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What is a linked repeater network?

Repeaters that all retransmit what any one of them receives.

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  1. Repeaters that all retransmit what any one of them receives ✔
  2. A single repeater with more than one receiver
  3. A system of repeaters linked by APRS

Why: In a linked network, a signal received by one repeater goes out over every repeater in the group. That lets hams talk across a whole region.

Huh, didn't know that: Linking lets a small handheld radio cover far more ground than one repeater could alone.

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Why did the repeater join a network? It wanted to repeat itself in more places.
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Answer: Repeaters that all retransmit what any one of them receives. In a linked network, a signal received by one repeater goes out over every repeater in the group. That lets hams talk across a whole region.

  1. 2026-2030 Technician Class Question Pool, T2B03 ncvec.org/downloads/2026-2030%20Technician%20Pool%20and%20Syllabus%20Public%20Release%20Feb%2019%202026.pdf
    A network of repeaters in which signals received by one repeater are transmitted by all the repeaters in the network
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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