WSAD744 Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 Hello, Im using a HT repeater for my area, it's a very small down. less than 10 miles. And I want to make my repeater have an CW identifier, since I have school daily. My question is, is there a type of program that I can upload an MP3 or WAV file or things of that nature to it, and it will play it every 10 minutes. I understand it only needs to be played if there's activity every 10 minutes but id rather it ident every 10. I have looked a lot and have failed to find anything. If anyone knows anything It would be much appreciated. Im using a MAC so if it isn't Mac friendly it sadly won't work. Konnor, WSAD744 Quote
Socalgmrs Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 Only the people on the repeater need to id every 15min and at the end of a conversation. Quote
WSAD744 Posted February 25 Author Report Posted February 25 7 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said: Only the people on the repeater need to id every 15min and at the end of a conversation. I thought that the repeater was supposed to ID aswell as the people using it aswell? Jaay 1 Quote
SteveShannon Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 8 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said: Only the people on the repeater need to id every 15min and at the end of a conversation. No, the repeater is required to ID also, unless the only people using it are authorized to use the same call sign as the repeater and they correctly ID. WSAD744, WRUU653, WRYZ926 and 1 other 2 2 Quote
WSAD744 Posted February 25 Author Report Posted February 25 22 minutes ago, SteveShannon said: No, the repeater is required to ID also, unless the only people using it are authorized to use the same call sign as the repeater and they correctly ID. I thought so, I plan on buying a RT97 and buying the RepeaterID.com identifier but little out of the price range for a 15 year old.. SteveShannon 1 Quote
Jaay Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 3 hours ago, Socalgmrs said: Only the people on the repeater need to id every 15min and at the end of a conversation. True, and Also the Call sign of the repeater owner must be transmitted as well, either manually or with the help of a Controller. Quote
Jaay Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 3 hours ago, WSAD744 said: I thought that the repeater was supposed to ID aswell as the people using it aswell? Absolutely. Quote
CoffeeTime Posted February 26 Report Posted February 26 Investigate this for Mac?? He also builds/sells ID equipment for certain models. Quote
WSAD744 Posted February 27 Author Report Posted February 27 On 2/25/2025 at 7:22 PM, CoffeeTime said: Investigate this for Mac?? He also builds/sells ID equipment for certain models. Ill look into it, appreciated Quote
MarkInTampa Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 I used to run a Argent ADS-SR1 Simplex Repeater ($90 + $7 for cable) that has both programmable CW-ID or Voice-ID connected to a cheapie HT on 1watt to inject the ID every 10 minutes into the repeater. After configuring the controller, I setup the HT receive to listen on some random unused VHF frequency (after configuring, don't really need the input anymore) to keep the front end of the HT from being overloaded by the repeater and the output of the HT set to the repeaters input frequency. Worked like a champ. Quote
WSAD744 Posted February 28 Author Report Posted February 28 11 hours ago, MarkInTampa said: I used to run a Argent ADS-SR1 Simplex Repeater ($90 + $7 for cable) that has both programmable CW-ID or Voice-ID connected to a cheapie HT on 1watt to inject the ID every 10 minutes into the repeater. After configuring the controller, I setup the HT receive to listen on some random unused VHF frequency (after configuring, don't really need the input anymore) to keep the front end of the HT from being overloaded by the repeater and the output of the HT set to the repeaters input frequency. Worked like a champ. Does this record the audio and then transmit the recording? If so it's not really what I want. I have a cheap little repeater that links 2 HT's together through the Kenwood ports into the repeater relay. But Its range is terrible, and I can't get any audio into it if im not directly in its view. Im thinking of upgrading to the RT-97 and offering to set it up near the local HAM repeater, or setup a tower in the yard if that fails. This summer probably will be the time I become a HAM. But I still want to involve GMRS aswell. I'll look into what you have tho, thanks for the recommendation. Anything else yk would be appreciated. Quote
WSAD744 Posted February 28 Author Report Posted February 28 On 2/25/2025 at 7:22 PM, CoffeeTime said: Investigate this for Mac?? He also builds/sells ID equipment for certain models. This was made for the Rt-97 repeater series, It said something about it in the comments. Quote
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