Hello everyone, I am a captain for a small fire volunteer fire department in north central Washington state. I recently installed new Kenwood radios in all of our trucks. So now the old Motorola's are just sitting around. Some of our members would like to see one used as a base station, as we do not have one in our fire station. Here is my question for you guys. I have a Moto M1225 that I'm going to be using as the base. I have only been allocated $500 dollars to get it set up. I need some suggestions as to a quality, yet affordable antenna (154.415Mhz) and a decent power supply. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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M1225 Base Station
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Astron makes great power supplies. I have used them for many years. Any basic type antenna setup would work. Ive seen the short towers as the most common. A base mic would also be a good addition to your base setup.
Thanks for the power supply info. Also just for information our fire station already has a mast on it, with a low band antenna up there that is no longer in use, and there is already three ground plane radials on it, so we just need a good quality VHF-Hi antenna. Suggestions?
Cut the low band groundplane antenna down to your VHF frequency. The elements would be about 18".
Current draw would be 12-15 amps on transmit.
Forget the desk mic, they are the worst mic. A hand mic gives much better audio without picking up background noise.
Current draw would be 12-15 amps on transmit.
Forget the desk mic, they are the worst mic. A hand mic gives much better audio without picking up background noise.
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The desk mic works fine. There is an adjustable pot on them to lower the gain if necessary.
The desk mic works fine. There is an adjustable pot on them to lower the gain if necessary.
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