Getting Started Guide
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Basic OperationBasic Operation
Using the Repeater Channels
e KG-1000G is pre-congured with 8 GMRS repeater channels. e channels are
number 23-30 and named RPT-15 through RPT-22.
What is a Repeater?
In basic terms, a repeater is a device that is commonly used to increase the range of two
way radios. Repeaters will receive a transmission on one frequency and simultaneous-
ly rebroadcast that transmission on a dierent frequency. Repeaters are often setup in
a xed location and connected to an antenna that can be mounted in a high location
that can provide better range than is normally available with radio-to-radio (simplex)
communications.
Locating a Repeater
Using GMRS repeaters can signicantly increase the range of your radio, but just tun-
ing to one of the repeater channels isn’t necessarily going to work. You rst have to be
sure there is a repeater listening on that channel’s frequency, and you have to be within