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  • How To Select Feedline For A Repeater, By Todd, KY4TS
    April 30, 2018 Daniel Kochanowicz

    How To Select Feedline For A Repeater, By Todd, KY4TS

    A common overlooked part of putting together a repeater system is the selection

    of proper feedline. "But, coax is coax, isn't it?" "I use LMR-400 for all my stations at home. That should be good enough for a repeater, right?" Well, not necessarily.

     

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  • TWO-WAY RADIO REPEATERS: HOW TO CHOOSE AND INSTALL
    March 2, 2018 Tim King

    TWO-WAY RADIO REPEATERS: HOW TO CHOOSE AND INSTALL

    TWO-WAY RADIO REPEATERS: HOW TO CHOOSE AND INSTALL

    A two-way radio repeater takes weak and low-performing signals and retransmits them at a higher power so they can cover longer distances, ranges, and terrains without degradation. Repeaters eliminate unwanted noise and interference, helping to clarify messages as they are strengthened and re-transmitted. When properly installed, radio repeaters provide reliable communication signals from one radio to another, almost completely eliminating dead zones.

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  • Amateur Radio Linking Explained
    April 20, 2017 Tim King

    Amateur Radio Linking Explained

    Amateur Linking What is amateur radio linking and why is it so important, necessary, or just plain fun? Let's say you want to set up a repeater at Hamvention and talk to the group back home. How is that possible?...

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  • K1PQ Repeater 70cm Install and Club
    April 14, 2017 Tim King

    K1PQ Repeater 70cm Install and Club

    Hello BridgeCom, Our original 444.950 repeater was an old Motorola unit setup and operated by N1BUG. It worked but required too much time and attention. Our club voted to continue operations on 444.950 so we bought the BridgeCom and now...

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  • International Crystal Manufacturing Going Out of Business - from ARRL
    March 17, 2017 Tim King

    International Crystal Manufacturing Going Out of Business - from ARRL

    03/10/2017

    International Crystal Manufacturing (ICM) of Oklahoma City has announced that it will be going out of business, probably at the end of May. Royden Freeland Jr., W5EMH, son of the company’s founder, posted a letter this week on the ICM website. 

    Radio Crystals in Box

    “We will be honoring all orders that we have already taken and will be able to fill a limited amount of new orders dependent upon raw materials available,” Freeland said. “We would like to thank you for your past business. The success of ICM over the previous 66 years has been largely due to its amazing customer base.”

    International Crystal produces RF control devices — quartz crystals, oscillators, QCM crystals, filters, TCXOs/VCTCXOs, and precision crystals.

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  • BridgeCom Systems New BCD Series Duplexers
    November 22, 2016 Tim King

    BridgeCom Systems New BCD Series Duplexers

    November 14, 2015BridgeCom Systems, IncPhone: (816)532-8451 E-Mail: tim@BridgeComSystems.comContact: Tim KingFor Immediate ReleaseIntroducing the NEW BCD Duplexers by BridgeCom Systems________________________________________________________________________BridgeCom Systems, Inc is pleased to announce the availability of the BCD line of duplexers for the amateur and commercial radio markets....

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