Hi Eric/all, It is on a totally different frequency, and licensed as a mobile - within a 24km radius around the center of our district.
All the fire repeaters in the county have the same output & input frequencies, just have different input PLs. Kind of a pain to go to direct with some older radios... e.g. X9000 which when you push the 'dir' button, it uses the TX PL. Laryn - these were some pretty high dollar units, so I wouldn't have expected them to fry the batteries. I'll look into the AGM bats - the rptr draws about 450 mA in RX, and about 4A in TX. Getting a Pelican case for the repeater & cables, but not sure how to make the battery transportable.. I suppose if it's 'really' sealed, then I wouldn't have to worry about leakage of the electrolyte - could use a case for it & the charger. Any recommendations about appropriate & 'sure-fire' chargers for one of these? I could put together something for float charging, but there will also be a need for 'real' charging as well. Thanks again, Tim
