magic_lantern
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Asking for a friend,
He is the IT/ technical guy for a scenic railroad that also links to mainline railroads.
They currently use the railroad freqs for rail operations but have a few dead spots along the line, about 20 miles or so.
Currently they cant talk point to point from one station to the other and were inquiring about a repeater.
vhf repeater would most likely work and when weather is better I will assist with coverage checks using a boom truck to elevate the antenna and use a base radio and see if I can talk both ways, this will tell me if a repeater will do the job. dont want satalite receivers or any recurring monthly costs
I dont know anything about the rules for the federal railroad freqs and was wonder if there are any channel pairs that are authorized for repeater use or can they utilize a GMRS repeater if licensed.
thanks
He is the IT/ technical guy for a scenic railroad that also links to mainline railroads.
They currently use the railroad freqs for rail operations but have a few dead spots along the line, about 20 miles or so.
Currently they cant talk point to point from one station to the other and were inquiring about a repeater.
vhf repeater would most likely work and when weather is better I will assist with coverage checks using a boom truck to elevate the antenna and use a base radio and see if I can talk both ways, this will tell me if a repeater will do the job. dont want satalite receivers or any recurring monthly costs
I dont know anything about the rules for the federal railroad freqs and was wonder if there are any channel pairs that are authorized for repeater use or can they utilize a GMRS repeater if licensed.
thanks