I have 2 Motorola Astro Spectras 4 sale on epay if someone wants to fix em up ====mark ab8ru
Neil McKie wrote: >Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > > > > ... snip ... > > > >>> I know some guys that use GE Phoenix SX radios for >>>linking. >>> >>> >>Why waste a broadband radio for one channel? >> >> > > I know a person who might be using a Kenwood TK805 for > an Echolink station. Probably a waste but the radio is > conveniently handy for this application. > > If the plan works well, we might rock up an old Mocom-70, > Micor, Mastr II or Mitrek Super Consolette Station on UHF > for this use. Just depends on what I trip over first in > the garage. > > > > >>> Would they be good for receiving on VHF and then linking >>>back to the main site to the voter on UHF? >>> >>> >>I'd use a receiver like a Mastr-II, a Micor or a SpectraTac. >>As to the transmitter, your choices depend upon the power >>level you need (which can be greatly reduced if you put a >>beam at the outlying receive site). I've seen a lot of link >>transmitters that are not much more than the exciter >>feeding a cavity filter feeding the beam antenna - maybe >>200mw into the antenna. It does not take much power to >>go from a high site to another high site when they are >>line-of-sight... >> >> > > For a while, we had a 1 1/2 watt 445 MHz link on a 115 mile > path. > > Neil - WA6KLA > > > > > > >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/