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Review Summary For : Motorola Quantar
Reviews: 5MSRP: 10,000 - 20,000
Description:
Commercial repeater, VHF, UHF, 800 MHZ models.
Product is in production
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N1RIK Rating: 2020-10-10
Excellent repeater Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I run a 900 MHz Quantar in McCain, NC on 927.1375/902.1375 FM .. PL 131.8 .. Excellent Audio ! I have added a 44 db cellular TDMA Preamp to mine. Plays very well. I highly recommend the Quantars to anyone. Components are easy to replace if need be.. Just slide the module out and replace. 73..Bill N1RIK
N1IG Rating: 2020-10-06
Excellent quality repeater Time Owned: more than 12 months.
in the mid-1990s I ran the nationwide land mobile radio program for my agency, and was starting our transition from analog FM to P25. The Quantar was an excellent and well built repeater, that allowed us to use it in both analog and digital modes.

One of the neat features of the Quantar that even our Motorola rep didn't know about, was that the early versions had the ability to scan across 4 pre-programmed channels, which gave us some extra flexibility in how we used the equipment. IIRC, Motorola later made that an "option" at extra cost, of course. Luckily I had already bought and received a couple of hundred repeaters before they started charging extra. :)

Aside from one repeater that suffered a lightening strike, we never had an issue with any of the Quantars we purchased and put in the field.



K7UXO Rating: 2008-09-23
OUTSTANDING Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I use one of these radios as a repeater. Our site is snowed out for most of the year, so the equipment has to be uber reliable. The repeater is a "guest" at the site with public safety also operating in the VHF band - so our equipment must be very clean. The Motorola quantar fits the bill.

The reciever is very hot, and preselector makes it very selective (in addition to the pass filter in the duplexer). To interface an external controler program the radio as a full duplex base station and use the wireline control on the back. DO NOT HACK INTO THE RADIO!!! everything you need is right there on the jack on the back - ballanced 4 wire audio. I do not use an external repeater controler however. The radio has a CW ID built in, and the wild card lines can be set to disable transmit, toggle PL RX and PL TX. By taking rx audio from the 4 wire interface and sending it to a CTCSS decoder I can control all the functions of the repeater.

In my opinion this radio is much better than the old MASTR II or MICORs, and are a better choice if you can find one.

W9WHE-II Rating: 2007-11-01
SUPERB Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Its a "mixed mode" repeater, so it handles BOTH analog and APCO P25 signals without making analog radios obsolete. The repeater will automatically sense whether the incomming signal is digital or analog and "steer" the transmitter to repeat whatever mode is detected in just miliseconds. That way, an analog user can "break into" a digital converation.
N3IVK Rating: 2006-04-08
Good repeater ! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Have 1 in service on 145 MHZ and does an excellent job ! My unit is a high split unit, but seems to go down to ham just fine. Alittle picky to interface to a external controller. Good units, kinda pricey if your PA pukes. Throttle the output power back alittle, and make sure your fans work ok.

Watch the constant keyup and unkey . Set yer hangtime alittle long.