Field test of the ADS-SR1 simplex repeater connected to an FT-2600M mobile/base radio working with an Wouxun radio. Link: www.argentdata.com/catalog/pr...
If other handhelds are in range of the originating handheld then they will hear both transmissions. You can "hide" this effect by using two different PL/CTCSS tones for the transmit and receive (rolling it on the repeater unit). However, this will only work if you have a radio that permits separate tones for transmit and receive.
I know this video is over two years old, but still wanted to thank you for creating and posting it. Been subscribed to your videos for a while and keep coming back to this one. - I picked up an ADS-SR1 a while back and was having fun with it using it with a Baofeng HT. Amazingly with a decent antenna even with 5W, it had decent range much further than I expected. Finally picked up a Yaesu FT-2900R and made a cable for it to interface with the ADS-SR1 (combination of the RJ12 Mic jack and the 2-pole 3.5mm speaker jack on the back) and it worked! Wished I had your FT-2600M which has a proper 'Data' jack that my 2900R is missing. :) Thanks again! Cheers and 73's!
Daniel, this is bit if a late reply, but I just ordered the SR1 and have the exact same radios you have. You have any specs or links on the cable you built? Much appreciated!
Awesome!! Great practical example. Its definitely a training issue using the simplex repeater but it has alot of advantages built in to the device. I'm building a prototype solar ammo can version and hope to deploy it on a 4000" mountain soon. want to see its capabilities during adverse weather and document it. good vid.
GG - Thanks for the comment and feedback. 4000' mountain... that will have some reach for sure! This test was at 1500' and still reaches out. Running out of days here at the retreat but hope to get a few more vids out.
Radio Shack used to sell a version of this repeater system but closed them out after a short time and a friend of mine bought it quite cheap and we used to use it. Although it did in fact work great, you had to remember if you were in range of the person talking and could hear them "direct", you had to wait for their transmission to be repeated via the repeater system before you could reply. Basically you would hear the other person's broadcast *twice*. Once live (direct) from their radio and the second time via the repeater. Even if you couldn't hear the other person direct you had to keep in mind there would always be a delay between responses, and if the person talking was long winded the delay could be quite lengthy depending on how long they spoke. Additionally, If you didn't wait for the repeater to rebroadcast the other persons transmission and began replying after hearing them direct, the repeater wouldn't be able to hear your reply and thus, would not repeat YOUR transmission. If you kept these basic conditions in mind then this type of repeater setup could work well. If not it was just one big mess trying to figure out why the other person wasn't hearing you, or why the repeater didn't repeat a transmission :\ I used to have three of those Yaesu FT-2600 mobile radio's, all used for packet and they were great for that purpose because they had a DB9 connector on the back and were simple to interface a TNC to them. Plus they had 60 watts RF output. They were my favorite model at the time for data purposes - still are actually :)
+Commsprepper great set up, I wanted to do something like this, but had only seen the handheld repeater system. This gives real hope so when I get back east I can do the same as you set it up to use my base/mobile with the choice of 25 or 60 watts to transmit with instead of 5 watts with a handheld especially with a nice base antenna in the air. Thanks for sharing! 😀
Good for using as a preppergation beacon. As in working on your own, checking your local area for blackspots etc. Would also be useful for site assessment of base station antenna placement. In fact using a ctcss tone as default maybe we all need a Simplex Repeater set up.
Not sure how to answer the question. The simplex repeater "echos" transmissions on the same channel/freq/band. Cross-banding permits access to between bands for radios that may not have both bands. What I like about the simplex repeater is it can be connected to a handheld - creating a basic repeater for only few bucks. Does this help with your question?
when using your set up does everyone on the HT side of the ridge hear your broadcast twice (once from HT and again from repeater) and listeners on the opposite side of the ridge only receive your message once (only from repeater)?
Do you happen to have a wiring diagram for the Argent ADS-SR1 repeater to the Yaesu radio cable? I have the RJ45 wiring block. I'm having some issues with my Yaesu FT-2980r working together with the repeater.
