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MotoTRBO Repeater Input Frequency

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Does anyone know if it's possible to monitor the input frequency to a MotoTRBO repeater using another DMR radio, and if so how?

Just for example, if I have one unit that operates on TX of 170MHz and RX of 160MHz for the repeater, how might I go about receiving the 170Mhz transmission using another DMR radio? They will all be set the same Color Code and Slot and Group. I've tried programming the receive DMR radio as direct mode ie TX and RX on 170MHz, the LED clearly blinks when the signal is present but doesn't decode.

Am doing something wrong or is this simply not possible?

Please just don't suggest tune the receive DMR radio to the repeater output freq (in this example 160Mhz).

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Jim
 

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DMR input

You still need the correct color code and other info as that is how the radio "wakes up" the repeater. It is not like a PL tone and the receive on an analog system were the receiver can hear if it is set up without a tone.
 

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Ok thanks, I get that....to just to confirm they ARE all set up with the same Color Code and Slot and Group.
 

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In repeater mode, the transmitting radio syncs to the repeater. In simplex mode, there is no such syncing going on. It is unlikely that you will be able to receive anything. Interesting idea, however, I will have to play with that this weekend. I have 15 repeaters in my rack that we are completing the networking on, so have plenty of 'test beds'.

Is this a stand-alone repeater or is this part of a Connect Plus, IPSC or Cap-Plus system?? All those handshake protocols are different.
 

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Hi com501...it's a simple stand-alone conventional repeater setup. I hadn't quite appreciated the 'handshake' element in this which is why listening in 'simplex' mode to the repeater input doesn't quite work.

Jim
 

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Basically, the repeater provides the time-sync function to determine which time slot the radio will operate in. Without your receiving radio receiving this information from the repeater output via the initial ack, you won't be synced up with the transmission on the input OR the output. For a receiver it isn't a problem, and for a passive listener on the output this usually doesn't present an issue, since BOTH timeslots are transmitting information whether it be the input voice traffic on one or both slots, or one slot and an idle data stream on the other channel. A scanner or DSD receiver or Trbo radio has no problem with this, but on the input, no sync is received so there is nothing to 'lock' to and decode the bitstream from.
 
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