I say go for it! I have a whole pile of msr2k guts on my bench waiting for assembly. The thing I LOVE about these units is that everything is modular. The tx and rx boards just slide in and out. All the cards are the same way.
You could almost run any amp you want if the factory one blows up. I think I might try to build mine with the IOTA supply and ditch the factory cow. It weighs in almost as much as a sherman tank. Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > * seoemsdirector <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:k8uhn%40zoominternet.net>> [2007 Jan 13 20:46 -0600]: > > Hello, > > > > I have an opportunity to acquire a MSR 2000 VHF base station that is > > currently channeled for 159.075 Mhz. I'd like to convert it to a 2 > > meter base station on 146.895 Mhz. Can this be done? I think I read > > where there was 2 different "splits" for this radio, a VHF model on > > the "low end" and one on the "high" end. > > > > Thanks for any information you can provide. > > Is it the so-called intermintent duty or continuous duty? It appears > the intermintent duty is favorable as it shows a bands split of 146 to > 174 MHz (I am waiting on the channel elements from ICM to do one > myself). The continuous duty shows a band split at 150.8 MHz. > > 73, de Nate >> > > -- > Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft > Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. > http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ <http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/> | "Debian, the choice of > My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" > http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ <http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/> | > http://www.debian.org <http://www.debian.org> > > -- Jay Urish CCNA Network Engineer http://jay.unixwolf.net 972.691.0125 972.965.6229
