I just recently picked up a VHF 125-Watt MSF-5000 base station at a local government auction, the model number is C73CXB-7106B. From some of the research I've done on the internet, I understand that this is a base station, 125 watts, and the PA deck model number corresponds to a 146-174 MHz split.
Has anyone on these groups put one of these MSF-5000s on 2-Meters (144-148 MHz)? I have several MICOR, MASTR II and MSR-2000 base stations and repeaters in service on 10M, 6M, 2M and UHF, but this the first time I've ever looked at putting an MSF-5000 into ham radio service. Can this radio be programmed to be a Repeater instead of a Base Station? One of the techs in our radio shop said that there is a choice in RSS to select whether the station is to be a Base Station or a Repeater. If so, is it just a matter of setting the necessary parameters in RSS and bringing out the transmitter (PA deck) and receiver antenna leads to separate RF connectors? If it will go to 2-Meters, can it be programmed for any frequency within the 144-148 MHz band? Does this unit require a PROM to be programmed, or is it all done with RSS? We have a lot of 800-MHz repeaters at work, and we do have the latest RSS, programming cables, RIBs, etc. I spend much of every day working with RSS for Spectras, MTS-2000, and lots of other Motorola radios, and now those that use CPS, like the XTS, XTL, etc. series radios. So I feel comfortable using RSS, and have a shop full of people that use it on MSF-5000s regularly. We just don't use them on VHF, only 800-MHz. Thanks in advance for any advice on using this station. I haven't fired it up to make sure that it works, I've been planning to use RSS (if that's what programs this particular station) to see how it's currently setup. Larry K7LJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . 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/
