Midland MXR10 repeater experiences.

[Guest WSBX980]

I was thinking about getting the Midland MXR10 repeater, but I was wanting to hear about user's experiences with it before I pull the trigger.

[OffRoaderX]

I had one and it worked fine.. but unless it has some feature that you need that the Retevis RT97 does not have, you should consider it also.

[Socalgmrs]

I’d never spend $10 on any midland product.   Yuck.   

[WRYZ926]

The Midland MXTR10 and the Retevis RT97 will work just fine. Compare the specifications on both and also the prices and go with which one suits your needs at the best price.

 

PS: Ignore Negative Nancy, he hardly ever has anything positive to say.

[WRTC928]

3 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:

The Midland MXTR10 and the Retevis RT97 will work just fine. Compare the specifications on both and also the prices and go with which one suits your needs at the best price.

 

PS: Ignore Negative Nancy, he hardly ever has anything positive to say.

I read or heard somewhere that Retevis has a new version with more wattage coming out in April. Not sure if that's true, but if it is, I'd expect the price on the older ones to drop considerably. 

[WRUE951]

the range on them not really that great.  Not sure what your needs are but i would consider spending a tad more and go with a Wouxun setup or even build one with two radios.  If you need complete portability i guess they're o.k. but again, you can shove two decent radios in an Ammo can and get way better performance.    Just my two cents.  

[SteveShannon]

5 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

you can shove two decent radios in an Ammo can and get way better performance.    Just my two cents.  

Have you done that?

[WRYZ926]

1 hour ago, WRUE951 said:

you can shove two decent radios in an Ammo can and get way better performance.    Just my two cents.  

You will also need a good duplexer for it to work correctly. The transmit radio will desense the receive radio if you don't. There is more to it than connecting two radios to each other.

[WRUE951]

2 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

Have you done that?

of course..      

[OffRoaderX]

5 hours ago, WRTC928 said:

I read or heard somewhere that Retevis has a new version with more wattage coming out in April. Not sure if that's true

I can confirm that it is true.

[OffRoaderX]

4 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

you can shove two decent radios in an Ammo can and get way better performance.

Physics and me actually doing this both say that you are very, very wrong.

[CoffeeTime]

April 4 per this ad:

 

https://www.retevis.com/25w-rt97l-gmrs-long-range-waterproof-full-duplex-repeater-us

[WRUE951]

54 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

Physics and me actually doing this both say that you are very, very wrong.

it does require a 'little' ingenuity. Sorry your not capable    

[PRadio]

On 3/17/2025 at 2:21 AM, Socalgmrs said:

I’d never spend $10 on any midland product.   Yuck.   

 

Thanks for letting us know. 

[TDM827]

All depends what you want to do with it. And only you can answer that. If you are looking for an occasional, highly portable repeater with limited coverage this might be fine. Need something with more capability and coverage it probably won't work fine and it's time to build.

These little units are sometimes looked down upon. But they have their place. I wish these things were available back in the day when my recreation meant outdoor activities based at a "camp" or farmhouse in the north woods. Deer camp communications would have been awesome.

This would have really solved most of the problems and frustrations when dealing with FRS, which in our circumstance was often next to useless.