antnee1069 Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 I would like to install a repeater . Ideally on my local amateur radio club's tower which is about 2 miles away 1400' in elevation. I sent them an email no response. So I guess I am going to go with a home-based repeater about 30 to 40 feet off the ground in a tree. If it's going to be a home-based repeater more than likely it will be a private repeater for me and my family . Just got my Gmrs ticket Wqww770 about two weeks ago . Need all the information you can give. what to buy? How to install ect. Also do I have to notify the FCC about installing a repeater . Thank youWqww770Anthony D Quote
zap Posted December 27, 2015 Report Posted December 27, 2015 What's the budget. We can direct you to an extremely high cost, high performance combo or we can help you piece together stuff to make something that works reliably. FCC doesn't need any info at this current time. Basics of a repeater are receiver, transmitter, controller (of some sort) and antennas. Quote
antnee1069 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Posted January 4, 2016 Budget $ 1,500.00. Any info you can give. ThanksWqww770 Quote
Logan5 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 Unless you have a close relationship with the HAM club, you are unlikely going to get your repeater on their site, much less their tower. Even if you do have a good relationship with the club, GMRS is not Amateur and they will not likely have any interest nor want to have to deal with any unintended interference. I have a very close relationship with my local, I pay my dues and donate an extra 100.00 a year and they laugh when I mention FTL600 sharing the 110 site and or tower. bud 1 Quote
zap Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 Budget $ 1,500.00. Any info you can give. ThanksWqww770 Depending on your technical knowledge there are several options. A company called Bridgecom builds a "turn-key" Part 95A repeater. Just needs the antenna side figured out (separate versus duplexer). Icom makes a NXDN/analog repeater on a mobile chassis that is in the $800 range (no power supply, duplexer, etc) last I checked and I believe it is only Part 90 accepted. If you want to get technical, you could take something like a Hamtronics R300 series receiver, a surplus mobile radio and tone controller and build a nice little repeater for around $600 and you'd be able to get away with a mobile duplexer setup (even in a fairly high noise environment) for another $100 and spend the rest on feedline and antenna. Or you could do the strap two mobiles together method and approach other factors accordingly. bud 1 Quote
ASRM Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Colin, I like that analog/digital idea (for down the road type of look The shop I deal with has a Vertex he is playing with that does digital and analog. That iCom price is not bad at all! Quote
zap Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Colin, I like that analog/digital idea (for down the road type of look The shop I deal with has a Vertex he is playing with that does digital and analog. That iCom price is not bad at all!It's NXDN though… I'm a P25 and DMR guy…maybe that's why I'm the only Simoco dealer within 300 miles of Texas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
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