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by wowbagger
Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:03 pm
Forum: TAIT Equipment
Topic: SOFTWARE - Get it for free right here!
Replies: 20
Views: 190836

Re: SOFTWARE - Get it for free right here!

Why don't radio manufacturers put their info up? First of all, the amateur radio companies by and large do - it is only the commercial and public safety manufacturers that don't. Why not? 1) Risk of interference: the last thing Motorola, Kenwood, Icom, Tait, or anybody else want is for some whacker ...
by wowbagger
Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:15 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: What search terms do you use?
Replies: 1
Views: 8603

What search terms do you use?

When you are looking for radio gear - especially test equipment - what words do you plug into search engines to find info?
by wowbagger
Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:29 am
Forum: Kenwood Commercial Products
Topic: What is TOR?
Replies: 4
Views: 7101

Re: What is TOR?

Given the context, perhaps TOR stands for Tone Operated Relay - an output controlled by the detection of CTCSS?
by wowbagger
Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:52 am
Forum: RELM/Regency/Wilson
Topic: What is 'home channel' on the RPV599 Plus?
Replies: 3
Views: 6508

Re: What is 'home channel' on the RPV599 Plus?

I like the RELM radios but their help files on the programming software sucks. Many of their programming options and terms are undefined and the grammar is very bad. What is a home channel? Is it like a priority channel? Is this an LTR or Passport system? If so, then "home channel" has a ...
by wowbagger
Thu May 04, 2006 4:41 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Whoops... I thought I deleted this...
Replies: 5
Views: 6932

rescue161 wrote:okay.

WTF is this?
That is a spam, most likely sent by a bot, in an attempt to drive clicks to the URLs and to build up the Google Page Rank for the links.

It is a good example of why fora should require email validation of sign-ups.

Ideally, the post itself should be deleted.
by wowbagger
Thu May 04, 2006 10:25 am
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Ceramic Detector ?
Replies: 5
Views: 7681

Re: Ceramic resonator failures

There is a ceramic detector but I have not found a web site stating that they are in use in two way communications. (Flat Ceramic Detectors (FCD) Technology. #1086. Flat Ceramic Detectors is a thin-film layer of polycrystalline material with high-absorption efficiency for the detection of x ray and...
by wowbagger
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:05 am
Forum: New to Radio?
Topic: Wideband v.s Narrowband
Replies: 8
Views: 30211

11kHz and 16 kHz????? It should be:narrow band at +/- 2.5 kHz and wideband at +/- 5 kHz. mod Not quite - you and he were not speaking of the same things. You are speaking of the maximum instantaneous deviation - the amount the carrier will be displaced by a signal peak. For that, narrow band is usu...
by wowbagger
Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:48 am
Forum: TAIT Equipment
Topic: SOFTWARE - Get it for free right here!
Replies: 20
Views: 190836

So, will I get in trouble for posting:

http://www.redhat.com
http://rpmfind.net
http://www.gnu.org

?