I used to play PL tricks, priority tricks, etc... FINALLY bought a voter. Now I'd never go back. Of course, what I'm about to say is more pronounced at UHF than VHF, but I've found all kinds of areas where slightly weak picket fencing etc. has magically cured itself with a proper voter in place. I'm sold -- but it does cost money to do this, and I understand financial constraints.
Another plug for the programable radios I'm using -- the R1225 has a built-in controller that works great for the link. I've set it to not encode PL when IDing and to suspend the ID on COR. For anyone about to ask the hard questions about using it as a link, yes "true" zero hang- time on that unit. On Apr 15, 2009, at 12:45 PM, John Transue wrote: > > > > > Lance, Mark, Cort, Butch, Bob, Chris, and others, > > Thanks for the good advice and quick response. I will follow up on the > suggestions, and get an idea of the cost. > > It hadn't occurred to me that I would need a voter. With only this one > remote receiver, I thought I could just rely on the controller (ACC > RC-850) to accept the audio in accordance with the -850 priorities. Is > this not suitable? > > I have a UHF Mastr II. I guess one approach would be to swap out the > receiver for a VHF receiver and use the UHF as the link. One of you > has > done this with good result. > > I also have an ACC RC-85 controller. I could use this with a VHF RX, a > UHF TX, and have a UHF RX at the base. > > Does the link TX have to identify (amateur service)? I believe it does > have to. Is there a way to avoid having extra IDs when the link is > active? Well, I guess once every ten minutes isn't much of a problem. > > Thanks again. More suggestions are welcome. > > John Transue AF4PD > > > > >__________ NOD32 4010 (20090415) Information __________ > > > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >http://www.eset.com > > -- Cort Buffington H: +1-785-838-3034 M: +1-785-865-7206 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
