Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Micors

[Kevin Custer]

Don Pomplun wrote: We have a bunch of Motorola Micor VHF radios just gathering dust.  All were taken out of railroad service, so they operate in the 160 MHz range.  So far I haven't pulled them out to see how clean they are.  I'm first interested in opinions on their general value.  This group seems like a good place to gather such info. I looked at model numbers.  Probably a dozen are R43RTE1190BA  (70 / 12 volt);  other model numbers were R43RTN1190A,  R73RTN3100A & R43RTE1190AA. Do I have a gold mine or a bunch of boat anchors? One of the hardest parts of building a good repeater from a Micor is the control head removal and subsequent (re)placement of the Volume/Squelch controls.  The Railroad Micor is a great candidate for building a 2 meter repeater because the interconnect/control board already has a good number of items that make repeater building less painful.  If anyone is interested, here is the conversion of the Micor Railroad Mobile to a repeater: <http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/railroad.html> 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.