Keep in mind that a Maxar-80 is not the same as a Maxar. There are some similarities, to be sure, but what works in a Maxar-80 may not necessarily work in a Maxar. Each radio model has its own idiosyncrasies. Some individual radios of a given model may convert to 6m easily, while other identical radios require some work. YMMV...
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wd8chl Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:37 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Maxar mods for 6M? Dennis Ashworth wrote: > I have a Motorola Maxar, plate number D31TRA2300AK > I scanned through the Repeater builder site and didn't find many hits on > the model. > > I want to put this on 6M - any experience on how difficult it would be > to insert a 6M crystal set/realign? > Any thoughts or referrals would be most appreciated > > Tnx > Dennis, K7FL > Battle Ground, WA > > ------------------------------------ I have a Maxar-80 on 6M now, and it covers 52.525 and the big local repeater just fine (no more than 400 KHz spread however). When I got it, it had already been setup on 6, so I don't know what if any modes may have been done, but I can't believe there was much done. I can see how it might not work as well on 53 MHz freqs, but below should be fine. For what you want to do, I suspect it will be much lower in band, and less of a problem. Also you more likely want a xtal controlled radio for quicker key-up/key-down times. Some synth radios are a little slow, or a little noisy in the first few mS.
