+Richard Sikorski I’m glad it has helped.

Same here!

Glad it helped.

Thanks for watching and the channel support.

Happy the videos are helping.

Thanks.

Thanks.

davirgo77 You are welcome and thank you. CommsPrepper

Glad it helped

+Oscar Lechuga thanks

Glad it was helpful!

+Joe M Thank you and thank you for taking the time to comment.

Glad it helped.

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

Not at all.

@@Commsprepper My comment was a question, I meant to put a question mark at the end of it , my bad. So if a duplexer doesn't amplify, then what function does it serve ?

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how can I link the repeaters??

+Kevin Gorenberg Great. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. CommsPrepper

I would need to know what kind of handheld/mobile radios you have.

There are systems that run more than one repeater. The most common are called Trunking systems where the repeaters are clustered at one location and channels are assigned based on demand. Simulcast systems where repeaters are dispersed over a wide area but share the same frequency. The activation of these systems is controlled by clocking (GPS) to make sure each repeater activates at the synchronized time. Another system is more old school called voting, here one central transmitter is supported by dispersed receivers. Signals from the receivers are returned to the central transmitter and compared (voted on) for the best one and that's passed to the transmitter. As for wind, not worth the money. Go solar. Hank

Thanks for the reply. I can see one thing is for sure, we just need to find a REAL good radio man. This is becoming more and more apparent that radios are almost a profession with a skill set that you need to be completely committed to long term. Yes, I agree about solar. We're looking at setting up a 10kw array this year when we convert over the battery bank from a 60kwh deep cycle lead acid, to Iron Edison nickel iron batteries. We do have great sun light but also good winds coming off the ocean. I have a whisper 3000 now with an 84 foot tower and I'm thinking about upgrading that to a 50kw gen set on a 250 foot tower. I've been reading and trying to justify the worth of the upgrade, and it "SEEMS" that once you get above the 200 foot range or so, you're getting into real usable wind currents to produce real power, but what do I know really.

So if the Repeater Rx, so the frequency on the Two Way radio is set to transmit and Tx on Repeater , the two way radio is set to Receive ? This is how i program my radio.

Thank you.

Intent was band pass filters but I got the image off of the Internet and was working with what I have.

OK. I got it. Thanks for the reply. Ed/Central California

This does not apply to cellular phones. This is about two-way radios.

I appreciate it, I may just use this for my radio setup. Thank you sir.

Thanks for the comment.

Yes but a duplexer is needed to separate the transmit and receive frequencies.

Not without extra equipment, specifically a duplexer. A duplexer is needed to prevent overloading from the transmitter to the receiver.

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It would be possible but I don't know much about model/remote controlled aircraft. I know they use AM radios to control the air surfaces. Amateur radio operators do use Fast Scan TV in aircraft (www.hamtv.com/pdffiles/R-C.pdf). Encryption is not permitted on Amateur radio - ever. Perhaps you could do something with APRS (GPS) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_System) to pre-program a flight path and use Fast Scan TV to watch the flight. However, the Fast Scan TV could not be relayed via cellular towers and would be line-of-site so you would need the receive at 1000m to see out to a horizon of 100k (www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm). All of these ideas of course would require an Amateur radio license in your home country.

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Each of your radios (transmitters) need to be within the range of the repeater (receiver). If the repeater can hear the both of you and you both can hear the repeater then you will be able to communicate with each other (however - you will both require an Amateur radio license).

@@Commsprepper thank you, I'm new to this. I just got my gmrs license today. I'll see if anyone can hear me on the repeater.

@@Commsprepper just to clarify, my Dad needs a license too? I thought immediate family fell under my license. Or is that only those living in my house?

Sorry - since you did not specify a radio service in your original comment I incorrectly assumed you were referring to the Amateur radio service.

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CTCSS (PL) codes enable to transmitter on the repeater. Other folks can hear that traffic. Other folks can interfere with the transmission. However, some radios have a feature called "transmit inhibit on a busy channel" which can be enabled in the handheld and mobile radios. The feature detects non-matching codes and temporarily disables the push-to-talk until the non-matching code is no longer present.

You will need an Amateur radio license.

Obelawe Rhodes I don't understand the question.

ok lts say we have 2 mountain rangers and i want to run 2 repeaters what has to be the max distance in between them was hoping to link them to extend range using vhf using same freq

i will also ask this can i link 3 repeaters up to exnend 500km range is that possible

Obelawe Rhodes You cannot link them without great expense.

ok thats what i thought can you send email please to me and we talk about that out of here and let me know what i am going to need and to do thankyou obelawe@gmail.com

No because radio A's transmit (TX) will saturate it's own receiver (RX) with it's own power, creating a loop and blocking received signals from all other radios.

I'm not sure I understand your question and "playing around" with the repeater. The delay between the repeater receiving would be measured in milliseconds. Something you would not notice - it's real-time.

Thanks for the channel support

Hope it helped.

Sorry but I don't have those units.

one transmission at time or you will step on each other.

I don't understand the question.

Commsprepper can you link repeaters, like a chain, to reach even greater distances? More than one?

one transmission/person at a time.

@@Commsprepper so each person has to take turns? Is there a moderator who decides who should talk?

I don't understand the question. What are you trying to accomplish?