Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > ... snip ...
> > I know some guys that use GE Phoenix SX radios for > >linking. > > Why waste a broadband radio for one channel? I know a person who might be using a Kenwood TK805 for an Echolink station. Probably a waste but the radio is conveniently handy for this application. If the plan works well, we might rock up an old Mocom-70, Micor, Mastr II or Mitrek Super Consolette Station on UHF for this use. Just depends on what I trip over first in the garage. > > Would they be good for receiving on VHF and then linking > >back to the main site to the voter on UHF? > > I'd use a receiver like a Mastr-II, a Micor or a SpectraTac. > As to the transmitter, your choices depend upon the power > level you need (which can be greatly reduced if you put a > beam at the outlying receive site). I've seen a lot of link > transmitters that are not much more than the exciter > feeding a cavity filter feeding the beam antenna - maybe > 200mw into the antenna. It does not take much power to > go from a high site to another high site when they are > line-of-sight... For a while, we had a 1 1/2 watt 445 MHz link on a 115 mile path. Neil - WA6KLA 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/