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AZRedhawk44

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GMRS Radios
« on: December 30, 2008, 12:20:17 PM »
I want to install a repeater in my truck for my GMRS radios.  I have my ZA FCC license and call sign registration.

The radios I have are Cobra Microtalk model PR-5000.  They are FRS/GMRS combo radios.

To use a repeater, you have to program your radio to transmit on a different frequency than it receives.  I think most people configure the TX to be RX + 5Mhz, correct?  Can I do that with these cheap little radios?

Or... can I find a repeater that will TX on the same freq that it RX's on... or will it kill itself with a feedback loop doing that?
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Re: GMRS Radios
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2008, 01:38:56 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on December 30, 2008, 12:20:17 PM
To use a repeater, you have to program your radio to transmit on a different frequency than it receives.  I think most people configure the TX to be RX + 5Mhz, correct?  Can I do that with these cheap little radios?

If you can, it would be in the manual. 

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Or... can I find a repeater that will TX on the same freq that it RX's on... or will it kill itself with a feedback loop doing that?

There are "simplex" repeaters that don't use an offset, but I've never used one.  My experience with repeaters is mainly through amateur radio, not GMRS.

Chris
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