My (even older) DR570T has a decoder that works great, which actually allows practical use of the mobile repeat function. You can buy these radios pretty cheap now on the used market, usually with burned-out display lamps, and they have nice audio.
The bad news...on low power they still draw 4 amps putting out 5 watts, and still run hot in continuous duty. 73, Paul, AE4KR ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Which 440 Synthesized radio to use with IRLP? At 12/20/2007 18:08, you wrote: >Jim Brown wrote: > > One comment on using the Alinco radios. A buddy ran > > one on EchoLink and had some cooling issues. He wound > > up putting a muffin fan near the radio, and then had a > > hum issue due to coupling to the fan motor. So plan > > your install carefully with respect to cooling, and > > take care not to get into the hum issue with whatever > > fan you use. > >Another comment about Alincos used for any kind of link where CTCSS >switching is used: > >They have extremely slow CTCSS decoders. This applies to the newer models, but the DR-605's (optional) decoder doesn't have this problem. Bob NO6B
