Repeater 101 for new Amateur Radio Operators
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Are you a new Amateur Radio Operator and aren’t sure what to do next? Amateur Radio in our area has been growing, and because we had several new operators the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club decided to put on an event to teach some of the basics of amateur radio. In this presentation Bob Schmid - WA9FBO one of our wonderful Elmers here at NCARC discussed Repeater 101 for Amateur Radio Operators. We cover transmitters, receivers, controllers, duplexers, combiners, repeater sites and of course antennas. Many radio clubs exist to support the repeaters in their area and this explains why and how!
Big thanks to Bob Schmid - WA9FBO for a great presentation
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Thanks for great lesson! Funny I am a corporate pilot in Fort Collins tonight and tuned into some of the repeaters on my FT60R “listening only” as I have not been able to take an exam because of CV19!
I'm just learning about amateur radio now & looking to get my license but this video has me excited to find a club & set up a repeater someday
Couldn't have stumbled on to a better video! Just starting out with a couple UV-5RA that I have had for a couple years and have done absolutely nothing with them. I'm studying for my Tech license now to finally jump onboard legitimately. The whole Repeater use idea was sort of lost on me and was about as clear as mud. Not anymore! This video was instrumental in explaining the system works and all the head scratchers like PL Tone, offsets +/-, etc., are perfectly clear. Thanks for putting this out there!
Fantastic video! It helped me explain the whole repeater concept to my new ham family folk.
I just put up an older Quantar for use as a GMRS repeater for family and friends....
there’s literally zero spectrum available in our metro area and a few dozen GMRS repeaters on
each freq. pair, but it’s cheap as it doesn’t require freq. coordination and individual licensing.
Regardless.. thanks for the easy to understand video for the newbie crowd here.
Very well done. This should be required learning material for all new hams.
This was a very informative and easy to understand ( and I'm an imbelcile ) thank you for breaking it down to very to understand terms . Great video .
There is a big difference from not being smart and not having the information. Anyone who lacks information isn't dumb, they just haven't recieved information in any given scenario. It took me years to understand that. Once I started believing I could learn information I realized I am actually pretty smart. If you have a desire to learn ham radio then you can learn ham radio. Keep putting the information in until it makes sence and you will be amazed at the results:) 73!
This is an excellent video.
Thank you Bob, for a great, informative class/lecture. Absolutely superb.
I'm just learning about what repeaters are and this is the first video I came across. Explanation very well
As a beginner this was very enjoyable and informative. Thank you!!
I am a broadcast engineer getting into ham and repeaters. I have not done much 2 way and this is a very good video. I have seen the ham club repeater at one of my towers. They have it outside in an old coke machine. At one of my sites I can walk around with a lit tube in my hands. AM towers are probably out FM can have a lot of RF but you got massive towers to work with. If you are considering a repeater on an FM tower ask the network if they have a backup transmitter site. You will have a 450ft tower to yourself (give or take a few other low power renters) with little RF unless the backup FM transmitter is on but that backup transmitter is probably a fraction of the main transmitter. For example my 30KW FM (100KW on the stick) has a 5KW backup that puts out about 20KW. I had one of those big hardline you show get nailed in a direct hit that I saw from my house 20 miles away. Never mind rebuilding half the transmitter but the cable was the most expensive and yes I have hunters who like to sight up their rifles on my tower lights.
New ham here, KO4SZT This was awesome to watch. Thanks so much for sharing.
Great informative video. I'm new to the hobby and this answered a lot of questions without all the confusion. Thanks again.
Excellent lecture on repeaters. Very clearly explained. Many thanks. 73 from Australia.
This was very informative thank you for putting it together. I'm a new HAM and this explained repeats for me
This is probably the most informative HAM video on youtube, well done
I wish I had seen this video a year ago. I have a Baofeng and I've learned more about it here than all of the Baofeng videos I've watched. I'm buying something better.
FT60R is a great starter radio. I have a uv5r but it cannot compare! I also have the VX-6 that is a little more than the FT60 but it is all you would ever need outside of HF bands.
I am just starting to educate myself on ham and repeaters, this was a great video! Thanks!
Very helpful for understanding theory and practice. Thank you NCARC from a friend in Kansas!
I like the video 📸 very understandable !! Take care !!
I would have paid for this information it was so great. Thank you!!
I second Grizzled Tee - great video, great presentation. New to Amateur Radio and this was great material for me! Thanks a lot!
Thank you! Still studying for Technician exam in early March.
BEST Amateur Radio video I have found on Repeaters
Excellent video. Very informative and well explained.
Thank you so much this has help me understand a lot about repeaters, and yes I am still learning my baofeng its a hair puller!
Really enjoyed the inservice training.
Terrific was the chat session afterwards. Too bad it ended…
This a neat video. Ada new ham. I understand better through actually touching things. Then out of a book. I will share this with my ham club new members.
Great information. Just trying to get back into the hobby.
same here.
I just got started in April - total newbie. This was a great review.
Very informative - great speaker. Thanks!
I tried getting into ham (got a license), but my short term memory & me getting tongue tied ... did not last long & gave up. This shorter dialogue might help...
