I'm going to suggest another "Poor man's voter" despite the probability that someone, somewhere, has already done so.
I was thinking you might go ahead & build your 2nd rcv site with a one way link to the main tx. However, you would rely on the link activation to "vote" the rx signal into the tx audio path. In operation, the link rx at the main site will force an audio gate to route the link rx audio to the main tx. A careful setting of the squelch at the remote rx will allow the main site rx to do most of the work but when the main site isn't hearing the portables well enough, the remote rx will. This is when the link audio gets switched in. There'll be a period of trial & error tweaking of the remote's squelch but it can be done.You'll still want to make efforts to equalize the audio freq responses of all paths involved. I'm sure you can find a way to make the switching fast. Its not an ideal solution but it keeps operation mostly transparant to the users. ie. They don't need to remember to change PL's or channels. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Kelsey" <wb2...@...> wrote: > > Someone else suggested the "poor man's voter" by simply requiring a > different PL tone for the other receiver. Users simply need to know > which tone to use for each area. > > The other solution is to simply link in a low profile repeater at > the desired location. This could even be on a different band. > Again, users would need to understand this as well. > > Chuck > WB2EDV
