Visars on 900

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John G
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Visars on 900

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Yes, you can convert a Visar to work on 902-928. After being told it wasn't possible, I did it. It is more trouble than it is worth, but it can be done. For my money, you can't beat the Kenwood TK481 for 900.
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VE9MP
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Can you give any more details?

What were the steps in the modification, what was the model# of the guinea pig, it may be more work then its worth, but i'm patient and like learning new things :D
-----Nick-----

"I can trip some repeaters in Maine, but I'm not getting any audio into it, is there some type of tone frequency I use? If so do you know what one is for Maine?" - The SMT Machine
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John G
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Re: Visars on 900

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I wrote a how to article for "Repeater Builder" and submitted it but haven't heard anything from them. Is there another place I could submit it?
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John G
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Re: Visars on 900

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Never mind.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AR902Mhz/files/Motorola/
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Tony.RI
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Re: Visars on 900

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Maybe I shouldn't have gotten rid of all my Visar gear! Thanks!
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The Kreick
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Re: Visars on 900

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I converted one.... it wasn't too bad, and it works well. With the short antenna & low cap battery pack, it make s a nice compact rig. Do it, it was fun!


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nypd
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Re: Visars on 900

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i got a ton of them.......maybe i should list them for sale
im always looking for t-band radio's... especially sabers..
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N4KVE
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Re: Visars on 900

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Like any other Jedi, some will work, some won't, & some will tx on 902 but not on 927. I have 3 900 MTS2000's. All 3 rx on 927, & all 3 tx on 902, but only 1 will tx on 927. While some people say there are ways around this, it's not that important to me that my Jedi's have talk around on 927. My GTX's & 9250 tx on 927 just fine. GARY N4KVE
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