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MERG Members' Benefits |
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22 Good reasons for joining MERG: A sample of the kits available to members. Note: click on images with blue border to see larger version. |
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1. DCC Command Station/Booster, Kit 42 £64.00
A 5-amp combined DCC Command
Station and Booster which supports up to 8 tethered MERG Handsets
(bought seperately).
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2. DCC Programmer, Kit 41 £45.00
A mains-powered stand-alone
unit for programming DCC locomotive and Accessory Decoders. Fully NMRA
compliant
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3. DCC Handset, Kit 43 £13.00   Handset for use with the MERG Command Station/Booster Handset cables available separately in 1m, 1.5m and 2m lengths |
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SPROG, KIT 50 £28.50
  A DCC programmer interface for use with an IBM PC to program DCC decoders. Employs simple commands with a PC Terminal Emulator or can be used with DecoderPro. Powered from a 12vac or 15vdc supply. Available for RS232 or USB. USB version shown. |
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5. DCC Accessory Encoder, Kit 51 £9.50
A unit to interface Mimic panel switches to a standard DCC output signal. Used to drive DCC Accessory Decoders |
6. DCC Accessory Decoder (Pulse), Kit 52 £12.25
A DCC decoder unit to drive up to 4 toggled Pulsed Outputs with built in Capacitor Discharge supply suitable for driving twin coil point motors. Fully NMRA Compliant. |
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7. Encoder PC Interface, Kit 54 £12.50 An interface board to connect the serial port of an IBM PC to the MERG DCC Accessory Encoder. Fully NMRA compliant |
8. DCC Accessory Decoder (Steady State), Kit 53 £9.50 A DCC decoder unit to drive up to 4 pairs of toggled or 8 on-off Steady State Outputs suitable for driving Tortoise and Switchmaster Point Machines and colour light signals. Fully NMRA compliant. |
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9. Steady State Decoder Add-on, Kit 55 £2.75 An additional component kit to enhance the DCC Steady State Accessory Decoder outputs for driving Lemaco and Fulgurex Point Machines. |
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10. DCC Train Detector
(DTC-8), Kit 56 £22.50 An 8-block DCC Train Detector which employs current transformers to detect traction current drawn by a train in section. Includes an RPC interface to allow a data link back to a computer or control panel. |
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BC3
DC Block Controller, Kit 38 £7.75
An analogue DC block train controller with interfaces for signalling and block detection. Requires one unit per layout block for full automatic operation. Unit can also be used as a manual DC controller. |
12. BC3 Block Controller Test Jig,
Kit 39 £14.50 A Test Unit for the BC3 Block Controller. |
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13. Train-on-Track Indicator (ToTI), Kits 62 & 63
A simple train detector for detecting a train in block. Suitable for DC and DCC systems. Available as a 4 block kit (£5.00) and as a 12 block kit as shown (£14.50) |
14. ToTI PSU, Kits 64 & 65 £4.00 ea. A PSU regulator board kit and a kit of two 6 - 7.5v plug-in mains transformers to provide +5v and -5v for ToTIs. |
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15. Gas Lamp Twinkler, Kit 61 £3.00 A simple and fun kit to simulate the flickering of a Gas Lamp. Drives up to 3 LEDs |
16. Volts & Amps Meters, Kit 66 £6.50
Two analogue meters plus circuit boards suitable for measuring voltage and current on a model railway. |
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17. Memory Wire Starter Pack, Kit 67 £14.50 A starter pack including Memory Wire for motorising points, signals, level crossings etc. |
18. Zero-1 Keyboard, Kit 71 £8.70 Replacement parts to refurbish the Zero-1 keyboard |
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19. Infra-Red Train Detector (Hector), Kit 72 £6.60
An infra-red train detector. Includes an IR transmitter, receiver and circuitry to drive 2-aspect signals or provide an input to a more complex signalling scheme. |
20. 4 ch Relay Unit, Kit 73 £7.75
A relay driver board plus BT47 (1A contacts) relays, allowing up to 4 relays to be driven from simple on-off signals. |
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21. 4ch Servo Driver Board, Kit 75 £4.50
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22. Servo Driver Setting Box, Kit 76 £17.50
Setting Box for configuring the 4ch Servo driver Board. |
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Also available: - FRIBURG BOOKS - Books 1 - 6 by Rutger Friburg featuring the use of electronics as applied to Model Railways and the popular DCC book by Ames, Loiseaux & Friburg BABANI BOOKS - A selection of titles from the Babani range dealing with the use of a variety of electronic components and test equipment COMPONENTS - BT47 Relays, Varley Relays, Track and PCB Cleaner, Reed Switches and Coils, Hall Effect Switches, a variety of Magnets, a variety of super Bright and Golden LEDs, Filament Lamps, and surplus components from Kit Production such as diodes, transistors, ICs, PICs and hardware. Technical Support available from the MERG kit designers and much, much more besides. A complete list together with ordering details is in the members section. |
