Delivers1234
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Anyone know about this?
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Midland repeater
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nd5y
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Midland the manufacturer or Midland, TX or Midland, MI?
mmckenna
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GMRS Waterproof Repeater - MXR10
Take your two-way radio communication to the next level with the Midland MXR10 Repeater. This is the perfect solution for large farms & sprawling properties.
midlandusa.com
Looks like it's along the lines of the Retrivis repeater. Low power, cheap flat pack duplexer.
They’ve discussed this on another forum. It appears that the Midland is the Retivis relabeled.GMRS Waterproof Repeater - MXR10
Take your two-way radio communication to the next level with the Midland MXR10 Repeater. This is the perfect solution for large farms & sprawling properties.
Looks like it's along the lines of the Retrivis repeater. Low power, cheap flat pack duplexer.
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Midland had relabeled several manufacturers repeaters over the last decade or so and offered them in various services (LMR, GMRS, etc). Doesn't surprise me that they are trying to cash in on GMRS.
techman210
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Look at their “Base Tech” commercial repeaters that they had over 10 years ago. They were made by “Oki” an old Japanese manufacturer of cellphones back in the ‘80s. They had many customers including the California Highway Patrol.
Unfortunately the Oki factory was taken out by the tsunami in 2011.
bill4long
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Retevis. It's got DB9 pin out for external interfacing. It's perfect if you want to get a backyard repeater up and linked to one of the GMRS networks taking over GMRS. Retevis is pushing this theme. I might buy one myself just for funzies.
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Retevis RT97S Full Duplex Portable GMRS Repeater | Plug and Play
Retevis RT97S GMRS Repeater with 8 channels, LCD Screen, support Raspberry Pi, and solar power charge, this compact gmrs repeater is a professional GMRS base station repeater that is easy to carry and support multiple power options; wide signal coverage and strong, ideal for beginners to boost...
www.retevis.com
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Delivers1234
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Are they the same specs but with a midland label?Retevis. It's got DB9 pin out for external interfacing. It's perfect if you want to get a backyard repeater up and linked to one of the GMRS networks taking over GMRS. Retevis is pushing this theme. I might buy one myself just for funzies.
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Retevis RT97S Full Duplex Portable GMRS Repeater | Plug and Play
Retevis RT97S GMRS Repeater with 8 channels, LCD Screen, support Raspberry Pi, and solar power charge, this compact gmrs repeater is a professional GMRS base station repeater that is easy to carry and support multiple power options; wide signal coverage and strong, ideal for beginners to boost...
ecps92
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and Long Sold out , before the discussion began
bill4long
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It's the same unit. Midland charges more.
bill4long
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The Midland labeled unit is sold out, but the Retevis (who actually makes the units) isn't. Easy to get. And cheaper.
Actually all the emails and such have said it doesn't officially go on sale until the 18th of this month. I suspect they preload reviews from "testers" out there. I hope to order one to try and see if its different than myRT97
Delivers1234
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It looks like you can repeat all the gmrs channels at the same time. Is this correct?
Didn't look at any specs, but I’m going with a no.
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A little searching would have revealed the manual. You select one channel.
No you pick one of 16 channels. The manual is on Midlands site. The RT97 and Midland are different units.
mmckenna
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It has a channel selector, so you can program in up to 16 channels. Looks like it ships with all 8 GMRS pairs loaded in as wide deviation, and then all 8 loaded in as narrow deviation. You'd select which channel you want to use.
The small mobile duplexers are wide enough that they wouldn't necessarily need tuning over the entire GMRS band to work (but would probably benefit from tuning to the exact pair you plan on using).
bill4long
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No. One channel. The configured channel input/output pair.
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