[Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread Mark Cobbeldick
Here is one that drove me nuts for almost a week when I was still at the city... - Mountain-top radio site (1800' elev). - 260-foot freestanding tower - 8-bay uhf antenna on top platform - Connected to a MSF2000 transmitter on the city's 453.xxx paging freq and a Zetron digital paging

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:32 PM 1/12/2006 -, you wrote: Apparently the 152 transmitter's signal was mixing with the 162 MHz weather transmitter's signal, INSIDE OF MY TANK CIRCUIT of my UHF paging transmitter !!! ---Yet more evidence why anyone who deploys a repeater without a circulator should be summarily

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread DCFluX
I blow up circulators, try a shorted coaxial stub instead.On 1/12/06, Ken Arck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:32 PM 1/12/2006 -, you wrote:Apparently the 152 transmitter's signal was mixing with the 162 MHz weather transmitter's signal, INSIDE OF MY TANK CIRCUIT of my UHFpaging transmitter

[Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread skipp025
At some of the high level Metro Radio Sites with mulitple Broadcast Stations going full tilt, you can easily have a hundred watts or more of rf comming back down the feed line. You need the right size/type circulator. A shorted coax stub is nice to have in addition to the circulator, but you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread DCFluX
I've had to send of and repair a 150W rated EMR circulator 5 times so far, and it keeps blowing up. The last time it went it took the transmitters power FET with it. VSWR on the antenna is near perfect with 146 forward for 4 watts reflected. Transmitter runs fine on just the antenna, but I can

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread Ken Arck
At 01:59 PM 1/12/2006 -0700, you wrote: I blow up circulators, try a shorted coaxial stub instead. ---Then you need a bigger load (don't we all!). My Quintron UHF repeater has a dual stage circulator - the first load is 250 watts, the second is 10 watts and both are external. My MastrII's

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: interference story - w/food for thought

2006-01-12 Thread DCFluX
They blow up on the input port, output to load is always fine.On 1/12/06, Ken Arck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:59 PM 1/12/2006 -0700, you wrote:I blow up circulators, try a shorted coaxial stub instead. ---Then you need a bigger load (don't we all!).My Quintron UHF repeater has a dual stage