Hi Eric, I'll have to check really... the tkr-750 is normally not supplied with the power supply unless you order it with the repeater. Kenwood did make a tkb-720/820 radio... of which I've seen a few a small number. Don't know yet if they were full duplex and if Kenwood sells a tkb-750 model transceiver.
As a new Kenwood sale for a solar site I might consider something custom we make here like a 71 series transceiver repeater, which you won't find in regular Kenwood paperwork. And again there are a number of other great radio brands out there. I enjoy any simple excuse for the 50 cent shameless plug here on the group. I just pulled three 1225 uhf repeaters from two different locations and they all have the same failed tx pa problems. Wonder if there's a minor pa defect problem (like there was in early version one tkr repeaters) or it's just bad customer karma time. I've got to find a service manual before we open them up... cheers, skipp > "Eric Lemmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Skipp, > The Kenwood TKR-750 is a complete, packaged repeater with an > integral power supply and fan in a 3U rackmount cabinet. It is > roughly equivalent to the Motorola RKR-1225, which is the > rackmount version of the desktop GR-1225 repeater. I tuned and > programmed a TKR-750 for a local radio club, and I agree that > it is a fine radio. > > The R1225 is just the radio that is inside of a GR-1225 or > RKR-1225, and can be bought new for about $900 in the 50 watt > version. It can handle close to 100% duty cycle when run at > 25 watts, making it ideal for a solar-powered repeater- and > I have one such repeater in service now. > > If the transceiver that is inside the TKR-750 can be purchased > separately, it would be comparable to the R1225. > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of skipp025 > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Hamtronics > > <SNIP> > > > Rather than buy a Hamtronics 2m repeater, I'd go for a Motorola > > R1225 full-duplex transceiver. You get commercial quality and a > > complete controller in a package that has more power, and for > > less money than the Hamtronics package. > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > What... no mention of Kenwood? A TKR-720 or the even newer TKR-750? > > cheers, > skipp >
