Repeater repair

[cboykonh]

I was just curious if anyone knows who does repeater repairs, maintenance and what frequencies they use?

 

[prcguy]

Commercial? Public service? Amateur???

Public service usually has a radio shop that performs maintenance and repairs and they sometimes have published comm freqs or talk groups. Commercial systems are sometimes owned by a communications company who does their own maintenance and sometimes they are privately owned and they farm out maintenance and repairs. They could be using their own repeater systems to communicated or more likely cell phone. Amateur repeaters are maintained by amateurs and they blab about it on various amateur frequencies, no way to predict those frequencies.

 

[cboykonh]

I’m only asking bc I have noticed that tge Merrimack county sheriffs office 155.685 frequency isn’t as clear as it usually is. I wondered who services those types of repeaters?

 

[W1KNE]

What makes you think there is an issue on their end vs something on your end?

 

[cboykonh]

I’ve tried several different antennas with the same results.

 

[cboykonh]

I e tried several different antennas, tge one I. Using now has greatly improved all other frequencies but mcs 155.685 is still not coming in as clear. Has good signal strength just the audio isn’t very clear.

 

[mmckenna]

I’m only asking bc I have noticed that tge Merrimack county sheriffs office 155.685 frequency isn’t as clear as it usually is. I wondered who services those types of repeaters?

Sometimes large counties/cities have their own internal radio shops.
Sometimes they have a contract with a local company.
Sometimes when they purchase the system they have a contract with the manufacturer, installer, or local shop.
Sometimes they may have an internal radio guy.

Really depends on the department. If the repeater is having issues, it could be a number of things, but the officers will complain. They might be waiting on parts or a tech.

Unlikely you'd hear any radio traffic regarding this, other than on the channel itself. Likely a tech might pop up to do some testing before and after the work.

 

[n1kak]

I listen to Merrimack County, 155.685, on a number of different scanners. No problems, no difficulty, and always clear.

 

[creeperjeep]

It'll be one of the Motorola shops, I believe 2-way.
You'll find that they have a million frequencies licensed to them, but if they're like any other shop, it's all cell phones.