Hi All Looking for information on who makes crystals for channel elements.
Micor's and Mitrek Yes, I know that International makes them but the price is high. I have had good luck putting crystals in old channel elements and changing the caps as necessary to achieve reasonable stability. Used to use CUMEX in El Paso but they seem to be gone Ralph, W7HSG
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On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, wb6ymh wrote:
> The 30 watt version is a better radio for repeater service since all
> solid state transmitters are very inefficient when run below their
> designed output. A 30 watt Mitrek running at 15 watts will probably
> last forever, but a 50 watt Mitrek running at 20 watts gets way too
> hot for my tastes. It would probably be ok with a fan, but I really
> didn't want a fan for numerous reasons.
Well the radio is only specified to run a certain percentage in transmit
anyway, but at this point, you can probably get a dump-truck load of
Mitreks for the asking. That will give you enough radios to keep the
repeater running until Doomsday. All you need is a few channel elements,
and you can skip using lightning protection altogether.
If a Mitrek falls in the forest, does it make a noise?
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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]us >
But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility.
--rly
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