900 Maxtrac NO control of tx power...
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:17 am
I have a 900 Maxtrac that I want to use as the transmitter for a ham repeater.(800Maxtrac as the Rx). But the "operating system" of the radio does not "control" the tx power out, the tx just runs "wide open". I believe this is because the freq is outside of the allowed band for the radio. I have run into this on other Maxtracs in the other bands, and usually this would not be a problem, hi output on a mobile isnt that much of a problem, but using this as a repeater tx, I am sure it will fry. Anybody got a fix for this. It puts out 17 watts, is rated for 12 and I would like to run more like 8.