On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, [email protected] 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.
What's the root of the issue? Space or power? I know the Mastr II and Micor both have ferroresonant power supplies, which contributes to a higher electrical bill. Although you answered the question: "the people paying for these". If it's someone else's money, by all means... > We need a 2-Meter Repeater, two - UHF (440-450 MHz range) Repeaters, > and one - link (420-430 MHz range) station. The 2-Meter and 440 > Repeaters don't need duplexers, since they'll be on some transmit > combiner/receive multicoupler systems. The 420 MHz unit needs to be > full duplex, and it will be using a duplexer feeding its own dedicated > link yagi antenna. Maybe a Quantar isn't necessary for the 420 MHz > link repeater - an MTR-2000 (or MTR-3000) would be sufficient. Good luck in this endeavor. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
