--Hello, everybody. We are wanting to put up a repeater, but were wanting some opinions on what band would be better. The bands we are thinking about using are either 2 meters or 10 meters. 2 meters would be probably be better because all amateurs could use it. I was also giving 10 meters some thought because most people around here have some sort of HF rig with 10 meters w/CTCSS in it.
--The repeater would serve the area of Southeast OK, Southwest AR, and Northeast TX, so terrain is fairly flat with a few small hills, and a lot of pine trees, and smallish "mountains" up north.
--It seems that 10 meters seems to bend around terrain a bit better than 2 meters, but that's just what "I" have observed in my experience...YMMV.
--So, what's everyone's opinion regarding 10 meters vs. 2 meters? One of my concerns with using 10 meters is that the antennas I see usually have no gain, whereas most 2 meter antennas I see are from 0 to 9dBd of gain, depending on brand, model, etc. Decibel and Sinclair are some good repeater antennas. Thanks for any help/info.
--The repeater would serve the area of Southeast OK, Southwest AR, and Northeast TX, so terrain is fairly flat with a few small hills, and a lot of pine trees, and smallish "mountains" up north.
--It seems that 10 meters seems to bend around terrain a bit better than 2 meters, but that's just what "I" have observed in my experience...YMMV.
--So, what's everyone's opinion regarding 10 meters vs. 2 meters? One of my concerns with using 10 meters is that the antennas I see usually have no gain, whereas most 2 meter antennas I see are from 0 to 9dBd of gain, depending on brand, model, etc. Decibel and Sinclair are some good repeater antennas. Thanks for any help/info.