[FADCA] MSR-2000 as packet radio?

[Chuck Hast]

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:23:31 -0400, Bill Sinbine <n4xeo at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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!
> 
Bill, the MSR-2000 was the flagship base/rptr box for RD-Lap until the MSF-5000
came along. RD-Lap does 19k2 over the air using 4LFSK so the actual signaling
rate is 9k6 over the air. It should make a very good data box. What spectrum
are they on? They would make very good combined voice/data repeaters.