I'm pretty sure that the DeskTrac base station does NOT have the additional cables necessary to support the second radio that would be present in a repeater configuration.
You would need a second antenna cable (N-female to T-D male) for the receiver, and a rather unique flat cable going from a connector (that may not even be installed) on the station's front panel to the front and rear of the receiver chassis. After getting all that (you could either make them yourself or try to buy them new from Motorola, but I suspect the DeskTrac is discontinued by now) you'd still need an external duplexer, and as there's no identifier built-in to these stations, you'd need some means of identifying the transmissions. This could be accomplished by adding an external CW ID or even a commercial repeater controller; it depends on your application. You'd be better off making something from scratch with a pair of radios, a power supply, a dedicated repeater controller, and a box to put them in. Bob M. ====== --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Aisen Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: From: Aisen Lopez <[email protected]> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Desktrac To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 9:34 PM Hi Could someone tell me if it is possible to modify a Desktrac Base to repeater configuration? I have a couple of radios here that I could use. But I'm not shure if the Desktrac in base configuration has all the cables and stuff already installed or... would I need to look for those?. Any help and orientation will be greatly appreciated.
