Please, turn off the background music! It is beyond me why RUclips content creators think playing background music over the presenter's voice is somehow enhancing their videos. We came to hear you, not to fight background music which quickly becomes extremely annoying, distracting, and intrusive. Many folks have hearing difficulties, thus while concentrating on your voice they must also concentrate on tuning out the music; it is very frustrating. Your background music ruins an otherwise exceptionally good presentation.
If you are just adding a duplexer to two Baofengs, it is only going to work as well as a Baofeng with a rubber duck antenna. With radio, the antenna is always the most important piece.
One thing you might want to add is Ramsey FM100b 25mW FM Stereo Low Power. These run about $250.00. I have one and a video showing it. It allows you take over any FM station. So you can take over a station on the radio and telling people what is happening. They have to be built so finding something who knows what they are doing is important
Have a question for you. When you got this repeater, did you buy the Midland repeater base antenna with it, or did you already have an repeater antenna? CHEERS from Colorado
@@stifflerjj4You set the RX on the user handsets to use a ctcss or digital tone that's different from the TX. That way, when a user transmits, the other user radios may receive that if they're in range, but they'll ignore it because it doesn't have the tone. You set the TX on the repeater to use the same tone as the RX on the user sets. So when the repeater transmits, the user radios will accept it. This accomplishes not having to hear a transmission twice.
I have the RT97S, and besides the name, and a slightly different design in the metal housing, it looks exactly the same as the MXR10... Oh, and the total cost was ~$370, repeater, AC pwr, DC pwr, programming cable, mic/speaker, 50' cable, and antenna w/mounting bracket and
Got a direct email from midland stating to not leave it outside or get it wet. Now they updated these recently and seems they are saying that they are waterproof.
That is the only right way to open a box 😂 good info
Now was an unboxing worth watching. commited. Thanks for this overview of some options and demos.
Please, turn off the background music! It is beyond me why RUclips content creators think playing background music over the presenter's voice is somehow enhancing their videos. We came to hear you, not to fight background music which quickly becomes extremely annoying, distracting, and intrusive. Many folks have hearing difficulties, thus while concentrating on your voice they must also concentrate on tuning out the music; it is very frustrating. Your background music ruins an otherwise exceptionally good presentation.
If you are just adding a duplexer to two Baofengs, it is only going to work as well as a Baofeng with a rubber duck antenna. With radio, the antenna is always the most important piece.
One thing you might want to add is Ramsey FM100b 25mW FM Stereo Low Power. These run about $250.00. I have one and a video showing it. It allows you take over any FM station. So you can take over a station on the radio and telling people what is happening. They have to be built so finding something who knows what they are doing is important
ill check it out. Thanks.
Iv had really good luck with the MXR10 I have 2 Iv them low watts is perfect for solar
Have a question for you. When you got this repeater, did you buy the Midland repeater base antenna with it, or did you already have an repeater antenna?
CHEERS from Colorado
I already had a bunch of extra base station and other antennas for it. Im sure midlands antenna is good though.
quick question with the battery setup, how long would that size battery last if its powering the repeater 24/7
3 days with use Maybe more.
Stop with the background noise.
How many miles can you get out with the repeater?
As always It depends..... I have got 5 miles with it before. It can go further under good conditions and it can go less under not so great conditions.
Why is it only ten watts? Seems like you would want at least 25
On a simplex repeater use split tones. You can hear only the repeater. No echo.
Can u elaborate?
Will that accomplish using FRS when they don't have split freq
@@stifflerjj4You set the RX on the user handsets to use a ctcss or digital tone that's different from the TX. That way, when a user transmits, the other user radios may receive that if they're in range, but they'll ignore it because it doesn't have the tone. You set the TX on the repeater to use the same tone as the RX on the user sets. So when the repeater transmits, the user radios will accept it. This accomplishes not having to hear a transmission twice.
If that's not a Retevis RT97S, I'll eat the mic.
Its not... Make sure you film it.
I have the RT97S, and besides the name, and a slightly different design in the metal housing, it looks exactly the same as the MXR10... Oh, and the total cost was ~$370, repeater, AC pwr, DC pwr, programming cable, mic/speaker, 50' cable, and antenna w/mounting bracket and
@@MrMindlink Yeah the 2 units are very similar. I like that Midland is an American company.
Midland now claims it is IP67 rated.
Got a direct email from midland stating to not leave it outside or get it wet. Now they updated these recently and seems they are saying that they are waterproof.
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I have been looking at this I don't know how much I like it yet. I may do a video on it at some point.