Re: TX Board for Motorola XPR8300 Repeater?
I did the same with great success. Also added a ~2" muffin fan to the additional tx deck heatsink. Been working well through thousands of daily nets for close to 10 years.
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On Apr 8, 2025 1:38 PM, "Chris Boone WB5ITT via groups.io" <setxtelecom@...> wrote:
Swap the TX and RX decks...replace the piss poor fabric under the heatsink on the TX..use artic silver....run power lower at 30 instead of 40watts ..
Chris WB5ITT
I am resurrecting an XPR8300. The TX board is scorched.?
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Board #:
MOTOTRBO U1-HP
8486777Z14-C
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Does anyone have a parted-out XPR8300 willing to sell the TX board to me?
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The poor heat-dissipation design makes this a seemingly common ailment.
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Private message me.
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Thanks,
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Steve, N9ATO
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