Can repeaters repeat a repeater.

[cyclonesteve]

I have family within range of a repeater (R1), but I'm not in range.

I'm on the bottom/side of a hill so I can't reach it, but I can see a location about two miles away that does have reception.

Is it possible for me to talk to THAT property owner two miles away & have me put up a repeater (R2) there?

I don't think my family would be able to receive the (R2) signal either but the original repeater (R1) would be able to hear R2.

I'm not sure if it's possible for the near repeater(R2) to receive my transmission and then send it to the far repeater(R1) that sends again to family. (and back)

If not, any other suggestions?

[kidphc]

Generally no. If you say inverse one repeaters pair (not legal for gmrs). They would cause a loop effect. Till one repeater timed out.

Best way would be to link the repeaters. There is some hardware in the mygmrs.com shop for that.

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[cyclonesteve]

37 minutes ago, kidphc said:

Generally no. If you say inverse one repeaters pair (not legal for gmrs). They would cause a loop effect. Till one repeater timed out.

Best way would be to link the repeaters. There is some hardware in the mygmrs.com shop for that.

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Just doing a quick search on mygmrs.com shows them out, but I assume that linking the repeaters requires an internet connection for one or both of the repeaters?

[kidphc]

Just doing a quick search on mygmrs.com shows them out, but I assume that linking the repeaters requires an internet connection for one or both of the repeaters?

Yes. Since rf linking isn't possible with the limited bandwidth of Gmrs. It is possible in the Ham world by utilizing 2 different bands for the most part, I think. Think sorta cross band repeat. But even there internet connection or phone patches the preferred way.

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