Malicious-Intent
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- May 31, 2008
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Hello,
My name is Casey, and I am new to this forum, but I wanted to ask a question concerning GMRS repeaters. I am an avid hunter and outdoorsman, as is the rest of my family. For the past two years we have been looking for a solution to our problem with our simplex radios not being able to reach very far at all. We are always finding ourselves having someone run up to the top of the mountain to relay messages over the mountain. We are going to be having some new younger hunters joining our group (my younger cousins) and we would like to have a better comm system in the event that one of them gets lost. I have been doing quite a bit of research on this subject, and it seems that the best choice for us is to set up a full duplex repeater station. I am wondering what info specifically we are going to need. I understand we need 2 car radios (one set up in repeater mode), a duplexer to separate the radio signals, a antenna that is 10-20ft off the ground, as well as a power source for the entire setup. We will be hunting on public land so we cannot setup a permanent station. I would like to have it in my car and not connected to the car battery. I would like to know if anyone has any ideas for an alternate but strong enough rechargable battery power source that would be able to run the repeater 24hours continuous (under strenuous working conditions) at least. Also any good ideas of how this would work, also if you would not mind I would like to hear your setups and how they work for you. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanx.
Malicious
My name is Casey, and I am new to this forum, but I wanted to ask a question concerning GMRS repeaters. I am an avid hunter and outdoorsman, as is the rest of my family. For the past two years we have been looking for a solution to our problem with our simplex radios not being able to reach very far at all. We are always finding ourselves having someone run up to the top of the mountain to relay messages over the mountain. We are going to be having some new younger hunters joining our group (my younger cousins) and we would like to have a better comm system in the event that one of them gets lost. I have been doing quite a bit of research on this subject, and it seems that the best choice for us is to set up a full duplex repeater station. I am wondering what info specifically we are going to need. I understand we need 2 car radios (one set up in repeater mode), a duplexer to separate the radio signals, a antenna that is 10-20ft off the ground, as well as a power source for the entire setup. We will be hunting on public land so we cannot setup a permanent station. I would like to have it in my car and not connected to the car battery. I would like to know if anyone has any ideas for an alternate but strong enough rechargable battery power source that would be able to run the repeater 24hours continuous (under strenuous working conditions) at least. Also any good ideas of how this would work, also if you would not mind I would like to hear your setups and how they work for you. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanx.
Malicious