Can the Midland LXT300 be used with a repeater if so what channels
should I set it to to use a repeater? thx in advance

NO

A repeater isnt just an ht....Its an entireley different system. Usually
always expensive!

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Can the Midland LXT300 be used with a repeater if so what channels
should I set it to to use a repeater? thx in advance

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Can the Midland LXT300 be used with a repeater if so what channels
should I set it to to use a repeater? thx in advance

I don't see enough details on the Web to know whether this radio has
that capability at all, but...

the choice of channels will be a local thing. Repeaters will be on
different channels in different places. As I understand it, you'll have
to make arrangements with the repeater owner for access, and I'd imagine
they would be the best people to ask about how to get in with your
radio. (and if it's possible at all)

Two sites with more information:
http://www.gmrs.org/gmrs_information.htm
http://www.g-m-r-s.org/repeaters4gmrs.htm

I think the other reply who flat-out said it wouldn't work thought you
wanted to use the LXT300 to make your own repeater - not that you wanted
to use it to communicate through a repeater that already exists.
Actually, you *could* make a repeater out of *two* LXT300s, but you'd
require some other equipment as well, it wouldn't work very well, and
you probably couldn't get it licensed by the FCC.

--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

William Robeson wrote:
NO

A repeater isnt just an ht....Its an entireley different system. Usually
always expensive!

I think he wanted to use the LXT300 to communicate through someone
else's repeater, not to make his own repeater.

From a strictly technical standpoint, you probably *could* use *two*
LXT300s to make a repeater. You'd also need a duplexer and some control
circuitry. And I doubt the FCC would license it. I don't know the
power limits for repeaters in the GMRS service - seems to me it's
probably quite a bit higher than one watt, so the two-LXT300s trick
would make a pretty wimpy repeater!

--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com