How is this different from just buying a repeater with cross band repeat? Is it that the message is retransmitted on the same band with an offset, negating the need for 70cm/2m dual band radios?
Thanks for the video. I see that the cable that you used to connect the mobile rig to the repeater controller has a phone jack to go into the controller, but what about the other end? How did you connect it to the mobile radio? I sent an email to Argent, but they haven't written back. Thanks for any help you can offer. 73
Hey do you have a video showing a radio + TNC + IPad or Idevice setup? I'm trying to see if there are any apps or software to go direct or via Bluetooth to make this happen.
Contact me if you are interested in a collaborative video, or if you know how to make it happen. I'm very interested in the possibilities of mobile packet Ham!
I'm looking to setup a gmrs repeater but this method seems like it would be annoying having to wait and keep hearing myself and vice versa with another person. Is that what happens?
Yeah, that's what'd happen - unless you had no tone on the simplex repeater but sent in a 67 Hz tone, while your buddy sent in a 110.9 Hz tone or similar, and you mute your own tone on receive. If transmissions are short, great! But yeah, communicating should take literally twice the time.
Technically that is not exactly correct...I assume you are referring only the definitions section of Part 95 for GMRS that defines what a repeater is. The ADS - SR1 is a repeater only in name. Legally it's a message forward device, this is why ADS refers to it as a store forward. Since message forward is not clearly prohibited in PRS/GMRS (95.33 / 95.1733) AND the permissible uses of GMRS (95.1731) are not limited to what is delineated is it is unclear at best the legality of using message forward on GMRS. In your video, on 2m, you don't have a repeater either. It's a message forward device as specified in Part 97.219.
How do you handle the issue of some people hearing you twice? And does the ADS SR1 understand tones so you can make the repeater somewhat more private?
You can use separate RX and TX frequencies to avoid hearing stations twice. The function/action of PL (tones) and DPL take place in the radio you are using, not in the repeater.
Best video I've seen on this yet - great stuff, very straightforward and intuitive. What cable do you use from the simplex repeater to the Yaesu base station? I've been all over their site, but only see connectors for HT's.
Hello I plan on setting up one of these on either my motorola xtl 800mhz or my xpr4550 vhf. Which one do you guys think will be better? I am only using the radios for when I am out cutting firewood I would be looking to talk up to 20 miles away do you think it would work?
Hi.. how would you rate the AUDIO QUALITY of the device? I have somewhat of a dilemma. I want to use some of my installed gear for emergency “SHTF/WROL” applications. The dilemma I have is that most of the users of my repeaters will be non-tech people. I would love to have a system in place that would permit voice storage of short yet critical messages that can be retrieved by either anyone -OR- with proper validation of a short DTMF code to add a tiny level of “security” to the system. (obviously it’s audio which can be readily decoded by ear or device... it’s just to keep the average listener / eavesdropper a bit clueless) I have a GMRS repeater and an IG (“business band”) repeater currently on the air. The GMRS is analog only, no encryption and 45 watts, pursuant to the applicable part-90 regs. It’s a Quantar with advanced signaling pkg ,a BpBr duplexer (high RF environment- a high-rise rooftop shared by a dozen or so public-safety repeaters/transmitters, microwave links and paging transmitters). Both repeaters utilize individual Telewave 4-element folded dipole antennas and have very short feedline to each repeater. It has a fairly decent coverage area, as does my “business band” unit. The GMRS repeater gives me an advantage of having many GMRS/FRS licensees in the area, many who are using my “open” repeater at present. The users may be an advantage as they can possibly relay information and/or assist with tasks in an emergency. BUT.. they also pose a potential disadvantage. During any sort of crisis or emergency, especially a SHTF/WROL situation, the less people who know your plans, information and strategies-> the better. The “Business Band” repeater