These are not 90 watts TX out. They top out at about 50 watts.
You can run an out board amp, but that is not advised as it is another part
to break and their reliability is sometimes suspect.
If you are connecting a 3rd party controller like a Linkcom, Scom or such to
it, there are sometimes
, 2008 10:27 AM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters for UHF Ham Band
Good Repeaters for UHF Ham BandJust curious... what do you have now
and why
are you replacing it?
Chuck
WB2EDV
- Original Message -
From: John Transue
At 11/22/2008 07:54, you wrote:
Brands to stay away from
Hamtronics
Maggorie (sp)
Spectrum. IMO the worst by far.
Bob NO6B
Any feelings on the ACS/MCS/Kendecom dynasty? I'm trying to decide
whether or not to spruce up the club's old repeater as a spare or look
for something different for a spare. I've never had to deal with their
RF units before... Only the Mark IV controller, which I was not real
pleased
Makes a nice wheel chocke for a B-17
No really
Anything that is not a commercially made repeater made by one of the main
stream makers...
Motorola
GE/MaCom
Midland
Icom
Kenwood
Tait
Vertex
Maybe EFJ (don't care for them too much).
Should be stayed away from. A prime example is the
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cort Buffington
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:13 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters for UHF Ham Band
Any feelings on the ACS/MCS/Kendecom dynasty? I'm trying to decide whether
or not to spruce up
From my limited experience I'd have to suggest you give a serious look at
the Maggiore Hi-Pro.
As non-commercial units go, those are pretty good. Don't hold a candle to
Motorola and cost a little more new than a used Motorola repeater but you
also don't need the Motorola software, cables, etc to
At 11/22/2008 18:12, you wrote:
Any feelings on the ACS/MCS/Kendecom dynasty?
Oops, forgot Kendecom. 2nd worst. The RXs are OK provided you bypass the
defective squelch circuit add a Micor squelch. Still, there are problems
with either IF filter leakage or IF amp overload, resulting in
Good Repeaters for UHF Ham BandJust curious... what do you have now and why
are you replacing it?
Chuck
WB2EDV
- Original Message -
From: John Transue
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:19 AM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters for UHF Ham
At 07:19 AM 11/21/2008, John Transue wrote:
Information that might be relevant: The repeater will be in a
standard 19-inch rack mount cabinet. It will be inside, not exposed
to the elements. It can be used with or without a power amplifier
(5W in, 90W out). I would like the power out to be
Our club budgeted for a Kenwood 750 repeater to replace an RCA TAC-200 mobile
repeater we have had in service for 15 years. Replacing it was deemed
necessary since repair parts are no longer available.
I objected to this replacement from the start, wanting to put another GE Mastr
II base
: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:27 AM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters for UHF Ham Band
Good Repeaters for UHF Ham BandJust curious... what do you have now
and why
are you replacing it?
Chuck
WB2EDV
- Original Message -
From: John Transue
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Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:27 AM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters for UHF Ham Band
Good Repeaters for UHF Ham BandJust curious... what do you have now
and why
are you replacing it?
Chuck
WB2EDV
Good Repeaters for UHF Ham BandJohn,
I would have to agree with the comments made by Jim Brown in this thread. I
would put any 20-30yr old converted commercial gear up against a brand new
Kenwood, Icom, whatever machine. There is nothing wrong with properly converted
commercial gear. The best
Ditto on Scott,s remarks, I have a twenty five year old MASTR II, 40 w. on
70 cm. , and a twenty seven year old Micor, 110 w, on 2m,( receiver by
Scott).Bulletproof!!
Regards,
Lee, K4ljp
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Scott Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
John,
I would have to
Yep, me too. I've spent a fair amount of time touting the goodness of
the Motorola R1225 and GM300 (links), but I'm also running several
MSR2000s, and if you want a repeater that will just run and run and
run and run, you still can't beat a Micor, MSR2000, MastrII, etc.
On Nov 21, 2008, at
, there are isolated cases of
success in using these types of cables, but overall, the results are
dismall.
Chuck
WB2EDV
- Original Message -
From: Lee Pennington
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters for UHF
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters for UHF Ham Band
Ditto on Scott,s remarks, I have a twenty five year old MASTR II, 40
w. on
70 cm. , and a twenty seven year old Micor, 110 w, on 2m,( receiver by
Scott
At 11:12 AM 10/15/2008, John Transue wrote:
I see several Vertex Standard VXR-7000 repeaters and one or two
Kenwood TKR-851 repeaters for sale on eBay. Are these good repeaters
for a ham repeater? Do they have known weaknesses or defects?
Obviously as a Kenwood Dealer, we're a bit biased
Ken Arck and dcflux and others,
Thanks for the info.
John Transue
At 11:12 AM 10/15/2008, John Transue wrote:
I see several Vertex Standard VXR-7000 repeaters and one or two Kenwood
TKR-851 repeaters for sale on eBay. Are these good repeaters for a ham
repeater? Do they have known
in the past we had programming the 7000
have sold the Kenwood and Icom with no problems
John
- Original Message -
From: John Transue
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:12 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Good Repeaters?
I see
I have been playing with GE Phoenix SX UHF and VHF for temporary and
link repeaters - very inexpensive, programmable and wideband -
reasonable performance and if you derate the transmitter will last a
long time, and as inexpensive as they are just replace instead of
repair.
Use a pair of
M and GE are the favorites since they are the most easily found, economical,
and work extremely well.
Your Spectrum may be one of those that actually worked. I had one that was
fine (a UHF model with all the high stability and filter options), but most
appear to have had difficulties.
Chuck
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