At 8/23/2005 09:07 AM, you 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
Guess I'm not "most".
> before the rock throwers tell you it will
>work fine at many a location.
This is a fluffy, cushy, cumulus cloud-like pillow with the words "go ahead
& use the 13-509 RX" in elegant script writing on it. :)
Unless you have many other radios at your site, the 509 will do fine as
is. If you are at a crowded site, just throw a pass cavity on the TX & RX
(TX should have that no matter what it is or what band it's on in order to
be a good neighbor).
>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.
But it would be more work & may require more expertise than Scott has
available. The 13-509 with pass cavity will be about the same cost-wise &
much simpler. OTOH, converting a Micor or G.E. to 220 would be far more
educational, which is always a good thing for a prospective repeater owner.
Bob NO6B
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