is a Hytera RD982 UHF. It’s a DMR/analog mixed-mode capable unit that’s capable of 48 watts of transmitter power that is turned down to 8 watts and fed into a TPL power amplifier that then puts out 100 watts. The logic was to minimize the strain on the repeater transmitter -and- getting a higher transmitter power than natively produced by the repeater’s transmitter. I have it currently running in “mixed-mode” so it will receive and relay analog narrowband transmissions that match the DPL code / or / will take an input on either digital “time slot” (DMR is TDMA) and repeat it on the same slot... this allows TWO concurrent voice communications to take place simultaneously when using the DMR mode. Obviously, when using analog mode, you can only have one “talk path” functioning at a given time, making the digital mode twice as capable. I also have a second site which offers overlapping coverage territory and expanded coverage in areas not currently covered. It’s within L.O.S. , permitting microwave linking, far more robust in storms, etc, than wired internet or tie-line leased copper telco circuit. The primary Hytera repeater currently has a twin, programmed identically, in the same rack. It’s configured as a “fail over”. (No amplifier/ separate antenna w/cheap “notch style” “mobile” duplexer for now...) Additionally, several of my “family only” radios (Hytera PD782G / PD982 and X1P) have been equipped with AES-256 encryption for a moderate level of conversation privacy. These radios have a separate “Zone” set up with channels that have encryption enabled. The channels and zones are clearly configured and laid out in such a fashion that it permits them to be used easily by the non-geek folk in the family. Friends and associates have been given the freq pair and CC (“color code” - no, SJW’s.... it’s not a racial thing 😉🤣) AND have been issued a “radio ID” to use on the repeater. What I’d like to
Would this be the same type setup for gmrs as well? Can a licensed gmrs set this up with no issue? We live near Tulsa OK, but outside of the city, and there is only one gmrs repeater, about 40 miles away from me. I pretty interested in setting up my own base station for more effective gmrs use.
R&R is great. Getting allot done (even with the breaks to make vids). The Internet connection has been the most frustrating. Even when working correctly - the upload speeds take for ever to post vids. Only a few days left on site to finish my projects and make a few more vids. I want to take the Wouxun/TNC-X/ATV mobile and make a vid using that equipment somewhere on the mountain.
quick question, when you broadcast on your handheld and there's other handheld nearby, do they hear both the original transmission and also the secondary transmission? I'm thinking so just not sure. thanks for posting this video.
I don't know what the TYT-9000 radio is but Argent Data sells brand specific cables in addition to the simplex repeater. I have Kenwood and Yaesu radios so I got those cables.
Something I did when I first started the channel for privacy reasons. I have since given up on that - it's too hard to make Amateur radio videos and not have the call sign in them - Hank K1DOS
+Commsprepper I have one of those radio tone controller box. will that work with the 2500. I tried but think I need the 3 ring auxiliary cable. kinda new in radio and waiting on a call sign
+Commsprepper ok I don't have the TNC-X cable I had just tried a regular auxiliary cord for cell to truck radio. when I ordered the RT-SRC1 I got the baofeng cable was just wondering if I got the right cable it would retransmit thru the 2500
Interesting idea! Especially for simplex comms! I'm puzzled, if you're an amateur radio operator, why are you not letting us hear your call sign? Afraid that it's a made up or it belongs to someone else? I only ask is because I've heard of some here on UA-cam that it's plausible that they're radio operators but bleep out their call sign while making their video, I'm just wondering as to why do that?
that is so cool brother. I got one big fav to ask in the start of your vids can you turn down the val its to much I have to remove my head phones each time.. thanks..
Not to nitpick but your repeater simplex channel should be 146.565 not 146.560. Upper half of the two meter band is on 30 khz splits which means simplex channels of 146.520 (nat'l simplex), up 30 khz to 146.550, and then a split channel up 15 khz to 146.565.
