John,
I've just started this. I have one remote package out now, and another
on the way. I'm using Motorola R1225 and GM300 radios for everything.
I'm in the 70cm band, so I use the R1225 as a main repeater exciter
and receiver, and the R1225 as a remote receiver/link transmitter. The
link receivers are the GM300. The GM300s and the R1225s match pretty
well. I've had zero complaints with these radios, which seems
remarkable since I have been running micors, mitreks and MSR2000s for
years.
As for a voter, I could not get DHE to sell me one of theirs after
several months, so I bought an LDG. The LDG's voting portion works
amazingly well to me despite cautions about it. I was a little less
that enthusiastic with some of it's interface logic -- a good product,
but could have used another revision to file some rough edges off. I
would have no hesitations using it again. In testing mode, we've left
the hysteresis at 0dB and literally cannot hear it switching between
receivers on the repeater output.
Best of luck on the project. I've logged a lot of tongue wagging and a
little real info on my project at: http://www.lawrence-ks.org/K0USY/
73 DE N0MJS
On Apr 14, 2009, at 8:41 PM, John Transue wrote:
I’d like some advice.
My radio club would like to have a remote receiver for our 2-meter
repeater (ham band). I would appreciate any advice you can offer
regarding equipment and anything I should be looking for or
avoiding. There is no set budget yet, but I expect it will not
support new Motorola equipment. We do not have a frequency
coordinated for the link, but will do that when I know what band we
want to use.
Thanks in advance for your views.
John Transue
AF4PD
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