Ronny,
It does not seem like a good idea to me to pop up on an untested
channel(s) during an emergency. It would make sense to me to find a
usable pair before the s**t hits the fan. Things are stressful enough in
an emergency without trying to move both the repeater and then get all
users to move without a large hole in connectivity. There is a good
reason amateur emergency response groups practice _before_ they are
really needed.
Paul,
One problem with the cross band approach is users with 440 HTs will need
to wait for the two meter repeater drop delay to run out before they
transmit. This also can be stressful in an emergency. You can get around
this if you have the two meter repeater talkback encode PL only when the
receiver squelch is open and then make the crossband box decode on two
meters.
Ed Yoho
WA6RQD
Ronny Julian wrote:
> Pick a clear pair and go for it. The FCC is the only authority than has
> a word to say in the end. If you do interfere with someone just work it
> out like the ladies and gentlemen we are supposed to be.
>
> Paul Yonge wrote:
>
>
>>I've not been too successful in convincing the various Upstate New
>>York Amateur Radio Associations that simplex repeaters are the answer
>>for providing portable repeaters in critical incident response
>>situations. They are relying on the fixed repeaters to provide
>>adequate coverage but there are areas where it would be advantageous
>>to bring the repeater to the incident instead of trying to reach
>>fixed repeaters with hand-held units from some isolated locations.
>>There are, of course, coordination problems with portable duplex
>>repeaters and there is no apparent interest in agreeing on a wide-
>>split pair of odd frequencies to avoid the conventional-frequency pairs.
>>
>>What experience has there been with the use of portable cross-band
>>repeaters to enable hand-held units using a 440 MHz simplex channel
>>to reach the portable repeater that will relay the message through to
>>a two-meter fixed repeater?
>>
>>Paul Yonge, W2ARK
>>MIDLAKES REPEATER
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
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