In the case of the MastrII,its the 100% duty heatsink and the extra
shielding and control offered by the repeater package that makes all the
difference in the world.
I have a MastrII UHF porta-peater which really works well in the mobile
chassis.73,Lee
Robin Midgett wrote:
> I've been following this thread with interest, and have a couple of
> points which (of course) lead to more questions.
> The MASTRII RF strips are the same in the repeater chassis and the
> mobile rigs, band for band from low band to UHF. Flexibility and
> convenience options (and continuous duty PA issues) aside, why is a
> MII repeater station better used as a repeater than a MII mobile rig?
> I don't know if a Micor mobile and Micor repeater use the same RF
> strips or not..do they? If so, then the same question applies, with
> the same qualifiers. Same answer?
> Granted, a reliable repeater is not made from a pair of "whatever you
> can scrounge" mobile rigs with a controller in the middle. (Maxar
> comes to mind as something in that category). Also in that line up
> are amateur radios with 20% duty cycle, or practically anything that
> says Alinco on it.
> Where reliability concerns are fewer and convenience issues are
> greater, then latitude is greater and mobile radios with a controller
> in the middle (port-a-peaters) become attractive.
> Thoughts?
>
>
> At 11:55 AM 5/9/2006, you wrote:
>
>> TGundo 2003 wrote:
>>
>>> Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't an R-100 basically two mobiles in
>>> a box with a power supply?
>>>
>> Not really. While it shares a lot with the Maxtrac, it is a unique, from
>> the ground up repeater. It definitely has a lot less in common with a
>> Maxtrac then a Flexar repeater has in common with a regular Flexar.
>> --
>> Jim Barbour
>> WD8CHL
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