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  1. How about a classified section? I second the chat room....
  2. The old reliable Bird43 whole lot cheaper than that fancy pants Telwave. Snatch one up on eBay or scour the hamfest for less than a 100bucks.
  3. Ok, maybe it was a spin off site or something but it brought me here. Oh well, here was your chance to get my cash and you blew it PG! LOL 73 Ryan
  4. Looking to do my part in helping the best GMRS site continue to thrive. Anybody know where to purchase the subscription? I'm sure its on here somewhere just havent found it... Thanks Ryan-wqvy669
  5. After some unsuccsessfull attempts on an RF link, I have been giving some thought on this as well. There are a few repeaters in my area using Zello. i think its a great idea if you can link local repeaters together to gain more coverage. Myself, I'm not into the phone app stuff, I'm into radio's, if i have to use my smart phone to make a contact, why dont i just call you on the cell.....just my thought
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    RF linking

    The shotgun method is proving to be a challenge. I have 20' of vertical separation, link radio power is 2 watts on a beam, and still getting desense on the repeater when the link radio keys up. I'm using a CAT 250 controller, I even tried moving the yagi beam 20' away (horizontal seperation) and still not working. Do I need more seperation? I refuse to give up!
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    CDM repeater

    Figured it out. Forgot i had a R.I.C.K manual laying around and low and behold it was set for crossband bi-directional. Reconfigured the dip switches and works just fine now in full duplex... thanks guys for your time to reply and help me out! Ryan....
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    CDM repeater

    Hub is disabled, RICK is the HLN3333B, TX radio is programmed on 462.xxx on the transmit and 467.xxx on the rec, RX radio is exactly the same. that's what I heard others were programming to. I remember my GR300 repeater would let you "Blank" out the TX or RX, but the CDM's you cant...
  9. Looking to see if anyone in the group has a CDR repeater or perhaps just two CDMs in duplex operation? I have the two mobiles with a rick controller and having a problem with the TX radio transmitting. Seams like both radio's are in RX mode. I get COR on the R.I.C.K indicating lite, but nothing coming out of the radio. i then plugged up a speaker mic and keyed up, and then i get power going to a watt meter. I do have the R.I.C.K acknowledge on both radio's accordingly in the cps. maybe its my pinout configuration, maybe the rick is in a different set up(bi-directional) or something. I have ordered a service and programming manual for the CDR repeaters but has not come in yet. Hoping maybe someone out there would care to set me right with my set up? thanks Ryan..73
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    RF linking

    email sent.... thanks,,
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    RF linking

    ok Zap, I got this! why would you not want to go over the 5watts on the link radio?
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    RF linking

    I have, I've been researching and reading the different ways members on here talk about their methods discussed here. All the talk with Linux this, Asterisk that, Pi those, URIx these, I believe may be a little over my head. I'm just starting out I have two repeaters and just trying to figure what will be the best way for "ME" to link them. I'm all for an internet link, I wish I could find someone with a plug and play set-up for GMRS, if there is PM me and lets talk. But for now I think an RF link might be a lot less painless, for me anyways...only one way to find out! thanks...Ryan
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    RF linking

