Hi Eric, Before I pointed a bad finger I wanted to make sure they are the same company. We have a pretty decent number of the black face DX-Radio Systems Repeaters on the VHF band and the receivers are pretty bad. Since I don't have to deal with them a lot (IE not really my problem) I haven't paid much attention to where the black face ones were made other than a casual glance when they go into a receive "chatter mode" from adjacent frequency operation.
But I went over to the Sun Valley DX Radio Systems web site and they look pretty much the same radio, just gray faced and obviously a slightly newer design. So... next time I get over to a vault where one of the VHF versions I talk about is in service... I'll get the company information right off the radio. Then I'll confirm they are the same company and really bad mouth their VHF Receiver in a more proper form. But I do suspect they are one and the same company... not to mention I just saw their displays at the IWCE (Las Vegas) convention. If you want to Email me direct... I'll tell you the problem we're having with most all the black face VHF Versions... And on to the next item... I spoke to Kenwood's #1 big cheese (VP Mark J.) and one of the companies top engineers (Toshi, from Japan) at IWCE about no current low-band repeater (and a few other products I'd like to see made available). They realize the lack of a current Low-Band Repeater product there but also acknowledge the market in low band is very small for the required development dollars required. But they both promised to revisit the low-band product line where practical. I currently make 100 watt Kenwood low band repeaters from 690 RF trays and they work just killer (very good). If any of you are going to be at Dayton and would like to meet some of the mentioned inside Kenwood People, please let me know and I'll happily introduce you (in person). cheers, skipp > "Eric Lemmon" <wb6...@...> wrote: > > Skipp, > > The company we're discussing is in Sun Valley, CA: > http://www.dxradiosystems.com/ > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of skipp025 > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Commercial-Grade Repeaters for 6m > > > > > > Try DX radios their repeater are very flexible. > > If you're talking the black colored DX Radio Systems > (I believe out of Canada and now the company is probably > out of business)... > > ... the receivers are real poo poo (aka extra crappy). > > Someone on Ebay is selling one for a starting bid of $2500 > and I wouldn't give $50 for it. We have a number of them > in service (bought on a Government low bid contract) and they're > horrible (receiver wise). > > Please excuse my comments if there is a different second > DX Radios Company I'm not yet aware of. > > cheers, > s. >
