Late to the party but I wonder if one could mars mod the uv5r hts and just run the repeater as is for GMRS. (Don’t violate FCC rules kids!) Cool cost effective for mobile operation in anywhere with topography.
@mikemcdonald5147Күн бұрын
I read this RED GREEN thinking it was the red green tv show emcomm trailer LOL :) But this was interesting as well.
@AlexFacchi9 күн бұрын
Finally I can made my repeater work!!! Thanks!
@thesaltyham71449 күн бұрын
@@AlexFacchi let me know how it works for you. Thanks for watching!
@anothersilverstacker675711 күн бұрын
If you connected the two radios to a duplexer then run it to the amplifier wouldn’t it work better?
@thesaltyham714411 күн бұрын
Yes but it would also defeat the purpose of not purchasing an expensive duplexer and running 2 antennas.
@anothersilverstacker675711 күн бұрын
Wouldn’t it take the two radios antenna and route it to one that would connect to the amplifier?
@thesaltyham714411 күн бұрын
Yes the duplexer would make it capable of using 1 antenna but on a budget build like this i wanted to go cheap. Its for people on a budget that want a working short use repeater.
@anothersilverstacker675711 күн бұрын
Alright I was going to try your setup but with a cheap amazon gmrs duplexer is why I was asking, thank you for the quick replies.
@anothersilverstacker675711 күн бұрын
I was trying to get a repeater that’s cheaper with a little extra power.
@hslot327615 күн бұрын
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 .
@williamschlosser7721 күн бұрын
It's Thorsday! Day of Thor!
@williamschlosser7721 күн бұрын
Hope you're well. Ty for the radio help...
@chrisb3989Ай бұрын
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.
@thesaltyham7144Ай бұрын
Thats a good question. Looks like I need to get another one and open it up. Thanks for the idea and for watching!
@chrisb3989Ай 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.
@markmanning5683Ай бұрын
What do you think a 9 vol battery would do to this Nose Ring? Ouch!
@thesaltyham7144Ай бұрын
Hahaha
@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavorsАй бұрын
Great explanation man! I have a ton of these laying around I might just make one for GMRS. 73!
@petevannuys5642Ай бұрын
All this setup also works for UHF bands ?
@FelixLantiguaCamachoАй бұрын
Hello. I am a GMRS licensed operator, NOT HAM licensed. I notice you are using GMRS/FRS frequency and 2m band. We cannot cross band GMRS with other bands, only HAM bands can be crossed bands. GMRS repeaters has to be on same band with 5MHZ upscaling and we have to use a duplexer, if no duplexer, bad duplexer or untuned, the repeater will have the common phenomenon "DESCENSING". If a repeater has bad, untuned or no duplexer it will work while you are no more than 10 feet about it will work fine, but if you go further, you will hear just the clicking, that is caused by "DESCENSING". By the way, it is a great project if you are going to use it as cross band repeater
@thesaltyham7144Ай бұрын
Haha the bottom frequency is not used. There was no cross banding between services or even bands (2m/70cm). The radio laying down in the case was also on the 2m band and was the receive radio. Desensitization is actually caused by a stronger transmitter overloading the receiver causing it to not be able to receive weaker signals than the transmitter. The antennas are separated by about 30ft in the test I did to avoid desense.
@thesaltyham7144Ай бұрын
Actually used this repeater in my truck with antenna separation of 9ft at Hamvention 2023 and had no problems at all. A duplexer will give you the ability to use 1 antenna for transmit AND receive. I don't use a duplexer so I have to use 2 antennas.
@thesaltyham7144Ай бұрын
1 last thing, you are not required to use a duplexer on a GMRS repeater.
@That_One_Furry_LoverАй бұрын
Love you! ❤
@DanielBerzinskasАй бұрын
Def won't use the amp, it causes smoke detectors in this house to do 3 beeps (malfunction)
@angieandretti3 ай бұрын
5:20 You've gotta mean 5.5 AMPS, not 5.5 watts... right? 5.5 watts just doesn't make any sense. Basic science says it's gotta take in at least as much energy as it puts out - and nothing is 100% efficient in the real world. 5.5watts at 13.8volts is about 75 watts input - which actually makes sense if it's putting out 40 watts. People say this amp gets hot during transmit, so most of that extra 35 watts is logically being lost to heat. 5 WATTS input, on the other hand, isn't enough to make something this size HOT, even if it was using 100% of the power just to make heat.