War Planner no problems - thanks for the info. This simplex repeater was in up for an hour to make this video (four years ago). Now that radio is a packet node. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
A typical repeater setup has a transmitter and receiver and are able to listen and transmit 6 kilohertz apart from each other, alot of filtering is needed to do this. If you try and use just two radios on the same band the transmitting radio will swamp the receiving radio and it wont work unless they are very far apart from each other.
You're new to the internet I guess. Pro-tip, not everyone is as nice and gentle as you are. I've had preppers tell me, to my face that they are going to forgo buying any preps besides guns, because they intend to take what ever they want from other preppers if a disaster were to occur. We don't need an excuse to want to keep our privacy, and if you disagree I'd ask for your; SSN, home address, drivers license ID #, date of birth, and mothers maiden name. You're not doing anything wrong right?
The legality of this is lacking. It doesn't auto identify, and you have no remote way to shut it down ,so its lacking a control operator. I would remove this video before the fcc catches wind of it.
Reading more into it, it has an "announcement" feature that could identify the operator for it. The lack of shut down would bother me though. (edit looks like dtmf tones can shut it down too! cool.)
icanrunfasterwithmyknife This unit has lots of cool features. It will auto ID with code and you can also have a pre-recorded voice ID. For remote control you can enable and disable the repeater function via DTMF command (repeater on/off) See manual www.argentdata.com/support/ads-sr1-manual.pdf.
If other handhelds are in range of the originating handheld then they will hear both transmissions. You can "hide" this effect by using two different PL/CTCSS tones for the transmit and receive (rolling it on the repeater unit). However, this will only work if you have a radio that permits separate tones for transmit and receive.
I know this video is over two years old, but still wanted to thank you for creating and posting it. Been subscribed to your videos for a while and keep coming back to this one. - I picked up an ADS-SR1 a while back and was having fun with it using it with a Baofeng HT. Amazingly with a decent antenna even with 5W, it had decent range much further than I expected. Finally picked up a Yaesu FT-2900R and made a cable for it to interface with the ADS-SR1 (combination of the RJ12 Mic jack and the 2-pole 3.5mm speaker jack on the back) and it worked! Wished I had your FT-2600M which has a proper 'Data' jack that my 2900R is missing. :) Thanks again! Cheers and 73's!
+Daniel Kao Glad it helped. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. CommsPrepper
Daniel, this is bit if a late reply, but I just ordered the SR1 and have the exact same radios you have. You have any specs or links on the cable you built? Much appreciated!
Thanks for this video. I am learning each day. Anthony.
Awesome!! Great practical example. Its definitely a training issue using the simplex repeater but it has alot of advantages built in to the device. I'm building a prototype solar ammo can version and hope to deploy it on a 4000" mountain soon. want to see its capabilities during adverse weather and document it. good vid.
Very cool, thanks for sharing. Its on my list of gear now.
Handy piece of gear CP, I like the ability to transmit recorded messages on a timer as well, gonna pick one of these up.
GG - Thanks for the comment and feedback. 4000' mountain... that will have some reach for sure! This test was at 1500' and still reaches out. Running out of days here at the retreat but hope to get a few more vids out.
I plan on ordering one soon. I want to set it up on a Motorola GM300. I have also thought about a portable in an ammo can. Thanks for the videos.
Radio Shack used to sell a version of this repeater system but closed them out after a short time and a friend of mine bought it quite cheap and we used to use it. Although it did in fact work great, you had to remember if you were in range of the person talking and could hear them "direct", you had to wait for their transmission to be repeated via the repeater system before you could reply. Basically you would hear the other person's broadcast *twice*. Once live (direct) from their radio and the second time via the repeater. Even if you couldn't hear the other person direct you had to keep in mind there would always be a delay between responses, and if the person talking was long winded the delay could be quite lengthy depending on how long they spoke. Additionally, If you didn't wait for the repeater to rebroadcast the other persons transmission and began replying after hearing them direct, the repeater wouldn't be able to hear your reply and thus, would not repeat YOUR transmission. If you kept these basic conditions in mind then this type of repeater setup could work well. If not it was just one big mess trying to figure out why the other person wasn't hearing you, or why the repeater didn't repeat a transmission :\
I used to have three of those Yaesu FT-2600 mobile radio's, all used for packet and they were great for that purpose because they had a DB9 connector on the back and were simple to interface a TNC to them. Plus they had 60 watts RF output. They were my favorite model at the time for data purposes - still are actually :)
+Commsprepper great set up, I wanted to do something like this, but had only seen the handheld repeater system. This gives real hope so when I get back east I can do the same as you set it up to use my base/mobile with the choice of 25 or 60 watts to transmit with instead of 5 watts with a handheld especially with a nice base antenna in the air. Thanks for sharing! 😀
Myles Siglin Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.
