Oh, they could have a hard time linking to the net for repeaters because I
don't think any controllers support internet linking directly, and having
another computer at the repeater site may be an expense some clubs that want
links don't have, and they may not want it accessed worldwide.

----- Original Message -----
From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: modifying a thf6 a kenwood to work with frs.


> Hi John, it's for interlinking repeaters, and a tv,
> they both share that part of the band. The 424 and 425
> megahertz slices, and 429 and 430 are used for remote
> linking and control of repeaters, and 421.25 is the
> video input for cable ready chanel 57, so most a tv
> repeaters use that as an output. 425.75 is a tv audio.
> You might see link radios as close as 425.9 to that,
> and other spots in the t.v. signal where there's room.
> Often links will have inputs on 424-425 and outputs on
> 429-430 or vice versa. Ya know, those link radios
> don't have their own i.d.s, and they weren't pl'd
> either, well I think some were, some weren't. Well
> this is from about 7 years ago in Phoenix. I've never
> picked up any link radios out here, and probably it's
> not used so much in many areas anymore because they
> can just use the Internet, but not every repeater site
> has an internet connection, so most likely repeater
> owners are using these frequencies to link their
> repeaters with echolink or IRLP. That's a good
> practice, because it keeps all the repeater i.d's off
> the link. It would get old listening to a conference
> if every repeater put it's i.d's on the system. That's
> a big no no with IRLP I understand, it's tollerated on
> echolink to a point, but....If you read many threads
> on the echolink yahoo group, you'll hear all about it.
>
> --- John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > To be honest with you, I've never quite known what
> > the bottom of 440, the
> > 420 to 430 area was for, must be something like that
> > though, I've never been
> > down there.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brent Harding" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: modifying a thf6 a kenwood to work with
> > frs.
> >
> >
> > > I know the 440 band goes beyond that which the rig
> > will transmit. Or is
> > that
> > > area mainly for link systems?
> > >
>
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