@thesaltyham71443 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness haha. I didn't even catch that. Thanks for pointing that out!
@marinkusev56643 ай бұрын
Hello sir. I have question about the amplifier. When you switch between TX/RX is there a typical sound from "click" of relay? Most of the amplifiers are using mechanical relays and the sound is noticable. I am looking for simple amplifier for my hot spot. Thank you
@thesaltyham71443 ай бұрын
Yes you can hear the "click" and the tx light will be on.
@marinkusev56643 ай бұрын
@@thesaltyham7144 Thank you! This information is important. It means that if I use the amplifier for dmr hotspot, it is going to switch the mechanical relay many many times per hour and this is not going to last too long, if there is mechanical relay. Thank you again
@naturecoastprepping24873 ай бұрын
So you R antenna is mounted to the box and T is outside easier up ? Could a duplexer be ised to utilize one antenna ?
@thesaltyham71443 ай бұрын
Yeah you could use a duplexer but that would cost way more. This is more of a budget build and the relay box between the radios works pretty well.
@naturecoastprepping24873 ай бұрын
@@thesaltyham7144 I was wanting to build one for our ranch and hunt club . Would the amp go between transmit radio ?
@thesaltyham71443 ай бұрын
@@naturecoastprepping2487 the amp goes between the transmit radio and the transmit antenna.
@user-ys9gf3du5q3 ай бұрын
Greetings from Reddit. Will this work with a UV-SR+ with custom firmware? I’m using EGZUMER thanks!
@thesaltyham71443 ай бұрын
I actually haven't tried it with custom firmware. Should work just fine with the UV-5R+. I would be interested in knowing if it would work with the custom firmware if you end up trying it out!
@414RadioTech3 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣BETTER OFF WITH A SURECOM SR629 REPEATER CONTROLLER INSTEAD
@jamalnettles46893 ай бұрын
Could you show me all the stuff that I would need to start that thank you.
@jamalnettles46893 ай бұрын
What's up how you doing . My name is Jamal I am trying to open my own repeater system to the outcome of how you get your
@jamalnettles46894 ай бұрын
I'm trying to make my own antenna you got any advice for me
@thesaltyham71444 ай бұрын
There is an app called Amateur Radio Toolkit that will give you measurements needed for multiple antennas. Give that a look. It is very very handy.
@Suffocation034 ай бұрын
I’m curious how and where do you hook up the RF amplifier?
@thesaltyham71444 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!
@Valorius4 ай бұрын
Baofeng... my Tormentor. 😂
@thesaltyham71444 ай бұрын
Seems like it is for many individuals haha. At least there are videos about it hahaha!
@Valorius4 ай бұрын
@@thesaltyham7144 I ruined one of my baofangs by driving around with it on my quad with it for 6 months with the whip antenna. The weight of whip antenna ruined the antenna socket.
@TripleM4794 ай бұрын
Did you just ker-chunk a repeater without identifying yourself? That's a cardinal sin. Y'all wild out in MO. 🤣🤣🤣 Come say "hi" in chat. We've converted Renee to the darkside.
@thesaltyham71444 ай бұрын
Haha I had announced myself before recording.
@jasonbrown4674 ай бұрын
im going to try this out again on the bench, i was new to radio about 3 years ago and went hot and heavy at first and gradually tapered down to not even touching anything for about 1.5 years now. anyways i had issues with the baofeng repeater interface, i dont remember what they were but i need to figure this out now.
@thesaltyham71444 ай бұрын
Your not the only one that has had issues. I have had enough reply about it so it looks like I am going to be doing a video on settings for everything. Thanks for watching!
@karilhasselman1464 ай бұрын
Promo SM
@thesaltyham71443 ай бұрын
Huh?
@JonathanBaileyn2u4 ай бұрын
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!!
