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 ===== Repeater ID ===== ===== Repeater ID =====
-A repeater ID consists of two parts, the [[repeater_id#State ID|State ID]] and an auto-incremented [[repeater_id#Repeater ID|Repeater ID]] number.+A repeater ID consists of two parts, the [[repeater_id#State ID|State ID]] and an auto-incremented [[repeater_id#Repeater ID|Repeater ID]] number. The state ID and the Repeater I are collectively known as the Repeater ID, but the structure is divided into two parts: state ID-Repeater ID. And example is 41-123.
  
 ==== State ID ==== ==== State ID ====
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 === United States === === United States ===
-Repeaterbook is not using a FIPS code to specify the country of the United States. This is a historical issue as Repeaterbook was initially designed to only display repeaters in the United States. The state ID represents the state [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard_state_code|FIPS code]], which is a two-digit numeric character.+Repeaterbook is not using a FIPS code to specify the country of the United States. This is a historical issue as Repeaterbook was initially designed to only display repeaters in the United States. The state ID represents the state [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard_state_code|FIPS code]], which is a two-digit numeric character. The US is the only country that uses a purely numeric, two-digit state ID.
  
 === Canada and Mexico === === Canada and Mexico ===
-Canada and Mexico state IDs include the country designator along with the state or province FIPS code. Their codes are a four digit alphanumeric character. The first two characters are the country's FIPS code (Canada is CA and Mexico is MX). The last two characters are numeric and represent the province (Canada) or state (Mexico) the repeater resides in. +Canada and Mexico state IDs include the country designator along with the state or province FIPS code. Their codes are a four-digit alphanumeric character. The first two characters are the country's FIPS code (Canada is CA and Mexico is MX). The last two characters are numeric and represent the province (Canada) or state (Mexico) the repeater resides in. 
-  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIPS_region_codes_(A%E2%80%93C)#CA:_Canada|Canada FIPS]] +  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIPS_region_codes_(A%E2%80%93C)#CA:_Canada|Canada FIPS]] Ex: CA01-123. 
-  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIPS_region_codes_(M%E2%80%93O)#MX:_Mexico|Mexico FIPS]]+  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIPS_region_codes_(M%E2%80%93O)#MX:_Mexico|Mexico FIPS]] Ex: MX01-123.
  
 === Rest of the World === === Rest of the World ===
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 ==== Repeater ID ==== ==== Repeater ID ====
-The +The repeater ID is a database assigned numeric integer.
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