WSBQ643 Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 If you live on the opposite side of a mountain, hill, ridgeline or other obstacles, that prevent you from hitting a repeater, there is a way you can do this with another repeater and linking them. RETRANS will allow you to use a mobile or HT and relay to a repeater not just another radio. Works great and has helped communities get connected. Also very inexpensive to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSBQ643 Posted August 8 Author Report Share Posted August 8 I think this was not worded well. The RETRANS does not require another repeater! This is for an HT or Mobile to be able to hit a repeater over some kind of obstacle they cannot otherwise hear or see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybestos Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, WSBQ643 said: I think this was not worded well. The RETRANS does not require another repeater! This is for an HT or Mobile to be able to hit a repeater over some kind of obstacle they cannot otherwise hear or see. What is this? Are you talking about what is commonly known as a "parrot repeater" that automatically re-transmits a received signal on the same frequency a few seconds later, or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSBQ643 Posted August 8 Author Report Share Posted August 8 No sir, not a parrot at all. This is actually using a duplexer on repeater frequencies in your hand held and coupling two HT's at the high point with the repeater frequencies. I was told this was not possible to do but a little military savy and mission accomplished. Maybe this will help RETRANS TO REPEATER SETUP.pptx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosw Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 For those who don't want to bother with downloading his powerpoint and fixing all the fonts, here's the slide he posted. TrikeRadio and WRZK593 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybestos Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalgmrs Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 Of coarse it’s possible. It’s just adding in another repeater not really hard at all. I wouldn’t trust hand helds to do the job very long but yes it will work. It’s what many law enforcement and fire do. They have a vehicle repeater in the car or truck that repeats from the personnel’s hand helds to dispatch. gortex2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSBQ643 Posted August 8 Author Report Share Posted August 8 It is just another repeater of sorts without the cost or a repeater or the cost of the type of mobile repeater you are talking about. This is for the people who are on a budget and want to connect with a repeater instead of just radio to radio. As for the portables a small solar panel and battery work great and cost effective. Just an idea I have not seen on here that may help someone. Hope it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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