FYI For a high end repeater look at the Kenwood TKR-740 We use a lot of the TKR-840 and they are as good as a Micor.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: Chappy To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:28 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Kenwood squelch quality Thanks for the many replies to my original question. Although I didn't expect so much debate about tone vs carrier squelch, many of the comments were quite informative. I especially enjoyed the concept of csq for strong signals and tone for weaker ones. For the record, this 2M repeater has existed for at least 33 years with very little down time, covering about 60 miles along I-65, which is one reason it has remained open squelch. Sure, there are occasional aggravations during band openings, but it is generally well tolerated. There have been many changes in equipment, starting with pre-prog strips, pro- gressing through chassis from VHF Engineering, Spectrum, Hamtronics, Mitrek, M2, etc; controllers from ACC, NHRC, and Link, and CATV line to Heliax, etc. and of course antennas from Ringos to Hustler to Celwave to DB. I'm sure many members of this list can relate to systems such as this one. Through the years many tech crews have come and gone, and the present one (me) is getting older and tiring of the mix, thus the proposal to move on to the Kenwood TKR, based on the many favorable comments about it and my experience with one deployed at my former workplace some months ago. For the time being, the TKR that we hope to deploy will stay in CSQ, with an option to switch to tone on occasion. My original post was to seek assurance that the "stock squelch" in the TKR will perform well, without the need to add a "RLC-MOT" or similar. Thanks again for the good advice. Chappy Rice kd4ss
