Some of us just bite our lip and stay quiet when talk
about making a Midland 13-509 radio into a repeater.
Most of us want to say you should try for a better
receiver before the rock throwers tell you it will
work fine at many a location.
Don't split the radio up... at least buy a receiver
that will honestly hold up really well in many of
the typical repeater mountain top applications.
If you live in corn field Iowa with not much going
on rf wise... then the 13-509 receiver is quite
usable all things considered.
Yeah, a split 13-509 radio will work as a repeater...
but you can easily do better. With the prices of
surplus radio gear always going down... better doesn't
have to be expensive.
cheers,
skipp
www.radiowrench.com/sonic
> I haven't seen any replies to this yet so I'll take a stab
> at explaining the basics. (Hey guys, this sort of thing is
> a FAQ, obviously... maybe we need a good basic "Repeater
> Building 101" article for RBTIP? If there is one, I
> haven't found it. I am aware of the "What's a Repeater"
> article but that seems to be aimed more at repeater USERS
> and is a bit too basic for the novice builder, IMHO. Just
> curious / asking....)
>
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