Don't think I'll be taking any ham radio advice from a guy with a ring in his nose.

@thesaltyham7144

6 ай бұрын

Noone asked you to take any of my advise. Its out there for anyone to watch and try or not. Pretty sure this is still America and I can have a ring in my nose if I choose to. Maybe slide on to the next channel and judge that person by there looks. Thats how you know if they are smart and accomplished, right?

@blackdiesel4407

5 ай бұрын

Why bother commenting? Who cares what you think about what someone else does?

@richardmendoza738

5 ай бұрын

Someone is being a salty ham.

@matthewHizzle

5 ай бұрын

I’m actually more inclined to take advice from a ham with a nose ring. He’s no sad ham like the ones that create the sad ham stigma. Dudes probably fun at parties, unlike you….

@JonathanBaileyn2u

4 ай бұрын

You’re a sad person to put down someone who is sharing their knowledge from a passion… why are you even here?

I have watched many videos on this and being a newbie… this makes the best sense. Thank you for sharing this build! I will look into your tutorials explaining the v5r setups too; like I said.. I really enjoy your teaching style. And I love the quick connect setup!!

This may very well be, the most ingenious idea I have heard this entire year! Thanks!!

That's dope. I want to build one soon.

Great video, very easy and simple for most. You should start selling the whole set.

Awesome video man! Now I know what the beep on your transmission was! It was the key up on her HT. Super cool man

Fantastic idea. I will definitely be looking into this for my hunting group this coming fall. We have little to no resources up here in North East Ontario Canada.

Nice Project and I think that I will be giving it awhirl. Probably go the GMRS route as I have plenty of coverage where I am on 2M and 70CM . This is perfect for bugging out.

wow fusion repeater fantastic 73

Great idea. If you want to keep it small and easy set up, get like a small battery (17 amp hour should be plenty) and like a 20 watt solar panel. The case looks big enough to store the battery in, and power pole or standard 12 connector out of the box with shrink wrap would do well. Keep us informed. CHEERS from Colorado

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that is my next thing to do since I have the 2m amp for it. The amp only draws 5.5amps so the 17 amp/hr should still work just fine.

Love to see many doing such concept i have 4 ht(2 gmrs/2 dual band) need to build me a poor man rpt since i live in florida and hurricane storms are a norm down here

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

I am glad this is able to help you out. Comms in Florida is definitely important because of the severity of the storms. Maybe look at a cheap 12v 35amp hour battery and a small solar charging setup and have yourself a solid emergency repeater.

Killer repeater build! Been looking at making something similar myself! Will you be integrating the amp in to this build in some way? Subscribed!!

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

I am wanting to put the amp in after I get a solar setup for it.

How did you manage to get yours working? I've been having nothing with trouble with mine. First, I tried the method Rural Homesteaders did with a homemade crossover cable, and it didn't work very well. Spotty reception and it would just transmit static sometimes. It'd key up, but not transmit anything but static until I stopped transmitting myself. I got frustrated with that because I couldn't seem to make it work right no matter what I did, and so I bought one of these repeater boxes (K-Head specifically, it looks like you and I are using the exact same one) and it doesn't work either. It arguably does worse, instead of transmitting only sometimes, it doesn't work at all and just keys both radios up constantly. Does this to all of my baofengs and no change in the settings seems to fix it. Even just plugging in the recieving handheld causes it to be unable to unkey. I've been working on this project for months now and just can't seem to make any headway at all in getting it working.

Very nice. Would be looking to build a few of these thanks! Are you going to do a follow up with a internal battery and solar? Be cool to put this up in a tree and forget about it for a while. Thanks for the video and looking forward to more.

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I am going to do a battery and solar sometime soon!

@toddwolfe1844

Жыл бұрын

@@thesaltyham7144 do have any links for the adapter and the cables. Want to make sure I get the right ones as the adapters get confusing sometimes.

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

@@toddwolfe1844 when I get home this afternoon I will update the description with basic parts links.

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

@@toddwolfe1844 items updated. Let me know if you need anything else. Also make sure to check out the video previous to this as I have an amplifier for it also.

Some ppl are just plain nasty shallow and negative man what a poor sods lmao . Thank you for the video mate keep upp the good work 73 from the Netherlands .

Non licensed user here, that setup is 🔥

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

Look into gmrs. Requires a license but no test and it covers your immediate family. That will give you some hands on learning about RF and propagation and then maybe go for you ham license. Fun stuff. I also have a CB in my truck so thats another one for you to consider. Thanks for watching and I hope you liked and subscribed.

@Gta2O13

Жыл бұрын

Does it ham slice I’ll hold the cheese

@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader

Жыл бұрын

No need for a license

@jayc7673

11 ай бұрын

Same here from SEA. When I looked at the steps and places I need to go I just gave up. I don't use it anymore because no one to talk to

The thing that does the repeat is a pretty simple controller, although it sounds like it's just passing audio and maybe uses the VOX on your transmitting Baofeng. Aside from ID requirements (don't forget to ID your repeater), my chief concern with this would be desense. With two separate antennas, of course you don't need a duplexer, but without sufficient antenna separation, there will almost certainly be a problem with desense. If you really run an amp on it, you're definitely looking at a desense problem. Also, I'd say not to run your transmit radio at high power. The finals aren't rated for that kind of duty cycle. And it's going to get a bit warm. ...

