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What radio for home brewed repeater
I'm thinking of starting a project with some of my radio friends to
build our own pc controlled repeater. I'm looking for input on radios. The ouwld be 2 meter only, so that should help cut the field down, I'm looking for a cheap,rugged, highly available radio capable of very high duty cycle at 50 watts. My initial thoughts were a pair of FT-1500M mobiles, but the receive side could even be as simple as a scanner locked on the right frequency. I'm looking at the echolink software, and a rigblaster interface box. I would love to hear what others have done! The idea is that this would be a temporary repeater used for safety operations around SCCA Performance Rally events in Northern Minnesota where there is not currently any other repeater coverage. It would only be for a day or two at a time, but would see near continual usage when it was up. I'd love to hear some comments! JB |
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I'm thinking of starting a project with some of my radio friends to
build our own pc controlled repeater. I'm looking for input on radios. The ouwld be 2 meter only, so that should help cut the field down, I'm looking for a cheap,rugged, highly available radio capable of very high duty cycle at 50 watts. My initial thoughts were a pair of FT-1500M mobiles, but the receive side could even be as simple as a scanner locked on the right frequency. I'm looking at the echolink software, and a rigblaster interface box. I would love to hear what others have done! The idea is that this would be a temporary repeater used for safety operations around SCCA Performance Rally events in Northern Minnesota where there is not currently any other repeater coverage. It would only be for a day or two at a time, but would see near continual usage when it was up. I'd love to hear some comments! Not to be too rude, but go here and read all the info and then come back and ask questions. http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/ The normal ham transceivers will not cut it and the scanners are not well shielded and very selective in the RF stages. Old GE and Motorola units make very good starting points for the RF part of a repeater. You may want to go to the 440 band as the duplexers are easier to find at a reasonable cost. |
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I'm thinking of starting a project with some of my radio friends to
build our own pc controlled repeater. I'm looking for input on radios. The ouwld be 2 meter only, so that should help cut the field down, I'm looking for a cheap,rugged, highly available radio capable of very high duty cycle at 50 watts. My initial thoughts were a pair of FT-1500M mobiles, but the receive side could even be as simple as a scanner locked on the right frequency. I'm looking at the echolink software, and a rigblaster interface box. I would love to hear what others have done! The idea is that this would be a temporary repeater used for safety operations around SCCA Performance Rally events in Northern Minnesota where there is not currently any other repeater coverage. It would only be for a day or two at a time, but would see near continual usage when it was up. I'd love to hear some comments! Not to be too rude, but go here and read all the info and then come back and ask questions. http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/ The normal ham transceivers will not cut it and the scanners are not well shielded and very selective in the RF stages. Old GE and Motorola units make very good starting points for the RF part of a repeater. You may want to go to the 440 band as the duplexers are easier to find at a reasonable cost. |
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GE Master Pro and Master Exec radios are good for repeater use. They
can be broken down into individual elements which can be replaced and repaired as needed. Use the output as an exciter for a solid-state PA. Ed On 26 Aug 2003 06:03:27 -0700, (JB Lewis) wrote: I'm thinking of starting a project with some of my radio friends to build our own pc controlled repeater. I'm looking for input on radios. The ouwld be 2 meter only, so that should help cut the field down, I'm looking for a cheap,rugged, highly available radio capable of very high duty cycle at 50 watts. My initial thoughts were a pair of FT-1500M mobiles, but the receive side could even be as simple as a scanner locked on the right frequency. I'm looking at the echolink software, and a rigblaster interface box. I would love to hear what others have done! The idea is that this would be a temporary repeater used for safety operations around SCCA Performance Rally events in Northern Minnesota where there is not currently any other repeater coverage. It would only be for a day or two at a time, but would see near continual usage when it was up. I'd love to hear some comments! JB |
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I have Yaesu 1500 and 2500. Put 1500 in mobile where it has become
royal PITA. Programming on the fly is a pain! I'd put it on my Honda M/C if it were easier to program w/o the manual in the hand. Have 2500 in house because its volume is about 180% of 1500. Ease of programming makes it my Number ONE rig. Looking to trade the 1500 for another 2500 for Honda M/C & J-3 aero mobiling. |
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I have Yaesu 1500 and 2500. Put 1500 in mobile where it has become
royal PITA. Programming on the fly is a pain! I'd put it on my Honda M/C if it were easier to program w/o the manual in the hand. Have 2500 in house because its volume is about 180% of 1500. Ease of programming makes it my Number ONE rig. Looking to trade the 1500 for another 2500 for Honda M/C & J-3 aero mobiling. |
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