repeaters

Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 09, 2006 at 21:38

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Member - Mal B

got asked the other day what is the correct protocal if any when useing uhf reperters, mal

Reply By: howie - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 01:16

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 01:16

apart from being on duplex to use it, not many.
repeaters are assigned by the powers that be (list of repeaters is on this site) so they don't overlap in area (err, not always the case) Site Link

generally wouldn't use repeater channels for general talk unless i wanted to talk to the mine/homestead.
keep to channels 10 - 30 on simplex for general convoy use.

there is a minesite using channel 10 a few hundred kms north of perth and as we were passing, we were rudely told to leave the channel. we would have moved normally anyway as we are nice people, but because of their attitude we rudely replied that they don't own that channel and carried on using it(with a written complaint to them later).
cheers howie

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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 09:21

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 09:21

? a lot of repeaters overlap an area....different channels of course

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Follow Up By: Brew69(SA) - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 16:26

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 16:26

Yep i hate these people who think they own free to air channels. Lots of businesses do it.

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Follow Up By: howie - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:54

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:54

didn't say a lot of repeaters-please read post properly
a few years back we were working on the radios on a minesite and one of their complaints was "strange" comms on their repeater channel (ch7 from memory).
we drove around in ever increasing circles about 30-40 kms from the mine and on top of a large hill could talk to 2 repeaters on the same channel.
turned out the powers that be had assigned ch7 to the mine and a homestead which were about 70-80 kms apart but due to intermittant conditions they would occasionally cross that distance.

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Follow Up By: Member - Mike DID - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:57

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:57

CB channels aren't assigned for anyone's use.

They will be assigned for an organisation to run a Repetaer at a certain location, but the Repeater owner has no priority in the use of the Repeater.

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Reply By: John R (SA) - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 16:23

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 16:23

Keep in mind that because a repeater is likely to cover a much larger area, more people will hear you. And so, please don't rattle on like the old blokes who block up the Penshurst repeater. We pick them up on summer mornings and it's bloody painful to have to put up with the epic of last night's dinner dissagreeing with Barry's dentures.

Beyond that rant, repeater use is probably best summarised to; keep it breif, convey your message then leave the channel clear.

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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Nullagine) - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 16:56

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 16:56

Going by what I hear on ch1-3 perth the protocol is to yell, play music, sing, swear, make animal noises and that just the intellegent sounding ones!!

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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:07

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:07

That's the city for you.
Personally I'd rather hear about someone being told off for backing the harvester up too far or some such mundane communication.

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Follow Up By: Member - Scott M (NSW) - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 20:11

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 20:11

Listen to SYD01 - whole heap of blokes going on about non existent imaginary sexual conquests interspersed with f a r t s into the handset.

Not very edifying 1st thing in the morning....

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Reply By: Member - Mike DID - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:21

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 17:21

By law, Repeater 5 is ONLY to be used for Emergency Traffic

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Follow Up By: howie - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 18:01

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 18:01

i knew that ch5 is supposed to be for emergency, but i didn't know it was by law.
i've even heard council/roadworks using it in perth!
there are some repeaters on the site list on channel 5. are they used only for emergency?
cheers howie

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Follow Up By: Member - Mike DID - Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 19:04

Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 at 19:04

From http://www.acma.gov.au/acmainterwr/aca_home/legislation/radcomm/class_licences/cbrs.rtf

A person must not except in an emergency — operate a CB station on:
(i) carrier frequency 27.065 megahertz; or
(ii) carrier frequency 476.525 megahertz; or
(iii) carrier frequency 477.275 megahertz; or

Channels 22 and 23 must only be used for data transmission "must operate on a duty cycle of not more than 3 seconds in any period of 60 minutes"

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