Horse Hockey. To meet the new emission masks, the deviation on most older transmitters would have to be below 2 kHz. And a hi-stab oscillator installed.
And then it STILL wouldn't be type certificated for narrowband operation. As to the time required for a commercial shop to do the work, you're looking at several hundred $$. You have completely forgotten the travel time to/from the site. And no more than a 30/30 warranty [30 feet or 30 seconds]. Trying to re-vamp an older radio in a commercial/public safety operation is false economy. WalterH --- In [email protected], n...@... wrote: > > At 2/2/2009 13:33, you wrote: > >n...@... wrote: > > > At 1/16/2009 13:38, you wrote: > > >> I absolutely do. There's a TON of non-narrowbandable equipment in use, > > >> and we're not just talking about Micor/MastrII vintage equipment. > > >> Maxtacs, MSF's, even early Quantars and MastrIII's. Pretty much anything > > >> made before, I think, 1996-ish. > > > > > > Why would Micors & Mastr IIs be non-narrowbandable? > > > > > > http://www.com-spec.com/narrow.htm > > > > > > Bob NO6B > > > > > > > > > >1) There is a good likelihood that the mod will break type- acceptance. > > No mod. to the TX, other than simply turning the deviation down. > > >2) Even if it doesn't, the cost to, say a Fire Dept or business to pay a > >shop to do the conversion is not worth it when you consider the age of > >the equipment. > > A good tech. should be able to do the job in an hour, plus maybe another > hour for removal/reinstallation. Still cheaper than installing a brand new > radio. > > Bob NO6B >
