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> Starting off poor in Ham Radio usually yields a much more capable
> technician of that person in the long-run.  There's plenty of
> dead/broken/dying radios that can be had for little or no money out
> there.  As a friend of mine puts it... "If you have labor, you don't
> need money."


I've put up two repeaters almost entirely of ebay components where I had to
do a lot of research and study the schematics to adapt them to my needs, In
the end, I have what would retail for about $14,000 and I've spent about
$2000 on it. Not bad.

I just recovered another receiver last night, a more recent model, which I
have repaired and retuned into the US 440 band from it's original 465 MHz.

www.danelec.com is the maker. Almost unknown in US ham circles, but very
nice modular gear.  I now own two complete racks, each has a UHF transmitter
and receiver, and a VHF transmitter and receiver, interfaced to the Arcom
RC-210 AVR based controller.   One rack is in service at the site, and the
other rack just finished an overhaul and will get installed up there this
week, plus I have a third rack with a couple spare modules.

I've learned some interesting things about tuning receivers along the way
too! :)
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