[arm-allstar] ARM-allstar Digest, Vol 82, Issue 4

[George Csahanin]

> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 02:20:03 +0000
> From: Chris Andrist <chris.andrist at outlook.com>
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Motorola as Node Radio
> Message-ID:
> 	<BY5PR20MB3169ECB15FA0F01CD1FEE41EE6989 at BY5PR20MB3169.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
> 	
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Motorola?s are great, but they are not rated for 100% duty cycle. People use them that way, but they are not rated for it.
>
> I am a big fan of Kenwood TKR-x50?s. They are 100% duty cycle. I picked one up in the last couple of months for $200. All of the necessary connections are on the DB-25 on the back.
>
> ?
> Regards,
>
> Chris Andrist, KC7WSU
>
>> On Mar 2, 2021, at 6:55 PM, Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>> ?The SHARIs are great. I have three of them myself, but having used those, a few other configurations and a Motorola Radius, the Motorola, with it's baseband audio, just sounds so much better/cleaner, etc.
>>
>> My Motorola, as well as most of my other possessions, are currently in storage, so I'm using portable nodes now. They're fine, as such things go, but I'd definitely prefer using the Motorola again.
>>


Motorola not 100% duty cycle? You kiddin? My Quantars run key down for 
sometimes an hour at 100W out. The Kenwood TKR-x50 may be continuous 
duty (I have worked on one recently that proved that to not be true) but 
comparing it to a Motorola mobile is apples to oranges. The CDM's are 
mobiles. You want continuous duty run a Quantar or MTR2000. I don't get 
this fascination with using cheap chinese portables as a node radio. Not 
duplex, not made well.

GeorgeC W2DB 2360, 28599 and more