I have a repeater that was built for me several years ago by a Motorola tech. He used the power supply and case of an old Motorola base station and installed the duplexer and a 100 watt amp. He used two Maxtrac 300 Radios and a R.I.C.K. repeater maker. The systems has work fine for years, and still does, but I would like to replace the maxtrac's with newer digital radios if possible. Will a RICK repeater maker work with two digital mobile radios? If so, what would be a good choice of radios. I would like to stick with Motorola's if possible.
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Repeater Question
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Are you looking to switch to P25, or do you want to simply upgrade the mobiles to have the capability for the future, while remaining analog currently? I don't see why two XTL mobiles wouldn't work, and would be pretty cheap to acquire these days. As to the nitty gritty of how to interface them, I'll leave that to others.
Just want to upgrade, not going P25. I have two XTL's and 1 xts, and older analog radios so I would like to be able to use digital and analog. This would be to VHF. The interface is the main part I'm worried about.
Forget about using mobiles to make a repeater. Look for a used VHF Quantar. I bought a couple of them for under $600 and they are a complete computer programmable repeater with controller and/or community tone panel. They will do 100w out forever and not that long ago were Motorola's flagship repeater. Now they are everywhere used and not that expensive.
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Unless you need narrow band there is no reason not to continue with what you have if it works fine. Two Digital mobile radios wont get you a P25 or DMR repeater, and it sounds like analog is what you want. So fancy is not better.
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If it was me, I would get an STM32 board from Repeater Builder STM32-DVM assuming your using this for HAM radio.
And you will have analog repeater, and all the digital modes (P25, DMR, NXDN, Fusion, D-Star). Basically a high powered hotspot. And get rid of the R.I.C.K.
The maxtracs should work just fine maybe with some modifications, I personally use the (analog) CDM Mobiles for the purpose almost plug and play. Works great!
And you will have analog repeater, and all the digital modes (P25, DMR, NXDN, Fusion, D-Star). Basically a high powered hotspot. And get rid of the R.I.C.K.
The maxtracs should work just fine maybe with some modifications, I personally use the (analog) CDM Mobiles for the purpose almost plug and play. Works great!
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