Apartment Repeater setup

[WSGI943]

I live in an apartment and have a Repeater. What are my options for installing a Repeater?

[SteveShannon]

3 minutes ago, WSGI943 said:

I live in an apartment and have a Repeater. What are my options for installing a Repeater?

1. Yes

2. No

[WRUE951]

your options are:  Whatever you can do..    But more than likely, not much of an antenna will get passed your landlords sniff test.  Good Luck 

[nokones]

Why do you need a mobile relay station? What are you trying to accomplish? What is the make and model of your station, antenna, and duplexer?

[Socalgmrs]

I’d bet you don’t need a repeater.  I’d bet you can’t get a system with an antenna up high enough to make a difference.   Why do you think you need a repeater?  

[tcp2525]

27 minutes ago, WSGI943 said:

I live in an apartment and have a Repeater. What are my options for installing a Repeater?

Depends on the landlord. Just talk with him and ask permission. Explain exactly what and how you are going to do it in plain simple English. Back in the 80s my landlord let me put up a 40 meter dipole and run the cable. It helped that I offered to repair any holes I made and paint the apartment. It was a bargain for me.

[OffRoaderX]

if you are on a high floor and/or if you are on a hill/above a valley, etc, then all you need is a mobile/car antenna on a cookie-sheet in the window.. I am able to get ~20 miles of farz this way with my repeater.

Your farz may vary.

[TDM827]

You live on the 1st story, 2nd story, got a balcony, access to an attic?

Your unique situation is going to determine if a repeater is going to do you any good.

[tcp2525]

1 minute ago, Socalgmrs said:

I’d bet you don’t need a repeater.  I’d bet you can’t get a system with an antenna up high enough to make a difference.   Why do you think you need a repeater?  

Bragging rights.

[Raybestos]

I have lived in apartments before.  They were always small enough that I could reach from one end of the apartment to the other without a repeater.  I could even reach from inside the apartment to the dumpster outside when my wife took the trash out. 

[SteveShannon]

On 4/22/2025 at 6:29 PM, SteveShannon said:

1. Yes

2. No

55 years ago I was voted class clown and sometimes I regress. 

I could understand wanting to set up a “base station” using a better antenna and higher powered radio in order to get more range. That’s much easier to do than a repeater and would give you the same range. 
What do you hope to achieve by having a repeater in your apartment? Are you planning to provide the repeater for others to use?  

[GrouserPad]

On 4/22/2025 at 8:25 PM, WSGI943 said:

I live in an apartment and have a Repeater. What are my options for installing a Repeater?

Don’t. 

[WRTC928]

On 4/22/2025 at 7:25 PM, WSGI943 said:

I live in an apartment and have a Repeater. What are my options for installing a Repeater?

It would take a lot more information to answer this question. What do you want to use it for? What are your options for installing an antenna? What kind of repeater is it? 

[WRNU354]

On 4/22/2025 at 7:58 PM, OffRoaderX said:

if you are on a high floor and/or if you are on a hill/above a valley, etc, then all you need is a mobile/car antenna on a cookie-sheet in the window.. I am able to get ~20 miles of farz this way with my repeater.

Your farz may vary.

 

[Lscott]

On 4/22/2025 at 8:57 PM, Socalgmrs said:

Why do you think you need a repeater?  

 

[WRYZ926]

Negative Nancy AKA Mr 200 Miles just can't resist can he.

[TDM827]

2 hours ago, WRNU354 said:

Very similar to my high tech antenna / cookie sheet set up I have in my 3rd story attic. Works great for simplex and repeater. Shows you a functional GMRS set up does not need to break the bank or be overly complicated when you are first starting out and figuring out your system.