> "Ken Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I figured I might get a few different opinions. I > certainly don't want to start a war, though! :-)
Which is one of the reasons I tried to toss a "one of everything" type reply. The more information you have... the more choices you get to make. > Regarding 3rd v. 5th overtone, no real reasoning there. Spectrum's > current receiver is a 5th overtone. Our old one is a 3rd. (New > crystal needed...) Depending on the receiver design... and your location.. you might have a problem receiving an image signal from the adjacent tv channel. The biggest sinner is probably the original Icom 3at portable radio. You can hear your repeater and the afternoon Soap Opera's at the same time. So the 5th overtone change/revision might be a method to avoid an IF Image or injection problem... but I don't yet know for sure. > You're a little tuff to pin down on an opinion, though. I see you > like Hamtronics well enough to try one of their synthesized models, > you have a Hi Pro that keeps on playing like the energizer bunny, > and you like Spectrum's audio interface. I also have a Spectrum Repeater in operation. Its had it's war stories but once I got them sorted out it's been playing well for a long time. Most of the grief has been the transmitter and their use of the wrong type (not rated for rf) capacitors in the rf chain. I changed them out and it's been rock and roll ever since. > Haa. Are you a politician by chance? (snicker) Moderate republican on most issues... > I'm not totally satisfied with customer service from Spectrum. > The attitude presented was problematic, to be sure. Spectrum has done all they could to shoot their business in the foot. You'd think people would learn from their experiences or just go out of business. Somehow Spectrum keeps on ticking... I like to buy their tx/rx boxes at flea markets. Their basic design is pretty good and I have the docs on most of their stuff. So they can be a great deal in the right time and place. But there is so much used/surplus gear flooding the market right now that almost anything you buy should be a good deal. > Anyway, we'll look at all the companies presented with an open mind > and try to forget the bad incident we had with one of them. > Thanks- > Ken Group member and long time friend Eric bought the GE 220 conversion from the Repeater Builder (Scott/Kevin) Bunch at Dayton last year. He's been very happy with the results... so if you have a GE radio around that fits the conversion... it's a great way to go. We're still trying to get the braut smell out of the Dayton purchased surplus repeater gear. cheers, skipp
