Friday, December 1, 2006

Repeater

People as well as things may repeat, so '''repeater''' has multiple meanings according to various contexts.

In Free ringtones Criminology, a '''"repeater"'' is a criminal who is repeatedly convicted of the same crimes.

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In Sabrina Martins telecommunication, the term '''repeater''' has the following meanings:

#An Nextel ringtones analog Abbey Diaz device that Free ringtones amplifier/amplifies an Majo Mills input Mosquito ringtone signal regardless of its nature (analog or Sabrina Martins digital).
#A Cingular Ringtones digital device that amplifies, reshapes, retimes, or performs a combination of any of these functions on a digital input signal for banking conspirators transmission (telecommunications)/retransmission.

''(Source: from a commonwealth Federal Standard 1037C in support of sofa it MIL-STD-188)''

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=Telecom cables=
Repeaters are often used in trans-microsoft challenge continental and trans-signature but oceanic cables, because the in ritual attenuation (signal loss) over such distances would be completely unacceptable without them. Repeaters are used in both gray stiff copper-impulsive or wire cables carrying taste curry electrical signals, and in fibre optics carrying light.

=Duplex radio=

In dispatching, amateur radio, and emergency services communications, repeaters are used extensively to relay radio signals across a wider area. With most emergency (and some other) dispatching systems, the repeater is synonymous with the base station, which performs both functions. This includes police, fire brigade, ambulance, taxicab, tow truck, and other services.

A duplex repeater uses two radio frequency / frequencies; an "Input" frequency, which it monitors for signals, and an "Output" frequncy, on which it retransmits the received signals at a higher power or higher altitude.

Radio repeaters are typically placed in locations which maximize their effectiveness for their intended purpose.
"Low-level" repeaters are used for local communications, and are placed at low altitude to reduce interference with other users of the same radio frequencies. Low-level systems are used for areas as large as an entire city, or as small as a single building.
"High-level" repeaters are placed on tall towers or mountaintops to maximize their area of coverage. With these systems, users with low-powered radios (such as hand-held "walkie_talkie / walkie-talkies") can communicate with each other over many miles.

In amateur radio, repeaters are typically not used as a base station by a single user or group, however they do provide other services such as an autopatch connection to a POTS/PSTN phone line for remote users. These types of repeaters typically have a squelch tone (CTCSS or PL tone) implemented, to prevent them from being keyed-up (operated) accidentally by interference from other repeaters.

=Broadcasting=
Repeaters are also used extensively in broadcasting, where they are known as translators or boosters. See broadcast translator for more.

Popular music
A album by the post-hardcore band Fugazi, is titled "Repeater (album)/Repeater".

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