On 1/22/2010 11:00 AM, wd8chl wrote:
> --- In [email protected]
<mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>, "larryjspamme...@..."
<lar...@...> wrote:
>> Our site owner wants us to upgrade our old Motorola MICOR 2-Meter
>> and UHF ham Repeaters to something much newer. We're looking at
>> replacing them with something like new Motorola Quantar repeaters,
>> which will also save us some floor space - we should be able to
>> mount all of them in one open rack. The people paying for these
>> want to make sure they have any future needed features like P25
>> capability, etc.
Frankly, I would likely tell him to go pound salt. He needs a REEEEALY
good reason to force you to change out perfectly good equipment.
Interference issues are about the only legit reason. Hams are NOT
subject to the narrowbanding requirements of business and public safety
users, so that doesn't hold water.
I would say unless your current equipment is defective and causing
interference, f he really want you to upgrade, he should fork over most
of the money.
WD8CHL
Yeah, I meant to make a similar comment. I would have at least asked
him, "What's wrong with them?"
If it's all about the looks they're getting from his smarty-pants
customers in the same space (lots of assumptions here) or even he just
doesn't like how they look, offer to re-rack them in modern computer
racks with solid doors. If he has a legitimate technical beef, I'd be
surprised.
Of course, he who has the land, makes the rules... at the end of the
day. All of the above would have been asked RESPECTFULLY by Yours
Truly, if I were in the same situation.
All of our MASTR II's are racked in nice new non-GE cabinets at most of
the club sites, and no one thinks they look "old". A little damp towel
and wiping the dust off once in a while goes a long way too.
Seriously...
Nate WY0X
