Vertex VXR 7000 or VXR 9000 Date: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:14 pm (PDT) Hello guys... I'm planning to buy one of these repeater 100% continuous duty repeater, which one will be a better buy? VXR 7000 or VXR 9000? Have anyone used these repeaters before? Are they any good? Any modifications needed to increase the performance of the repeater? Hope any of you could provide me with some info on the products.. Thanx Fred ========================================================================= Vertex VXR 7000 or VXR 9000 Posted by: "John & Diana Beckner" wb4fen@arrl.net wb4fen Date: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:58 pm (PDT) The 7000 has an internal power supply, will work on 120 VAC or 12 VDC. It will only put out about 45 watts on VHF, 30 on UHF. It is a desk type unit with side screws to mount in a rack with a shelf. The 9000 does not have an internal supply, but can be purchased with 100 watts output or 50. It is also completely rack mounted. They both work well. If you want to use a PL tone with an external controller, you need to get your TOR from pins 1 and 2 of the RJ-45, instead of the DB-25 connector. Hope that helps. John ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= ========================================================================= =========================================================================