Pmr446/cb cross band repeater
Pmr446/cb cross band repeater
So when is someone going to set one up ? If anyone wants to please post here and we will help you do so
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Anyone in the London area wnating to help set one up please get in touch with meClassic wrote:So when is someone going to set one up ? If anyone wants to please post here and we will help you do so
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What's the point? You'll need 2 radios to talk through it, one with a massive antenna and one with a short one. And the range will vary hugely between the receive and transmit. Depending on which way you do it, people will either be able to hear the repeater and not talk in most of the time, or will be able to talk in most of the time and not be able to hear any response from the repeater.
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Tell you what you stick to 0.5 watt argos handhelds talking to the next street and leave real radio to the people that knowradiosification wrote:What's the point? You'll need 2 radios to talk through it, one with a massive antenna and one with a short one. And the range will vary hugely between the receive and transmit. Depending on which way you do it, people will either be able to hear the repeater and not talk in most of the time, or will be able to talk in most of the time and not be able to hear any response from the repeater.
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Re: Pmr446/cb cross band repeater
Well actually no you could do it and in fact set up the cross band repeater with one radio using a Woxung quad band rig.
and of course to use it you only need a CB or 446 radio as send and receive is both on 27 and or 446 so a 27 cb can talk to a 446 radio and hold a conversation he did not say duplex he said cross band repeat so both Tx and RX is on the same freq and passed to another band.
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and of course to use it you only need a CB or 446 radio as send and receive is both on 27 and or 446 so a 27 cb can talk to a 446 radio and hold a conversation he did not say duplex he said cross band repeat so both Tx and RX is on the same freq and passed to another band.
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Charming...Classic wrote:Tell you what you stick to 0.5 watt argos handhelds talking to the next street and leave real radio to the people that know
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So instead of helping "someone" to set one up, why dont YOU! set one up. then you can advertise it on here with all the frequency data etc, and we can, if we can hear it talk through it.Classic wrote:So when is someone going to set one up ? If anyone wants to please post here and we will help you do so
Then If/When Ofcom decide to track it down it will be you who risks the prosecution.
Me I'll stick to my 0.5W handheld!
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That comment has made my nightClassic wrote:Tell you what you stick to 0.5 watt argos handhelds talking to the next street and leave real radio to the people that knowradiosification wrote:What's the point? You'll need 2 radios to talk through it, one with a massive antenna and one with a short one. And the range will vary hugely between the receive and transmit. Depending on which way you do it, people will either be able to hear the repeater and not talk in most of the time, or will be able to talk in most of the time and not be able to hear any response from the repeater.
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I don't think you'll get much further than the next street on a cross band Cb/446 repeater mate...Classic wrote:Tell you what you stick to 0.5 watt argos handhelds talking to the next street and leave real radio to the people that knowradiosification wrote:What's the point? You'll need 2 radios to talk through it, one with a massive antenna and one with a short one. And the range will vary hugely between the receive and transmit. Depending on which way you do it, people will either be able to hear the repeater and not talk in most of the time, or will be able to talk in most of the time and not be able to hear any response from the repeater.
I mean, unless the users are prepared to use a 6 foot long antenna
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Re: Pmr446/cb cross band repeater
I think people are missing the capabilities somewhat. Decent C.B. handhelds are massive, take 10,000 expensive batteries (lasting about an hour) and the antennas are either not practical or VERY obvious. Whilst there probably isn't much call for cross band DX, a talkthrough WOULD provide remote access to C.B. using a smaller radio. Given the choice, I'd rather carry a 446 rig on my belt than half a ton of HF brickwork and an antenna that looks like it escaped from an anne summers outlet.
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NiCdeth wrote:I think people are missing the capabilities somewhat. Decent C.B. handhelds are massive, take 10,000 expensive batteries (lasting about an hour) and the antennas are either not practical or VERY obvious. Whilst there probably isn't much call for cross band DX, a talkthrough WOULD provide remote access to C.B. using a smaller radio. Given the choice, I'd rather carry a 446 rig on my belt than half a ton of HF brickwork and an antenna that looks like it escaped from an anne summers outlet.
I always wondred what they sold in Ann Summers im off down there on Saturday,....must go tell the wife.......shes always in there and gets through loads of batteries now i know why!!!!
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Re: Pmr446/cb cross band repeater
well saying about the argos radios ive tested them and they actually worked ok for me got well over 2 miles as with all radio no matter what depends on terrain
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They tend to not be rechargable mate.M3ZZN wrote:well saying about the argos radios ive tested them and they actually worked ok for me got well over 2 miles as with all radio no matter what depends on terrain
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