Awesome intro Bob!
I was hoping you'd show us step-by-step how to work a repeater station, how far you can DX with one and how one should handle repeaters in foreign countries. I can find them easily enough in the ARRL website, but I need to watch someone work one in a video, otherwise I won't learn the how the process works, what the actual limits are, whether I can daisy-chain repeaters and thereby DX to countries across the Pacific, etc. At the moment all I have is a general license -- no radio or elmer yet, but they will come in time. I want to know what I am doing before I hit that transmit button for the first time. Thanks for an otherwise great video.
Here you go: czcams.com/video/mA74d1-XFKA/video.html
@@James_Bowie Thanks. That's a start in the right direction 😉
The repeater you have listed as being in Italy is actually my repeater in Silverton Colorado on top of Kendal Mountain. No where near Italy. Ben KB5ITS
Did you eat all the fish from the aquarium?
Great video, humble intellect. Learned a good bit from this, thanks for posting this information.
*Thank you for this Bob! I will be sure to check out sCom equipment*
Good brief. Thanks for sharing!
This is a very informative video, but I would like to post one correction: CTCSS stands for Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System. Thank you for posting this video.
The difference in duplexer cavity size relates to the operating frequencies. Not to how good / bad / better they are. the bigger devices cost more because theyre bigger.
Great Video Anthony O.Ridlen KC9QVE Amateur Extra Marion,IN 73 OVER AND OUT QRT!!!!
Great info
Excellent video! You guys really break it down for us newbies.
Thank you,
K15MDV
Beautiful vacuum duplexers
Thanks for this video. If you need any fish, let me know.
I am in your local area, call sign KF0EFW. Trying to learn more to get on the air, just got Tech license today.
Great video.. gentleman sounds like Greg Popovich
What frequency do you use if all the pairs are "claimed" in your area, but at least 4 or 5 are dead silent 24/7
Excuse me, don’t say kill the transmitter, correction, turn off the transmitter.@ 9:30 to 10:01.
I have a few questions regarding repeaters. Do you have an email I can talk to you on?
thanks good job 73
I learned something. ThanKYou!
Ok so u input the frequency for the transmitter and the acces code that u got from public acces . once the radios are trasmittimg and reveciving to each other , can other people hear you or you listen to them . I m talking about other people using the same public repeater and putting the same frequency n code that is found online to use . Do you input beside the repear n acces code another frequency or code for ur radio and your friend so u dont run into traffict with other people using the same repearer .
Bob mentions a book. could i get more details
I have a set of vhf radios motorollas and another set of uhf motorollas cp200. Witch radios will be better range and quality to use on repeaters.
Question: So anyone connected to a repeater can be heard by others connected to the repeater?
Yes. And Let's say repeaters are connected (linked) together. Then the users of one can be heard on the other, and vice versa (This isn't the case all the time but it is 97% of the time.)
the fight for the biggest nerd award during the Q&A had me dying
well explained
I'm brand new to ham, so if my local repeater is tone in at 118.8 on 2 meter will that work on all channels in the 2meter band or just the frequency that is in the repeater book which is 145.310
It is a tone the repeater is listening for to open the squelch, so it is specific to the repeater. When you program a channel into your radio, the three things you need to know is the frequency, positive or negative offset, and what tone you need to transmit to open the squelch.
@@NCARC thank you for getting back to me so quickly.
Thanks sir🤠
Is it really working
Question here. What happend if people star using these repeaters for like communications like saying hi or small little grettings but with no lisense ham . What happends. I know people say their call sings everytime they use them but what if 2 people use them with no lisense i mean do they get in trouble or what happends
Realistically, there are folks that listen to those repeater... So odds are good that you get asked for your callsign if you don't volunteer the information.
If you invent a pretend callsign, with the right format... And if you behave yourself... I'd bet the odds are good that no one bothers to look up your callsign in the database and see your lying.
But if you do get caught... It might prompt some hams to come find your transmitter... And if they report you to the fcc, there can be some heavy fines.
So, best bet is to just get leagal (it's not hard). If you can't do that, then copying the format of normal legal users is better than noticably neglecting to say a callsign when you speak.
do i need license to use a repeater
Yo do need an amateur radio license to transmit on amateur radio frequencies which is where amateur radio repeaters are.
@@NCARC thank you for the reply
It went from talking about repeaters to baofengs. Lol.
Mega cool video top 🔝 Infos video hammer cool arbeit gefällt mir sehr gut 73 darc swl DE2TRF loc jo60el
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Who puts repeaters on high places?
Short answer is we amateur radio operators and clubs do.
Long answer is as a club we work with local companies to get low or no cost space at a repeater site. On our end we can provide the repeater site with certified people who can climb the tower for repairs, or installations.
www.repeaterbook.com has every registered repeater and is searchable. Spend the $20 for the right Baofeng cable and save some head aches.
I think I'll stick to radio recievers. When people like me call for help we end up getting shot anyway.
Man! I bet those repeaters cost more than $100.
TOM PIPPS . FOAM - BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA USA . HI HELLO &
Too many chiefs trying to teach something. Too chaotic for me.