If it was a copper colored square channel element, then the radio should have been about 2ft long, 6"high, and 15" wide and weighed enough to eliminate the need for the extra couple of sandbags in the trunk in the winter. TLD-1100 comes to mind but that was the VHF version. Based on a Motrac, the VHF units still used 3 tubes to get up to 50 watts before the duplexing filter. The UHF was solid state and ran about 18-20 watts out. They were very popular with the telephone company folks around MD.
Then there were the people who discovered they could make a mint by packaging an old TLD-1100 radio with new fancy looking control head.... Pulsar 120's and Pulsar II's were the same box as I recall, just different control heads. Very nice radios. Milt N3LTQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Arck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 12:39 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Moto Pulsar 120 (IMTS phone war stories) >I don't remember if it was the Pulsar 120 or not but I did indeed > build a repeater in the late 70's, based on a Pulsar. One channel > element (square "copper" as I remember) and a 5 mHz 1st IF made it a > piece of cake. It worked surprisingly well for what it was. As this > was in SoCal where UHF splits are upside down (low in, high out ham > repeaters), the Pulsar was a natural. > > The biggest problem was that it used germanium RF devices. > Fortunately for us, there was a MSS nearby to keep us stocked in > those devices (which was needed!). > > Ken > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > President and CTO - Arcom Communications > Makers of the world famous RC210 Repeater Controller and accessories. > http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ > Coming soon - the most advanced repeater controller EVER. > Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and > we offer complete repeater packages! > AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 > http://www.irlp.net > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
