At 07:52 PM 04/21/07, you wrote: >I am converting a full duplex Micor base station to a repeater. The >station was pulled from service on the UHF MED channels and won't repeat >but will full duplex. > >I have looked over repeater-builder.com and am not finding an article >describing the procedure. Can I just add the squelch gate and time out >timer cards and get it to repeat? > >Randy
Using just the squelch gate and time out timer cards will get it to repeat but it won't be legal in amateur service as you will not have any remote control (i.e. remote shutdown and setup), or an identifier. The common micor station conversion is in three steps, all of which are documented on repeater-builder: 1) move the RF section to the new frequencies. 2) do the Jeff DePolo mod to the tripler. They are impossible to find these days, so stretching the life of the one you have is A Good Thing. 3) Interface it to your repeater controller. Some conversions keep the Squelch Gate card, some don't. Some folks trust the timeout timer in the repeater controller, some modify the Moto Timeout Timer card to an hour or so and use it as a backup. Mike WA6ILQ
