On Nov 8, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Keith, KB7M wrote: > This is an issue that is highly misunderstood, and commonly abused. > A "crossband" repeater is still a repeater and must therefore follow > all of the rules for repeater operation. Unfortunately, the common > dual-band mobile radio that supports repeater mode generally does > not include ANY support for automatic control.
Actually I believe the new Kenwood dual-bander added CWID's, but I hear they mute the audio passing through the dual-bander when they occur, so the feature isn't quite done right, but it's a move in the right direction. Most dual-banders don't have this and the direction from repeater -> dual-bander -> your HT is not ID'd legally. The Kenwood will do it, supposedly -- but I don't have one to test with. > So, unless you somehow provide for all of the requirements of > automatic control, you MUST provide some other means of control - RF > remote, wireline remote, or Direct control. Again, the run of the > mill dual band mobile radio doesn't provide any means for remote > control. The only option left is a control operator sitting in the > car with the radio. This also isn't true even of older Kenwood's -- they would accept DTMF commands while in dual-band mode and it could be turned off, etc. > So, to answer your question, unless you provide for the same control > capabilities any normal repeater would have as discussed at length > in this thread, you can sit in your car and control the radio, but > you CANNOT put your mobile radio in crossband mode and walk away > from it. Only partially true, depends on the dual-bander. For the record, I'm not defending the practice of using a dual-band rig as a repeater, nor do I like it really -- just saying that the information provided is somewhat inaccurate in light of new developments in the dual-band radio world these days... -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
