I was talking with our coordinator about this and we have several pairs that are not being used for the sole purpose of having them for special event repeaters state wide for Wyoming. Crossband is one way we go but the special event repeater pair would be nice to have for better coverage as not everyone carries a dual-band radio for such an event. Most hams use 2M around here and the events for the comm van are coordinated with other ARES/RACES groups to assure that we are not going to have the same problem.
Thanks Peter Summerhawk-N0WRE -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Pugh Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Good source for single channel Motorola radios for portable repeater? > Morning Crew, > > I need some help locating some of the Motorola single channel > radios with the 16 pin connector on the back for use in a portable repeater > for our comm van to be used as a special events repeater. Been hunting EBay > with little to no success, does anyone have just two that they would like t= > o > get rid of? I need them in the 146-173 band split if possible. > > Let me know by email on this. Might I make a suggestion? Several years ago, I was approached by an ARES group with a comm van wanting to do the same thing. They had a pneumatic mast in theirs (a former tv remote truck). I suggested that they use multi channel radios, and program them for several unused pairs, and that they not use duplexers. By mounting one antenna on the mast, the other on the van roof, they could get enough vertical separation on UHF frequencies (which I also suggested they use) to field a repeater quite nicely. If they rolled up on a scene and found a repeater already on the frequency that their repeater was on, this setup gave them the ability to move to other pairs until they found a quite pair to use, just match the channel numbers on each radio to move to the next pair. They agreed that this was a good idea, however, they wanted to stay on VHF and wanted something to talk 20-30 miles, so they nixed my idea. Ultimately, their ideas never flew, and they never took my suggestion, so they are now pretty much disbanded. FWIW I guess. 73 Mike KA4MKG
