On 4/30/07, Tim S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow, did that get a response!
Ask and ye shall receive? :-)
What I was wondering about was failure rate and serviceability. We're
replacing Master II's that have been in operation about 30 years. They have
been pretty reliable until recently.
Wow, did that get a response!
What I was wondering about was failure rate and serviceability. We're
replacing Master II's that have been in operation about 30 years. They have
been pretty reliable until recently.
I'd hate to replace them with something new and have nothing but problems.
I worked in a Johnson shop from 1973 to 1983, learned radio there. Learned
which Johnson were good and which ones were not. Love the old Fleetcom II
559 and 530 radios. All three of my repeaters on my tower are Fleetcom
II's, have not touched any of them in years. The PPL 6060 radios make great
Understood -
On 4/30/07, Andrew G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My bad on that one Steve. Meant to only throw it in as 900. We had a need
for a high split 900 station 934-950 and could not get a M3. Still fighting
Motorola for a Quantar to use there. Due to the frequency pair we have, it
overlaps
My bad on that one Steve. Meant to only throw it in as 900. We had a need for a
high split 900 station 934-950 and could not get a M3. Still fighting Motorola
for a Quantar to use there. Due to the frequency pair we have, it overlaps the
two models they make between
TX freq & RX Freq, but that
Hello Andy, are you meaning the M3 is not made for 800 Mhz., or not dual
band (800/900)? The ones I maintain are 800 Mhz. Steve
On 4/30/07, Andrew G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have used, programmed, setup, and interfaced both the Motorola and
MA/COM equipment. I like both equally. The Moto
I have used, programmed, setup, and interfaced both the Motorola and MA/COM
equipment. I like both equally. The Motorola Quantar is very nice, and
everything is self contained. Not big on the MTR2000 station but they are fine
as well. The MA/COM MASTR III repeaters are great also. Only drawback
At 03:06 PM 04/30/07, you wrote:
Hello,
Johnson is not what Johnson used to be...
Paul
And that statement is just the tip of the iceberg...
Talk to any long-term Johnson dealer.
Hello,
Johnson is not what Johnson used to be...
Paul
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From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of N9WYS
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 4:42 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] New repeater Motorola or MA/COM
Mark, I am sure sorry to hear about the EFJ's going south. That has not
been my experience. I have had a couple of VCO's get noisy and one or two
power supplies fail, but this is over a 10 year period.
I do hope the manufacturer can get this resolved quickly.
Steve NU5D
Mike, yours is a very good comment, Moto / MA/COM. Probably the best
approach would be to compare specifications, and take a good look at each
product for serviceablilty. Don't forget EF Johnson - I have 10 or 15 of
their VX series, and 5 or 6 M3, and a handful of Kenwood TKR820's and such
that I
Steve and all,
FWIW - We [Will County (IL) EMA] have four EF Johnson base/repeater units
installed in a trailer designed for "interoperability" here in Illinois, and
we've had nothing but problems with them. First the VHF went south (and
were eventually replaced - by Johnson - with mobiles fo
That reminds me of a time (many years ago) when I worked for Motorola. One
of the Motorola salesman was telling some of the other Motorola salesmen
about a system he had sold some radios into and how there were some coverage
problems. Upon discovering that there were a few GE handheld radios in the
Anyone building a UHF repeater, I have a DB Products DB4076W-A rack
mount duplexer that was just taken out of commercial service. The
repeater was replaced with a new Icom that had a built-in duplexer.
It's a 4 cavity bandpass/band reject duplexer and is listed for 450 to
470. I've seen many of th
I'll take Motorola And EF Johnson Repeaters anytime over the Others .
Just my Two cents ... lol
73
Steve.
EF Johnson Tech
Motorola Tech .
** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
At 11:24 AM 04/30/07, you wrote:
>Who is making the best repeater these days? Motorola or MA/Com formaly GE?
>--
>-Tim
That's a flamewar baiting question ! on the same level with
politics, religion and sex...
You'll find proponents of every brand out there... from Aerotron to the
little M
>
> > the sinclair i saw had the upper lobe broken off the mast, flying in
> > the wind.. striking some 6" rigid copper feedline for a tv station!
> > your mileage my vary but those antennas arent very neighborly!
>
> I think you're thinking of the older models. I don't think I have the
> uppe
On 4/30/07, Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> while i havent used them my self, i have seen them fall apart on a
> tower.. the folded dipole sinclair antennas, on the vhf split.. we
> have some of their dB counterparts on the same tower, same age or
> older, and while electrically the dB antenna
N9WYS wrote:
> Tim,
> Now THAT'S a loaded question. hehehehe
> Be prepared - now you'll get responses from Motorola fans,
> GE/Ericsson/MA-Com/Tyco fans, Kenwood, et al. So now it becomes a
> question of: new vs. old equipment; what purpose of usage (commercial
> vs. ham); etc. Ad Nauseum
>
> M
On 4/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Who is making the best repeater these days? Motorola or MA/Com formaly
GE?
That would be a question best suited for your favorite religious leader,
probably. ;-)
First, define: "best"...
If all you want is anecdotes, I can personall
Tim,
Now THAT'S a loaded question. hehehehe
Be prepared - now you'll get responses from Motorola fans,
GE/Ericsson/MA-Com/Tyco fans, Kenwood, et al. So now it becomes a question
of: new vs. old equipment; what purpose of usage (commercial vs. ham); etc.
Ad Nauseum
Mark - N9WYS
Who is making the best repeater these days? Motorola or MA/Com formaly GE?
--
-Tim
while i havent used them my self, i have seen them fall apart on a
tower.. the folded dipole sinclair antennas, on the vhf split.. we
have some of their dB counterparts on the same tower, same age or
older, and while electrically the dB antennas have degraded
significantly, all the lobes are still
On 4/29/07, kk2ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it worth the extra money switching to the DB420?
I'll throw a comment here...
If you're going to spend the big bucks, the heavy-duty Sinclair
folded-dipole arrays are also wonderful antennas.
Nate WY0X
Re: T-Band Filter (notch)
At first glance there appears to be enough distance between the
two frequency ranges. You might get away with a well designed
notch network at/in the higher side 482 range.
If you were "crafty" you could simply Tee the notch network into
your 470-474 feedline.
I have had the opportunity to check the db408 with an Anritsu, the antennas
seem to have very low VSWR at 442.4, 447.1, 453.4 and the best at 459.8...I
don't see why these wont work great throughout the band.
Lance N2HBA
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Se
Eric,
I am using a commercial (450-470 split) antenna at 500 feet and it works
great. Be sure and tighten all screws, nuts and clamps and seal all
connections before putting it in the air.
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh
galaxymap wrote:
> Our ARES Group has recently acquired a number of Micor UHF radios that
> were in service as commerical repeaters. We are looking to have them
> converted to UHF ham frequencies (first frequency already coordinated)
> and made serviceable for our group.
>
> If you are aware of
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