Ok thanks wheres a good site that tells how to do all of this? 73's
>From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Vhf Repeater >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 07:11:22 -0600 > >* IF YOUR NICE I MAY TELL YOU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Jan 09 >06:55 -0600]: > > Hi all you know they say there is no dumb question unless you didnt > > ask it and messed things up so here goes .I am wanting to make a cheap > > repeater system for 2 meter and I really need some input on how to put > > one together and also once its built is there a special licence to > > operate it?Thanks 73'3 > >If you're in the USA, no special license is required so long as you >hold a Technician class or higher. The first thing you need to do >before investing time and money is to contact your local frequency >coordinator and get a frequency pair coordinated. Without proper >coordination, the FCC will hold you fully accountable for resolving >interference to a coordinated system. > >As for "cheap" equipment, as the equipment gets cheaper, your >investment in time increases. It's almost a linear relationship. That >said, I've had good results with a pair of Motorola Mitrek mobile >radios. There is not enough isolation within one radio at 2 meters to >get by with only one. Also, the modifications are fewer when two >radios are used, plus you can make them to be a ready spare for the >other function. > >To be really cheap, you'll have to avoid the duplexer. So, this pretty >much dictates a "split site" repeater which adds the complexity of a >link between the receive and transmit sites. Also, a split machine >will suffer from uneven coverage between RX and TX. > >Duplexers aren't cheap even when bought used. Once purchased they need >to be tuned onto the correct frequencies. This is easily done with a >tracking generator, but can also be accomplished with a signal >generator and a spectrum analyzer. > >Then there is feedline and antenna. Nothing less than hardline will do >and avoid fiberglass antennas like the plague. Uless you like chasing >noise problems... > >73, de Nate >> > >-- > Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft > Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. > http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of > My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" > http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song. Get a customized station. Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
