I used an in-band link to couple two VHF repeaters together, and have a Zetron
Z38A controller that allows me to terminate the repeaters transmitted tone as
soon as a user drops the input. That is all it took to keep the two repeaters
happy. I never did have much luck with two users talking at the same time, so
that has not been a problem. With the link we have, a user would have to be
right on top of the repeater to overcome the link, so still just hear one user
with a hetrodyne if another user is trying to talk, the same as if they were
both trying to talk on the same repeater and one was stronger than the other.
73 - Jim W5ZIT
--- On Tue, 11/10/09, larynl2 <lar...@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: larynl2 <lar...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Linking Repeaters Remotely
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 7:38 PM
In-band RF linking on the user input frequencies is a kludge at best.
It can double with users, and has other timing problems...
> Nate Duehr, WY0X
> n...@...
Nate, just a comment on the above. We've used in-band on-channel (IBOC??)
linking to a nearby repeater for weather nets for many moons now. It has
worked absolutely great for us. Sure, it's not elegant; a dedicated link is
probably the better way. And, users are going to double anyway. Can't get
away from that.
We've not found any timing problems you refer to...
Laryn K8TVZ
