To follow up on Roger's 13-509 story, we built one also in the mid 70's and has been in continuous service in the Dallas area since, along with a pair of home built 224-JJ antennas (DB called them a 244 back then) - no duplexer (easy to do when you are on a 1500' tower). The radios may be hard to find but ask around, someone probably has a unit sitting in a closet.
Mike/W5JR 1.1. Re: 220 repeater Posted by: "w5rdw"[email protected] w5rdw Date: Sat Jan 2, 2010 5:23 am ((PST)) If you are interested in building it youself, a modified Clegg FM-76 or Midland 13-509 transceiver (xtal controlled rigs) can be modified very easily into a 220 repeater. I have done a number of repeaters like this, the first one in the late 1970's, into a very nice 10 watt repeater with a receiver that can't be beat as far as sensitivity is concerned. Very simple and reliable. Numerous articles on this modification are available on the web. Also available is the Maggiore repeaters line fromhttp://www.hiprorepeaters.com I have one of these on 224.18 MHz in Dallas and it has been trouble free many, many years. I have up at 350 ft. a dB224JJ antenna (no longer made) from dB Products (out of business, but a nice antenna). 73, Roger White W5RDW Murphy, Texas
