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any idea if its legal to rebroadcast weather alerts and other alerts of a public concern from a tone alert radio over my gmrs repeater? i have heard of ham repeaters that do this, and i dont see why it would not be legal on gmrs repeaters. i have designed a few repeater controllers, and it would not be hard to integrate a tar into my system. we do have monthly tar and siren tests in my area, but there is a few places that my repeater covers that there are no outdoor sirens to be heard.
 

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any idea if its legal to rebroadcast weather alerts and other alerts of a public concern from a tone alert radio over my gmrs repeater? i have heard of ham repeaters that do this, and i dont see why it would not be legal on gmrs repeaters. i have designed a few repeater controllers, and it would not be hard to integrate a tar into my system. we do have monthly tar and siren tests in my area, but there is a few places that my repeater covers that there are no outdoor sirens to be heard.


In my opinion, yes. As a matter of pubic safety you should be allowed to re-transmit a NOAA warning of any kind for your area as long as you have physical control of the repeater, and are the control operator.
I too, build repeater controllers! :) Look here.

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