Back in days of old... when knights were bold... and rubbers ... (opps that's another story...)
Back in the 60's, 70's 80's Motorola reportedly contracted to continue making replacement parts available for 5 or 8 years min. I clearly remember being able to buy Motrac parts well into the late 70's and early 80's. That type of business model is long gone. Mfgrs are often hard pressed to get a device from concept to market before the part sources dry up/out. It's just the way of the world... cheers, s. > "Bob M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The MSF5000 supply is similarly power-hungry. Most > ferro-resonant supplies are. They give up efficiency > for bullet-proof operation. Other parts may die, but > when's the last time you had to fix a broken Moto > power supply of that vintage? > > Of course, Motorola isn't helping much by making spare > parts for so much of this great old equipment NLA. > > Bob M. > ====== > --- skipp025 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What's the goal? > > > The Micor's a fine radio. If it ain't broke, > > don't fix it. > > > Nate WY0X > > > > Amen... > > > > Unless you are paying site rent by physical size or > > have very limited > > space in a new project the Micor and GE Master > > Series are great > > Repeaters. A lot of people think anything older > > than 5 of 10 years > > is not new enough or about ready to crap. > > > > One reason a lot of our public safety agencies put > > in for new radio > > gear every few years. Not to mention fewer > > available people actually > > knowing how to actually work on two-way electronics > > anymore and > > having the proper test equipment to service radio > > equipment. > > > > A salesman can always make new radio equipment seem > > justified when > > there's real serious money to be made. Funny how > > that works... > > > > If you have a Micor or similar type Repeater... keep > > it in service > > as long as you can. Do the normal service on it > > (something we can > > actually talk about here) and find spare parts for > > it cheap. Silly > > people give them away... dumb people throw them > > away... > > > > My only gripe about the Micor and similar radios is > > the original > > base/repeater power supply being real energy hungry > > (because I > > pay the electric bill). > > > > cheers, > > s. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > (Yahoo! ID required) > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
