WRJT772 Thomas Repeater Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ย. 2022
- Hi, sorry for taking so long in posting my technical videos.
This video is very special to me, for many reasons, first, I helped a friend own his first GMRS repeater, his name is Thomas Duke WRTJ772, he is from South Carolina, we actually met on an open Zello channel called GMRS_TWO_WAY_RADIO a gentleman called Scott from Wisconsin sponsors the channel and I found it by accident, well to make a long story short, we basically talk every day and I mentioned that I just retired from Motorola and that my hobby is building repeaters, we got to talking and I had mentioned that I was looking for a nationwide network, he suggested the Octane network, once I finished building this repeater and after getting accepted and a Hub was created just for our close group, the group name is The Outcast, Don't Ask!! anyway, the repeater is finished and is ready to be put on the air where it will serve a local community in his town. I hope you enjoy this one.
73's Ross WRNC518/WD4EHU
Great setup Thank you so much for the awesome information God Bless.
Amazing!! Love the fact that you’re using Motorolas.
Incredible attention to detail is very well explained. Would love to meet you in person. Thank you, W4KWS
When I build mobile based repeaters I set the tx radio to 10 watts and then run it into an external amplifier that takes 10 watts in and sized to whatever output power the output needs according to its use. Currently working on a Desktrac repeater and converting it to P25 with the Repeater-Builder board. Fans and amps are cooled via a thermistor controlled switch. I could have sworn I saw something in the past that used a RaspberryPi with an interface board that would send out a push notification to those responsible for the site. One could also interface a power monitor to the system to let one know what is happening with output power.
Nice build!
Dude built a repeater better than the US government ever could.
Great progress from when you first bought one from me. Its a tough business and starting to get not really fun anymore. Not scalable at all and hard to get good deals. Then HAMS / GMRS users are dirt cheap, if I want to sell 5 a month at least. I'm not gonna do this to sell 1 a month. So if I sell a repeater for 500 bucks, have 150 in the radios, 150 in the computing, thats only 200 bucks in my pocket for 4 -5 hours of work. Which isn't really getting close to my $100/hr rate for engineering projects like this.
Excellent build, good sir.
Interesting rig. Love to have a GMRS machine here
love the setup
I love your videos on repeaters asere! I hope you’re still making them. You also sound like Andy Garcia the actor-thank you for sharing your knowledge!KC2YOK
Good evening, John. Thanks, we try.
niceeee....muy bonito el repetidor...
I’d love to learn how to build one of these repeaters
Looks awesome. Any advise on hooking a Quantar into a raspberry pit to work on a network.
How much to build a repeater like that without the option of connecting to a network? Just a stand-alone repeater? Nice work!! 73 de N5BIG / WRTL267
Good evening, Curtis, sorry for the delay, turnkey, about $800.00, if you need more information, you can look me up on QRZ (WD4EHU)
are you still building the gmrs repeaters looking at controller fans and voice workings
thanks Merle KB7MUB in az or a repeter with some parts I can send you ........
How did you handle the station identifier for the station?
Glenn
N6JAI
Did you stop making videos?
WRWQ208
Nice build. What software is running on the pi? 73 from KK6YWG
Good evening, Jack. Just the latest Pi-star software.
@wd4ehutechnicalsite314 Could you possibly give me an idea of where i can obtain the software for discontinued radios like the m1225 for example?
I have several prior public service units I obtained when our FD changed to kenwood. I interested in using them for a couple mmdvm pi repeaters, but the software isnt as readily available as other manufacturers.
Thanks, James.
Adonde puedo comprar esa controller para mi gmrs reapeter saludos y gracias
How much you charge build one for gmrs im also a ham
Are you still building these?
What happen you said more videos to follow..yet no signs in a year. Are you ok?