If your club or group is a 501(c)3, you might be able to get the
MSS or old system owner to donate the gear as a tax write-off.
Better check with your tax guy for particulars.
73, have a good holiday weekend,
Neil - WA6KLA
Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote:
>
> At 07:33 AM 5/27/05, you wrote:
>
> >We are looking at replacing our old 2 meter repeater and wanted to get
> >ideas on what would be some good radios that have %100 duty at around 40
> >watts. We have a motorola service center here in town so that is a plus.
> >Thanks! Bob
>
> Well, the repeater-builder company makes good repeaters !!!
>
> Are you committed to Motorola? or would a good used GE interest you?
>
> Either way, contact Scott at repeater-builder at 814-444-9460, weekdays during
> normal business hours eastern time.
>
> Otherwise, do you know anybody at the MSS ?
>
> If yes, ask them what they are pulling out of service. A large
> number of business radio systems have been or are being
> retired... as an example in this area every single plumber, air
> conditioning repair, and other business that you would find on
> a community repeater system are now using cellphones. The
> local water company didn't bother installing the 2-way radios
> in the new trucks this time around... the company calls the
> crew foreman's cellphone.
> Even the local cab company has decommissioned their voice
> dispatch system - they are using their radio channel for digital
> dispatch/automatic vehicle locating and all voice traffic is via
> cellphones. In short, voice 2-way for small business is a
> dead market.
>
> See what the MSS has available. They may just have a
> MSR-2000 or a Micor station in the back room gathering
> dust. Or ask them if they have any decommissioned
> equipment up at the repeater site(s). The local shop was
> storing 4 Micor stations in one of their hilltop buildings
> because they had no space in the back room.
>
> If they have nothing, look around on the net. A while
> back I saw a MSR2000 Repeater for about $600,
> and a MSF5000 for about $1200. If you buy something
> like that, do not buy "as is" or "tech special" - spend
> a little extra and get a warranty. And manuals! A
> large number of Moto manuals are NLA - no longer
> available. You don't want something that you can't
> get docs for. So before you hand over a check, make
> sure that it either comes with manuals or you can
> get manuals.
>
> A start would be to look at the repeater-builder
> web site - there is a page of used equipment vendors.
>
> Mike WA6ILQ
>
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