[arm-allstar] Vote or not to vote

[David McGough]

Hi Darrell,

Voting systems can be very useful, particularly when trying to hear 
weak/distant HT's. HamVoIP doesn't currently include a software-only 
voting solution, thought many users have great success with RTCM devices.

However, I'm curious: why is your TX footprint so much larger than RX?  
What are the basic specs of your repeater--such as type of antenna, 
height, feedline, type of repeater and are you using a duplexer?

I've almost always found that my repeaters "hear" farther than they talk,
even at moderate TX power.

73, David KB4FXC


On Wed, 10 Jun 2020, "Darrell Black via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> All, our repeater had to be moved a few years ago. Now we have a much
> larger TX footprint then RX footprint. Mostly due to changes in the
> terrain. We have spare receivers and was going to place them on the
> repeater input freq and have them link back to the repeater node. Do we
> need any special voter software or will allstar sort itself out if the
> signal is coming in from a satellite receiver and the main receiver also. I
> would think you want allstar to pick the strongest or most complete packet
> signal.
>