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02/06/2010 12:21:36 AM
Disclaimer: This is a
personal note. It is not in no way a biased remark towards the
147.04 or H.A.R.C.
Equipment Here- is the only issue that is being noted from what Was
and currently Is.
Some History
of the MSLA 147.040 Repeater as I know it.
http://www.w7px.org
More information here
If anyone in Missoula or the
surrounding areas cares to know now- that my repeater, the 147.140
Located in Plains was modeled after the MSLA 147.040 Repeater Yes,
04 WAS that Good!.
The Club was made up of HAMS that I liked to hang
around. They were all damn good friends too. Joel KD7DK, Many
hours were sat in his basement talking to him. Having coffee with
others like Woody, W7CJB.
BJ,
KD7HP lent so much to the hobby that even if you were a sponge you
could never absorb what BJ had in knowledge. Later came others like
N7VLA Allen, Kevin KE7WR and many many more to list but not enough
room. Back then we ALL worked together, Whether you were in or out
of the Club for we were all Hams United for a cause. |
02/06/2010 12:21:36 AM
This is a really nice Link to get some powerful information for the
technical Ham.
How to test Transistors-and other testing
techniques.
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I asked Joel about how did the Club get such
a Hot Receiver as 147.04 used to hear better then Sprint's Fiber Optic's. Joel told
me, That Woody, W7CJB and them, and how they all sat down and took a bunch of
extra GE Transistors and they measured the beta gain on all the transistors and
replaced the ones in the Master Pro with the Highest Beta gain ones. It was a
damn good repeater back then. (hint)... Also, Repeater Clubs work BEST when you
share the LOAD. It should not be just ONE PERSONS JOB to maintain a
flock of Repeaters and just not 1 time a year. But time should be
given to make sure that a schedule is maintained for checking
Receivers, Transmitters, Antennas and Links and all Cables. Even the
Controllers and Battery Backups.
I have also
found,
That in my own 32 years of being a Amateur Radio Operator is this...
It doesn't matter if your in a Club in Missoula, a Club in
Kalispell, a Group in Big Fork or you own your Own stand alone OPEN
repeater system in Plains, That if F.C.C. Part 97.1 just can't
seem to apply to you because you like to (Cause) divisions by trying
to make (Clique's) among our Brother/Sister-hood where Age does not
prevent you from getting a license, Nor Race or Gender or Sexual
Preference. That if "YOU" cannot "UNITE NOW" How do you expect to
Volunteer and serve with your fellow Ham's when there is a Local or
National or World Disaster when your petty differences may cause so
many deaths because YOU refuse to speak or use So and So's Repeater
or talk to THAT HAM.!
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