Ok since we made it back to the original question. Here are my thoughts on it. 1st. Ham rigs are a bad choice for any type of repeater, I would look hard for used commercial rigs, especially if you want to transmit from the recieve site. You can find some really cheap commercial gear and some people on this list and other lists I am on have been known to donate to the right cause. 2nd I understand the budget problem and only working with what you have. So here is an idea I have used before since you mentioned that there are dual band HT's out there. I have set up 2 dual band HT's on buildings several hundred feet apart. 1 cross band from 2 meters to a specific 440 freq and the other cross band from that 440 freq to your 2m freq. Depending on power and spacing you may even get away with 600 khz offset. I realize you probably don't have buildings at your site but hills will work also. Even the same hill if you can get them spaced far enough apart. Ours ran on a gell cell charged by solar.
Hope it helps Rob. KS4EC Sent by Good Messaging (www.good.com) -----Original Message----- From: L. Upton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 02:33 AM Eastern Standard Time To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Portable Temporary Repeater 1) yes, to everyone that suggested, UHF would be better and simpler in this situation! Back to the original post! I DO NOT have any spare UHF units laying around, and no budget to purchase any! The goal was to try and come up with a solution with the parts that I have on hand! 2) 900 mhz - Not even reality here! I doubt we could acquire HT's or portables to match the repeater! Most of, if not all of our volunteers have dual band units! VHF/UHF 3) I DO NOT have a GE MVP and no access to anyone that does! Also again, no budget to purchase one, even if one were to make itself available! If anyone has one of these laying around, that they would like to donate to the cause, I sure would be willing to pay the shipping! Thanks! 4) For the individual that posted this, "Don't bother with those radios. Very poor receive isolation on the hand held (it's a made-for-ham handhled, it WILL be bad!), dirty transmitter (again, made-for-ham, it WILL be bad!)" Yea, so you have something against HAM radio! I would think that is what most of us on this list do! And as for the rest of your post!!! I am not a total idiot, or ignorant of Amateur equipment! So with that said, take your talking down and know it all attitude and chime in on someone elses thread! Do you have some UHF equipment you care to donate? 5) Thank you to Robert P. for bringing the attention back to the original question, instead of the wanna be regulators hijacking my thread! 6) Thank you to the few that offered some viable solutions with the equipment that I have on hand! They were few, but the learning process that I was looking for! Not someone trying to tell me how to spend money on equipment I do not have! 7) I DO NOT live in California - and do not care what regs they have there, not my back yard, not what I am looking for! 8) To the list owner! I cannot/will not apologize for others! But my posted question had nothing to do with regs/rules etc! It was looking for a solution to a problem with equipment on hand! Please punish those that got off topic, and not me for looking for a solution and education! I could only conclude, that you yourself did not go back and read the original post in the topic! But on the other hand, it is good to see that someone is on top of the forum rules and willing to do something about it! 9) IF it comes down to it, we could use the same set-up we had last year! Although, I believe a viable solution may be in the works, thanks to W5DK! Thank you to all that attempted to help! BTW - If anyone has one of those MVP's just laying around, I would be glad to make a good and useful home for it! 73 Louis - K1STX Hill Country REACT Chaparral ARC / Guadalupe County ARES Hill Country State Natural Area Partners OOIDA Since 1974, the award-winning Alpert JFCS has helped families of all faiths throughout most of Palm Beach County, FL, via counseling, seniors services, residences for the disabled, mentoring children, support groups and a lot more. SOLUTIONS FOR LIVING www.JFCSonline.com Please take note of our new website and E-Mail Addresses. Please update your contacts ASAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain legally privileged and confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and please delete it from your computer.
