I agree with Kevin. All too often one hears someone say they have everything they need to make a repeater, except for a duplexer. They expect to use a piece of crap antenna, too.
Spend your money on a good duplexer and good antenna. The other stuff is the cheap stuff. The antenna and duplexer are the two most important components of a repeater system by far. Chuck WB2EDV > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I'm building a VHF high band repeater... on a tight budget. I have everything except a duplexer. I need some recomendations on cheap abundant duplexers that will do the 600Khz split. Max power I'll be using is 50 - 75W so recomendations for some Monster wacom or TXRX duplexers that can handle a bazilion watts do not need to be posted, besides, I probably wouldn't be able to afford ANY used wacom or txrx duplexer sets. > >> > > Here is some reality: > There is no such thing as cheap abundant duplexers for 600 kc 2 meter > repeaters. > If you cannot afford a good duplexer for your repeater, maybe consider > taking up a different part of the hobby. Sorry to be so blunt, but too > many folks think you can kludge a repeater system together with junk and > have a really good working system. While there are a few of us here on > the list that are likely talented enough to make something work from > junk, that isn't the rule, rather the exception. Do yourself a favor > and spend the money on a damn good duplexer as you will kick yourself > every time you have desense you cannot overcome because of inadequate > duplexer isolation. > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
