On 4/13/07, *Bob & Linda Smith* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Dear Chuck and everyone else who gave valuable suggestions,
It looks like I, and the club, need to rethink this question. I
am very impressed with some of the new equipment out there and was
thinking our radio is a bit outdated. Also, I was thinking of the
space we occupy in our shared building. Thinking a smaller foot
print could be hung on the wall easily. We are also talking about
remote access to IRLP via a club members QTH, just like the one he
is running on UHF now.
Bob, Maybe you said and I forget..
What band is the Micor repeater on?
Was it ever properly converted to the ham band?
My thinking is that if you or someone did a first class overhaul on the
Micor that it *could* run rings around something new.
The Micor is one of my most favorite radios for repeater service. When
properly done, they operate very well in the ham bands, but unlike a GE
Mastr II, they require conversion to do so. If your radio was
originally built for the 150.8 to 162 MHz range, and was never properly
modified for 2 meters, there can be significant improvements to be had.
Even if it's a UHF machine, this can be true.
Kevin
