Hi Jim applies to all repeaters both commercial and ham Over here commercial rptrs are often called community repeaters were several users use the same freq base stn, but have different ctcss access tones. Say user 1 uses 77.0Hz tone, user 2 uses 110.9. If user one transmits then he accesses the base stn using his 77.0 tone but even though user 2 may have his set on he is locked out because his tone is 110.9. The different tones go via the tone access panel. Years ago when I used to service these the gear was mounted in a 5foot high 19 inch rack It comprised of the tone panel, main tx/rx and standby tx/rx. If the main failed then the standby came on line and to tell everyone the main had failed it transmitted a beep tone. Most of the ant,s were what we called SA460,s which were the pole with the 4 elements mounted around it. Another point of interest ham repeaters in the UK can only use vertical ants, no beams or yagi,s.
73 Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Project advice > steve wrote: > > Hi > > > > a bit of info for you. In the UK no repeaters are allowed to run > > in just talkthrough mode, ie, anyone can access and use them. > > fwiw-we were talking commercial and GMRS, not ham...not sure what the > equiv. of GMRS is in the UK... > > -- > Jim Barbour > WD8CHL > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2/280 - Release Date: 13/03/06 > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
