[FADCA] MSR-2000 as packet radio?

[Bill Sinbine]

Has anyone used or looked into using the Motorola MSR-2000 as a packet 
radio? I know that it is over kill but I have a chance to get a few to use 
at the Fort Pierce EOC when the switch gets moved over there. We know that 
we are going to need a strong link to get to WPB from here and it would be 
nice if we were able to use the MSR plugged into the combiner there. This 
would give us a RX at 500 feet and a TX over 400 foot. This should make the 
trip down that way with being able to pump it up to 100 watts and not worry 
about heat. We would need to leave it split as far as the RX and TX go and 
just hook the tnc up to it and have it work as a normal radio. I have found 
plenty of links to convert it to a ham repeater but I haven't found 
anything that would help in using it for packet.

bud, You don't know how GREAT your talk went over down here. Greg went in 
to work on Thursday and told the "bosses" about what we can do and they are 
ALL for it. This is how getting the MSR-2000's came about.

Can you picture a FPAC switch with ALL MSR-2000 repeaters acting as packet 
radios????!!!!  This is what I'm kind of looking at right now.

I really need to know what needs to be done ASAP so I can get it to them as 
these are going to come available soon and I want to jump right into it 
when we can!!!

Enough for now!


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Bill Sinbine
n4xeo at bellsouth.net