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BridgeCom BCR Series

BridgeCom's BCR-series repeaters (e.g. BCR-40U UHF, BCR-220 on 1.25m) are purpose-built analog ham repeaters that interface cleanly to ORLP through their rear accessory/controller connector — no internal modification required. Audio & control: The accessory connector provides receive (COS/busy) output, PTT input, and discriminator/flat RX audio plus TX audio input. Wire these to a USB radio interface (DMK URI, Masters DRA/RA, etc.). CTCSS: The repeater can handle its own tone, or you can let ORLP's usbradio mode do CTCSS encode/decode — pick one to avoid double-encoding. Programming: Set frequency, offset, and tone with BridgeCom's software before deployment; ORLP handles linking and timing if configured as the controller.