Radio Repeaters
Radio repeater significantly expands the coverage area of your two-way radios in the field.
Radio repeater significantly expands the coverage area of your two-way radios in the field. This brings clearer voice communication over added miles. These are the professional-grade units used by police, fire, emergency medical services, transportation fleets, and workforces nationwide.
A radio repeater(Two-way repeater or 2 way repeater) is a combination of a radio receiver and a radio transmitter that receives a signal and retransmits it, so that two-way radio signals can cover longer distances. A repeater sited at a high elevation can allow two mobile stations, otherwise out of line-of-sight propagation range of each other, to communicate. Repeaters are found in professional, commercial, and government mobile radio systems and also in amateur radio.
Buyer's Guide - Repeater
Radio repeaters improve communication coverage in systems using frequencies that typically have line-of-sight propagation. Without a repeater, these systems are limited in range by the curvature of the Earth and the blocking effect of terrain or high buildings. A repeater on a hilltop or tall building can allow stations that are out of each other's line-of-sight range to communicate reliably.
Radio repeaters may also allow translation from one set of radio frequencies to another, for example to allow two different public service agencies to interoperate (say, police and fire services of a city, or neighboring police departments). They may provide links to the public switched telephone network as well.
