I didn't mind the dynamotors ... servicing them wasn't a problem either.
Neil Coy Hilton wrote: > > Isn't it the truth. The MASTR PRO used to do .5uV / 20 db on VHF > with NO problem tuned by the book, but UHF was a bit touchier it > took the added tuning devices of a few rubber fingers and several > prairs to get .5uV. AND the UHF transmitters could get really nasty. > AND we were thankful for EVERY tenth of a microvolt that we could > get. > OH Remember the PRogress Line.... and the PRE Progressline and how > bout them TPLs (Tolet Paper Lines). I hated the dyno-motors. > 73 > AC0Y > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Funny how spoiled we are over modern radio > > equipment. ".5uV is a bit deaf" just makes > > me smile. > > > > That's not a bad number really, especially > > since the Master Pro Receiver has such a > > good front end. > > > > Better to have the .5uV and a well protected > > front end, vs a "modestly protected" GasFet > > preamp ahead of it. > > > > GaAs (Gas-Fets) make great mixers. One must > > be carefull not to cause more receiver mix > > problems with a nice GaAs Fet mixer, which > > started life as a preamp. > > > > Cheers, > > Skipp > > > > www.radiowrench.com > > > > > Bob Dengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Anyone had experience working with > > > > the master pro on 220? > > > > I discovered one thing, without a > > > > preamp she's toast. > > > > It needs a preamp big time. > > > Even the unmodified Mastr Pros are a bit > > > deaf on UHF (~0.5 uV for 20 dB quieting) > > > ; preamps are required equipment for > > > that RX IMO. If the mod wasn't done well, > > > it would be quite deaf. How does it do > > > with the preamp? > > > Bob NO6B > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/