Hi All
Need help!
I am new to this group, I am a Ham Radio Operator call sign VU2YEP, from New
Delhi, INDIA.
We are planning to open up a repeater club. Most likely it will be a VHF
repeater. We use 144-146Mhz as our 2 meters band. We plan to put up a repeater
which support 50 watts TX, we will install 6 cavity duplexer supporting .600khz
and triple stack vertical antenna, power supply, battery and repeater
controller etc...
Currently need suggestions on the below mentioned two parts separately around
the repeater selection -
PART I -
Q1. - Should we go with two separate base stations ( two VHF mobile radios from
Icom, Kenwood or Yaesu) one for RX and one for TX with a repeater controller
and a duplexer ?
Q2. - Any specific models of VHF base mobiles, which are good from a repeater
building perspective.. kinda tried and tested ones..having good selectivity and
decent sensitivity too ?
PART - II
If, in case we go for a commercial repeater, then i.e from Kenwood, Yaesu or
Icom, which one would this group would suggest from overall performance
perspective ?
I am specifically looking for a feedback around the following models - Kenwood
TKR -750, Yaesu VXR 7000 and Icom FRG 5000 repeater systems, which one is the
best from durability ( overall maintenance, Signal quality, TX for long) and
overall features perspective ?
Waiting for your kind response from this group, all views are welcomes, so
please be open to give your opinion!
73s
Karan, VU2YEP
