If you don't need a lot of power look at the Kenwood TKR-740 we use a lot of the tkr840 and love them.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 11:26 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Building a repeater from Motorola VHF portable > > > > Thanks for the input. It is 150MHz and we would have a 5Mhz split. > What is the best process for shielding the two radios? Are there > cases out there or some foil type products? What would happen if we > just connected to the two radios together and separated the antennas? > > I looked at the R1225 and it is a little big but may work if need > be. Would a Motorola PAC RT work? > > Denny > > --- In [email protected], Eric Lemmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Denny, >> >> The HT1000 is an excellent radio by itself, but its plastic case > offers >> no shielding whatsoever. It is possible to construct a compact low >> power repeater with the HT1000 (or any two commercial quality > portable >> radios) if each radio is enclosed in a tightly-shielded box, with > all >> audio and control leads brought out through coaxial filter > capacitor >> terminals. The antenna lead would need to be brought out through a >> separate bulkhead connector. >> >> Once you have a completely shielded transmitter and a completely >> shielded receiver, connect them to a compact (mobile) duplexer with >> double-shielded cable such as RG-400/U. You will need a > rudimentary >> controller to handle the simple repeater functions. I am assuming > that >> the pair you intend to use in the 150 MHz VHF band has a 5 MHz > split; if >> it is less, a mobile duplexer won't work. >> >> It would be a lot easier to use a 10 watt Motorola R1225 repeater >> transceiver, instead of two separate radios. >> >> 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
