Jed, I bought a new Bridgecom UHF repeater direct from the vendor, immediately after its introduction. It is simply two Maxon mobile radios in a 2U rackmount box with a rudimentary controller, a Samlex switching power supply, and some fans. I was intending to use it on the Amateur 70cm band, but there were some firmware issues that were buggy. For example, the original firmware would not accept a callsign longer than six characters, and the ID interval could not be set to ten minutes as required by Part 97. The designer accepted my comments and corrected the firmware. The programming software was not user-friendly, but I was assured by the designer that he was working to improve it. I have not followed up to verify that promise, so I cannot comment further. It's still sitting on the shelf as this is written.
My personal feeling is that the Bridgecom repeater is an economical device that is a low-tier machine for very modest applications, on a par with the Kenwood TKR-x50 or the Motorola RKR-1225. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jed Barton Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 5:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Bridgecom repeater A friend of mine asked me today, and I had never heard of it. Any of you guys ever used or heard of a bridgecom repeater? Good, bad?
