>>2789803
>receiver desensitization
I'm not talking about using a baomeme, I'm talking about a real radio.
>>2789834
I have run a repeater. No, a mountain repeater and home repeater aren't the same coverage, and yes you'll be subject to land owner requirements and certain hurdles to run a repeater on top of a local casino or mountaintop. But you can absolutely run a repeater on a pushup mast from home and get great coverage. Millions of hams do this, usually for their friends. My buddy has a 900mhz repeater that we sometimes use for memes with city wide coverage that also crossbands to 440, no it wasn't $350 but it wasn't that bad either. I think $1,400 new, it's a Yaesu. The cost of running these isn't that bad. Your electric bill won't notice in the summer when your AC overtakes it significantly. No you don't need a $5,700 Motorola unit for a fucking uhf repeater.

You will realize with repeaters how fast diminishing returns start to apply. For an FM repeater does an extra 50w give you significant coverage? Does the repeater need to be 7 feet higher? Will anybody even use it? Most repeaters out here sit there dead, you'll monitor for days and hear the infrequent kerchunking as someone keys it up with no audio.

This is a dude that wants a repeater closer than 30 miles away. Probably in a small town with flat land. Will a $8,000 service anyone other than him? Probably not. So why go that expensive?

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