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Hi Steve
No permission required & nothing to pay, I will let others explain how they work.

Cheers

Steve, There are so many variables that it's very difficult to put a distance on repeater coverage. Factors such as antenna heights, radio and antenna performance and terrain all have an influence. For example I can open a repeater that is 80 K's from my home no problem but that repeater is 1011 metres high. There are other that a half the distance and I have no hope. It's a case of suck it and see.

Steve,
From the little I can remember of the "rools", when we got our repeater about 8 years ago, anyone is entitled to access any repeater. The only way the owners can stop you, is to turn it off, which defeats the purpose of having one, in the first place.

Any heavy useage through a private repeater, by a 2nd party, would no doubt be preceded by a courteous inquiry. As mentioned in some previous posts, many Shires in Qld, have repeater networks, available for every bloke and his dog, as well as the Council employees. These networks cover the whole Shire.

Our repeater gives good coverage over 60-80 kms radius, but the signal is affected by the terrain, and weather conditions, over greater distances.

Hope the bird was only sitting on your hand, what sort of bird?

Hooroo...

thanks guys for the answers might be handy to know when we are away i normally take a hf set but use uhf between cars so i suppose if you get a bit seperated its handy to know i normally have the radio on scan anyway

steve