On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Q wrote:
> Fellows...think about this,seriously! There are NO japanese mobile radio
> transmitters rated for 100% duty cycle,most are 20%! What happens when
> they overheat? Before they blow up,they put out spurs and junk all over
> the spectrum! Adding a fan will help,but only delays the inevatible
> failure. Now on to the receiver...most are designed to be
> broadbanded,have lousy front ends and mixers,are prone to overload and
> intermod,not what you want. Why would you spend hundreds of dollars on a
> pair of mobiles when the commercial surplus is available cheaper? You
> know-THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB!!! I am not just saying this to be
> mean,I have lived it! I have built repeaters out of the strangest things
> and learned what works best at the most reasonable price. Leave your
> mobile rigs in your mobile stations! The right "tools" are out
> there....73,Lee
Not to pick at nits, but the Rangr is a Japanese radio, built by Japanese
Radio Corporation, or JRC. It was sold to GE who sold it as thier own and
is a commercial radio. Ham-Jap Radios, now that's a bad idea. Then again,
I could probably keep my FT-2500M at 100% duty cycle at 5w and 25W with a
fan.
Even the Motorola Syntor X only has 35W of heatsink area and it's a
40/60/75/110W radio.
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