This is a couple of pass cavities, not a duplexer. Do the band pass cavities have the same problem?
-- Tim :wq On Aug 25, 2010, at 1:32 PM, DCFluX wrote: > I've seen this before on Wacom BpBr duplexers. Remove the coupling loop from > the cavity and re-solder the connectors. Use 2% silver bearing solder if you > can find it. > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Tim Sawyer <tisaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Here's the latest: We went up to our site yesterday. We added a lighting > arrestor to the receive antenna. We grounded the chassis/rail/cabinet as it > was only grounded via the power cord previously. Didn't expect this to fix > the paging problem, it just needed to be done. > > I did find a loose UHF connector on the Wacom. This is a two cavity BP filter > on the receive side. I don't know if the loose connector was the problem but > it's much cleaner now. We ran in carrier squelch for about an hour and didn't > hear much of anything. A dramatic improvement and amazing for our dirty hill. > Today there have been a couple of pages bust through the P/L but it's 1,000% > better than it was and it's still pretty quite in carrier squelch. > > Do you think the loose connector and/or grounding could have helped or is > this some sort of cruel coincidence?
