WhiteThunder
Member
Hello,
I am new here and new to amateur radio. eBay seems to be the place to buy cheap equipment for beginners. I have come across numerous listings for "Repeater Interface for Motorola Maxtrac" on eBay. They are very inexpensive (cheap) and I would like to know what they really are and what they do. I take it that the people selling these things would like us to believe that if you happen to own a couple Maxtracs, that all you have to do is join them together with their $10.00 or less cable and VIOLA you have a repeater. I am guessing that is not the case, but I have been wrong before. Can anyone tell me what these are and how (do) they work? I am thinking that there has to be some other equipment involved, or at least some form of duplexer. Has or is anyone using one of these things, that can fill me in on what they are, what they do, and whaty other equipment is required.
Thanks,
DB
I am new here and new to amateur radio. eBay seems to be the place to buy cheap equipment for beginners. I have come across numerous listings for "Repeater Interface for Motorola Maxtrac" on eBay. They are very inexpensive (cheap) and I would like to know what they really are and what they do. I take it that the people selling these things would like us to believe that if you happen to own a couple Maxtracs, that all you have to do is join them together with their $10.00 or less cable and VIOLA you have a repeater. I am guessing that is not the case, but I have been wrong before. Can anyone tell me what these are and how (do) they work? I am thinking that there has to be some other equipment involved, or at least some form of duplexer. Has or is anyone using one of these things, that can fill me in on what they are, what they do, and whaty other equipment is required.
Thanks,
DB