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Motorola Micor Repeater
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Micors use crystals (channel elements) not software. They are getting pretty old, at least 30 years and are not supportted my Moto at all, so if you need parts you are kinda on your own. They work fine but I would not tie much money up in it.
911_Radioman
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cuttin' quartz
You can still buy channel elements, but you'll need to retune the rig if the new channels are much removed from the old ones.
I had an old Micor mobile rig I retuned for marine band freqs...I used it as a 'base' for when my folks were out in the boat. I was 5 miles inland on a short stick on the roof of their house, and I could talk to them 5 miles up river.
When I tuned it, I tweaked the PA around the couple of freqs I did have, and got 130 watts out of it...LOUD!
You can still buy channel elements, but you'll need to retune the rig if the new channels are much removed from the old ones.
I had an old Micor mobile rig I retuned for marine band freqs...I used it as a 'base' for when my folks were out in the boat. I was 5 miles inland on a short stick on the roof of their house, and I could talk to them 5 miles up river.
When I tuned it, I tweaked the PA around the couple of freqs I did have, and got 130 watts out of it...LOUD!
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