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FRS frequency being transmitted on Repeater channel?


Mikeam

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So FRS 462.5625 (channel1) when transmitted on ( by another person) is also coming in on Repeater 18 frequency 467.6250. Local child playing all day on channel 1 is coming in on repeater 18 with the aforementioned frequencies. According to my math the + 5 MHz does not make this happen or am I missing something?

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I don't think he is talking about the signal actually being repeated, I think he means the signal comes in on his radio on both channels - in which case his receiver is not alligned properly, or it is a CCR with a lot of unknown IF leakage.

You are correct there is no repeater in the area where I am at right now, also did an experiment with a second radio last night with the frequencies listed above if I transmit on FRS 1 and the second radio is listening on the repeater channel 18 there is no response on the repeater channel. Then I reversed both hand held radios with the same result so all is well with my equipment. I suspect one of the trail bike families in the area is using a ham hand held radio instead of a GMRS radio and they are programmed wrong!

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I've seen shady radio shops set people up on FRS/GMRS frequencies illegally, if this is a random repeater you've found and not one you know personally. My favorite was a FedEx hub operating a repeater on the FRS frequencies with a range of like 15 miles or more to cover their warehouse. F-bombs day and night constantly, just shocking crap you'd hear. They thought they had a private channel, meanwhile they were splattering all over FRS. Needless to say the FCC paid them a visit and got them on business band literally overnight. They had a STA grant the very next day for a business pair and their FRS repeater went silent. Not sure if they were fined, but the visit was effective.

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If you ask me there is an issue with the repeater. That is WAY off frequency meaning the RX side of the repeater likely needs service.

Based on the initial description, I would say it is more likely a case of something intentional. Perhaps something like Rich describes. Note the repeater pair is used upside down(in low, out high) and also is not the standard UHF 5 MHz split.
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