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Wanting to make my own base.

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bowser22

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I have a small fleet of vehicles for my towing company, I'd like to possibly invest in making my own trunking network with a base station and mobile radios. Anyone ever doen this before? Would it be too explenisve?
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Basic Answer

1. If you have a small fleet of vehicles why would you need an entire trunk system?

2. If you only have one base station you cant make a trunk system other than a
single channel LTR repeater and that pretty much defeats the purpose of having
a trunk system since it will be a single channel.

3. In order to build a trunk system(in most cases) you need multiple base stations
at multiple sites all controlled via a common controller.

Yes - very very expensive.
 
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