[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Rather than reinvent the wheel, a couple of our club members want to
> experiment with a remote receive site. To start they are going to play with
> a dual
> band radio, receiving on VHF and relaying on UHF. The ultimate plan will be
> to
> have a voter (LDG RVS-8 most likely)
>
> The question I have is this. Is there a good, inexpensive UHF radio (like a
> Moxy, or Maxar, etc.) that is easy to interface to a voter, cheap with
> channel
> elements or crystals, doesn't take a rocket scientist to move to the ham
> bands, with a PL deck that will strip the PL tone off the link audio ... that
> someone has experimented with and is currently using with good results?
>
> Any good articles out there, on any of the builder sites?
>
> I have avoided this subject with our Club members because I didn't want to
> create a monster REPEATER, (KISS) so I ask and duck for cover!
>
> Thanks all!
> Brian, WD9HSY
>
> PS for those who will ask the current repeater is a 60 Micor VHF Standalone
> with a Scom 7k controller.
>
Our system is the same type of equipment. We are using a Doug Hall voter
(VERY easy to setup!). We've had good success using HT-90's for link
receivers, but you need a good pass cavity in front of the multicoupler,
which means all links should be within about 100-200 Khz. The remote
receiver packages are Micor rx's feeding Maxar-80's turned down to about
7W out.
Don't run the dual-bander very long, and DON'T run it at full power out!
Keep it under 10W out!
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
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