Mitrek Super Consolette

[KD2DXF]

Last year I was able to save this from the scrap pile, currently set up on 153.140 Mhz. according to the model number, this should have a 40 watt output. I plan to use this as a base radio so I'm able to talk on a distant repeater. I have the correct vibrasponder board, and I plan to send the transmit and receive elements to international crystal to be re-crystallized for the amateur repeater. My question is, do I have to do anything else with the radio after I get the crystals back, other than plug and play?

 

[SteveC0625]

Last year I was able to save this from the scrap pile, currently set up on 153.140 Mhz. according to the model number, this should have a 40 watt output. I plan to use this as a base radio so I'm able to talk on a distant repeater. I have the correct vibrasponder board, and I plan to send the transmit and receive elements to international crystal to be re-crystallized for the amateur repeater. My question is, do I have to do anything else with the radio after I get the crystals back, other than plug and play?

I'm afraid you won't be able to just plug in the new crystals and have at it. The entire radio will have to be re-tuned. You are pulling that thing 8 or 9 MHZ from its current frequency. Unlike modern equipment, those radios require a lot of tweaking to perform at different frequencies. It may even require some component swaps.

For starters, get yourself over to batlabs.com and repeater-builder.com and do some heavy duty research on the Mitreks. There should be enough info to get you going in the right direction.

Good luck.

 

[Project25_MASTR]

Estimate $100 per channel plus realigning both the transmitter and the receiver (on average a crystal controlled two has a receiver front end less than 5MHz wide) and a few components may need to be replaced...they make great repeaters, but not the most practical things to use on repeaters these days.