Just relative to your post here... If you're playing with a Ritron Repeater of circa 80's vintage... then you probably have one of two types. The first is the black shoe-box model, which at first glance is considered a toy repeater. Under the right conditions the black shoe-box repeater works pretty well for what it is. Model RR-454 and similar nubers.
The second model is the silver face unit... looking more like a desk-top radio... can also be a base station and/or repeater or combinations of both. Both of the above repeaters have what I call cigar tube notch type duplexers, which in the right conditions do work fairly well for their intended application. Most stuffy radio folks without much imagination discount these products as toys. When looking at these items with a more flexible and bean counter eye... the reason why there are a lot of these units out there will become obvious. They are much fun to play with... providing you have the right attitude and resources. cheers, s. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi All! > > I have a couple of Ritron UHF repeaters here and kind of curious if anyone > has had a chance to screw around with these little job site repeaters. Anyone > moved them to the ham bands? For their age, I was surprised they worked, > had clean audio and rated output. New rocks are $21 each from ICM, not too bad. > > The two I have is a Repeater Plus and a Responder II. One is at 15 watts > and the other at 3 watts. Both do repeat and are PL. > > I checked the Ritron website, no info on these guys. I don't have any > manuals..... oh well! > > Yepp, its 70's and 80's tech, but what the heck, the sunspot cycle is still > low! > > 73, Brian WD9HSY > > Before we flame, my repeaters are Micors and I know these are not top of > line, but they are not a couple of hundred pounds either! >
