RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread John Barrett
Brown Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:07 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ?? John, for your application I would suggest buying a GE Mastr II mobile UHF radio and modifying it for repeater use. It is very simple to configure

RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread Mike Mullarkey
Mullarkey (K7PFJ) _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:07 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ?? John, for your application I would

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread Jim Brown
John, for your application I would suggest buying a GE Mastr II mobile UHF radio and modifying it for repeater use. It is very simple to configure, and all the info you will need is on the repeater-builder site. I have several of these units in service and have been very pleased with the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread George Henry
on E-Bay recently for $10 plus $10 shipping! I don't see very many MASTR II's pop up on E-Bay, though. -Original Message- From: Paul Plack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Nov 1, 2007 11:41 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ?? John

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread Paul Plack
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:16 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ?? The major problem I was having is resolved. I've finally got a UHF backyard pair for my portable repeater J No more hassling with trying to pack 4 radios into 1mhz of VHF bandwidth J

RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread John Barrett
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ?? I wanted to go UHF from the start, but until 2 days ago I was unable to locate info on backyard UHF pairs. info which I now have. the packet rigs are on 144.39 and 145.05, so not quite exactly 600kc

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread Jim
John Barrett wrote: Thanks for all the input - I just picked up a Kenwood TKR-820, so I'm down to getting the VHF packet rigs and I'll have everything I need :-) O-good choice! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread DCFluX
I like the FTL-7011 and FTL-2011 my self. On 11/2/07, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Barrett wrote: Thanks for all the input - I just picked up a Kenwood TKR-820, so I'm down to getting the VHF packet rigs and I'll have everything I need :-) O-good choice! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL

RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread John Barrett
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ?? John Barrett wrote: Thanks for all the input - I just picked up a Kenwood TKR-820, so I'm down to getting the VHF packet rigs and I'll have everything I need :-) O-good choice! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL

RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-02 Thread Mike Morris WA6ILQ
, 2007 5:02 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ?? John Barrett wrote: Thanks for all the input - I just picked up a Kenwood TKR-820, so I'm down to getting the VHF packet rigs and I'll have everything I need :-) O-good choice

[Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-01 Thread John Barrett
The major problem I was having is resolved. I've finally got a UHF backyard pair for my portable repeater :-) No more hassling with trying to pack 4 radios into 1mhz of VHF bandwidth :-) Since there isn't a way to look at receiver specs and figure how much isolation is really needed, here I am

Re: [Repeater-Builder] UHF Radio recommendations ??

2007-11-01 Thread Nate Duehr
On Nov 1, 2007, at 10:16 PM, John Barrett wrote: Since there isn’t a way to look at receiver specs and figure how much isolation is really needed, here I am asking – what is my best bet for radios to build a UHF repeater? I’m currently looking at a Hamtronics receiver/exciter pair with