Great video!
Great videos good work
Thank for the feedback and support. Respectfully - CommsPrepper
Good for using as a preppergation beacon. As in working on your own, checking your local area for blackspots etc. Would also be useful for site assessment of base station antenna placement. In fact using a ctcss tone as default maybe we all need a Simplex Repeater set up.
I just added the link in the description where you can get one.
Not sure how to answer the question. The simplex repeater "echos" transmissions on the same channel/freq/band. Cross-banding permits access to between bands for radios that may not have both bands. What I like about the simplex repeater is it can be connected to a handheld - creating a basic repeater for only few bucks. Does this help with your question?
Great video, Hank! Hope the R & R is going well!
Can you share what cable I would need for the wouxun 1000 g ?
are you going to put the antenna up higher on simplex that matters alot
cool project, I don't see many wv hams on UA-cam! 73
when using your set up does everyone on the HT side of the ridge hear your broadcast twice (once from HT and again from repeater) and listeners on the opposite side of the ridge only receive your message once (only from repeater)?
thanks brother.
Do you happen to have a wiring diagram for the Argent ADS-SR1 repeater to the Yaesu radio cable? I have the RJ45 wiring block. I'm having some issues with my Yaesu FT-2980r working together with the repeater.
Sorry but I don't
How is this different from just buying a repeater with cross band repeat? Is it that the message is retransmitted on the same band with an offset, negating the need for 70cm/2m dual band radios?
What is the name of the repeater.
How can you connect the repeater if the radio those not have a connector in the back
Thanks for the video. I see that the cable that you used to connect the mobile rig to the repeater controller has a phone jack to go into the controller, but what about the other end? How did you connect it to the mobile radio? I sent an email to Argent, but they haven't written back. Thanks for any help you can offer. 73
Very cool idea!
Thanks for the feeback.
Hey do you have a video showing a radio + TNC + IPad or Idevice setup? I'm trying to see if there are any apps or software to go direct or via Bluetooth to make this happen.
Kinley1978 I have not made a video showing blue tooth. However, it can be done with the SCS modems.
Contact me if you are interested in a collaborative video, or if you know how to make it happen. I'm very interested in the possibilities of mobile packet Ham!
The question is can it be done with Idevices?
Can you broadcast on another repeater from your simplex repeater on the mountain via the handheld?
I'm looking to setup a gmrs repeater but this method seems like it would be annoying having to wait and keep hearing myself and vice versa with another person. Is that what happens?
The FCC does not permit simplex repeaters to be used in GMRS.
Yeah, that's what'd happen - unless you had no tone on the simplex repeater but sent in a 67 Hz tone, while your buddy sent in a 110.9 Hz tone or similar, and you mute your own tone on receive. If transmissions are short, great! But yeah, communicating should take literally twice the time.
Technically that is not exactly correct...I assume you are referring only the definitions section of Part 95 for GMRS that defines what a repeater is. The ADS - SR1 is a repeater only in name. Legally it's a message forward device, this is why ADS refers to it as a store forward. Since message forward is not clearly prohibited in PRS/GMRS (95.33 / 95.1733) AND the permissible uses of GMRS (95.1731) are not limited to what is delineated is it is unclear at best the legality of using message forward on GMRS. In your video, on 2m, you don't have a repeater either. It's a message forward device as specified in Part 97.219.
