I have several PPL 6060 radios for sale, cheap..
Including one somebody converted to full duplex.
Will
KC4YBZ
In a message dated 1/7/2005 4:16:19 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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
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