[FADCA] MSR-2000 as packet radio?

[Paul J. Toth-NA4AR]

Bill....

Motorola makes a data version of the radio called a VRM.  I happen to have
190 of them in service as part of our Automatic Vehicle Location system at
work.  These are the 800 MHz version.  So far, so good!  They work well for
data.

Ours use Motorola's DataTac protocol and operate at 19.2 Kbps full duplex.

73 de Paul-NA4AR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Sinbine" <n4xeo at bellsouth.net>
To: <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 7:23 PM
Subject: [FADCA] MSR-2000 as packet radio?


> 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!
>
>
> Think about it .....
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> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
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>
> Bill Sinbine
> n4xeo at bellsouth.net
>
>
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