Joel, If you are looking for just a receiver Motorola made a nice Micor receiver in a 19" rack mount box. The only problem it was made to plug into their unified chassis mainly got get it power. I've taken these and built an AC supply inside.
The box will hold a VHF or UHF receiver. I've seen these at Hamfest for $10. I normally use them for control rcvrs, but still work very well for repeater. They have a 5 cavity helical front end and were made to work in harsh RF enviorment. Not sure if you are into building up something like this for it does take a little work. Knowledge is king. Just takes a little work and you really learn something and get a very good piece of equipment. Spectrum is from the 70s when a Micor cost $1,000s and the tube stuff was still being used. It was easy to go with Spectrum for less than $1000 then, but today the Micors and GE Mastrs are real cheap; less than $50 for a complete rig. I've bought Micor base stations complete in cabinet with AC supply for $50. Most hams have no idea what it is and if one learns it one can have excellent repeaters for little money...well the radio part any way, hi. Still need good money in the antenna system. 73, ron, n9ee/r --- In [email protected], "Al Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Re: Spectrum Communications > Posted by: "Joel Nadler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] nn6j > Date: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:53 am ((PDT)) > > skipp, > > thanks for the idea. Do you have any suggestions as to which compay to > order a receiver from. Our repeater is near other repeaters and we don't > want any rf interference. > > Joel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel, > The most bullet proof receivers are still the Micor and Mastr II. They > are the gold standards by which others are judged. They may be a thirty > years old design but will still out last all of us if maintained. They are > also pretty commonly found cheap at municipal auctions, most hamfests, and > of course, eBay. > > 73, > Al, K9SI >
