RE: [Repeater-Builder] 220 Mhz. repeater

[Paul Finch]

Kevin,   I say your correct here, I have never bought a "new" repeater.  I fell into a great deal, a friend in the two way business GAVE me 4 new in the box Kenwood TKR-850 repeaters.  Really good friend, worked for his Dad in the two way industry for a long time but till then I always built my own repeaters out of junk.  That is the fun part of Ham radio.  By the way, to keep the coordination on a 440 frequency I put one of the Kenwood's on-line on a temporary basis till I get time to build one out of junk.  The Kenwood's are going in service on my tower as a commercial trunk system.   With the Kenwood now running I still have two Ham repeaters built from Johnson mobile radios, they have been running for more than 7 years with no problems.  I have a GE Mastr II repeater set up (almost complete) on the 2 meter frequency but as long as the Johnson's are running I can't see putting the time, what little I have, into finishing it!   Paul   -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Custer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:25 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 220 Mhz. repeater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are all ways better trying to buy new if you can. Much cheaper in the long run. Set it and forget it as they say. I have many repeaters that I have built from used equipment for myself and others.  I feel these have been much cheaper to establish and maintain than new. I also have bought new repeaters from Kendecom, Spectrum, and others. I have had much more trouble with them than converted (or not) commercial gear. The new is gone the minute you unbox the repeater.  (everyone drives a used car) Kevin Custer 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.