On 1/8/06, Mike Hagen <picdog@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
> Small world David, I was in Costa Mesa (3 miles from Santa Ana, still have
> a
> house there) and converted an OLD Motorola 80D Edison radio (1950's?) to a
> 2
> channel 2M ham radio for repeater access.  Johnstone Peak  (.22-.82)
> 146???
> Then .94 simplex to talk to my lifetime ham buddy.
> I heard of Cal Crystal, but allways read that Int Crystal was the "hams"
> friend.


This was for a work project, a modem chip that needed a rather odd xtal
freq.

 I still have this radio out side there waiting to go to the dump!
> Crystals and Crystal Ovens too!  I was run with a dynamotor or vibrator
> off
> 6V?  I put a TV power transformer in it for 110VAC.  I weights about 50
> Lbs!


:)  They don't call them "boat anchors" for nothing!
If you look on the repeaterbuilders site, you'll see my article on the
Daniels gear.
www.danelec.com shows their current stuff.  The MT-2 series that I'm working
with was recently obsoleted, but still is fine for us.
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