reflectors and local traffic

[cbrown01]

I'm trying to learn how the repeater handles traffic it receives. If our repeater (KG4GGV) is linked to a reflector, and I go out of town and try to talk on KG4GGV from another repeater system which is not linked via the reflector, will the local KG4GGV repeater still transmit my audio or will it be blocked due to it's link to the reflector? If it does go through and get transmitted will everyone on the reflector system hear my transmission just as if I were talking on it locally?

Another question - whats the easiest way to tell when you turn on your radio whether or not your local repeater is linked to anything?

Thanks,

Casey Brown
KF4BSC

[cbrown01]

Sorry, in the above email I meant to say our repeater's call sign is KJ4GGV, not KG4GGV.

Casey Brown
KF4BSC

[n5ebw]

Hi, you should be able to make a zone call directly to the module, even if it is linked, I think.  Source routing works independently of linking.  Source routing works in the Icom G2 software itself, whereas linking is the functional responsibility of DPlus.