Yeah, it may be a gamble depending on the site. I have read
the recent comments on that receiver and obviously it does
work well at a number of sites. Probably wouldn't hold up
at some others...
I tend to forget about such things easily, as I am used to
working with repeaters at incredibly quiet sites. :)
Paul N1BUG
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 12:07 pm, skipp025 wrote:
> 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
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