Jerry wrote: > There have been times when during events it would have been great if two > different repeaters had been linked. I've been kicking around the idea of a > portable repeater linker consisting of one VHF Radius, one UHF Radius, and a > RICK controller in the crossband mode. I've talked to the different repeater > owners and they have given me permission to give my idea a try. > > The 'linker' works great the first time. The receiver radio hears the output > of the first repeater and keys the transmitter radio which keys up the > repeater. The problem comes in when the transmitter unkeys. The receiver > radio hears the tail of the second repeater and keys up. When the second > machine drops, the transmitter radio hears the tail of it's repeater and keys > up. This continues FOREVER. > > Does anyone have any ideas or additional logic I can add to solve this > problem? > The repeaters in question need to be configured to transmit CTCSS *only* when carrier is present and not during the tail, as is often done when using on-channel RF links for IRLP.
Matthew Kaufman
