WHAT ???? GE C O P I E D the MICOR? The engineers that told you that was on drugs! If the Micor was looked at it was on HOW NOT to build a radio. The Micor works but not as well as the MASTRII. (boy am I going to get killed for that) The MASTRII is a GREAT BASIC radio. The MASTR PRO must have been copied from the Micor also, because it to is modular. A receiver module , a Exciter/ PA module, and a power supply. All modules are solid components. It is more than SOME Micor repeaters that I've seen. I think the Progress Line was some what modular, and so was some of the pre Micor Motorola's (trying to use some Very rusty brain cells). 73 AC0Y
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I look at it this way, they used the Micor to decide how not to build the > kind of transmitter Motorola did, the Micor is one of the most over > engineered radios ever. They over-engineered it so they (Motorola) could > use it in everything from mobiles to paging transmitters and paging link > receivers. I am not saying it's a bad radio, just has way to many things in > it that can go wrong. One example, switching the ground to turn the High > Band Micor transmitter on, WHY!? If I remember correctly they did not do > that in the UHF version, again WHY!? > By the way, If you switch A- to ground to key the exciter, why does taking the A- to the PA to ground take it off the air (output goes to zero)? (in a MSR2000. Some say that it is a cheep Micor) > I worked on a lot of Micors and GE's back when they first came out, I can't > see a lot of similarity between the two. If the engineers copied anything I > can't see it much! > > Buying a competitors radio is a common practice, Quintron/Glenayre bought > Motorola's radios and vise-versa, happens in every industry, not just with > radios. > > When you get into someone coping a design the RCA people copied the GE > Master II and had to pay big bucks when GE took them to court, RCA was > pretty much out of business after that. > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Custer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:29 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] GE Stuff..... > > > In the context of the difference between the Mastr II and Mastr Exec........ > > Virden Clark Beckman wrote: > > > The executive line does not have the dual squelch stuff that was the big > thing in 72 when that idea debuted... > > > > You mean when the GE engineers dissected the Micor to help build the > Mastr II? > > Motorola debuted the dual squelch in the late 60's..... > > BTW: No one needs to flame me on the first comment. I have recently > been introduced to two top engineers that worked for GE's Two-Way radio > division when the Mastr II was developed. Both fully admitted that the > Micor was used to help design the Mastr II. If you doubt this, I'm > sorry, but all you need to do is look at the facts: > > 5 LARGE Helical resonators. > 11 Meg I-F > Dual Squelch > Elementized Channel Oscillators > Power sensing RF protection > Numerous other things mechanical, electrical, and physical, but it's too > early to remember them all.... > > > Kevin Custer > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
