How do you build a repeater system that offers almost impossible coverage due to geographical constraints?
In this presentation I gave to my local radio club, I discuss how to build a ham radio repeater network that rivals any other.
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⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Increase your repeater coverage
0:27 What is receiver voting?
3:20 Simulcast
4:07 Simulcast Advantages
5:12 The catch…
10:48 How to build a simulcast repeater
11:39 What is Allstarlink?
15:19 What is VKLink?
18:32 The RTCM/VOTER Board
20:54 System Layout
23:33 Putting it all together
25:58 Locking to GPS
28:11 Simulcasting with the VOTER Board
30:12 Repeater Consolidation Project
32:34 The VK7RHT Simulcast Repeater System
38:21 Live RSSI Data
39:32 More monitoring with AllMon2
42:44 Why handheld radios struggle into the repeater
45:17 Challenges
50:18 The future of the system
55:26 Questions and comments
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