[FADCA] MSR-2000 as packet radio?

[Bill Sinbine]

At 09:34 PM 10/22/2004, you wrote:
>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.

They are in the 450 area. I don't know what the model is yet so I don't 
know what the range is. What I need right now is info on using them just as 
a plane radio and another as a plane radio using split antennas for RX and TX.



73, Bill N4XEO

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