I've been using a NHRC II controller, assembled from a kit more than 5 years ago. Flawless performance in a GE Mastr II UHF machine. de Lee K4LJP 73
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:35 AM, wb8art <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob I have been able to fit the ICS Basic controller in the front in > place of the tone bd. similar to the NHRC retro. So far not had any > problems. > > Randy > > > --- In [email protected]<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>, > n...@... wrote: > > > > At 3/27/2009 07:36, you wrote: > > >Bob, I've been considering getting one of the NHRC controllers for a GE > > >MVP. Are they dependable, or like your email mentions, having some > > >occasional failures? > > > > IMO, no. Our NHRC-micro has failed 3 times. The first time NHRC was nice > > enough to repair it under warranty, but the 2nd time they stopped > answering > > e-mails, so I fixed it myself as well as the 3rd time a couple of months > > ago. Each time the problem was a bad chip capacitor. On the last failure > > the chip cap shorted the V+ line, vaporizing a trace as well as some of > the > > board material. I managed to fix it but it's barely hanging on now. > > > > The repeater itself is installed in a rather benign environment (3 story > > medical office building) & I've been told there hasn't been any lightning > > > in the area during the entire time it's been in operation. Also nothing > > else in the system suffered any damage during this time, including the > > Astron power supply, which never crowbarred. So my conclusion is that a > > bad batch of chip caps found their way into this unit. Given this > > conclusion & NHRC's failure to communicate with me on the 2nd failure I > > can't recommend their products, & have been looking for a non-NHRC > > replacement controller that would fit in the multi-freq area of an > > MVP. Looks like we finally have something available in the RC-99. > > > > Bob NO6B > > > > > -- "Smart pills are placebos, you can't fix stupid."
