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From New Jersey to New England in three large trips!   Fifty-seven retired Motorola MSF-5000 150W repeaters made it north and many are now on the air with others being added monthly.

Event documentation to pass down to further generations....


150-Watt Motorola MSF-5000 900  MHz repeaters removed from a
New Jersey power company upgrade...  at the pre-autocrusher stage.
Several MASTR-II high-power base stations were not able to be "saved".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N1OTY  W1WCF N1PXA   x      NN1D       N1JFU        KA1DTA                              

       N9WYS                   x                           x               WG1U 
First run in February 2008...  first run of three.
N9WYS photo

 

 

 



Actually the preferred working position with a 24" boost courtesy of WA1MIK

 

 

 

 
May 15th, 2008   The Saga Continues.
Jason, WA1NH (lower right) did most of the serious heavy lifting
as the truck was loaded with over 20 repeaters...
loaded  SOLO then driven back to New England!


 

 

The first drop-off was at WWLP-TV in Springfield, MA.
Drop-off 2 was in Hopkinton, MA.

 

 

 

340 pounds EACH!

 

 

... looks like a drug cartel with each street deal getting smaller in size...

 

 

 

It does not take much Moto gear to bring a smile to K1RJZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopkinton storage ready to pick up.  Several local hams have room keys.
The first to pick them up gets first picks (HINT).   Bring a Motorola 2135 key.

Need to bring when you pick-up: three strong people and a large vehicle
Two people might work out... maybe.  These weigh 340 pounds each!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virgin, as they were first opened,  not even dusted off yet.
These are very top-heavy as the PA power supplies are on top.

 

 

Most, if not all, repeaters lacked the following


Basic metering: TLN2418A          Diagnostic & metering:   TLN2419A

eBay material

 

 


No 900 MHz duplexers were available which is unfortunate
as duplexers are very expensive.  (those came later).

 

5 MHz High Stability Oscillator

click on picture for a source

$49 plus shipping

  

 

 


 
If you have received one of the perhaps fifty 900MHz repeaters that have migrated into New England, Repeater-Builder.com has published many new and absolutely superb write-ups on the MSF-5000's for ham use.  These articles have been crafted by Robert W. Meister WA1MIK who is out of Hamden, CT.
 
Personal comment on the writing style:  I wish that half of our vendors from work would extend the same skill and passion when they actually get paid to do the same thing!



Photo tour
 http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/msf/msf-tour.html

The New England MSF-5000 900 MHz repeater experience
 http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/msf/900-msf.html

General link to this excellent resource managed and copyrighted by Kevin Custer, W3KKC and other authors
http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/
 


 


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