Mike, No you are not too stupid to do this. On my Basic controller it is called control receiver. It is there only to control the repeater functions. It can be locked up under several layers of control access. In other words with one DTMF password you could access limited functions and with another DTMF password you could access all functions. This is with a simple controller like I use the ICS basic controller. I am sure you will have alot more control with the CAT. The connections should be similar to what you would have for the repeater receiver. With the basic the control receiver will take priority over the repeater receiver. Your CAT book should give you plain instructions for a control receiver. Hope this helps. Good Luck, Collin
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Besemer (WM4B) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 15 May 2008 8:08 pm Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Control Link Greetings all, Please pardon my ignorance, but with the group of experts who hang out on this reflector I’d prefer getting the straight-poop from those who have ‘been-there/done-that’, rather than trying to find the correct answer the old-fashioned way! I’m considering adding a control link to our clubs 2-meter repeater. Currently, we use the phone-line as control link, but it’d be nice to have a second means of control. The controller is a CAT-1000, so I think I can just use the port for the 2nd radio (need to do some more reading in the manual to see what functions are allowed with that setup). Am I barking up the right tree? Any downside to this? Do I need to coordinate the link frequency through our coordinating body (SERA)? Can I eventually use this link to link two repeaters? Am I too stupid to attempt this? Again, pardon me asking prior to doing the research myself, but this place is a wealth of knowledge and with WAY too little time to do everything I’d like to do I sure appreciate everybody’s assistance. Mike WM4B
