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2.13 Equipment Setup - Repeater Station and Repeater Box
Use
The repeater box attaches to a tripod and the radio modem
to the repeater box. An external battery also attaches to the
tripod. The Radio Antenna is mounted on the tripod. One
connection is made from the battery to the repeater box.
Another connection is made from the radio to the radio
antenna.
For more information on repeaters and the repeater box see
Appendix H.
Assumptions
1. A RTK reference is set up, pre-programmed according
to chapter 5.3 and running according to chapter 7.3.
2. A RTK rover is prepared and pre-programmed
according to chapter 5.4.
3. The same type of radios are used on reference,
repeater and rover station.
4. The radio modem at the repeater station is
programmed to repeater mode.
5. All radio modems at reference, repeater and rover
operate on the same frequency.
6. The reference and rover receivers run standard
firmware 3.00 or higher.