@thesaltyham7144

8 ай бұрын

I have thought about the desense issue and I have my transmit antenna about 20ft higher when I set up. Working on upgrading power now and a solar panal that isn't insanely big.

@kb5elv

8 ай бұрын

@@thesaltyham7144 That sounds good, and plenty of separation. Just when you mentioned using HT antennas. ...

@ch0lito

7 ай бұрын

@@thesaltyham7144 keep us posted!!

Cool video, just a quick tip from a user who's tried a similar setup, at some point the desense will kick in and ruin the RX. I've tried with both Analog and Digital (While digital mode will not work in this configuration due to other factors), this setup would work fine using a cheap duplexer. For close range comms (within building), this setup has proven to work at least once for me.

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

I have thought about that and have a 2m roll up slimjim that gives about 8ft of separation for the antennas. Thanks for pointing that out as I totally wanted to put that in the video but completely forgot.

@nickgoldman805

Жыл бұрын

How about 2 antennas?

@koreanhamguy2715

Жыл бұрын

@@nickgoldman805 2 antennas as in 1 antenna on rx radio 1 antenna on tx?

@nickgoldman805

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@koreanhamguy2715

Жыл бұрын

@@nickgoldman805 It’ll work, just separate the antenna as far away as possible

I’m curious how and where do you hook up the RF amplifier?

@thesaltyham7144

4 ай бұрын

Keep an eye out for the next video as I am going to go over how to program the radios for use and I can also go over what connects to what!

Good video, Do repeaters not need to call the Station ID every 10 mins? + Tails, Blanking, Courtesy beeps etc?

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

They do but as of now I do the ID every hour if not in use. Want to get an Argent simplex controller to put on TX side to fix that. Soon!

Have you ever used the surecom 328? Wondering how that works with your kit?

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

I have not but would like to at some point.

What frequencies did you use? Simplex?

@thesaltyham7144

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I just used simplex to test it out. I got some new batteries that I am going to put in parallel and I still need to get a 25w panel for it. Thanks for checking out the video and keep an eye out for an update video!

Have made a video for the surecom model sr-328?

@thesaltyham7144

9 ай бұрын

No I havent but I have been looking at getting one to put in the repeater. Its still going to be a little while before I can afford one. Thanks for checking out the video!

@tombarlow9044

9 ай бұрын

@@thesaltyham7144 i just purchased the Model SR-328 trying to get it working . learned a lot from this video thanks

dang thats cool, how far does it reach?

@thesaltyham7144

5 ай бұрын

I have got out a few miles, but I want to put it way up and see what kind of distance I get in my area. Results will vary in your area. Thanks for watching!

I got all my pieces and parts for my repeater however i am using gmrs for now until i get my ham license. My question is how to program the 2 radios? New to all this.

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

Check out my video on a great bluetooth programming dongle kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4F3pqmdn8K2ZLA.html Also look into downloading "Chirp". It is a free programming software for your laptop/PC. What gmrs radios are you going to use?

@randyb168

Жыл бұрын

Baofeng

@randyb168

Жыл бұрын

I do have chirp

If the antennas were on the handle end you could hook a rope to the handle and pull it up into a tree for a bigger footprint.

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

I had not thought of that. I was going to just sling a long wire up on the rx and I already have a roll up 2m slim jim I sometimes use on the tx. I might do that on the next one I make as I plan on making a couple more of these.

What do you think a 9 vol battery would do to this Nose Ring? Ouch!

@thesaltyham7144

Ай бұрын

Hahaha

So what’s in the black box that’s worth money? I suspect it’s just a cross over cable going through a lot of fresh air.

@thesaltyham7144

Ай бұрын

Thats a good question. Looks like I need to get another one and open it up. Thanks for the idea and for watching!

@chrisb3989

Ай бұрын

@@thesaltyham7144 I’m amazed nobody has ever opened one I can’t find anywhere a picture of the insides or a schematic. I really think that it’s just a cross over cable put through an empty box.

How did you install the antenna connector through the case?

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

I made holes just big enough to squeeze BNC connectors through and used silicone caulking to seal them in.

@randyb168

Жыл бұрын

@@thesaltyham7144 great! Thanks a bunch. I plan on building one this weekend assuming I get all the parts I need. Great video!

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

There are a few links in the description for connections i used also. Have fun and 73!

@barneymerrill3188

Жыл бұрын

​@@thesaltyham7144 Should of used a bnc bulkhead connector...very clean install!👍🎙

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

@@barneymerrill3188 I was thinking about it but decided to wait until I upgrade the box to an Apache box from Harbor Freight.

