And most important of all, USE CTCSS on the 10-Meter Repeater - especially the Receiver!
Remember, there are only four - 10-Meter repeater channels to share - everywhere. They're unusable as it is, when the band opens up - a Real Mess!!! LJ -----Original Message----- >From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 29, 2006 3:24 PM >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 10 meter split site rpt, eqpt recommendations? > >* Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Dec 29 09:37 -0600]: >> Gentlemen >> With the recent licensing structure changes, 10m meters is going to be >> open to tech-minus ops like myself. Im kicking around ideas of a split >> site 10m FM rpt, with a 2 meter repeater as link / dual band core. > >As I understand it, the 10m FM portion will still be limited to >General, Advanced and Extra licensees. Technicians will have 28.000 to >28.500 (as Novices and Tech Plus/HF received on December 15) as a result >of the pending R&O. > >> Any suggestions of what kind of gear would be suitable for 10m repeater >> use? Any tips of do's and dont's for 10m? > >I helped a club resurrect a 10m repeater a decade ago. It was a pair >of MASTR Pro machines with a UHF TX strip paired with the 10m receiver >and a UHF receiver paired with the 10m transmitter. The site seperation >was about 8 miles. The UHF link used yagis and PL and the 10m was >carrier squelch as I recall with quarter wave whips. Local range >wasn't good, but we worked some interesting DX that summer. To boost >the fun factor we linked it into the UHF repeater (we had an RLC4 which >made it easy to do). > >A pair of MASTR II mobiles, one low band and the other UHF, may work >well (swap the 10m RX into the UHF and vice versa), but I suspect good >MASTR II radios may be getting tough to find. I'd suggest UHF for the >auxillary link as 2m is still plenty crowded and your link may suffer >from interference. > >Using a 10m repeater is certainly a different and fun way to work DX. > >Have fun! > >73, de Nate >> > >-- > Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft > Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. > http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of > My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" > http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org