    thanks Zap.. I'm thinking the shot gun link may work for us. going this way, let me see if I have this right: 1 repeater is on its own frequency pair , and the other is set on its own frequency pair DIFFERENT from the other? ex: RPT1 input 467.550, output 462.550.. and the other lets say input 467.575 out 462.575. link radio set to the other repeaters pair? Can the link Yagi be on the same tower within close proximity to the repeater antenna? say 10' vertical separation? of course with the repeater antenna on top..without having any desense or any other interference to the repeater antenna? The repeater that will have the link controller just has a basic Motorola RICK that has a accessory 16 pin port on it, not sure if it best to use that port on the RICK and wire in the link controller to it or remove the RICK and just use the link controller. We are researching a few link controllers now, any recommendations that you may, or others may have used with good results? Sorry for all the questions, and appreciate any help
  14. Question on RF linking. I'm getting a good 5 mile portable coverage and about 10 mile coverage on mobile on my GR300 repeater. I'm only up 50' on 1/2" hardline with a 6 dBd comtelco antenna, and happy with the coverage on the limited height of the antenna. Base station operators could see somewhere from 10-20 mile coverage depending on their situations. I have a friend that has a tower up and I'm kicking around the idea of a RF link. His station is approximately 10 miles from mine. We have good simplex signals between us. The idea is to provide better portable coverage for others operators, and ourselves, in the area. I have another GR300 that could be utilized at his location. Plenty of mobile radios for the link radio, and would only need the controller for the link radio. Question is do both repeater sites need link capable controllers? Are repeaters on different frequencies? Do both sites need yagi's pointed at eachother? Is it worth it? If anyone has any info on this setup please fill me in on details, thanks! Ryan-WQVY669
  15. I'm tuned in. I happen to have the 6dbd Comtelco. Got burned though, didnt do my home work and bought it straight from Comtelco only to find out I could have saved a hondo from one of thier vendors! oh well, hopefully it compares well in your comparison so it takes some of my sting away...LOL
  16. Hi Bill, congrats on your new repeater! just wondering, having talked to you a few times on the 600, I know you just started into the digital world. will your new repeater also be digital compatible?
  17. how do you get a name to display? I thought that the parameters on MDC were like A-E and 0-9, with only 4 data entries, would love to know how to set that up. Our radios have the two tone QC also but never knew how to use it, would care to help a brother out?
  18. Wow! Thanks for that info R-10. I'm trying to put a repeater station together and would like to hold out for a Quantar. I know I need a R2, but came across a Q for sale that the owner listed as"GMRS Quantar repeater for sale". Called him up and reafirmly asking if in fact it was a R2. Owner said no its a R3 but it was programmed in GMRS. Myself not knowing that it could be programmed out of frequecy, (I know some Motorola you canot!) Asked if I could see the software read the radio to verify, owner has no problem with that! Even stated he could TX it and RX the frequency on a HT for verification.....OK sounded good to me... Now I read the above and feeling not so sure! Could it be possible that there is someway someone may have figured out how to mod a R3 to work in the R2 frequency? Listing price for the Q, duplexer and antenna 500.00! So naturally I'm all over it! It's about 6hrs away but no problem have cash will travel for a deal like that. Could this be a textbook "if it's to good to be true then probably it is? Thanks.....6040
  19. Can a range 3 (470-490) TX and Rx in the GMRS band? If so besides higher swr,are there any concerns? Also would you use it in that range? As always, thanks for your help!!
  20. Thanks guy's. It still looks like it has a fairly good omni patern so it should work out in full duplex operation. Friend of mine hooked me up with and going to pick it up tomorrow. It's been in storage for a few years but brand new never used for less than 400.00. Thanks for your help!
  21. What is a Quasi-omnidirectional antenna and how would it be used effectively?
  22. 100w MSF 5000 tuned down, MTR 200 or 3000 also tuned down. Quantar also would have to be tuned down Kenwood TKR 850 or 851 w/Cresend or TPL amp. hard line, size site dependent antenna Commander Tech 1151 or 455 again site dependent. main site would be the new 432 park ave backup site Shearson Lehman building in. John, I see you are partial to 100 watt machines tuned down. Is the reasoning because of the duty cycle would be cut in half and easier on the machine? I see 25 watt quantars on ebay all day long at about 1k which is quite tempting, but leary of the performance on the lower wattage. Should I hold out for a 100 watt? Ryan....
  23. Ok, so I get location is key, and I'm going to assume that means high, higher, and highest. Is that your only consideration when it comes to location selection? What if a guy can't get it on top of the SearsTower? (Exaggerating) , Can a repeater be affective say, 50-60' of the ground on top of a basic backyard Rohn tower? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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