Kinda off track for a Ham repeater group, but been there done that. Mine was due to loss of 800 SMR channels when they were easy to come by, then later impossible to get due to freezes.
Exclusivity. You need at least one repeater that has exclusive use in a service area because LTR uses centralized control and the HOME repeater needs to be exclusive. Having the second repeater also exclusive is a big plus. Next narrowband vs wideband. Depending on location you may be narrow band - that seems to work OK. You need two repeaters and controllers. Some repeaters like the Johnson VX have logic built in. Others use IDA, RLC, Trindent, Zetron Model 42, etc. You should be able to handle 6 to 10 groups of 10 to 15 radios pretty comfortably - probably more. The curve for users vs channels is exponential as adding a channel makes much more capacity than one channel by itself. Best success, Steve NU5D wadeds2003 wrote: > Hello group. Just looking at putting up a ltr system. I would like > to go 2 channels for now just to see how it all works. My plan is to > use it for my business plus sublease some space to other companies. > Has anyone here ever tried a 2 channel ltr system before? How does it > work compaired to a larger system? A tech over at trident told me not > to waste my time with a 2 channel system as he said it would not work > but I have talked to other people who have done 2 channel systems and >
