05-17-14 14:25 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Resurrected

 TW> {at}MSGID: 
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 EV> RW> I remember having some tube-type Motorola VHF mobile radios
 EV> RW> that I thought were too large to put in a car. They were run by
 EV> RW> remote control with 99% of the radio mounted in the trunk and
 EV> RW> you only had a control head and mic under the dash...

 EV>You're talking about those Two Way Radios used in Police Cars, Fire
 EV>Trucks, City Works, Taxi Cabs, etc...

 TW> Adn they were popular ot convert inot Ham units. Lots odf them
 TW> were used for repeaters because of their low price on the used
 TW> market as compaired to a Ham Repeater unit of the3 same power
 TW> output

Howdy! Tom and Roy,

In the 1970's there was a Ham that worked as a Repair Technician for
someone.

He also sold VHF and UHF Radios made by Standard to Hams from his home.

He sawed the Printed Circuit Board from inside one of the Standard
Radios He sold in half, to seperate the Receiving portion from the
Transmitting portion and used them to build a 2 Meter Repeater.

He put up a 1 1/4 Meter Repeater and a 3/4 Meter Repeater too!

I'm not sure I ever heard if those Repeaters were constructed the same
way as His 2M set up was or if he used some other Brand of Radios for
those two repeaters on the higher frequencies than the 2M set up was.

He put them up so those three Bands could have some activity on them
to keep Hams from losing those portions of the Amateur Radio Bands.

A lot of local Hams bought Standard Radios and other radio gear from
him.

He also sold Larson Antennas and did Repairs to Amateur Radios for us
Hams, he used a Cushman Frequency Meter at work so He got one for His
Repait Shop.

I bought another Hams Regency HR-2 2M Radio when he was leaving the
area for a job in South Korea.  So I got on 2M in Nov 1976.

I did buy a Larsen 5/8 wave Antenna and a Magnetic Mount for it from
the 2M Ham Repeater owner, also he placed the Coax under the carpet of
my car to the trunk so I could mount the Antenna at the back of my car
and when I parked I could stow it in the trunk, along with my Regency
radio, so not to advertise that I used a radio because there were a lot
of radios stolen from automobiles back during that period.

I got the antenna from him, instead of getting it at another Amateur
Radio Shop in the area, because of his favor to all the Hams in the
area by putting up the Repeaters for us to use.

His Repeaters were free for us Hams to use Without Any Renumeration,
and I didn't feel I was Paying Him for my use of his 2M RPTR when I got
the Larsen Antenna from him.

I was giving my business to a local Ham who sold Amateur Radio Gear
from his home.

In 1978 when I got the Kenwood TS-520S and Hustler Mobile Antenna,
I used a Quick Disconnect I had on the Antenna Spring Mount, so I could
put the Hustler Antenna in the trunk also.

My Ham Friend with the TS-520 showed me how he mounted it in his car
with a Metal Plate attached to Half of a Barn Door Hinge.

The other Half of the Hinge was fastened to the Floor of the car,
and was Threaded so when the TS-520 was in the car, he took a Socket
Wrench to tighten 1/2" Bolts on each side of the Hinge to keep the rig
in the car.

I did the same thing and carried a Socket Wrench with an 4" Extension
so I could place the TS-520S I used in the car, and remove it to store
it in the trunk when I wanted to.

On a trip, I would take the TS-520S out of the car and put it in the
Motel Room with us. It wasn't hard to do at all, now Lugging the rig
into the room did take me some effort.   .... ..

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