Yes the split is 5, my fingers typed 6. The repeater frequency is 444.000 with a standard 5 MHz offset to 449.000. The tone will be 114.8. So, if you are ever driving down Hwy 30 between Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown, you are welcome to use it; it is an open repeater.
At 12:42 PM 10/27/2009, you wrote: >Depends on the band... For UHF 440 MHz, the split is usually 5 MHz (same as >LMR in the UHF band). For VHF 144 MHz, the split in the US is 600 KHz (0.600 >MHz). > >Typical voice channel bandwidth is under 20 KHz for wideband and less than >12.5 KHz for narrowband operation... A far cry from the 5 and 10 MHz >channels of 802.11x operation :) > >On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Josh: > > > > Amateur operators, besides talking world wide on HF frequencies, have > > primary allocations in various slots in the spectrum. Besides 440 > > (UHF) there is 144 MHz (2 meter VHF), and 220 MHz (VHF). 2 meter and > > 70 cm repeaters are common in the ham world. What happens is an > > operator is able to talk to the repeater on the input frequency, and > > the equipment transmits on another frequency. So, low powered hand > > held devices (or mobile devices) can talk a great distance with low > > power, THROUGH the repeater instead of station-to-station, which > > would be simplex. The repeater equipment we are using has a built-in > > cavity so the same coax and antenna can be used for transmit and > > receive at the same time. There is a 6MHz separation between > > transmit and receive frequencies. > > > > Mike > > > > At 12:29 PM 10/27/2009, you wrote: > > >Can you please explain "2 meter ham gear"? > > > > > >Josh Luthman > > >Office: 937-552-2340 > > >Direct: 937-552-2343 > > >1100 Wayne St > > >Suite 1337 > > >Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > >"When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > > >improbable, must be the truth." > > >--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > > > > > > >On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > In my experiences with 2 meter ham gear that is around Ethernet there > > is a > > > > lot of interference from the Ethernet to the ham guys stuff. I've never > > > > seen > > > > the ham guys cause interference though to any wifi gear. > > > > > > > > Ham guys are a whole different breed of folk and depending on how these > > > > ones > > > > your talking to are they may be an invaluable asset to you or they may > > be > > > > your worst nightmare. The ones around my area are the later and anyone > > that > > > > gets involved with them end up regretting it later down the road. > > > > > > > > Just my 2 cents, > > > > > > > > Kurt Fankhauser > > > > WAVELINC > > > > P.O. Box 126 > > > > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > > > > 419-562-6405 > > > > www.wavelinc.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On > > > > Behalf Of Mike > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:17 AM > > > > To: WISPA General List > > > > Subject: [WISPA] Amateur repeater on a wisp tower -- gotchas? > > > > > > > > Wispers: > > > > > > > > I have a 180' tower sitting high on a hill above the county seat. It > > > > has a mix of 5.8 and 2.4 radios and sectors/dishes. We want to > > > > install an amateur repeater on the tower, initially at 70 cm (440MHz > > > > UHF), and eventually a 2 m (144MHz VHF) radio. The dual band antenna > > > > feed point will be at 120'. It is 17' long. There is no microwave > > > > equipment below 160'. > > > > > > > > I don't think there will be any issues with interference either way, > > > > but thought I'd tap into the wealth of knowledge here to see if any > > > > of you has any experience doing anything like this on your towers. > > > > > > > > Is there any mixing at uhf (or VHF) going on in the microwave radio > > > > cards? I can't find specs that even speak of intermediate > > > > frequencies. Gotchas? Hints? Comments? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Mike G > > > > > > > > At 06:38 PM 10/26/2009, you wrote: > > > > >My 24 hours is expiring and I don't want to pull this unit down. > > > > >Mikrotik's site wants me to authorize my credit card, a process I've > > > > >begun but my credit card company won't post the transaction for a few > > > > >days. 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