@scottc18575 ай бұрын
Dude thank you for this
@thesaltyham71445 ай бұрын
My pleasure. Thanks for watching make sure to subscribe for future videos!
@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors5 ай бұрын
Grat job man, thanks for promoting POTA!! Sorry I missed you at the Hamfest, 73!
@oinkers15 ай бұрын
dang thats cool, how far does it reach?
@thesaltyham71445 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!
@landesverwaltungfstm.anhal73255 ай бұрын
Geht dies auch mit Baofeng BF 888s?
@thesaltyham71445 ай бұрын
Ja, aber Sie müssen sicherstellen, dass die Programmierung korrekt ist. Danke für das Ansehen!
@davidrichter91646 ай бұрын
Don't think I'll be taking any ham radio advice from a guy with a ring in his nose.
@thesaltyham71446 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?
@blackdiesel44075 ай бұрын
Why bother commenting? Who cares what you think about what someone else does?
@richardmendoza7385 ай бұрын
Someone is being a salty ham.
@matthewHizzle5 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….
@JonathanBaileyn2u4 ай бұрын
You’re a sad person to put down someone who is sharing their knowledge from a passion… why are you even here?
@Valorius6 ай бұрын
hey man, have another subscriber!
@pixelbucket88846 ай бұрын
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.
@missouripatriot69266 ай бұрын
Is the range any better
@thesaltyham71446 ай бұрын
So the signal strength is better and having the TX antenna about 10-15ft higher than the RX will give you the better distance. With the more solid signal and the high antenna, range is great. I haven't done actual miles apart range testing but where I did test, it work flawlessly.
@missouripatriot69266 ай бұрын
No offense but tyt makes a 70$ radio thats water proof and 10 watts that has a repeat function built in
@thesaltyham71446 ай бұрын
I would like to check that out! This repeater is really just a fun tool to build and use.
@thesaltyham71446 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.
@missouripatriot69266 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
@zanefischer19844 ай бұрын
@@missouripatriot6926knows very little, yet here you are bumping your gums on something you know nothing about hahaha!!!
@Frost1776_27 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video!
@VA3NFL-zl1md7 ай бұрын
cant get it to stop transmitting. done everything u said.
@tittiger7 ай бұрын
How did you build the portable repeater in a case?
@thesaltyham71447 ай бұрын
If you check out my other video, I get in to more details: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rHyZt7tqfdKwntI.htmlsi=eFhw-6quTMWPJ7Lm Thanks for coming by and make sure to like and subscribe for upcoming updates on the repeater!
@BTKSPENCE7 ай бұрын
Like the pennywise hat 🤙
@ch0lito7 ай бұрын
Great video, very easy and simple for most. You should start selling the whole set.
@kb5elv8 ай бұрын
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. ...
@thesaltyham71448 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.
@kb5elv8 ай бұрын
@@thesaltyham7144 That sounds good, and plenty of separation. Just when you mentioned using HT antennas. ...
@ch0lito7 ай бұрын
@@thesaltyham7144 keep us posted!!
@Slimhaven18 ай бұрын
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.
@justicejones50259 ай бұрын
This may very well be, the most ingenious idea I have heard this entire year! Thanks!!
@tomstinkers29579 ай бұрын
Have made a video for the surecom model sr-328?
@thesaltyham71449 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!
@tombarlow90449 ай бұрын
@@thesaltyham7144 i just purchased the Model SR-328 trying to get it working . learned a lot from this video thanks
@apar156010 ай бұрын
👍👍👍 ...Alan in 🇨🇱
@deanmason56010 ай бұрын
How does it identify every 10 mins. Thanks AF6MC 16:09
@thesaltyham714410 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.
@jorgecervera120010 ай бұрын
Is it possible to use the BL-1 (2.0) to connect your radio to your cellphone and use aprsdroid ?
@thesaltyham714410 ай бұрын
Sorry but no. The BL-1 is only for programming purposes. That would be pretty sweet if it did though.
Пікірлер
Late to the party but I wonder if one could mars mod the uv5r hts and just run the repeater as is for GMRS. (Don’t violate FCC rules kids!) Cool cost effective for mobile operation in anywhere with topography.
