Al,
I picked up a 12 watt APCOR unit a year ago, but have not found the time or
patience to repair it, let alone try to modify it. The Coronary Observation
Radios act as vehicular repeaters, and operate on the UHF "Med" channels in
reverse- that is receive low, transmit high. They are based upon the MX300
modules, and use a separate channel element for each frequency.
The service manual for the 1 watt models P24ESN3150A and P24ESN3151A is
6881021C05, which costs just $ 3.06- an incredible price. The service manual
for the 12 watt model P44ESN3191A is 6881021C10, which costs $ 35.37.
One of the reasons the APCOR units are plentiful on the surplus market is
because the MX300 system is plagued with connector problems, sort of the Edsel
of radio designs. The unit I have was removed from service only a few months
before I bought it. What's really scary is that it was junk, but was being
carried on an ambulance in Huntington Beach, CA!
I have read a few articles about converting the APCOR into a Ham repeater, but
none of them spent a lot of print space to extol its virtues.
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
Al Wolfe wrote:
> Hi, all,
> One of the few Dayton acquisitions this year was a Motorola APCOR unit.
> Apparently it was designed for medical/EMT use and is supposed to be able to
> do full duplex. Does anyone have any technical info on this unit they would
> care to share? It looks like it might make a decent field/temporary/portable
> repeater.
>
> Al, K9SI
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