Thanks for the good advice. I'll cnsider all options when the time comes. 73 K5EYP
---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] maggiore's service Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:22:01 -0700 (PDT) > >I have a UHF Maggiore that has played well for years >on a very high site, but I think that I have been >lucky in regards to it's performance. I don't see >much interstage shielding and wonder what would happen >if I was at an "RF crowded" site. There's not much >happening, RF wise, at the site that I am presently on >so it has performed well for me. > >My main concern mentioned in my last email was >maintenance issues. I do my own repairs, so that is >not an issue for me. If I had a failure and did not >do repairs, I would be limited to only one repair >location (Maggiore factory). Most 2-way shops would >probably not want to work on the Maggiore, or would >want to charge time & parts. This can get very >expensive and time consuming, causing the repair price >to go up and downtime to be very long. Sticking to >Kenwood, Yaesu, Motorola, or another common 2-way >product would give you more choices for repair and >faster turn-around time. > >73, Joe, K1ike > >--- skipp025 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> The last unit I had Maggiore make, was a custome >> build. Not only did they do the work fast, it was >> all first rate soldering and hardware. >> >> Service seems to be pretty good for Hi-Pro stuff. >> >> cheers, >> >> skippp >> >> > Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > If you have a technical staff available to do your >> > repairs, a repeater such as the Hi-Pro may be >> > suitable. (Although I would personally recommend >> one). >> > If you are planning on sending the repeater back >> to >> > the manufacturer for any future repairs, Kenwood, >> > Motorola, Icom, or some other similar brand would >> be >> > more suitable and easier to get repaired. >> > >> > 73, Joe, k1ike >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________________ >Message transport security by GatewayDefender >9:22:26 AM ET - 10/26/2004 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/
