I have a node with a separate receiver and transmitter. I’m not wanting this to be like a repeater as in receiving on one frequency and retransmitting what’s herd on receiver on another. All I want to do is have the node keep its ears open at all time so I can give commands If the TX radio is busy or I can talk over an Id. I’ve tried duplex 2 and 3 and both of them key the transmitter when the receiver is active. Like I said I just want it to be able to receive while the transmitter is active. Any help would be appreciated
Full duplex requires separate transmit and receive frequencies. No way around that.
If you are looking for local coverage only put the transmitter on a dummy load and the receiver on a spike and you have great coverage around the house.
And always use CTCSS on the receiver to help prevent co-channel interference and/or QRN.
Yes sir, like I said I have 2 radios on my node. A receiver and a transmitter both with different frequency’s. When I key up on my node and make the receiver active it always keys the transmitter and repeats what I say like a repeater should. I don’t want the transmitter to key up when my receiver is active. Like I was saying I only want the node to hear commands given when someone on asl is talking or it’s id’ing or whatever. I don’t want it to re transmit what the receiver is receiving. I hope that makes sense
I didn’t notice you saying ther tx and rx were on different frequencies. I thought you pretty much said the opposite. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
In that case all you need to do is edit rpt.conf and change duplex=0 and linktolink=yes.
Thank you very much for all the responses you have given me. If I do duplex 0 and link to link yes, will I still have a courtesy tone and all that good stuff?
Yes, linktolink=yes will climate that. See https://wiki.allstarlink.org/wiki/Rpt.conf#linktolink.3D
Also look at duplex=3. https://wiki.allstarlink.org/wiki/Duplex_Mode_3 and https://wiki.allstarlink.org/wiki/Rpt.conf#duplex.3D
Ok I got it to work like I want
It’s duplex 1 and link to link=yes… the transmitter does not transmit when the receiver is active and when the transmitter is active it still hears and accepts commands
Next order of business will be passing dtmf through 1 node to another then out through rf to control a ACC repeater controller that’s 1200 miles away