I 2nd that comment re voting portables. We do it all the time at work and it works a treat and means staff can still use their portables when away from repeater coverage.
Regarding costings, these are a few things to consider: 1. Duty cycle - is it just for rent a cops to order lunch or do you need it to tx all the time? 2. Commercial grade antennae. 3. Diplexing / multicoupling - 1 antenna or 2? 4. End user expectations and ACTUAL requirements. Good luck! Greg On Fri May 14th, 2010 6:28 AM PDT Gareth Bennett wrote: >Just as a suggestion, >You may wish to purchase Voting portables, then you can programme 2 channel >voting group, channel #1 being the repeater and channel #2 being simplex on >repeater input frequency if regs allow. >It's surprising how well this works > >Gareth Bennett > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stanley Stanukinos > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:53 AM > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] UHF System Budget Example > > > > > You are going to need to look hard for the equipment as it will probably > need to be purchased new due to the narrow banding rules. They will either > need a repeater so that all portables can hear each other when they are > inside buildings or they can try simplex between the base station and > portables. The repeater will probably only need to be 5 watts to cover the > area. > > > > Stan > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rahwayflynn > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 6:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] UHF System Budget Example > > > > > > I'm working with a relatively new non-profit that needs analog-only coverage > over their 26 acre campus. Site is pancake flat, no hills. > > Anyone have a finance spreadsheet with the costs associated with a > single-site UHF system build out? Even though much of the equipment will be > used, the board likely will want to see the what "new" would cost. > > Side note: they have an existing 60 foot tall building to house the > repeater, so the "tower" itself is covered. > > > >
