So the fun thing about repeaters are the restrictions of the radios talking to it.So practically, a mobile unit to a mobile unit, with a repeater, Sheridan to Anderson would be impossible?
What ranges are possible with a repeater?
(I'm about to make up number as an examples)
Let's say your handheld radio with a magmount on your car can reach 10miles.
Your buddy's radio can reach 5 miles.
The repeater can reach 50 miles.
You and your buddy are on opposite sides of the repeater, both of you are 10 miles out.
You can talk into the repeater clear as a bell and hear everything.
Your buddy can hear the repeater, but can't talk into it.
So when you ask about the range of the repeater it's dependant on what's talking to it.
Now if you and your buddy can both reach 10 miles but your are 20 miles apart with a repeater in between. Then if you talk through the repeater your effective range is now 20miles.
Does that all make sense?