While I agree to a certain extent,having one on the 220 band for 22 years,
they didnt play well in the 2 meter band with all the rf flying around
and were
replaced with MastrII's which have been flawless for a quarter century and
with superior performance and better audio,squelch,tone decoding,and on
and on...
I wouldnt even consider any Hamtronics stuff for a commercial site-ever!
You can learn a lot by doing your own conversion,probably more than
by building their kit. And the docs are superior too! 73,Lee,N3APP
skipp025 wrote:
>By the nature of the beast, if one buys and builds
>a Hamtronics repeater from kits, you will learn
>quite a bit, while trading time and money vs buying
>a premade unit.
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>There is something to be said for the mechanical
>build of the converted commercial radio, but a well
>done kit project can also be well made.
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>It would be hard to compare the electronic operation
>of the two without using specific radio/kit models.
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>I have love hate relationships with both kits and
>commercial conversions.
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>Hamtronics stuff is fun to make and works pretty well,
>I've got some late 70's early 80's Hamtronics gear
>still in regular operation. Good old diode matrix
>ID Board, the COR-2, autopatch-1 on six meter strips
>chugging along since late 1980 without fail.
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>Back then, you mostly bought and built kits, now you
>can buy things pre-made if you don't have the time.
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>cheers,
>skipp
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>ps: Yep, that was/is me in the old Hamtronics Paper
>and now Online Catalog with the long time positive
>user feedback. Darn 24 plus year old kits won't die...
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