05-17-14 14:25 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Resurrected   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <53788E01.495.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
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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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