On 4/27/2010 3:47 PM, afa5tp wrote: > Hello Group, > > I am interested in an owners or Tech. manual for this radio, or just > some general info......Power, ease of programming,number of channels, > programmer "KPT-10" available on eBay? Andy Brinkley's site says he > is out of proms for this radio! > > Thinking of using two of these radios for a 6m rpt. Will they go up > to six meters? I realize that the radios are "Vintage".
Yes, they go up to 6M fine, probably some retuning, but I don't think there is any hardware mods needed. Maybe some spreading of coils in the tx output stages. I don't recommend them for repeater use though. The transmitter won't handle continuous duty at full power even with a fan, and it's iffy at lower power. The rx is good, but it has a somewhat broad front end. Not to mention the capabilities of that radio make it much better suited to mobile use. With up to 160 channels, PC programmable, decent scan, etc, it just seems a waste to tie it up on one channel all the time. Let alone tie up two. Look for something like a MastrII. They go up well, are cheap, and easy to interface to. Pick up a UHF mobile as well and it's about the easiest way to put up a 6M repeater there is.
