www.bostonusergroups.com/gemoto
Please note that effective
Oct-9, 2003
our location has moved to
www.gemoto.com
<== please click here
Welcome!
This is a central depository area for New England hams who are interested
in:
- Regular operation on less-than-mainstream bands such as
10M FM, 6M, 440
- Considering a pioneering attempt at 900 MHz
- Building and operating ham repeaters
- Conversions of commercial GE and Motorola gear to ham operation
- Preservation of the great engineering heritage from two companies
in their
once-dominant eras.
And yes, we're realists so we also admit to using multi-band Yaesus,
Icoms
and Kenwoods. |
Members of this group tend
to help
each other via equipment contributions, skills, time, etc. We are not a
formal club, we are just a group of hams with common interests. When
in southern New England, members can often be found on:
- 53.27 MHz PL 71.9 Framingham, MA
- 448.175 MHz PL 88.5 Framingham, MA
IRLP node 461
- Also
MMRA's 53.81 MHz PL 71.9
Marlborough, MA
Interestingly, members of this un-named and very ad-hoc group are often
not local to Framingham or even Massachusetts. Due to the wide area
six-meter coverage, additional participants come from New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Aside from on-air sharing of knowledge, the group meets
every few months for lunch at restaurants in widely diverse
geographic locations.
We typically swap war stories on how to acquire, convert and operate GE
and Motorola commercial gear and build ham repeaters. The restaurant table
is usually littered with both nachos and walkies of the commercial variety.
Some members have previously worked for two-way radio dealers although few
are now directly employed in that field.
Others simply enjoy the less crowded bands, the occasional technical
conversation and the opportunity to meet new friends with similar
interests.
|
If you get a twinkle in your eye when someone mentions a
Delta, MASTR-II, Syntor, MX or an HT220, you'll fit right in!
|
MASTR-II |
In the 70's, a souped-up
2m
HT220 was used by the BMOC's. In fact, that MADE them a BMOC !
|
 
The Motorola GTX series is now used on
some new 900 MHz ham repeaters. |
|
MICOR 1/4 kW repeaters
(and their story is here) |
HT1000
for the new BMOC's
|
MASTR-II station 70's & 80's |
|
(new!)
Just GE Delta, really fast.
(RANGR too)
One of our newest projects is to compile links to
certain rare documentation on the GE Delta and GE Rangr
series of radios. Due to the demise of the former GE Land Mobile
empire, this information is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.
This section has links guiding you to radio combination/model numbers,
control head variants, cable part numbers, and more.
Local contributions by K1NZQ, WA1PBU and K1RJZ.
Delta intro page:
http://www.bostonusergroups.com/gemoto/delta.htm
A bit of vintage ham radio history
This section has recently moved to
http://www.bostonusergroups.com/gemoto/FM.htm
|
|
On line ham-ham help
We operate a peer-peer email listserv for New England
hams who are interested in commercial-to-ham equipment conversions. This listserv can be used for equipment horse-trading, "Hosstrader"
coordination, technical assistance as well as social event notices.
Any email sent to the listserv (or replied to) will be sent to the entire
membership of 20-30 New England hams.
Again, we aren't a club. We are just a group of
hams with common interests.
This is the
current list of
participants. If you wish to join or leave the "GEMOTO" listserv, please send an
email request with your full
name, call and email address to:
K1RJZ (at-sign) thezachs.com
Please no flaming, poking or kicking (unless
extremely-well deserved).
Other links of interest for those who appreciate the finer
things in life:
NEW non-mainstream repeaters
worth noting.
These folks have worked long and hard to
provide new services
so please take the effort to reprogram your radios and check them
out!
6M:
53.65 Salem, NH RX PL 71.9 TX
PL 100.0 by Wayne Nakata, N1WPN and Al Muise, K1NZQ
927:
927.5375
QTH: RX PL 100
TX PL 131.8 Roger Coulson
WA1NVC
927.5625 QTH:
RX PL 100 TX PL 131.8
Roger Coulson WA1NVC
927.5875 QTH:
RX PL 100 TX PL 131.8
Roger Coulson WA1NVC
927.1375 QTH:
RX PL 100 TX PL 131.8
Dick Solomon W1KSZ
|
last revised:
10/09/2003
|
