Eric, There is a list of the min required jumpers used in the MSR-2000 repeater station included in my MSR-2000 to external repeater controller text found at the www.radiowrench.com/sonic web site. Working from a decafe based hazy memory... there should be 4 to 6 jumpers required on the back plane. And the remaining modules need some specific jumpers and mods depending on your choice of carrier squelch or ctcss (pl) operation, which can be set up as selectable.
You're looking at placing the repeater into duplex mode, which "normally requires" specific modules be in place with a number of jumpers. Buy a used Motorola Micor Repeater Squelch Gate off Ebay, swap the end connector with an unused MSR Module and save big $ The big issue module combination wise is the transmit channel element ground/enable, which can be provided by the wire-line and/or squelch gate module. If you pull the F1-PL/Guard Tone Modules in the wireline tone control combo.... or the DC-Transfer module in the wireline dc current loop combination... you need to install jumpers JU-5 and JU-6 on the new Squelch Gate Module. You can Email me direct if you have more questions... or I'm happy to answer them through the group if they don't drag out to long and torque off the neighbors. Removing the T/R Relay is no big deal so that's not a problem. Great repeater if you align and treat it right... cheers, skipp skipp025 at yahoo.com > Mike Morris WA6ILQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 08:48 PM 12/29/07, you wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I have a VHF MSR 2000, Model C73KSB3146B. I had previously converted > >it to the 2 meter band, as I needed a 100 watt radio to access a > >distant repeater. However, I would now like to make it a repeater if > >at all possible. > > > >I have been told by a local Motorola tech that it is possible to do > >so by adding a Squelch Gate module, and I have seen on this site > >instructions on how to interface a repeater controller to the Squelch > >Gate card. > > > >Does anyone have any experience in converting a conventional MSR 2000 > >base station into a repeater? I would also guess that I need to > >remove the antenna relay, and connect the receiver to the receive > >side of the duplexer and the transmitter to the transmit side. Of > >course I would also have to have the channel elements re-crystalled. > > > >Is there anything more to it than this? Any advice would be > >appreciated. > > > >Thanks > > > >Eric K8UHN > > Did you check the web site associated with this mailing list? > > I suggest you go to www.repeater-builder.com, then to Motorola, then > to Mitrek / MSR2000 and scroll down to the three different articles all > of which describe exactly what you are looking to do. > > Mike WA6ILQ >
