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<p class=MsoNormal>Ron,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> I made up yet another interface cable as I said I
would in the last e-mail and it’s now in place and working. It didn’t
seem to make any difference with the RF interference, but it certainly can’t
hurt. It also allows the CAT to run off the 12 volts from the VXR so I
shut the power off from the external power supply. So now we are completely
on the new repeater.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I also looked into why the interface cable I wanted to use
yesterday didn’t work. If you remember I was saying when the COR
came up it didn’t go all the way to ground (zero volts), but if I manually
grounded the lead it worked fine. It turns out the issue is that inside
the VXR there is a 1.5K resistor in series with the output lead. So it will
never go all the way to ground. I don’t know why they did that, but
it is what it is. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I left a drawing of the interface cable and a longer connector
cable at the site. I also attached a final (I hope) drawing to this email.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If you are satisfied with the repeaters performance, the
next thing we probably need to do is get it running on the external battery
backup. They are talking about bad weather late this Friday and Saturday.
So maybe we want to do that before then? I think it’s just a matter
of running a cable from the fuse panel to the back of the repeater and then unplugging
the 110 from the repeater and allow it to run 100% of the time with our power arrangement.
I think that will work fine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Joe Loucka AG4QC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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