standard rack. I got a rack once that 
>> was not standard and nothing fit in it. It was too narrow.
>>
>> Paul
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>> EUROPE: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8040/EUROPE 
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>>> On Apr 24, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Bruce Gentry via GreenKeys 
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>>> Thity or forty years ago these cabinets and usually the equipment 
>>> inside were easy to get, and often a prop in science fiction films. 
>>> They were used as cabinets for two-way radio base stations, usually 
>>> high power low band VHF. In those times, brute force high power was 
>>> used to get the desired coverage. I worked on quite a few of them.  
>>> Many were re-used for ham band repeaters. "Do everything with 
>>> style!"-  Kurt Hummel on the TV show "Glee"
>>>
>>>    Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>>>
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>>> On 4/24/21 16:56, Joe Clanin wrote:
>>>> (pictures attached) Does anyone have any experience with a cabinet 
>>>> like this? It's going for a good price near me and I'm thinking of 
>>>> picking it up.
>>>>
>>>> TIA for the advice.
>>>>
>>>> -Joe
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