WSBP556 Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 Does anyone have any experience with the BridgeCom BDR 50U UHF repeater? I just purchased one. Reviews are great, but I wanted to see if anyone in the group had any experience with it? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalgmrs Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 I do not personally have one but a know a few Red Cross members that have them for official use and they work great. WSBP556 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRYZ926 Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 That is what my local club is using for our GMRS repeater. It works fine and has handled everything we have thrown at it. We tested it for about two months before opening it up to the public. The duty cycle is fine for a lot of traffic. WSBP556 and SteveShannon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSEH489 Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 I just received mine the other day and it really solid and weighs about 20lbs. It will be installed once I settle on a site. However from the user manual, it seems there is no remote repeater on/off (kill switch)? Or am I missing something? Dom WSEH489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRYZ926 Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 You will have to setup a SYS-OP user and use DTMF tones for remote control. The SYS-OP user is only used for remote control of the repeater. I found the manual somewhat lacking in areas. Here is a good video that helped me out. How to Program the BCR Repeater And another good video: How to Program a BCR Repeater System. This video gives more details about installing the program and getting ports configured. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSEH489 Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Thanks however it’s a BDR 50U which from the owner manual, seems to be very different from the BCR line and since the thread title is Bridge-com BDR 50U UHF repeater That’s what caught my attention Maybe their manual is really lacking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRYZ926 Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Sorry about that, too much blood in the caffeine system today. 1 hour ago, WSEH489 said: Maybe their manual is really lacking And so are their videos for setting up the BDR50. Setting up the BDR50 for analog use should be the same as the BCR-40. The only decent video I could find for the BDR-50 is this one: DMR MADE EASY! | The Fastest Way to Get on the Air | Step-by-Step Digital Radio Workshop Be warned, that video is an hour long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxCar Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 That Bridgecom video is extremely basic. You need 4 things for a DMR radio, a radio ID, a contact, a frequency, and a zone or grouping of contacts/frequencies. Remember, EACH contact must have a frequency assigned which is not brought in that basic video. WRYZ926 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRYZ926 Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 On 9/1/2024 at 9:07 PM, BoxCar said: That Bridgecom video is extremely basic. Yes it is. I searched for a bit looking for videos on programming the BDR50 but didn't find much. And the manual for the BCR40 isn't all that good either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linx Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 (edited) That is what I use, the repeater works great with 1 exception. They advertise that you can use multiple tones CTCSS and DCS. If you choose to use DCS as the input tone, you are only allowed 1 user slot, and you can't even have an operator slot for repeater control. If you want to use multiple tones or have a non repeated operator tone, you are limited to CTCSS only. I don't know if they have updated their documentation to reflect that now, but when I was purchasing mine about 9 months ago, it did not say anything about only being able to use 1 DCS input tone. EDIT: I own the 40U. I saw this in the GMRS equipment section of the forum and didn't read the replies, I assumed this was for analog use. Edited September 3 by linx Clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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