At 03:12 PM 09/29/09, you wrote:
>Hi Everybody! > >I have an Icom IC-RP1520 2 meter repeater station that has a bad >receiver in it. It has always had a problem with low sensitivity >and, has had some damaged tuning slugs in the IF coils. > >If anyone has one of these they'd like to part with, please let me >know as I'd like to get this Icom repeater working again. > >Thank You! > >KC5DBH Matt It's probably more trouble that it's worth. In your shoes I'd get a Micor rack mount receiver and have the element recrystaled to your channel, then tune it up. Yes, it will cost you some rack space. See this auction: <http://cgi.ebay.com/MOTOROLA-Radio-Repeater-Voting-Receiver-VHF-Ham-Police_W0QQitemZ390098540569QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad3af5819&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14> I am not the seller and have no interest in that auction. Note that having the left-most card is mandatory, adding the second card gives you a tone decoder, and the third card is a voting encoder (which would be useless to you). More info here <http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/spectratac-index.html> Finding the metering card is nice, but useless unless you get the metering cable (that connects the card to the receiver metering connector) with it, and while you can make your own, finding that low-profile metering plug can be a major PITA. Tuning up a Micor RX with a 20k ohms-per-volt analog VOM is not hard. Mike WA6ILQ
