prcguy
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I just discovered and purchased a tiny repeater controller for Quantars that plugs into the 50 pin back plane connector and gives you all kinds of remote control features like repeater disable, change channels, courtesy beeps, etc. It also uses the original repeat audio path inside the repeater retaining all your levels and that Motorola sound. Best part is its only $109.
The nice thing about being able to change channels is you can program your same frequency in a bunch of channels but with different PL or DPL or carrier squelch or dual mode or analog only, basically 15 different channels of changes called up remotely with an over the air DTMF command and the board mutes DTMF in the repeat path. There are several courtesy beeps and acknowledgment beeps available and the default courtesy beep is a faithful reproduction of the NASA beep we've all heard on space missions. My repeater users now love that beep.
The design, implementation, documentation and build quality are absolutely top notch. Here is a link to the controller and I just ordered another one just now. I love these things! QUANTAR External Control Module REV 1.1
The nice thing about being able to change channels is you can program your same frequency in a bunch of channels but with different PL or DPL or carrier squelch or dual mode or analog only, basically 15 different channels of changes called up remotely with an over the air DTMF command and the board mutes DTMF in the repeat path. There are several courtesy beeps and acknowledgment beeps available and the default courtesy beep is a faithful reproduction of the NASA beep we've all heard on space missions. My repeater users now love that beep.
The design, implementation, documentation and build quality are absolutely top notch. Here is a link to the controller and I just ordered another one just now. I love these things! QUANTAR External Control Module REV 1.1