I have an MSR2000 on 444.550 for the local ham club / county EMA. The PA (a
110W model) is out again. We just had this repaired by the local Motorola
shop, with whom we've had very good results from in the past. We're running
the PA at about 80W, so I'm thinking we didn't "burn it up", but I can't
help but wonder if there is anything inherently wrong with the MSR2000 PA
for UHF. This is the third time the PA has failed in this particular
machine in about a 2-year time frame. (This was a repeater originally tuned
for 460 MHZ, and brought down to the ham band.) This particular machine has
been a pain in the @$% - RX sensitivity isn't what it should be, PA keeps
going out, etc. Seems like we're up at the site every couple of months do
make some sort of repair on it.
I'm wondering if we should just cut our losses and get another machine, or
should I keep plugging away at this repeater? If we do decide to chuck it,
how much can I expect to spend to get a comparable replacement - we use this
machine during severe weather season for forwarding reports to the NWS, and
it's open other times. We want to add remote RX sites (you've probably seen
my inquiries about those in the past) but I don't want to start adding
remote RX sites until I get the main repeater working reliably.
I'm open to suggestions...
Thanks,
Mark - N9WYS
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