[arm-allstar] Repeater build

[Douglas Goree]

Hans! I'd recommend you read through hamvoip.org if you hadn't done so
already. This is where I got the things I learned to be able to accomplish
what I have so far.

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 10:29 AM David McGough via ARM-allstar <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, HamVoIP works very well to implement split-site repeaters, many are
> using HamVoIP this way, including myself.
>
> The nodes I use for a split-site setup are configured for full-duplex
> (duplex=2) and have the TX connected at one end and the RX connected at
> the other.  Then, these private nodes are simply linked to each other with
> a permanent connection.  I'm using a VPN between the sites (ZeroTier), but
> that's not an operational requirement.
>
> What type of radio hardware are you using?
>
> 73, David K4FXC
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, Hans-Peter Oeste via ARM-allstar wrote:
>
> > Good evening folks.
> > I'm looking for some advice on building a repeater.
> > The radio club I belong to wants to build a 10 meter repeater.  This
> > entails having a TX node some distance away from the RX node, in this
> case
> > it would be about 7  miles.  So we believe that we 'should' be able to
> link
> > them using hamvoip at each location using the internet to connect the two
> > in private mode.  We'd also like to add a couple of radioless monitoring
> > nodes.
> > I have modified two CM108 boards for the two ends of the repeater as has
> > been detailed in several places and can modify more for the radioless
> > nodes.  So I am ready to move on to configuring the software.
> > So I guess the first question should be, is this possible using hamvoip?
> If
> > so, are there any links to web pages that will provide some guidance on
> > this subject?  Is there anyone that can provide some input to this
> subject?
> > Just as a side note, for those that might ask why we don't use an RF link
> > between the two sites? We have tried to provide a 220 RF link between
> > the two sites but the commercial site that the receiver was on had so
> much
> > stray RF that we were unable to create a consistent link.  So we shelved
> > that several years ago.  I was doing some research and discovered HamVOIP
> > and had the thought that this might be able to make the 10 meter repeater
> > happen. I hope I'm right.
> >
> > Hans Oeste VE7OES
> > Victoria, BC.
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