[Repeater-Builder]Repeater Duty Cycle: Was Alinco Ham Repeater??????

[radio5000]

For example: I live in Northwest Florida. After Hurricane Ivan, cellphones were inoperative so all of our communications were taking place on our UHF conventional system. Add this to the additional deputies (doubled the shifts, no days off) and during the day, the repeaters would be in transmit almost continuously. If you wanted to talk, you jumped on the squelch tail.  I had to setup extra fans to blow across the heatsinks of the repeaters (MSF 5000s), because they were so hot I thought they were going to melt!     In a message dated 2/21/2006 10:16:03 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In an emergency is not the time to learn what 100% duty cycle means,believe me when I say you will regret it. In a pinch,sure,use what you brung. Proper emergency preparedness dictates having the right equipment at the ready,so you spend less time cobbling and more time communicating. After all,thats why we are there...Oh,I have tried the TMV7 crossband thing,failed an hour into a drill.The output brick turned into a charcoal briquette! On the other hand,the GE MastrII I have has been running for 27 years,has seen many drills,nets and a few real emergencies and a lot of time keyed up without breaking a sweat. Sort of  like trying to pull a boat and trailer with a Yugo or a Suburban-no comparison!   73,Lee   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.