You've learned a lesson to do a little homework first. We've pretty much all had to go through the same experience at one point or another. You won't do it again. And you may have fallen victim to some seller who didn't know what he really had. Put it aside for the few useful parts it has and get another, correct, unit.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "AdamW" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 4:37 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Had at the hamfest > Bought a Mastr Executive II unit today with the idea of making it into a > UHF repeater. The seller indicated it was a 70 watt model, which would > have been perfect. Once I got it home and opened it up, started looking > at board part numbers and the Combination Number, it turns out I have one > of the vehicular repeaters with a 300mw RF deck! ARGH! > > So, can I convert the RF deck to a higher wattage by adding the missing > board in the PA (and where can I get one, and what would it cost?), or > simply replacing the whole RF deck with one for UHF and higher power (same > questions on this solution). Lastly, I could sell the radio to someone on > here who might be able to build something out of it using other parts or > parts radios they have around. > > Any assistance in this (and hopefully in the rest of a repeater conversion > and parts seeking, like a control head perhaps) is gratefully accepted! > >
