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Lineman LM-106 Clone

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Looking to spin my own Lineman LM-106 clone, is there any one else interested in buying? I've sourced all the parts and in the process of designing a PCB. Just wonder if it's worth time into the project. I know these are practically unobtainable.

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Incorporating a SINAD / distortion meter into it would be a nice touch.

I always liked the Helper instruments products. I have one of their SINADDER's that they private labeled for Motorola.
 

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Just throwing out here, even tho I don't work radio anymore for a job.

Blue skying?

Tone Remote Control generator with at least F1, with PTT, maybe an F2 tone, of course adjustable tone level.

Tone remote decoder, with level display and FT decode and pass/fail on level. Really slicker than snot would be displaying parameters like HLGT Freq, level & correct timing, FT freq. level & timing and LLGT, similar.

Course, even tone remote circuits are supposed to be going the way of the dodo.... telcos are supporting them, not taking new orders, etc.

Yup, SINADDER & Distortion meter.

Kinda like a specialized TIMS, but specifically for two-way and Tone Remote trouble shooting. Most TIMS I've used in the field are not quick enough to capture and characterize the FT operation from the far end. Really cool? O'scope capture & display.
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At least a DC Remote current level decoder?

I've been working in industrial process controls lately, dealing with 4 to 20 mA loops; have a Fluke meter that decodes 4 - 20 mA in the loop, non-intrusively, with a clamp on current sensor, and can also source 4 to 20 mA to imitate a process control command. Pretty cool operation.
 

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There seem to be a lot of proprietary IP based signalling schemes like , IDA, TELEX, JPS/Raytheon.

Also these new links plus the various radio modulation schemes, DMR, P25, NXDN pose challenges in level setting from microphone to speaker. How do you set levels in such a system? Set too low and the A/D convertors are running at their noise floor, too high and they are starved for overhead bits. No shortage of bad sounding digital radio systems out there. I don't think even the /\/\ has tackled this challenge.
 
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