I heard from some 2 way techs for a non-Motorola shop had this as the argument owner wants the max cranked out of the radio and the thing is the antennas are Gain type to begin with, they argue short lived finals, they keep it down on the Power Output so they don't have the call backs to replace the finals all the time.
makes you wonder .. doesn't it ? Mark Holman let the spam bots go figgure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Low Power on VHF/UHF Maxtracs > I would like to Add My experience with the UHF Maxtrac. I wanted to use a > UHF Maxtrac as the Exciter at 2 Watts to drive a Mot amp. So I had a friend > that had Two He Handed Me the 2 Watt Pa Unit that was used in a Hospital > Linking System , and I put it down ask about the Nice Clean other one > Which was a 25 Watt unit , Well of Course Stupidly kicked in and I wanted > the High Power one and I would Just Program it for Two watts. and it should > run nice and cool . My old time Mot friend said I would Back . > > I programmed it up 2 Watts Put it on the repeater Worked Got HOT I Put a > Muffin fan on Pa Still got Hot, So I took it back and got the other one and > Hooked it up at Two watts ran nice and Cool no fan needed . I now have a > all Micor System. > > He was right someone Might want to put Why this is true in Layman language > > Happy Repeater Building > > Don KA9QJG 444.750/R > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
