I have one of the early model that I use for portable temporary use at events. Not fancy or a whole lot of power, but does a real good job in that application.
I would not want to try to use one in a high RF environment, but for low level stuff they are pretty good and the price is right. Johnny skipp025 wrote: > 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! >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
