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IMPROVED REPEATER COVERAGE PEDRO WYNS, ON7WP/AA9HX, ALONG WITH OTHER
BELGIAN AND DUTCH AMATEURS, HAS BEEN PURSUING A UNIQUE APPROACH TO
ENHANCING FM REPEATER COVERAGE.  AS MOST KNOW, YOU CAN IMPROVE THE RECEIVE
COVERAGE OF A REPEATER BY SETTING UP RECEIVERS AT REMOTE SITES TO FILL IN
THE COVERAGE HOLES.  THE AUDIO FROM THE REMOTE RECEIVERS IS THEN SENT TO
THE MAIN TRANSMITTER SITE USING UHF OR MICROWAVE LINKS.  YOU CAN FURTHER
IMPROVE COVERAGE BY ADDING MORE TRANSMITTERS.  ACCORDING TO PEDRO, UHF AND
MICROWAVE LINKS ARE PROBLEMATIC IN MANY AREAS OF EUROPE BECAUSE OF
INTERFERENCE AND COST ISSUES.  AS AN ALTERNATIVE, HIS GROUP IS
EXPERIMENTING WITH INTERNET LINKS FOR REMOTE REPEATER RECEIVERS AND
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W6YWH/342 I1WXY/345 K2ZZ/343 VK4LC/375 I1FNX/346 KE3A/344 W7WT/343
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