The disappointing part of narrow banding is the text in
the below message. I've been able to narrow band a heck
of a lot of repeater equipment. Surplus repeaters and
radio equipment are a gold mine to innovative and motivated
radio people, who are willing to do both the homework and
technical work.
It's a lot more expensive and sad to think a lot of
equipment is being replaced, when other viable options
are available.
s.
> wd8chl <wd8...@...> wrote:
> The big in-rush is the start of narrow- banding on VHF
> and UHF. A LOT of not-so-old radios won't do NB, and
> have to be replaced by the end of 2012. Yes, some of
> them are early MIII's! Probably some early Quantar's
> /Quantro's too! I know that's why we're seeing so many
> MSF's.
>
> > skipp025 wrote:
> > or care for local speaker audio.
> >
> > There is such a glut of used surplus radio equipment on
> > the market right now that I doubt many people will bother
> > with using Master Pro-Receivers when a crystal has to be
> > ordered for each frequency change.
> >
> > Of recent surprise to me is how much GE Master II stuff
> > is flooding into the used radio market and how dirt cheap
> > it is...
> >
> > I've even started to see Master 3 equipment coming out to
> > hit the surplus market and Ebay... selling for a lot less
> > than I would have suspected they/it would.
>
> The big in-rush is the start of narrowbanding on VHF and UHF. A LOT of
> not-so-old radios won't do NB, and have to be replaced by the end of
> 2012. Yes, some of them are early MIII's! Probably some early
> Quantar's/Quantro's too! I know that's why we're seeing so many MSF's.
>