I read this RED GREEN thinking it was the red green tv show emcomm trailer LOL :) But this was interesting as well.
Finally I can made my repeater work!!! Thanks!
@@AlexFacchi let me know how it works for you. Thanks for watching!
If you connected the two radios to a duplexer then run it to the amplifier wouldn’t it work better?
Yes but it would also defeat the purpose of not purchasing an expensive duplexer and running 2 antennas.
Wouldn’t it take the two radios antenna and route it to one that would connect to the amplifier?
Yes the duplexer would make it capable of using 1 antenna but on a budget build like this i wanted to go cheap. Its for people on a budget that want a working short use repeater.
Alright I was going to try your setup but with a cheap amazon gmrs duplexer is why I was asking, thank you for the quick replies.
I was trying to get a repeater that’s cheaper with a little extra power.
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 .
It's Thorsday! Day of Thor!
Hope you're well. Ty for the radio help...
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.
Thats a good question. Looks like I need to get another one and open it up. Thanks for the idea and for watching!
@@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.
What do you think a 9 vol battery would do to this Nose Ring? Ouch!
Hahaha
Great explanation man! I have a ton of these laying around I might just make one for GMRS. 73!
All this setup also works for UHF bands ?
Hello. I am a GMRS licensed operator, NOT HAM licensed. I notice you are using GMRS/FRS frequency and 2m band. We cannot cross band GMRS with other bands, only HAM bands can be crossed bands. GMRS repeaters has to be on same band with 5MHZ upscaling and we have to use a duplexer, if no duplexer, bad duplexer or untuned, the repeater will have the common phenomenon "DESCENSING". If a repeater has bad, untuned or no duplexer it will work while you are no more than 10 feet about it will work fine, but if you go further, you will hear just the clicking, that is caused by "DESCENSING". By the way, it is a great project if you are going to use it as cross band repeater
Haha the bottom frequency is not used. There was no cross banding between services or even bands (2m/70cm). The radio laying down in the case was also on the 2m band and was the receive radio. Desensitization is actually caused by a stronger transmitter overloading the receiver causing it to not be able to receive weaker signals than the transmitter. The antennas are separated by about 30ft in the test I did to avoid desense.
Actually used this repeater in my truck with antenna separation of 9ft at Hamvention 2023 and had no problems at all. A duplexer will give you the ability to use 1 antenna for transmit AND receive. I don't use a duplexer so I have to use 2 antennas.
1 last thing, you are not required to use a duplexer on a GMRS repeater.
Love you! ❤
Def won't use the amp, it causes smoke detectors in this house to do 3 beeps (malfunction)
5:20 You've gotta mean 5.5 AMPS, not 5.5 watts... right? 5.5 watts just doesn't make any sense. Basic science says it's gotta take in at least as much energy as it puts out - and nothing is 100% efficient in the real world. 5.5watts at 13.8volts is about 75 watts input - which actually makes sense if it's putting out 40 watts. People say this amp gets hot during transmit, so most of that extra 35 watts is logically being lost to heat. 5 WATTS input, on the other hand, isn't enough to make something this size HOT, even if it was using 100% of the power just to make heat.
Oh my goodness haha. I didn't even catch that. Thanks for pointing that out!
Hello sir. I have question about the amplifier. When you switch between TX/RX is there a typical sound from "click" of relay? Most of the amplifiers are using mechanical relays and the sound is noticable. I am looking for simple amplifier for my hot spot. Thank you
Yes you can hear the "click" and the tx light will be on.
@@thesaltyham7144 Thank you! This information is important. It means that if I use the amplifier for dmr hotspot, it is going to switch the mechanical relay many many times per hour and this is not going to last too long, if there is mechanical relay. Thank you again
So you R antenna is mounted to the box and T is outside easier up ? Could a duplexer be ised to utilize one antenna ?
Yeah you could use a duplexer but that would cost way more. This is more of a budget build and the relay box between the radios works pretty well.
@@thesaltyham7144 I was wanting to build one for our ranch and hunt club . Would the amp go between transmit radio ?
@@naturecoastprepping2487 the amp goes between the transmit radio and the transmit antenna.
Greetings from Reddit. Will this work with a UV-SR+ with custom firmware? I’m using EGZUMER thanks!
