[OZAPRS] VK2US-1 To close.......

[Kev Cav]

Hello all

I am looking for an 828 Ray's recommendation is to good.

if you jave one for sale please reply of list

Kevin

kevcavatbigpond.com

On 06/03/13 08:12, Ray Wells wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Allow me add my name the list of people thanking you for VK2US-1. 
> Thank you.
>
> With regard to the capability of the FM828, I'm sure many of you have 
> seen me recommend the humble FM828 on many occasions, and with good 
> reason. The radio might require a pair of decent crystals at a cost of 
> about $70 but you can get the radio for free, or maybe $20. For less 
> than $100 you have a radio that is almost bullet proof.
>
> The FM828 rx has a respectably narrow front-end that was never 
> intended to extract the last 0.1uV from the ether. It will do, 
> typically, 0.3uV for 12dB SINAD (the spec says 0.35uV for 12dB SINAD), 
> however, and return that performance under very hostile circumstances. 
> Ask yourself if you want a 0.1uV rx that clams up to maybe many uV (or 
> blocks completely) under harsh conditions, or a rx that hears 0.3uV 
> 24/7. Standing current of the 828 is also respectably low, around 
> 250mA when muted. If you take low level audio and keep the volume 
> control wound right back the standing current doesn't change when a 
> signal is received. The FM828 tx is continuously rated at full power 
> (25W) and the unit will work over the range 10-16v. Try that with your 
> Yaecomwood!
>
> The rx in the Philips FM814  base station is directly from the FM828 
> mobile. Yep, Philips engineered a damn good radio with the FM828 and, 
> that was around 1978.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
>
> On 06/03/13 08:39, Geoff Gatward wrote:
>> Peter,
>>
>> Thank you for hosting the digi for the last 10+ years - it has been 
>> fundamental to the APRS network in Sydney - in fact a large chunk of 
>> NSW!  For those that are unaware, the coverage of this digi 
>> is/was phenomenal  with direct paths out to Orange, Canberra and 
>> along the coast to Newcastle and beyond Wollongong.
>>
>> As one of the installers of this digi I'm still blown away by how 
>> well a humble FM828A mobile rig with no external filters handled the 
>> intense RF environment of the CBD, being a stone's throw from GPT and 
>> Centerpoint - the two largest comms sites bristling with pagers.
>> The original installation was an FM92, however the high noise floor 
>> rendered the digi useless, it couldn't hear anything beyond about 5km 
>> from the site - swapped with the 828 and never looked back.
>>
>> It will be sad to see this digi close, but, life goes on :-).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Geoff  VK2XJG / VK8GG
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Peter VERNON <peter.vernon at jbo.com.au 
>> <mailto:peter.vernon at jbo.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>>     Guys......
>>
>>     After more than 10 years the Sydney CBD WIDE VK2US-1 will be
>>     shutting down in the next few days. We've lost the site.
>>
>>     Sorry for the short notice but that's how it is.
>>
>>     Regards & 73's
>>
>>     *Peter J VERNON | VK2US*
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