MCraig

My FamChan repeater, in American Fork, is up and fully functional. My intention was to have emergency communications with my adult children, who live in the Orem and Lehi, but anyone wishing to use it, may do so. Anyone wishing to use it for hosting nets is more than welcome to do so. The repeater covers most of Utah Valley and over into some parts of Eagle Mountain. Give it a try, lets see who we can get on to the repeater.

I would have my repeater self ID; just to make sure the FCC Nazi's don't fine or imprison you if you get on their bad side and someone chooses or forgets to ID themselves. Play it safe, IDers can be purchased for less than $100. Or if you're capable, build your own for less than $10. Here's an example, https://bandingsite.wordpress.com/arduino-ider/. I built one for my RT97S using a NodeMCU, a protoboard, a couple each resistors, capacitors and transistors, and a DB9 connector. Not beautiful, but it was a fun project.