Re: Linking Several Repeater Sites Not one to go with the rest of the crowd... I'm more of a fan of using a mountain top chain linking method.
Hard to explain the difference versus hub linking but the chain system operation works much "butter 4 me". You might try the Cat Auto or Link Site to see if they describe chain linking... Otherwise we can review it in the next day or two. C ya' s. > Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Our repeater group has four hilltop 440 MHz repeater sites which are > currently linked via 430 MHz full duplex links through a central hub > site on the ground (low level site - not a hilltop). This has worked > great, but it looks like we are losing our hub location and this has > led to some discussion within the group. > > Some of us want to take the hardware at the hub (controller, antennas, > link radios, filters, etc.) and relocate the hub to a new location. > Depending on how far we move, this might entail re-aiming link yagis > on the hilltops but, more than likely, not. > > Another group wants to do away with the hub altogether and perform > linking from site to site to site to site. The thought being that it > would free up the RLC3 controller that we use at the hub for other > uses, we wouldn't have to worry about maintaining the hub site, and > would not even have to find a new site. Downside is moving all the > link hardware to the hilltops. > > Since there are a lot of "old hands" out here, I thought I'd ask for > opinions. What are the pros and cons of linking multiple sites via a > hub vs. linking point-to-point? What's the "best" method and why? > > Thanks, in advance, for your help and opinions. > -- > Rich >
