You can monitor from another receiver set to the repeater output frequency.
You're transmitting on an input frequency which is probably 600KHZ away from
the output if you're on 2 meters, so there should be no conflict between the
two radios running, even if they are right next to each other.

An interesting thing our net control did one night on a local informal net
here in Massachusetts was to tape record each checkin and then import the
recordings into wav files.  He then uploaded all of them on to the club's
web site, so you could go and click on your call sign and hear how your
signal sounded through the repeater from his location.  I thought that was
pretty cool.
73

----- Original Message -----
From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:28 PM
Subject: quality of signal monitoring


> Good evening everyone.  I am just wondering if anyone has thought of or
> have tired methods so that you can try and monitor the quality of the
> signals you are putting out when you are on a repeater on 2-meters or
> 440?  I have found that I mm managing to  raise repeaters and that's
> it.  Then tonight I wasn't sure if I was getting  stepped on or not, but I
> would like to monitor the signal I am putting out, but I can't do that
> with two radios within close proximity to one another.  Any suggestions or
> help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.