> Greg, > > I hope you had the rcvr cable terminated as well. Maybe to your > antenna/system.
Correct - it was by the signal generator. > Your transmitter is spec'd only 60 db spurious emmsission. Yours > might be -80db now, but with temp/humidity/etc change it might be > at some other level that can cause a problem. This is what most > are talking about...the noise from the tx at the rx freq. Yea - this was done at about 75F with a relatively cool transmitter. > So one test cannot be used to judge all. However, your test is a > good one, but like so much in a repeater things change and > problems develop and the use of poor cables is very often seen as > a problem developer. Works now, but not later. > > What I am others are saying when building a repeater there are > just some things one does to head off problems. ICOMs use of > single shielded cable is such a issue not done in repeaters. > Known for decades. But of course good repeater manufactures > don't use txs with only -60db supurious emmissions. I would agree - Like I would have not have purchased the repeater if the price was increased say $20 (guess; ~1.4%) to cover better cables? Actually - I wish they would have just modified their 1 RU commercial product or dstar. Greg
