<div dir="ltr">Dave, <br><br>My system is VHF high band, but I have no transmitters. <br><br>The other system I make reference to was UHF. While it's simulcasting wasn't great, it was better others, and it's voting was/is FLAWLESS. Amazing squelch action as well. Not just your run-of-the-mill half-ass DSP squelch masked by audio delay. <br><br><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:07 AM, David McGough <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kb4fxc@inttek.net" target="_blank">kb4fxc@inttek.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Hi Sam,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the info. I figured that loud overlapping TX signals would<br>
cause problems, even with the TX frequency synchronized. I expect getting<br>
a simulcast system working acceptably well on VHF, particularly low-band,<br>
might be about impossible....I guess that's one advantage the higher<br>
frequencies (800MHz and above) have--controlling the antenna pattern and<br>
signal strength in any given direction is MUCH easier!<br>
<br>
BTW, what band was were you all using? ...Again, just wondering. I'm<br>
building a wide coverage 10M repeater right now.<br>
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73, David KB4FXC<br>
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Sam Skolfield wrote:<br>
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> David,<br>
><br>
> The warble was bad with overlap ( sounded like CTCSS warbling, could have<br>
> been carrier)<br>
><br>
> A note to all - No matter how fast your "network" is ( all your stuff could<br>
> be on a table in front of you, with nothing but CAT-5 cables and an<br>
> ethernet switch), the TX buffer on the RTCM and voter.conf will not go low<br>
> enough for your users to "duplex" without echo. Period. People cried about<br>
> this on the main email group, and a firmware update was made for the RTCM<br>
> that lowered its minimum allowed TX buffer value, but it's still too high<br>
> to duplex.<br>
><br>
> That being said, the voting action with RTCMs is SUPERIOR! Works very well.<br>
> I have a system with several receivers scattered throughout a series of<br>
> mountainous canyons, tied in with 900MHz and 5GHz and it works perfectly.<br>
> Using a BBB as a server.<br>
><br>
> 73<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:15 PM, David McGough <<a href="mailto:kb4fxc@inttek.net">kb4fxc@inttek.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Hi Sam,<br>
> ><br>
> > Just for my own curiosity, what was the problem with overlapping transmit<br>
> > sites? (I'm assuming the audio sync wasn't quite perfect?)<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > 73, David KB4FXC<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Sam Skolfield wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > It works, but not perfectly. If you have minimal overlap, it's<br>
> > acceptable,<br>
> > > but once your coverage starts to overlap, it gets hairy. Typical of any<br>
> > > simulcast system to a certain extent, but perhaps a little worse than<br>
> > > others.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > There is a high-level system that used to simulcast from two big mountain<br>
> > > tops using RTCMs (BIG overlap) and it was really rough whenever you were<br>
> > > in earshot of both transmitters.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I will say that the voting using RTCMS is absolutely fantastic. I have<br>
> > had<br>
> > > amazing results.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:24 AM, Steve Wright <<a href="mailto:stevewrightnz@gmail.com">stevewrightnz@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > > wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > I just read that the RTCM simulcast multi-transmitter system actually<br>
> > > > DOESNT work.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Can anyone shed light?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > S<br>
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