Much obliged, Mike. Glad to hear it. I was able to obtain programming software and cable schematics as well as some documentation from their website, so perhaps tomorrow if time permits I'll see what they can do.
Amateur LTR system anyone? Just kidding. Best, Chris/KF6AJM --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Mullarkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris, > > > > The units your looking at are a great set of repeaters. You can call Ron > Tilley at RF Technologies but keep in mind they are way ahead of us. You > will want to call them around 8PM in the evening. I believe they will work > in the ham band. > > > > Mike K7PFJ > > > > _____ > > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of surf_boy82 > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:37 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Anyone have experience with RF Technology Pty > Ltd. repeater gear? > > > > Hi Group, > > The shop I work at was recently given a couple of decommissioned LTR > repeaters after the customer moved to a different radio format. > > The stations are made by RF Technology Pty Ltd. out of Australia, and > consist of a 19" card cage containing a T500B Transmitter, R500B > Receiver and PA500B Power Amplifier, as well as a power supply. On the > back is an alarm & trunking interface card that was connected to an > LTR controller. > > In my readings, I've discovered these are 450-490MHz stations that > will supposedly produce 50W 100% of the time. > > Anyone have any experience with this gear? I'm wondering if I should > buy one or two from the company and turn them in to 440MHz machines. > > Does anyone know if they will tune down to the UHF amateur band? > > Do they have internal PL encode/decode, or must I use an outboard > encoder/decoder? > > Whats the performance like? Duty cycle? > > Any hints or kinks on these units? > > It appears to me that DX Radio relabels these units and resells them, > or RF Technology is relabeling DX Radio gear, as the hardware is > physically identical. > > I base this on what I've seen on the web, I have no experience with > either product. > > Thanks for the heads up. > > -Chris/KF6AJM >
