Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D) wrote: > Kinda off track for a Ham repeater group, but been there done that. > Mine was due to loss of 800 SMR channels when they were easy to come by, > then later impossible to get due to freezes. > > Exclusivity. You need at least one repeater that has exclusive use in a > service area because LTR uses centralized control and the HOME repeater > needs to be exclusive.
Not quite true. LTR does not use a control channel, and does not transmit continuously, however, if you do not have exclusivity on a channel-ANY channel-you need a monitor rx on the output cross-connected so that it prevents that channel from keying if it hears other traffic. Having the second repeater also exclusive is a > big plus. Next narrowband vs wideband. Depending on location you may > be narrow band - that seems to work OK. 512 MHz and down to 136 or whatever will all be narrowband by 2013 anyway, except I haven't seen provisions for it for part 95 (GMRS) yet, so it will likely be exempt. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
