The statement that for a reduction in power was required is from my Dealer, the same person who provided the confirmation that the upgrade existed and was not urban legend.
I will check with him for the document number that his statement was based on. Side note: I have a pair of MTR2000 in analog service that we beat the heck out of. No slight on the MTR family was intended. Martin --- In [email protected], "Eric Lemmon" <wb6...@...> wrote: > > Martin, > > Perhaps you understand incorrectly. The MTR2000 is already rated for > continuous duty, in all bands and power settings. I first became aware of > its durability when I found a Union Pacific Railroad repeater in Opticom > service that was running key-down, 24/7/365, for over two years. Whether > that operation is legal or not, is irrelevant to this discussion. I now > have seven MTR2000 repeaters in service, both VHF and UHF, with no down > time. Please, don't opine about the MTR2000's capability until you have a > working knowledge of its durability in severe service at high duty cycles. > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rahwayflynn > Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 5:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola Mototrbo Repeaters Linked > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> , w8ak@ wrote: > > > > I do believe that Mototrbo is 6.25 compliant because of the two voice > > channels in a 12.5kHz slot. > > Glenn > > The Mototrbo upgrade for the MTR2000 station is also 100% duty cycle CCS (at > reduced power from what I understand) > > Martin >
