At 8/5/2009 15:40, you wrote: >Gareth, > >I like your portable repeater! Is it Yeasu/Vertex based? I agree that an >RSSI controlled repeater could be problematic for outlying areas, so if it >was implemented, we would want to take careful steps to make sure it was >appropriate. My thinking was that the relatively small footprint served by >a portable repeater with marginal antennas and low power output might >militate towards limiting the power. Of course, any low power units trying >to hit the repeater would tend to make it vote towards higher power >output, so maybe the wisest course would be to just set a fixed power, or >offer the repeater owner remote power level control. I am trying to make a >unit significantly smaller and lighter than your 22 pound machine, so >power savings is going to be an issue!
I just weighed my MVP portapeater: 11.5 pounds, battery not included. You could try a pair of commercial HTs, but the duplex ability of this unit depends on the filtering of the helical resonators in the RX. I tried swapping out a pair of amateur-grade HTs (Icom IC-32AT & Alico G5T) for the MVP, & got severe desense. Bob NO6B
