On Feb 25, 5:05 pm, Steve Bonine wrote:
Dick Grady AC7EL wrote:
There is one legal problem with using a dual-band rig as a crossband repeater.
Both the 2-meter and 70-cm sides are ham transmitters, and must be ID'd every 10
minutes and at the end of every series of transmissions, just like every other
station and repeater.

The sure-fire method I use is to use a dual-band HT and go over to the
2-meter input side and ID once every ten minutes. Thus all frequencies
are covered for ID.

"Mike Mc" wrote ...
Steve Bonine wrote:
Dick Grady AC7EL wrote:
There is one legal problem with using a dual-band rig as a crossband
repeater.
Both the 2-meter and 70-cm sides are ham transmitters, and must be ID'd
every 10
minutes and at the end of every series of transmissions, just like
every other
station and repeater.

The sure-fire method I use is to use a dual-band HT and go over to the
2-meter input side and ID once every ten minutes. Thus all frequencies
are covered for ID.

Doesn't an ID originating on the 70-cm link end up being
transmitted on *both* frequencies? Am I missing something?

Doesn't an ID originating on the 70-cm link end up being
transmitted on *both* frequencies? Am I missing something?

Not on the 70-cm side coming OUT of the mobile radio. That's why you
come in on the 2 meter input.

"Richard Crowley" writes:

"Mike Mc" wrote ...
Steve Bonine wrote:
The sure-fire method I use is to use a dual-band HT and go over to the
2-meter input side and ID once every ten minutes. Thus all frequencies
are covered for ID.

Doesn't an ID originating on the 70-cm link end up being
transmitted on *both* frequencies? Am I missing something?

I thought the point of cross-band repeat was that input and output
frequencies are so far apart that you don't need cavity filters.
Which is why you can do it in a simple transceiver. If true, what you
send to it on one band only gets transmitted on the other
band. Correct me if I'm wrong.

73 de LA4RT Jon, Trondheim, Norway