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  1. Re: Recycle a DT 400
    Did you try Laidlaws? Bob Young Clinton, Ontario Canada's other West Coast E'Mail: bob.young@... Web: http://www.tcc.on.ca/~bobyoung ... From: "Dale...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:26:43 GMT
  2. Re: Programming certain decoders
    To: Doug Good enough! I have a LocoBuffer/USB, and get a lot of use from it. Thanks Bob Young Clinton, Ontario Canada's other West Coast E'Mail:...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:25:29 GMT
  3. Re: DS64 Problems
    Okay.......I've never had a Track connection to the two DS64's I have and they worked in the past, although still with the cycling on power up. There has been...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:26:23 GMT
  4. Re: Recycle a DT 400
    I was puzzled by the question also. Most of my recycling goes into a curb side box for pickup every other week. Somehow I don't think that is what Dale had...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:13:59 GMT
  5. Use The Delete Key-Please
    Guys: Please delete the previous parts of the messages and don't just use the reply key when answering. I get the group in Digest form and have to use the page...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:05:48 GMT
  6. Re: AR-1 autoreversing
    Take a classic reverse loop, double-gapped at each end with the "main" a fixed polarity such that the resulting direction of travel is always toward the loop....
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:55:40 GMT
  7. Re: Programming certain decoders
    Hi Jarrell, You do gain an additional 2.5 amps on your layout, but it has to be used in a different power district than the first 2.5amps. So you can run 5...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:35:03 GMT
  8. Re: AR-1 autoreversing
    Not so much a "cha-cha...", but just a "cha". I believe you can setup the AR-1 so it will work okay for an analog loco either going into a reversing section...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:30:25 GMT
  9. Re: Programming certain decoders
    Ken, a friend mentioned once that MRC decoders can be a pain at times. I guess he was talking about the programming aspect of them. Thanks for the booster...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:30:19 GMT
  10. Re: Programming certain decoders
    Thanks Brandon, I'll join the JMRI group. There's got to be a wealth of information there. Jarrell ... expertise on ... group as ... also a ... problem...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:28:00 GMT
  11. Re: DS64 Problems
    Actually, if you assume that you are always running DCC and that all commands are sent via NMRA track packets (as is normally the case with stationary...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:27:44 GMT
  12. Re: Programming certain decoders
    Ok Doug, I think I get it now. By using the second Z you're essentially dividing your layout into two sections (track double gapped) so you have 2.5 amps on...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:25:06 GMT
  13. Re: Programming certain decoders
    Bob, I had 'assumed' that by adding another Z to the layout I would gain the amps from that unit. I was going by the Zephyr instruction book, page 39 section...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:18:21 GMT
  14. out-of-control loco with MRC1656 decoder
    Not at all sure this is the appropriate group to which I should be directing my question, but there seems to be a huge amount of expertise here that might be...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:44:18 GMT
  15. Re: Athearn SD45T-2 Mars Light
    Hi Steve, Do you remember where these soldering pads on the Athearn board are? Thanks, Dennis Drury ... <snipped here> They also added two soldering pads for...
    - Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:18:49 GMT