Does volume have to be up on both?

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

Yes the volume needs to be up on them

How does it identify every 10 mins. Thanks AF6MC 16:09

@thesaltyham7144

10 ай бұрын

I do self identification for now. Soon I will have a repeater controller like an Argent. Thats what I have been looking at. I don't have a problem with doing the self ID because its for personal use at the moment.

Not sure the BNCs are waterproof. Great video!

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

I haven't had any problems yet due to water but I will definitely keep that in mind. Thank you!

@kerbalairforce8802

11 ай бұрын

Navair maintenance manuals claim BNC/TNC connectors are water proof. A little F4 tape can give you piece of mind

Geht dies auch mit Baofeng BF 888s?

@thesaltyham7144

5 ай бұрын

Ja, aber Sie müssen sicherstellen, dass die Programmierung korrekt ist. Danke für das Ansehen!

I want to build a gmrs repeater can u help me build one of those?

@nickgoldman805

Жыл бұрын

With some power behind it so I get some distance with it. I like that amp-25 ....how would I incorporate that into the repeater?

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

@@nickgoldman805 You can totally do a GMRS repeater setup with this. All you need to do it change out the uv5r radios for GMRS radios like the Btech GMRS-V1 or V2. The amp you will need is the Btech Amp U25 (400-480) which is the UHF model. Also look into a repeater controller like the Argent Data Systems Simplex Controller. I will be doing an update video after I get one and will show where in the line of all the things, where it goes.

@nickgoldman805

Жыл бұрын

That would be awesome thank u

@nickgoldman805

Жыл бұрын

How would I use 1 antenna?

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

@@nickgoldman805 you will need to get a duplexer tuned for UHF (GMRS specifically) but if you do that then you will NOT be able to use the amp. I tested this with the 2m amp and a Chinese duplexer I got for $70 and it will not work. After I tested it I saw a video that was posted that confirmed it and called out to the manufacturer asking why there was literature saying you could. If you just do a rubber duck for receive, you can get yourself a 440 MFJ rollup antenna from Gigaparts for $64 and a 20ft length of coax that you can put up on a pole or up to a tree branch, and you will have plenty of separation between the antennas to not have a desensitization issue. Here is a link to the MFJ antenna: www.gigaparts.com/mfj-1731.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw0N6hBhAUEiwAXab-TZujoKOF0KDCSpCYsHkvKKAca3HQvqt8KjdiAQi61NbQD1NMrl5H8xoCGGYQAvD_BwE

No offense but tyt makes a 70$ radio thats water proof and 10 watts that has a repeat function built in

@thesaltyham7144

6 ай бұрын

I would like to check that out! This repeater is really just a fun tool to build and use.

@thesaltyham7144

6 ай бұрын

If I am not mistaken, the TYT is the UV-8000D. Looks decent and would like to get my hands on one. Its nice it has a repeat function but it is only crossband repeat.

@missouripatriot6926

6 ай бұрын

@@thesaltyham7144 I know very little about radios but I have seen people use there repeat function to talk to baofengs and tyt radios

@zanefischer1984

4 ай бұрын

​@@missouripatriot6926knows very little, yet here you are bumping your gums on something you know nothing about hahaha!!!

cant get it to stop transmitting. done everything u said.

People need to stop making these videos about Baofeng repeaters. They dont work! The TX/RX radios interfere with eachother. The only way to make this work is to separate the radios and antennas. This works on the bench, but as soon as you try "Real World" application of the idea, it fails due to RF over saturation. I was able to get it to work as a cross-band repeater (GMRS to 2M), but never as a true in band repeater, such as GMRS RPT15. After considering the idea of purchasing a duplexer to continue the science project, I opted for a Retivis Portable repeater. You will spend more money and time trying to get this to work, then you will by just buying a commercially available portable repeater.

@thesaltyham7144

Жыл бұрын

Actually used it all weekend at hamvention and it worked fine. Plenty of antenna separation and didn't even need to use the amp. Hooked it up to the dual band antenna on my truck for transmit side and used my CB antenna for receive. There is about 8-9ft distance from the back corner of the truck bed where the CB antenna is to the center of the roof where the dual band antenna is. Actually just bought 2 12v 5Ah batteries from hamvention to make a good 10Ahto connect to the solar. Its easily changed from ham to gmrs just by switching radios. 5w for a weekend camping trip or use the amp for if you have a large property and want to have coverage. I will be doing an update video soon. I still want to get a higher wattage solar panel for it. The 25w panel on my truck kept it charged all weekend. There is no problem with buying ready-made commercial equipment but I like experimenting and trying different things and this just so happens to work very well. I'm sorry it didn't work for you and left a bad taste in your mouth.

@Gta2O13

Жыл бұрын

Butt hurt hammy man

@pep729

10 ай бұрын

These work fine. I've built two with no problems.

@Gta2O13

10 ай бұрын

@@pep729 he’s a butt hurt sad ham