I built my first ever repeater in 1979 using a split Midland 13-509. They are really easy to turn into a repeater. The TX puts out a good 10 watts and the receiver cannot be beat as far as sensitivity is concerned. My 220 repeater was on the air over 20 years as the Midland. It never ran more then 12 or so watts to the duplexer and the power at the antenna was maybe 3-4 watts. The antenna was a 6 dB crappie pole side mounted at 250 ft. on a 450 ft. tower. It hears as good or better than our 2 meter repeater which was at the same level on the other side of the tower. No one ever complained of the 220's anemic power level.
I picked up a 220 Maggiore fairly cheap a number of years ago and it performs about the same, albeit like others have said, the new Maggiore units are quite pricey. Roger W5RD 224.18 TIARC Dallas 223.82 Murphy (going up on my new HDX555 soon) ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith, KB7M To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 222 Mhz I just looked at the prices for the Hamtronics and Maggiore equipment as suggested by others, and you're right. They're expensive! I'd be much better off going with a repeater-builder conversion. Has anyone had experience with the older Midland 220 rigs converted to repeater operation? It looks like that may be a real inexpensive solution if I can find one and if they work well. -- Keith McQueen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 801-224-9460 On 11/6/07, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Keith, KB7M wrote: > I've built several repeaters over the years, but only for the 2m and 70cm > bands. > > In a moment of insanity, I purchased a Wacom 222Mhz duplexer and now I > realize that 222 Mhz radios suitable for repeater operation are not readily > available. :-( > > I see that folks have documented methods for converting VHF high band MASTR > II and Micor radios for 222 Mhz. Unfortunately, I don't have either radio > in my stash of radios. I DO have some VHF Mitreks, some UHF Micors, and one > VHF MASTR Executive II radio. Can any of these be converted to 222 Mhz? > Does anyone have an already converted radio that they would be willing to > trade for something? I know that the repeater-builder guys have already > converted radios forsale, but I'd like to find a way to do it for less than > the $700 that they want for them if I can. > The ExecII should be pretty close to the MII, I would think. Don't spend good money on the made-for-ham boxes. First, they're more expensive then the RB conversions, and they WON'T work as well. I think I've heard of people converting Mitreks too, although like most, the PA's don't go. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.23/1113 - Release Date: 11/6/2007 10:04 AM
