Tracy, You may want to look at a Johnson PPL 6060, yes a Johnson business band radio. I know a lot of people think Johnson did not make a good radio but here to tell you they are pretty good. You can find these radios on eBay for 9 to 25 bucks so you could build up a couple extras and if run at 10 watts would last a long time. With the right controller everything can be mounted inside the radio making a very small light package. With a mobile duplexer you have a light dependable repeater loafing at 10 watts.
The normal 6060 mobile power output is 25 so at 10 it's probably close to continuous duty. The instructions on duplexing them is on the Repeater Builder web site. I have modified several, my 147.16 2 meter and 444.975 repeaters are both Johnson mobiles but are the older 530 and 559 radios. They both have been running about 5 years with no problems. Remove the pilot lights and they draw very little current in standby. I had one at Dayton last year running on a motorcycle battery and had to charge the battery a couple times over the 4 or 5 day period. Paul WB5IDM -----Original Message----- From: lcradio2002 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: New repeater buildup Russ, Your rigth, the 850 is a nice machine. I have 4 in commercial service (one has a PA problem), but they are too heavy. Also, if there is a failure, I would have to lug the entire repeater down, instead of just taking up a seperate card. I must consider the trip, it's not easy (lots of 5' ledges to scale). Tracy --- In [email protected], "russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would look at a newer repeater such as an R-1 by Maggiore Labs it has a > very low draw. A Kenwood TKR-850 is a great repeater but it draws a lot more > DC power. > Both the above are great repeaters as they do NOT need a lot of TLC. They > will just run and run. > Good luck! > 73 Russ, W3CH > 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/
