Depends on which made for hams stuff you're talking about. Would you consider a comercial low band radio that normally includes the 6 meter band as being "made for ham"? Aside from the above it's pretty easy to move a lot of commercial radios up to the six meter band.
Actually... as hard as a customer of mine has tried... his two low band Midland Syntech mobiles made into a repeater just keep on ticking even though he and his crew seem to enjoy "lock to talk" rather windy operation. I expected the tx radio pa to burn up years ago but so far the equipment just plays and plays. Not even a fan on the heat sink. So... If you move some serious air past the tx radio pa and/or bolt some additional heatsink mass to the tx pa section. you might just pull off the perfect murder on six meters. ... and at a mucho lower price. cheers, skipp > Well, I think that is exaggerating a bit, but yeah, they would do > a lot better then any made-for-ham stuff... It's still a mobile, > and will not handle full tx power in repeater use. > > There is a COS point on the main board. A pair of midland radios > > will make a great repeater and one will make an easy remote. > > Much better than a GE or Motorola. Try it, you'll love it.