How do you handle the issue of some people hearing you twice? And does the ADS SR1 understand tones so you can make the repeater somewhat more private?
You can use separate RX and TX frequencies to avoid hearing stations twice. The function/action of PL (tones) and DPL take place in the radio you are using, not in the repeater.
Great great video, that repeater is for gmrs?
Best video I've seen on this yet - great stuff, very straightforward and intuitive. What cable do you use from the simplex repeater to the Yaesu base station? I've been all over their site, but only see connectors for HT's.
I made my own from the manuals. Mic High, Mic Low, PTT, audio etc.
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Hello I plan on setting up one of these on either my motorola xtl 800mhz or my xpr4550 vhf. Which one do you guys think will be better? I am only using the radios for when I am out cutting firewood I would be looking to talk up to 20 miles away do you think it would work?
Bob Smith 800 is government... not unless you want to be interfering with them, I would stay far away from 700 and 800 mhz
Do you operate it on split repeater freq`s? or a Simplex freq`s in the band plan.
simplex
Hi.. how would you rate the AUDIO QUALITY of the device?
I have somewhat of a dilemma.
I want to use some of my installed gear for emergency “SHTF/WROL” applications.
The dilemma I have is that most of the users of my repeaters will be non-tech people.
I would love to have a system in place that would permit voice storage of short yet critical messages
that can be retrieved by either anyone -OR- with proper validation of a short DTMF code to add a tiny
level of “security” to the system.
(obviously it’s audio which can be readily decoded by ear or device... it’s just to keep
the average listener / eavesdropper a bit clueless)
I have a GMRS repeater and an IG (“business band”) repeater currently on the air.
The GMRS is analog only, no encryption and 45 watts, pursuant to the applicable part-90 regs.
It’s a Quantar with advanced signaling pkg ,a BpBr duplexer (high RF environment- a high-rise rooftop shared
by a dozen or so public-safety repeaters/transmitters, microwave links and paging transmitters).
Both repeaters utilize individual Telewave 4-element folded dipole antennas and have very short feedline
to each repeater.
It has a fairly decent coverage area, as does my “business band” unit.
The GMRS repeater gives me an advantage of having many GMRS/FRS licensees in the area,
many who are using my “open” repeater at present. The users may be an advantage as they can
possibly relay information and/or assist with tasks in an emergency. BUT.. they also pose a
potential disadvantage. During any sort of crisis or emergency, especially a SHTF/WROL situation,
the less people who know your plans, information and strategies-> the better.
The “Business Band” repeater is a Hytera RD982 UHF. It’s a DMR/analog mixed-mode capable unit
that’s capable of 48 watts of transmitter power that is turned down to 8 watts and fed into a TPL
power amplifier that then puts out 100 watts. The logic was to minimize the strain on the repeater
transmitter -and- getting a higher transmitter power than natively produced by the repeater’s transmitter.
I have it currently running in “mixed-mode” so it will receive and relay analog narrowband transmissions
that match the DPL code / or / will take an input on either digital “time slot” (DMR is TDMA) and repeat it
on the same slot... this allows TWO concurrent voice communications to take place simultaneously when
using the DMR mode. Obviously, when using analog mode, you can only have one “talk path” functioning at
a given time, making the digital mode twice as capable. I also have a second site which offers overlapping
coverage territory and expanded coverage in areas not currently covered. It’s within L.O.S. , permitting microwave
linking, far more robust in storms, etc, than wired internet or tie-line leased copper telco circuit.
The primary Hytera repeater currently has a twin, programmed identically, in the same rack.
It’s configured as a “fail over”. (No amplifier/ separate antenna w/cheap “notch style” “mobile” duplexer for now...)
Additionally, several of my “family only” radios (Hytera PD782G / PD982 and X1P) have been equipped
with AES-256 encryption for a moderate level of conversation privacy. These radios have a separate
“Zone” set up with channels that have encryption enabled. The channels and zones are clearly configured
and laid out in such a fashion that it permits them to be used easily by the non-geek folk in the family.
