Take a look at the Arcom RC-210. It has all the features you mention, plus LOTS more if you want them. The controller kit fits your budget, but the chassis for it is another $100. It supports the Arcom auto patch as an option. If you don't need/want a 3 port controller, it may be more than you want.
At 07:52 PM 3/19/2007, you wrote: >Question for the gurus: I am tuning up and donating an E.F. Johnson >CR1100 repeater to the local Ham Club. They have asked me to install >a talking, chirping, beeping type repeater controller (which they >have offered to buy). I work with basic "repeater, one each" type >stuff, so I have no idea where to start. I welcome any opinions of a >repeater controller that meets the following somewhat carefully >thought out criteria: > >1. Reasonably affordable. (a couple hundred bucks or so) > >2. It has to talk, beep and chirp. > >3. It has to have a phone patch. > >4. Well supported. > >5. Reliable. > >6. Not require re-engineering the radio. (Translation: easy installation) > >Feel free to add to this list. > > > > > >Thanks > >Will > > Thanks, Robin Midgett K4IDC VHF+ Glutton EM66se