I actually haven't tried it with custom firmware. Should work just fine with the UV-5R+. I would be interested in knowing if it would work with the custom firmware if you end up trying it out!
🤣🤣🤣🤣BETTER OFF WITH A SURECOM SR629 REPEATER CONTROLLER INSTEAD
Could you show me all the stuff that I would need to start that thank you.
What's up how you doing . My name is Jamal I am trying to open my own repeater system to the outcome of how you get your
I'm trying to make my own antenna you got any advice for me
There is an app called Amateur Radio Toolkit that will give you measurements needed for multiple antennas. Give that a look. It is very very handy.
I’m curious how and where do you hook up the RF amplifier?
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!
Baofeng... my Tormentor. 😂
Seems like it is for many individuals haha. At least there are videos about it hahaha!
@@thesaltyham7144 I ruined one of my baofangs by driving around with it on my quad with it for 6 months with the whip antenna. The weight of whip antenna ruined the antenna socket.
Did you just ker-chunk a repeater without identifying yourself? That's a cardinal sin. Y'all wild out in MO. 🤣🤣🤣 Come say "hi" in chat. We've converted Renee to the darkside.
Haha I had announced myself before recording.
im going to try this out again on the bench, i was new to radio about 3 years ago and went hot and heavy at first and gradually tapered down to not even touching anything for about 1.5 years now. anyways i had issues with the baofeng repeater interface, i dont remember what they were but i need to figure this out now.
Your not the only one that has had issues. I have had enough reply about it so it looks like I am going to be doing a video on settings for everything. Thanks for watching!
Promo SM
Huh?
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!!
Dude thank you for this
My pleasure. Thanks for watching make sure to subscribe for future videos!
Grat job man, thanks for promoting POTA!! Sorry I missed you at the Hamfest, 73!
dang thats cool, how far does it reach?
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!
Geht dies auch mit Baofeng BF 888s?
Ja, aber Sie müssen sicherstellen, dass die Programmierung korrekt ist. Danke für das Ansehen!
Don't think I'll be taking any ham radio advice from a guy with a ring in his nose.
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?
Why bother commenting? Who cares what you think about what someone else does?
Someone is being a salty ham.
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….
You’re a sad person to put down someone who is sharing their knowledge from a passion… why are you even here?
hey man, have another subscriber!
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.
Is the range any better
So the signal strength is better and having the TX antenna about 10-15ft higher than the RX will give you the better distance. With the more solid signal and the high antenna, range is great. I haven't done actual miles apart range testing but where I did test, it work flawlessly.
No offense but tyt makes a 70$ radio thats water proof and 10 watts that has a repeat function built in
I would like to check that out! This repeater is really just a fun tool to build and use.
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.
@@thesaltyham7144 I know very little about radios but I have seen people use there repeat function to talk to baofengs and tyt radios
@@missouripatriot6926knows very little, yet here you are bumping your gums on something you know nothing about hahaha!!!
Thanks for the video!
cant get it to stop transmitting. done everything u said.
How did you build the portable repeater in a case?
If you check out my other video, I get in to more details: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rHyZt7tqfdKwntI.htmlsi=eFhw-6quTMWPJ7Lm Thanks for coming by and make sure to like and subscribe for upcoming updates on the repeater!
Like the pennywise hat 🤙
Great video, very easy and simple for most. You should start selling the whole set.
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. ...
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.
@@thesaltyham7144 That sounds good, and plenty of separation. Just when you mentioned using HT antennas. ...
@@thesaltyham7144 keep us posted!!
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.
This may very well be, the most ingenious idea I have heard this entire year! Thanks!!
Have made a video for the surecom model sr-328?
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!
@@thesaltyham7144 i just purchased the Model SR-328 trying to get it working . learned a lot from this video thanks
👍👍👍 ...Alan in 🇨🇱
How does it identify every 10 mins. Thanks AF6MC 16:09
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.
Is it possible to use the BL-1 (2.0) to connect your radio to your cellphone and use aprsdroid ?
Sorry but no. The BL-1 is only for programming purposes. That would be pretty sweet if it did though.