Friends and associates have been given the freq pair and CC (“color code” - no, SJW’s.... it’s not a racial thing 😉🤣)
AND have been issued a “radio ID” to use on the repeater.
What I’d like to
Would this be the same type setup for gmrs as well? Can a licensed gmrs set this up with no issue?
We live near Tulsa OK, but outside of the city, and there is only one gmrs repeater, about 40 miles away from me.
I pretty interested in setting up my own base station for more effective gmrs use.
Simplex repeaters are not permitted in the GMRS.
OPSEC - I don’t blame you!
Great video do you have a link to the cable you also used to connect to the ft2600?
You have to make your own.
R&R is great. Getting allot done (even with the breaks to make vids). The Internet connection has been the most frustrating. Even when working correctly - the upload speeds take for ever to post vids. Only a few days left on site to finish my projects and make a few more vids. I want to take the Wouxun/TNC-X/ATV mobile and make a vid using that equipment somewhere on the mountain.
nice video. thanks for posting. 73
+de N5XTC thank you.
quick question, when you broadcast on your handheld and there's other handheld nearby, do they hear both the original transmission and also the secondary transmission? I'm thinking so just not sure. thanks for posting this video.
Yes you will.
Commsprepper
Thanks for the quick reply! That solves my question for what I'm wanting to do.
Thanks, you read my mind....scary
Hey comms u have a vid on how u set it up ? I have the gmrs bands in my tyt-9000 ?
I don't know what the TYT-9000 radio is but Argent Data sells brand specific cables in addition to the simplex repeater. I have Kenwood and Yaesu radios so I got those cables.
Where did you get the interface cable between the radio and the repeater. I've only seen cables on the Argent site for handhelds
BennyCFD I made the cable.
+BennyCFD That would be called an ethernet cable......
Nice video! Is this repeater still up in running? I live in ft Ashby I would be able to hit this with no problems
73
KD8ATF
Sorry - I only had it up for the video.
Can you publish the specs on the cable you built to do this join. I am building the exact same setup and want to make sure I get the cable right.
+Keith Walker I will have to find the cable.
+Commsprepper I have mine working hooked up the 1200b channel but my audio is very light. Did you use the 1200b channel or the 9600b channel?
+Keith Walker 1200bps line.
What's the reason for muting your call sign?
Something I did when I first started the channel for privacy reasons. I have since given up on that - it's too hard to make Amateur radio videos and not have the call sign in them - Hank K1DOS
@@Commsprepperk
@@kentuckybrogaming8214 Fact is he has no FCC license, I'v called the FCC to have them go after his ass !!
I'm also in wv. wonder if this will work with the yaesu ft 2500
+jayradford Funny you ask. I just set this up with a FT-2500 back at the homestead in Virginia.
+Commsprepper I have one of those radio tone controller box. will that work with the 2500. I tried but think I need the 3 ring auxiliary cable. kinda new in radio and waiting on a call sign
+Commsprepper its the RT-SRC1
I don't understand the question? I just connected a TNC-X to a FT-2500.
+Commsprepper ok I don't have the TNC-X cable I had just tried a regular auxiliary cord for cell to truck radio. when I ordered the RT-SRC1 I got the baofeng cable was just wondering if I got the right cable it would retransmit thru the 2500
Would this device work with a wouxun kg 1000 gmrs Mobile radio?
Yes/No. Technically it would work but the FCC does not allow simple repeating in the GMRS service.
@@Commsprepper but many many people make simplex repeaters with multiple UA-cam videos about it but they almost always use little 5 watt ht's
I see in the comments that you made the cable. seems straight forward to do but I'm having no luck with ft 2800m. mind sharing the details?
Sure. Take a look at page 48 in your owners manual (Packet connections). Replace the word data with audio and use those connections with the ADS-SR1.
looks like my config except I tried to run power off the 3 pin I'll clip and see what happens. Thanks much.
