Grounding for Low-Level Repeater
Hi,
We're thinking about installing a repeater on the roof of a three-story building. I would like some opinions on how one should handle grounding ans bonding in this situation. This is a commercial
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Sepehr - N6IRN
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#212151
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
For my stuff here in Utah
I use 100.0 and 103.5 for repeaters
110.9, 131.8, 141.3, 203.5, and 77.0 for links
I’ve noticed sometimes 110.9 can be herd on the audio of some sensitive
receivers
All my
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KK7GKG
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#212150
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
The higher the frequency the faster it decodes, consider DCS if possible.
Regards,
*Terry Griffiths*
Emergency Communications Network Commissioning Specialist
Marshall Islands ECN Communications
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Tezza
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#212149
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
Well, that was the jist of the conversation. Repeaters on the same frequency. Adjacents are not an issue.
But the coordinating body here doesn't "assign" tones, it's left up to the trustee. The
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Jim Barbour
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#212148
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
Look at the list of repeaters I listed. If you have multiple repeaters on the same frequency within less than a 60 mile radius, your frequency coordination council is not doing their job. Our
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Tom Cole
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#212147
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Re: Update on Cracklies
Does it do it on a dummy load?
Andy
WJ9J
[email protected]> wrote:
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wj9jrg
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#212146
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Re: Think we bricked a quantar.
I found a trick to make the Epic V SCM work for analog operation - I
believe Scott Zimmerman shared the info I passed in a previous thread.
Never have tested it for P25.
I'll reach out directly to
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Jeremy Hansen
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#212145
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
Is your repeater going to encode (ie transmit) CTCSS? If so you may want to pick a lower tone so your users with amateur radio grade radios don't complain about hearing a hum. Ham transceivers and
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Joe
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#212144
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
You have multiple repeaters on the same freq and tone within 10 miles?
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Jim Barbour
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Re: Questions
Go DMR and have 2 talkgroups one on each time slot, then you can have one
repeater that can handle
two QSO at the same time.
[email protected]> wrote:
--
Chuck -- KP4DJT
AREDN Meshphone #
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kp4djt
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#212142
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
Correct.
123.0 is used by almost all PS dept's in my county. Has been for 50 years at least. It's not a problem.
Now, strong DMR on the input... Doesn't open squelch, but it can hold it open for a
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Jim Barbour
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#212141
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Re: Update on Cracklies
If you keep the Bird 43 up at the top right of the scale you may still see movement. The problem with the 43 is that you need at least 2 slugs to do proper testing, especially in reverse VSWR. A
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Joe
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
If your coordinator is doing his job, there won’t be another repeater close enough in frequency to cause a need for different tones. We run 146.67, 146.700, 146.76, and 146.82, all within a 10 mile
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Tom Cole
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#212139
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
123.0 is popular where I own repeaters.? If a tone decoder set to 123.0 opens with a 120 cycle tone, IMHO it should be thrown away and replaced with one that works correctly.
Kevin W3KKC
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Kevin Custer
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#212138
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
123 is close to 120 which is 2x 60 cycle hum....the higher the tone,the
faster the response time in the decoder (usually) but it's not that much...
Pick whatever you want...I use 100 (PL1Z) because I
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Chris Boone WB5ITT
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#212137
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
Seconded. That doesn't happen 'round these parts...;c)
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Jim Barbour
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#212136
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
118.8
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Jim Barbour
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Re: Update on Cracklies
I did also check. The wattmeter I have for that is a Bird 43. The meter needle is too highly damped to see any sudden changes (which I didn't anyway)
I wish I had remembered to bring a dummy load.
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Ken Arck AH6LE
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#212134
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Re: Update on Cracklies
Ken,
I would put a wattmeter in the antenna line and watch for a change when you hear the cracklies.? But this change may be very, very subtle so you need to watch very closely and keep the
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Joe
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#212133
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Re: CTCSS Tone Selection
In addition to previous suggestions, higher frequency tones decode faster. But are more noticeable in the audio depending on the radio/controller's filtering.
have fun,
Alan KM4BA
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Alan KM4BA
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#212132
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