Hello, I look at it this way, they used the Micor to decide how not to build the kind of transmitter Motorola did, the Micor is one of the most over engineered radios ever. They over-engineered it so they (Motorola) could use it in everything from mobiles to paging transmitters and paging link receivers. I am not saying it's a bad radio, just has way to many things in it that can go wrong. One example, switching the ground to turn the High Band Micor transmitter on, WHY!? If I remember correctly they did not do that in the UHF version, again WHY!?
I worked on a lot of Micors and GE's back when they first came out, I can't see a lot of similarity between the two. If the engineers copied anything I can't see it much! Buying a competitors radio is a common practice, Quintron/Glenayre bought Motorola's radios and vise-versa, happens in every industry, not just with radios. When you get into someone coping a design the RCA people copied the GE Master II and had to pay big bucks when GE took them to court, RCA was pretty much out of business after that. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Custer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] GE Stuff..... In the context of the difference between the Mastr II and Mastr Exec........ Virden Clark Beckman wrote: > The executive line does not have the dual squelch stuff that was the big thing in 72 when that idea debuted... > You mean when the GE engineers dissected the Micor to help build the Mastr II? Motorola debuted the dual squelch in the late 60's..... BTW: No one needs to flame me on the first comment. I have recently been introduced to two top engineers that worked for GE's Two-Way radio division when the Mastr II was developed. Both fully admitted that the Micor was used to help design the Mastr II. If you doubt this, I'm sorry, but all you need to do is look at the facts: 5 LARGE Helical resonators. 11 Meg I-F Dual Squelch Elementized Channel Oscillators Power sensing RF protection Numerous other things mechanical, electrical, and physical, but it's too early to remember them all.... Kevin Custer Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