I saw that pin but it's only 8 volts. I think you will need to use the internal battery.
Yup. it appears no audio. think I have the wrong audio knack. kill have to compare it to the factory baofeng which works great
can you use different rx ant tx freq on the fixed radio???
I don't understand the question.
@@Commsprepper like for example if the radio is set up to receive on 154.400 and transmit on 155.400
You want the antenna to match the transmit.
Hi I have a question is there any chance to use this poor man repeater on 27mhz ?
not permitted.
Commsprepper and why is that so ?
Able to and allowed to are two different things.
Interesting idea! Especially for simplex comms! I'm puzzled, if you're an amateur radio operator, why are you not letting us hear your call sign? Afraid that it's a made up or it belongs to someone else? I only ask is because I've heard of some here on UA-cam that it's plausible that they're radio operators but bleep out their call sign while making their video, I'm just wondering as to why do that?
Back in the day I did share my call sign because freaky people were looking up my address and showing up at my house. I have since given up.
Ex3lente donde puedo comprar uno ..gracias
Can you do an offset with this ?
yes
Greetings. What location is that ? by the way good video.
+pudiful Hampshire County WV.
that is so cool brother. I got one big fav to ask in the start of your vids can you turn down the val its to much I have to remove my head phones each time.. thanks..
done.
Could you use this for gmrs? New to radio and trying to learn
No. FCC does not permit simplex repeaters in GMRS.
Not to nitpick but your repeater simplex channel should be 146.565 not 146.560. Upper half of the two meter band is on 30 khz splits which means simplex channels of 146.520 (nat'l simplex), up 30 khz to 146.550, and then a split channel up 15 khz to 146.565.
War Planner no problems - thanks for the info. This simplex repeater was in up for an hour to make this video (four years ago). Now that radio is a packet node. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Why have your transmission recorded and rebroadcast? Why is it even necessary? 2 meter repeaters don’t record and retransmit.
This is not a repeater. This device provides "repeater like" functionality with a single radio. Repeaters have two radios transmitter and receiver.
Commsprepper exactly. Why not just use two radios?
A typical repeater setup has a transmitter and receiver and are able to listen and transmit 6 kilohertz apart from each other, alot of filtering is needed to do this. If you try and use just two radios on the same band the transmitting radio will swamp the receiving radio and it wont work unless they are very far apart from each other.
crossband is much better
Crossband is great. I have it in my ID-5100 (in my truck).
kc8sui
Commsprepper,I live near you. Kg4who 73 om shoot me a email at my call at gmail, looking forward to making the contact on the rf side
Why do you edit out your call sign and tape all your old license plate's that hang on your shed? Whatcha hiding from?
I don't want people looking up my address (Internet has some creepy people out there). I'm sure you can understand.
You're new to the internet I guess. Pro-tip, not everyone is as nice and gentle as you are. I've had preppers tell me, to my face that they are going to forgo buying any preps besides guns, because they intend to take what ever they want from other preppers if a disaster were to occur.
We don't need an excuse to want to keep our privacy, and if you disagree I'd ask for your; SSN, home address, drivers license ID #, date of birth, and mothers maiden name. You're not doing anything wrong right?
Dumb comments
@@swashington942 Fact is he has no FCC license, I'v called the FCC to have them go after his ass !!
The legality of this is lacking. It doesn't auto identify, and you have no remote way to shut it down ,so its lacking a control operator. I would remove this video before the fcc catches wind of it.
Reading more into it, it has an "announcement" feature that could identify the operator for it. The lack of shut down would bother me though. (edit looks like dtmf tones can shut it down too! cool.)
icanrunfasterwithmyknife This unit has lots of cool features. It will auto ID with code and you can also have a pre-recorded voice ID. For remote control you can enable and disable the repeater function via DTMF command (repeater on/off) See manual www.argentdata.com/support/ads-sr1-manual.pdf.