> Scott Zimmerman <n3...@...> wrote: > Who makes a cheap single-user repeater controller/telephone > interconnect? I did some searching and found like the RM-20 and the > CS800, but they seem to be WAYYY more expensive than needed. Plus I > couldn't hardly find a 'buy it here for $xxx' price.
Get an old ham repeater controller... If you buy some of the surplus commercial stuff, IE Motorola Marti and CSI units, you'll need 3 pots of strong black coffee to probably figure out an interface that works well. Then their operation is clumsy. Sometimes you can see used Hamtronics AP-1 Boards on Ebay, one of them with the matching DTMF Decoder works pretty well for an auto patch. > Suggestions? Marry into money... Just a toss up of Money versus how much time you want to throw at the hardware... and then the programming. Used ham repeater controllers pop up on Ebay fairly often, you can try to catch one of the older one during a lull in the shark attack bidding. s.
