It appears that there are several UHF business band repeaters operating in my area. Several of them are positioned on hill tops which provides great coverage of my area. Upon some further review it appears that a few of these repeaters are operating in a "community" mode where the same repeater pair is being used by multiple businesses and only separated by different CTCSS/DCS tones. It looks like each of the businesses operating on the repeater pair has their own license for the frequency and location.
Is this a fairly popular way of operating a business repeater? Do businesses usually pay rent or a maintenance few to operate on a system like this? I am curious to hear if others have had any experiences with this.
Is this a fairly popular way of operating a business repeater? Do businesses usually pay rent or a maintenance few to operate on a system like this? I am curious to hear if others have had any experiences with this.