Wrong. The Mastr Pro came out several years BEFORE the Micor. "ac0y5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SNIP > The MASTR PRO must have been copied from the Micor also, because it > to is modular. A receiver module , a Exciter/ PA module, and a power > supply. All modules are solid components. It is more than SOME Micor > repeaters that I've seen. I think the Progress Line was some what > modular, and so was some of the pre Micor Motorola's (trying to use > some Very rusty brain cells). > 73 > AC0Y > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Finch" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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!? > > > By the way, If you switch A- to ground to key the exciter, why does > taking the A- to the PA to ground take it off the air (output goes > to zero)? (in a MSR2000. Some say that it is a cheep Micor) > > > 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/ > > >
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