Congratulations on taking a giant first step! However, some precautions are in order: If this station is co-located with a Public Safety agency, you should equip your station with the necessary bandpass cavities, isolators, and filters to ensure that nothing in your transmitted signal will interfere with your host's radios, and further, that none of their radios will interfere with your station. You didn't specify what equipment you are using, but is your repeater of commercial quality or is it just a couple of Amateur mobile radios hooked to a duplexer?
Before I and others jump on our respective soapboxes, please advise what equipment you intend to use- by brand name and model number- so that we can understand what you have and how you intend to install it. For starters, how did you choose the antenna? How far away from other antennas will it be? Are any other stations at this location operating at VHF? Also, you mentioned duplexers as plural- do you have more than one? More details, please! 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of n9hamguy Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] My FIRST repeater! Well, after doing some reading on the website, I realized that there is more involved than just putting an antenna up and plugging in a repeater. I am installing this system at the counties Law Enforcement Center. It will for ARES purposes with the county's Emergency Management Agency. The first question I have is how many connectors do need for the installation. I have chosen the Antenna system (two folded dipoles)and the duplexers (4 cavity). Thanks
