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--- In GE-Mpa@yahoogroups.com, "ka1jfy" <walter.howard@...> wrote:
\n>
\n> I'm not sure whether you really meant 440-470 radios, 'cause what
\n> I've mostly been seeing on sleazeBay is 403-430 EDACS.
\n>
\n> Yes, you CAN convert most Select's to System's, but unless you have
\n> a donor radio, the parts are almost non-existant.
\n>
\n> Walter
\n> Love my MPA's.
\n>
\n> --- In GE-Mpa@yahoogroups.com, "frateshaykr" <frateshaykr@> wrote:
\n> >
\n> > Hi everyone, this is my first post. First off, I'm not a HAM
\n> operator
\n> > so I don't have quite the in-depth technical knowledge of these
\n> things
\n> > you guys do. I use my own personal M-PA at work as a paramedic
\n> because
\n> > I find them a whole lot more reliable than the junk we are issued
\n> > everyday. I am kind of a radio junkie and I love learning more
\n> about
\n> > them.
\n> >
\n> > My question is this, are these 440-470MHz EDACS MPA radios that
\n> are so
\n> > readily available for purchase everwhere capable of plain-ol
\n> > conventional repeater operation? I know EDACS is Ericsson's
\n> trunking
\n> > system but I didn't know if they could be used as conventionals.
\n> >
\n> > Also, I have heard that the MPA Select radios can be converted to
\n> MPA
\n> > Scan with the appropriate parts retrofit...is this true?
\n> >
\n>