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TKR-850 Receiver Question

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I currently have a TKR-850 thats been in-service for 3 reliable years. I now have a need to install additional receivers to increase portable coverage. Is it possible to break out the internal receiver of the TKR-850 and wire it into a voter?

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Oh yes, fer sure. Kenwood systems designs voted configs for customers using the TKR repeaters and JPS products.

The only thing the Kenwood receiver doesn't do (as say a Motorola) is provide a 2175 pilot tone to the voter. A option board can be easily added.
 
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We have built voting systems using the Kenwood repeaters. You don't need a pilot tone as long as you design it right.

The SNV-12 voting system can use the COR or TOR output from the TKR repeaters to activate the SVM card. The remaining cards for remote receivers can be activated by pilot tone or COR from a link reciever radio, but I recomment pilot tones from the remotes. Just make sure you set it up to time out so that loss of a link will not lock up you repeater.
 

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Thanks for all the replies. My plan is to use a TKR-850 with a SNV-12 as the local repeater/receiver and an icom IC-F221S as the remote receiver. My initial plan is to use a high quality lease line from Verizon as the remote link to the SNV-12. Does anyone have any experience using this Icom radio/pilot tone package? The receiver specifications look pretty good to me.

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I myself, wouldn't use an Icom F221S. With the OPC-617 accessory cable you do not get line level audio out. The AF pin is speaker audio and yes you can turn the volume down to line levels, it just sounds lousy. Then all you need is someone to twist the volume knob without knowing and your levels are out of whack. Also the OPC-617 does not provide COR. You'll have to fish around in the radio for it.

I think there are other radios out there that are way easier to set up, other than Icom.
 

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RVS-8 voter

Anyone have any experience using a LDG RVS-8 voter with a TKR-750/850 repeater?
 

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I have a TKR-750 with a JPS SNV-12 installed. The problem is I can't get the squelch tail out of it. I have the SNV-12 set for 0. Any ideas?
 
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