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Is a traditional duplexer as used for an analog repeater needed for a Mototrbo system?

IE; if I have a Mototrbo single site base station, would I need anything else besides a single antenna, power, and the other normal stuff?
 

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How are you planning on running this Repeater analog or Digital? Commercial frequency or Amateur? Any set of cans will work regardless of digital or analog.


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Is a traditional duplexer as used for an analog repeater needed for a Mototrbo system?

IE; if I have a Mototrbo single site base station, would I need anything else besides a single antenna, power, and the other normal stuff?
Yes need a standard duplexer that is normally used for a similar analog repeater. There is a misconception that because Mototrbo is TDMA that a Mototrbo repeater normally operates in the time division duplex mode. That is not the case.

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I am going to use it commercially, 100% digital (TDMA) format, with both slots being used (Sometimes simultaneously) as a single site standalone repeater.

Being digital TDMA, I was under the impression I wouldn't need a duplexer and I would need just one antenna.

Which is true? Thanks for the responses
 

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You need a standard duplexer with the desired rejection no different than any other analog repeater.

Keep in mind, the repeater TX is transmitting 100 percent of the time, it's the uplink (RX) side that is TDMA.
 

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Yes need a standard duplexer that is normally used for a similar analog repeater. There is a misconception that because Mototrbo is TDMA that a Mototrbo repeater normally operates in the time division duplex mode. That is not the case.

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It actually depends on the setup. The SLR1000 is advertised as being capable of Time Slot repeating.

So yes, for a conventional paired frequency repeater setup, a duplexer (or some form of physical antenna separation) would be required. However, the SLR1000 is capable of performing TD repeating.
 

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It actually depends on the setup. The SLR1000 is advertised as being capable of Time Slot repeating.

So yes, for a conventional paired frequency repeater setup, a duplexer (or some form of physical antenna separation) would be required. However, the SLR1000 is capable of performing TD repeating.

Interesting, the SLR1000 appears to be a purpose built product for places like schools, malls, large office building complexes and warehouses.

The system we have for non-public safety going online this year is comprised of SLR8000s and has traditional combiner/multi-couplers. 5 site LCP.
 

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It actually depends on the setup. The SLR1000 is advertised as being capable of Time Slot repeating.

So yes, for a conventional paired frequency repeater setup, a duplexer (or some form of physical antenna separation) would be required. However, the SLR1000 is capable of performing TD repeating.

Still nothing on Motorola's corporate website on this. Hytera makes a similar product. It is a niche solution. Not for wide area repeating.
 

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If memory serves me, at IWCE they were saying third Quarter for the SLR1000. Nice 10 Watt max filler for all sorts of buildings where DAS or BDA's do not make sense.

An I understand that the next release of Firmware is now also scheduled for third quarter,,

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Is a traditional duplexer as used for an analog repeater needed for a Mototrbo system?

IE; if I have a Mototrbo single site base station, would I need anything else besides a single antenna, power, and the other normal stuff?
As the others replied, a duplexer is required weather analog or digital. keep in mind, the higher the rf enviorment, the better quality duplexer is needed, better isolation. If it's a single site, standalone and 45 watts you can probably get away with a mobile type Celwave or similar duplexer.
If your running this as a base station, single frequency, no duplexer, you will need a rx/tx relay to isolate one from the other. You will have 2 inputs(the same that go to the duplexer) with 1 antenna output.
 

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The feature is called ERDM or Extended Range Direct Mode. It is an EID you buy for the repeater. No duplexer, but you need vertical/horizontal antenna separation. TT
 

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The feature is called ERDM or Extended Range Direct Mode. It is an EID you buy for the repeater. No duplexer, but you need vertical/horizontal antenna separation. TT
That sort of blows.

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