Chris: I've decided to abandon Moto, Kenwood, Vertex, etc., for repeaters and go with a little known but very excellent one that easily covers amateur and commercial bands.
The company is BridgeCom Systems in MO. www.bridgecomsystems.com I just ordered one in VHF for 2 m and one in UHF for 70 cm. I ordered the UHF with integral duplexer. 40 W and the price is $1349. The VHF one will need an outboard duplexer for the 600 KHz split in 2 m and costs $995. I think these are special ham prices. They're rack width (19"), 14" deep and 3.5" high. I'm not advertising them or making any $ from this. I'm just very impressed with the design and construction and quality and the audio is equal to anything Moto ever built. I could have ordered the UHF without the duplexer for use with an outboard power amp, but 40 W is plenty for my application. They interface easily to all sorts of outboard controller/autopatches and include many onboard features, such as multiple CTCSS, etc. Their software runs under Windows and only needs their serial cable between the PC and rptr. Ron said he's working on a USB interface, since many laptops no longer include a serial port as standard. 73, Dick W1NMZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "ochf13" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 05 May, 2006 21:14 Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Newer IC-FR3000 program in the HAM Bands? > Hello, > > Will the newer IC-FR3000 VHF repeater program to 146.880-? How > stable will it run in ham bands? > > ICOM versions 148-172/150-174MHZ > Chris > NH7QH 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/
