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A device that receives a signal and re transmits it either in the same band or by re-modulating it in a different band.

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I am trying to connect to a repeater with Allstar but this is what I get: There is nothing underneath the label. I read a PDF that says you needed to use a browser that supports Java, so I went with ...
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I have a Baofeng 5RM. There are many repeaters in my area, both 2M and 70cm. I can reach many 70cm repeaters up to 10-12 miles, but can only reach 1 very close 2M repeater. I've tried with the ...
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Is it possible for a repeater to receive waves in one frequency and re-transmit them in another? For example: Let's say I have a hand-radio that can only output frequencies in the 2-meter band. Can a ...
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I am thinking about building a portable low power 70cm repeater for field and emergency operations. For example it could be placed up high on a mountain to cover the valley. Is there an appropriate ...
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I have made some repeaters with GM300 radios, Using a cable TX-RX to join both radios by the 16 pin. Done it some years ago. But can't remember how I did to make the repeater stand up for a second ...
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So here's the theory, I build a personal repeater to access a nearby repeater. In turn it sends a signal to my desired repeater (within range of my repeater) I then build a second repeater to receive ...
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I have two baofeng uv-82 and I connected both to the same repeater frequency, and once I press the ptt button I can hear the squelch sound on both radios. However, once I talk to one radio, I don't ...
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I'm a newbie with radios and frequencies, but I was doing some tests to listen and transmit on one repeater near me (Cambridge MA) and it worked very well (as far as I understand). The problem ...
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I have mostly only used non-crowded 2 meter repeaters, but recently I tuned my radio to the downlink frequency: 437.8 mhz while the ISS was passing overhead - just to listen. What I heard was people ...
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Relatively inexperienced ham, starting to call into local nets. With two of the local repeaters the signal drops at regular intervals, approx every 15 seconds. I’ll have a strong signal and then ...
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British repeaters seem to have a channel associated with them, something like RV53 in this repeater: https://ukrepeater.net/my_repeater.php?id=2817 What is that? Are frequencies channelized in the UK? ...
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I am trying to set up my minimal ham station at my new QTH in central FL. I am interested in 2M & 440 FM repeaters at the moment. I have used both chirp and the RT systems software to program ...
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I found a repeater than in a listing it says it accepts both, the 1750Hz tone burst, and a CTCSS code. Is this possible or is the listing wrong?
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Is that the frequency you transmit on to use the repeater, or the frequency the repeater transmits on? I've seen it used both ways.
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I have recently purchased an amplifier for my repeater. This was actually my first amplifier purchase ever and should probably have asked more questions prior to buying it. The repeater is a ...
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