Alternative Communications??

[Torvy]

Ours is small enough and flat enough, CB is just fine. Put a base in the house and another in the shop. Cars, tractors and UTV get one. Also have a couple of CB walkies. Why the big objection to CB? If you are worried about privacy, make up a code of your own.

 

[hayden]

Ours is small enough and flat enough, CB is just fine. Put a base in the house and another in the shop. Cars, tractors and UTV get one. Also have a couple of CB walkies. Why the big objection to CB? If you are worried about privacy, make up a code of your own.

I would love it if that were possible here. In many cases it works, but if the two stations are on the opposite sides of a hill, it just doesn't work. The only way I've been able to make it work is to always have one station on top of a hill. That's what got me to the idea of a repeater.

 

[hayden]

it appears they have gone up in price, what else is new

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here is a video i made of it doing dual band, with remote turn on/off

This is a very interesting approach, but I'm not certain it will do what I want. With a repeater setup, I'd like to have multiple handsets that people can use. One in the house, maybe a fixed one in the tractor and side by side, and a handheld or two. And everyone should be able to talk.

As I understand the cross band repeater, it allows one set operating on VHF to talk to another set operating on UHF. That's great for two sets, but what if you want more? In that case I think it needs to work more like a traditional repeater where all stations xmit on one frequency and receive on another. Then the repeater receives on the handsets xmit frequency, and repeats on the handset's receive frequency. Anyone can talk to anyone. For that to work with the cross band repeater, I think each handset would need to be able to transmit on VHF and receive on UHF (or the opposite). Can typical handsets do that?

 

[Hay Dude]

Why do the Chinese sell these things? Because they can. China is not a good neighbor in the world, and that covers the entire spectrum of products they make. China is always looking for a shortcut, and we gullible and "cheap" consumers are always looking for a bargain no matter the actual and true costs.

There is nothing that China does that is good for America. Nothing. Everything they do is good for China.

Sir, may I say that you possess the wisdom of Solomon and, may I suggest a run at political office?

 

[LittleBill21]

This is a very interesting approach, but I'm not certain it will do what I want. With a repeater setup, I'd like to have multiple handsets that people can use. One in the house, maybe a fixed one in the tractor and side by side, and a handheld or two. And everyone should be able to talk.

As I understand the cross band repeater, it allows one set operating on VHF to talk to another set operating on UHF. That's great for two sets, but what if you want more? In that case I think it needs to work more like a traditional repeater where all stations xmit on one frequency and receive on another. Then the repeater receives on the handsets xmit frequency, and repeats on the handset's receive frequency. Anyone can talk to anyone. For that to work with the cross band repeater, I think each handset would need to be able to transmit on VHF and receive on UHF (or the opposite). Can typical handsets do that?

dual watch radios and repeater capability is all you need. mind you there is only 1 person talking at a time, but this is how it normally works if you need more then 1 repeater setup, then you keep adding, but most normal radios can only listen on 2 channels at a time, some only 1


all the radio's "talk" on vhf 123. all the radios listen on uhf 321....etc, works with 1 to a million handsets

my video is not aimed at showing the repeater functionality , it was to show how to control the repeater via dtmf, the radio on the far right is not repeater capable, so the radio's were programmed slightly different, you need to use dual watch for crossband repeat to work properly with the baofengs.

let me be clear, before i get chewed out by the ham guys, ( this solution is technically not compliant as it does not transmit identification every so many minutes), that said for the limited amount of time I use this, I am not concerned. there are 4 repeaters in my area. they are silent 99.9% of the time. the bands are dead here.

 

[sea2summit]

OK, so I'm not a HAM, and only know enough to be dangerous. Probably really dangerous.

I have never heard of this Repeater Book, but found it and there is a repeater in my town. Now what? Do I just get a radio tuned to that frequency and start using it? Now I say that like I know how to get such a radio, but I don't. But I could probably figure it out.

My understanding is that with a repeater, the radios need to be full duplex. Is the primary frequency the radios xmit, and does the offset tell you what the receive frequency is?

I also see the particular repeater is listed as off-line. Any sense whether that's a temporary thing, or how I would find out?

Thanks in advance.

I'm not sure many HAMs use repeater books anymore, just the old guys (insert loving tone). Many apps available that will use your location to identify the nearest repeaters and nodes with varying levels of access information depending on the repeater.

 

[MoKelly]

Sir, may I say that you possess the wisdom of Solomon and, may I suggest a run at political office?

Yes - he is a solid Missouri boy!

MoKelly

 

[k0ua]

( this solution is technically not compliant as it does not transmit identification every so many minutes), that said for the limited amount of time I use this, I am not concerned. there are 4 repeaters in my area. they are silent 99.9% of the time. the bands are dead here.

What ident would you transmit if you could? Since your solution is illegal in every way shape form and fashion and you have no license of any kind nor any callsign?

4 repeaters in your area? Are those ham repeaters? And you are licensed to use them right?. What did you say your callsign was? I didn't think so.

 

[k0ua]

Yes - he is a solid Missouri boy!

MoKelly

Yeah, but the keyword is OLD Missouri boy. I am an old dog laying on the porch. My running days are over ..

 

[MoKelly]

Yeah, but the keyword is OLD Missouri boy. I am an old dog laying on the porch. My running days are over ..

I resemble that remark.

As they say “youth is wasted on the young”.

MoKelly