Mobile Repeater freqs

[emd001]

Hey all,
So i have been doing some reading and there have been some great links coming through the forum lately. Anyway i saw the link to search for towers and antennas within a certain distance of an address so i searched for whats in the air around here. I found some antennas that i had no idea existed (half the fun of hunting right?) Anyway so i was adding these new frequencies into scan lists and decided to lookup the types of frequencies this was listed as. Of course RR has a reference for that (FCC Station Class Codes - The RadioReference Wiki) anyway some of these are listed as "mobile repeater". I am assuming that means that it is a frequency only used when a repeater is needed in the field, is this a correct assumption or am i missing what the mobile repeater means? Anybody else monitor freqs like this? Just wanted to see what everyone else thought.

 

[ecps92]

Are you asking about MO3's ? or FB2 and FB4's??

MO3's are Mobile Repeaters - Low Power Repeater usually on-board a vehicle for on-scene relay - usually back to another band

FB2 and FB4 are FIXED Location Repeaters [Bldg Tops, Antenna Towers, Mountain Tops]

Hey all,
So i have been doing some reading and there have been some great links coming through the forum lately. Anyway i saw the link to search for towers and antennas within a certain distance of an address so i searched for whats in the air around here. I found some antennas that i had no idea existed (half the fun of hunting right?) Anyway so i was adding these new frequencies into scan lists and decided to lookup the types of frequencies this was listed as. Of course RR has a reference for that (FCC Station Class Codes - The RadioReference Wiki) anyway some of these are listed as "mobile repeater". I am assuming that means that it is a frequency only used when a repeater is needed in the field, is this a correct assumption or am i missing what the mobile repeater means? Anybody else monitor freqs like this? Just wanted to see what everyone else thought.

 

[n5ims]

The term "Mobile Repeater" has several uses. It could either be a temporary repeater that is used for special functions, for example to cover a site for a large event like Mayfest or the Texas State Fair (normally the FB2x codes) or used to extend handheld radio range by having a repeater in a patrol car so an officer can communicate with their dispatch when their more powerful mobile radio can connect but their handheld can't quite make the trip (normally the MO3x codes).

 

[emd001]

@ecps92 the freqs i was looking at were listed as FB, FB2 and MO.

@n5ims ah ok, then i might just throw all of these into a scan list and see if any of them are used for the fair this week/end

 

[RKG]

I don't know if this helps, but classically (and quite informally), the term "mobile repeater" was used to refer to a repeater (usually operating in-cabinet) that was accessed exclusively via RF, that is to say, without any wireline access. The term "base repeater" was used to refer to a station operating so as to repeat mobile inputs but also to transmit directly wireline inputs, such as from a console. As so used, "base repeaters" were often (but not always) a part of voted systems.

I my experience, the terms "mobile repeater" and "portable repeater" are not synonymous.

 

[ecps92]

FB - Base Station
MO - Mobiles/Portables

FB2 - a Repeater at a Fixed location [Roof, Mtn Top, Tower]

@ecps92 the freqs i was looking at were listed as FB, FB2 and MO.

@n5ims ah ok, then i might just throw all of these into a scan list and see if any of them are used for the fair this week/end