If he had the bucks to buy anything he wanted the question would be
moot. Hi.
With current economy he hopes for some local industry help toward the
replacement so we are looking here, and elsewhere, for "best bang for
the buck" input.
Len Revelle N9IJ
[email protected]
On Jun 21, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Mike Mullarkey wrote:
If had an emergency manager willing to pay for a repeater I would
replace it with a Motorola MTR2000 with the front end pre selector
and necessary connection to connect to an external controller. Hard
to get much better.
Mike
Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ
6886 Sage Ave
Firestone, Co 80504
303-954-9695 Home
303-954-9693 Home Office & Fax
303-718-8052 Cellular
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
] On Behalf Of Len Revelle
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 8:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [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]
