Johnny, What constitutes the loss of the FCC type acceptance? Does anyone have the rules section pertaining to this question? Like I said, the worst thing you do to some of these radios is removal of the antenna switch which has caused some interference problems with near field transmitters.
Paul -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Johnny Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:44 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: GMRS in USA No, it does not. Johnny Neil McKie wrote: > Question: > > Does the Johnson 6060 meet FCC Type Acceptance for GMRS? > > Neil - WA6KLA > > Mike Morris wrote: > >>At 06:57 AM 11/28/05, you wrote: >> >> >>> Interesting. I have a friend who was just asking me about a >>>GMRS repeater for he and his wife. He has aprox. 50 acres of >>>woods that he likes to walk around in and is in his 70's. His >>>wife is concerned about him needing to contact her, so I got >>>them a pair of Midland GMRS radios. They don't quite do the >>>job because of a little terrain blockage due to a hill. I was >>>thinking of recrystalling a Repco repeater that I have and set >>>up a GMRS repeater, but don't know the details about how >>>feasible this would be. Any suggestions from the group? >>> >>>Joe >> >>Reminds me of a small repeater I saw a dozen years ago. A regular >>outhouse building, but with no throne, off in the woods, but on the >>crest of a small hill. Inside was a pair of car batteries, a >>Johnson UHF PPL 6060 radio and a mobile duplexer. On the roof was >>a 2 foot by 4 foot solar panel facing south. Next to the building >>and strapped to it was a 30 foot pushup mast holding a short >>stationmaster. >> >>Taped to the Johnson was a xerox of a GMRS license. >> >>There is a GMRS conversion of a 6060 at repeater-builder. >> >>Mike WA6ILQ >> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links 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/
