* Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Dec 29 09:37 -0600]:
> Gentlemen
> With the recent licensing structure changes, 10m meters is going to be
> open to tech-minus ops like myself. Im kicking around ideas of a split
> site 10m FM rpt, with a 2 meter repeater as link / dual band core.
As I understand it, the 10m FM portion will still be limited to
General, Advanced and Extra licensees. Technicians will have 28.000 to
28.500 (as Novices and Tech Plus/HF received on December 15) as a result
of the pending R&O.
> Any suggestions of what kind of gear would be suitable for 10m repeater
> use? Any tips of do's and dont's for 10m?
I helped a club resurrect a 10m repeater a decade ago. It was a pair
of MASTR Pro machines with a UHF TX strip paired with the 10m receiver
and a UHF receiver paired with the 10m transmitter. The site seperation
was about 8 miles. The UHF link used yagis and PL and the 10m was
carrier squelch as I recall with quarter wave whips. Local range
wasn't good, but we worked some interesting DX that summer. To boost
the fun factor we linked it into the UHF repeater (we had an RLC4 which
made it easy to do).
A pair of MASTR II mobiles, one low band and the other UHF, may work
well (swap the 10m RX into the UHF and vice versa), but I suspect good
MASTR II radios may be getting tough to find. I'd suggest UHF for the
auxillary link as 2m is still plenty crowded and your link may suffer
from interference.
Using a 10m repeater is certainly a different and fun way to work DX.
Have fun!
73, de Nate >>
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