Anyone have a write up for the conversion? I remember seeing one in a TAB book.
On 11/7/07, res1q6fs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ditto here. My 13-509 never suffered any ills for over 20 > years continuous repeater operation and it was an old original brown face > model. No external BPF on front end, an 80 dB null set of duplexers with a 6 > dB antenna on a tower that had 450 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz and 150 MHz systems > running 50 to 100 watts and pagers up to many 100's of watts on antennas > just above the 220 antenna. Never heard a peep of Intermod. Never used PL. A > 0.2 uV max. signal produced a noise free signal out of the receiver. > > Roger W5RD > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 222 Mhz > > At 11/6/2007 15:04, you wrote: > > >If you're the type of person who enjoys doing things from the > >ground up... then the conversions and kits are the way to go if > >you have the test equipment to get the show on the road once it's > >built. Otherwise you might consider a turn-key repeater from > >the Repeater Builder folks, Hamtronics or Maggiore. > > > >I would not suggest you go with the Midland 13-509 conversion > >because after all the work is done... the receiver is just not > >the best performer. > > I completely disagree. I've built a couple of 13-509 systems & continue to > > service a couple of others. Given what it is, it performs exceptionally > well. I have one literally sitting in the middle of downtown LA @ 1000 ft. > > AMSL with nothing but a notch duplexer between the RX & the antenna, & it > hears quite well with no IMD. > > Bob NO6B > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
