Midland has a new 110 watt repeater that can go key down forever without overheating. The whole rackmount cabinet is cast aluminum fins. I have had one in my hands very heavy piece not typical sheetmetal cabinet. I have not sold one yet though. Not cheap but less than a M3 or Motorola 110 watt continuous duty. Has a 5 year warranty too! ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Dakota Summerhawk To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:39 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] VHF repeater suggestions...
Our local RACES group has a Kenwood TKR-720 driving a TPL PA that they were ill-advised to purchase some years ago. It is maintained by the county radio shop for various reasons and has been a nightmare. Once again the final in the Kenwood has done a meltdown. That said, the local EMA manager, also a new ham, wishes to replace it if he can squeeze the funds out somewhere. My recommendation, obviously the most expensive, was a Master III and new Arcom controller simply because the county already maintains three VHF M3's and a 5-site, 8-channel trunked system using 800 M3's. Parts and support are good. I would really appreciate input, both regarding setting up a Master III, or other viable repeater. We need, minimally, 100% duty-cycle at approximately 100 watts, good parts and support available, and reliability. Is there a decent source for M3's with P25 becoming more desirable, etc.. I don't want a, "mine is better than yours," war so off-reflector replies are also welcome. TIA... Len Revelle N9IJ [email protected]
