swen_out_west
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I am looking at setting up a GMRS repeater and see that most 8 pair setups for sale on Ebay always seem to have 141.3 as the PL Code. It also so happens that 3 of the 4 repeaters in the area are 141.3. Is there any reason why 141.3 seems to be the standard. I'm trying to see if the seller will program another pl code into the 8 pairs, is there any other preference other than 141.3,
Also I want to be able to switch pairs occasionally when needed so I really don't want to get a duplexor tuned every time I switch (I don't have the gear to do it myself), besides I'm basically using this to receive from a fixed point distance and transmit locally, so I'll be running a 13db YAGI as my receive antenna and a dipole as my transmit. Is there any problem using space isolation. If I run my yagi receive on one end of the house I'll be setting it up at and put my transmit omni on the other end I believe the spacing is 50 feet, is this fine?
I guess I have one other stupid question, when this all started I had obtained 2 things of cable. 1 25 foot and one 50 foot of LMR400, now that I have it, I have been running into posts about not using LMR400, Why and what should I be using?
Also I want to be able to switch pairs occasionally when needed so I really don't want to get a duplexor tuned every time I switch (I don't have the gear to do it myself), besides I'm basically using this to receive from a fixed point distance and transmit locally, so I'll be running a 13db YAGI as my receive antenna and a dipole as my transmit. Is there any problem using space isolation. If I run my yagi receive on one end of the house I'll be setting it up at and put my transmit omni on the other end I believe the spacing is 50 feet, is this fine?
I guess I have one other stupid question, when this all started I had obtained 2 things of cable. 1 25 foot and one 50 foot of LMR400, now that I have it, I have been running into posts about not using LMR400, Why and what should I be using?
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