On Dec 26, 2008, at 8:03 PM, [email protected] wrote: > At 12/26/2008 10:52, you wrote: >> Looking at the following Ebay auction: >> >> Kendercom Mark 4 CR VHF Repeater Voice Controller & DVR >> Ebay Item number: 330296552120 >> >> I'm lead to believe this Kendercom was originally equipped with >> an ACC Controller (from the factory) or was the controller >> added by the owner after the purchase of the repeater? > > Why do you think it has an ACC controller? AFAIK Kendecom made > their own > controller, which IMO was a POJ like most of the rest of the > repeater. Our > club bought a 220 Kendecom system back in the late 80s; I think it > was on > the air for a grand total of 2 months. More time was probably spent > on > mods & repairs than actual time on the air. The RXs were > salvageable, as > the RF portion seemed to be well designed. It was to replace a > mid-70's > vintage system built out of Midland 13-509 boards; that system > continues to > perform quite well to this day after over 30 years of service.
Our club's Kendecom has also been "controller by-passed" since before I was involved with the organization. The RF decks seem to continue to work, and two years ago an audio board lost a capacitor. Otherwise, the thing does just sit there and operate. Frequency accuracy isn't something that's high on the Kendecom list of "quality features" either. Setting their crappy pot on the TX (another buck and they'd have had a nice multi-turn pot in there), is touchy as hell. I wouldn't recommend one to anyone. But ours keeps working, so we generally just ignore it unless it's causing problems... -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [email protected]
