So for all of you super experienced repeater builders out there, this is probably sound elementry. I am very new to repeater building. I have been working with Moto gear almost exclusively. But after viewing the interior components and the programming of the new Kenwood TKR- repeaters, I would say that they are the way to go...... They are easier to work on than the Moto stuff, and the recievers are much more sensative than the Moto stuff that I have been using....... Skipp, not a Shameless Plug, you speak the truth! Excellent gear.....
Tim On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 7:42 PM, skipp025 <skipp...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Re: 50 Watt Repeater (Shameless Kenwood Dealer Plug) > > My turn, > > As an Authorized Kenwood Sales and Full Service Dealer with > easily more than 50 Kenwood Version 2 TKR-750 & TKR-850 > Repeaters going full tilt (full rated output power) 24/7 ... > I've never ever had to repair one. > > In fact, the only Kenwood TKR-850 Repeater we've ever had > to really fix was sent in from out of state, struck by > lightning... and that fix was relatively easy (all things > considered). > > We do carefully pop the access cover off to properly set-up > the Receiver Pre-Selector up using a very specialized RF > Cable few other Dealers have/use (yeah, we sell them). But > after a proper Dealer Setup, they live quite happily at > their max rated power even if not rated on paper as such. > And of course we also throw out the same "we can't officially" > recommend it" disclaimer. > > And... > We still service the older TKR-720 and TKR-820 Repeaters. > > I doubt most people would be able over-heat and kill the > PA in a New Kenwood TKR-750 or TKR-850 repeater (with free > air movement around the exhaust fan opening)... even if > they tried (and I've seen a few examples where people seem > to have with out luck, tried to kill a repeater). > > cheers, > > skipp > skipp025 at yahoo.com > www.radiowrench.com > Authorized Kenwood & Pyramid Sales and Service (Dealer) > (707) 678-4187 > (707) 446-3419 cell > > > <k7...@...> wrote: > > Hi Ken and Norm, > > On my UHF LTR system I have several home channels > > in the 5 ch system that are almost continuous transmit > > during the date time. I have the TKR850's running at > > 35wt and they have survived for two years so far with > > no ill affects. > > > > At 08:36 AM 12/11/2009, NORM KNAPP wrote: > > > Agreed, but here we have many '750's running at > > > 50watts and have had no issues. Of course, they > > are not transmitting 24/7. > > > <----As an Authorized Kenwood Dealer, we have "a ton" > > of TKR's that we sold into amateur service, running either > > 40 (UHF) or 50 (VHF) watts with no ill effects. Sure, > > they're not 24/7 keydown but since the redesigned PA, > > we simply don't see failures. And while we can't > > "officially" recommend it, we've never seen a problem > > from doing so. > > Ken > > >
