For several years I had my UHF & 6 meter repeaters at the same location, & the antennas about 10 feet apart. They were both tied into the same repeater controller so you could go in on either & went out on both.
The ERP of the UHF was about 160 watts, the ERP of the 6 meter was about 80 watts. Both were GE Mastr Pro repeaters. Like stated below, there were places the UHF covered better & there were places the 6 meter covered better. 6 meters was better behind hills or in valleys. ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:19:00 PM CDT From: "W9DHI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] low band repeater > I currently have a 6 meter repeater on the air, we also have a 10 meter but > it's not currently up. The 10 meter was split site using a UHF link but the > 6 meter we have up is using duplexors. It is a MastrII and works very well > with a 1 meg split (53.03 out, 52.03 in), we modified a 46 meg loop antenna > (DB products) and built a new phasing harness and it works very nice. It's > about 180' up the tower face of a 260' tower so we do have some pattern > distortion as the antennas are leg mounted. At the same site we have > 444.850/449.850 running a 1/4 K and the that antenna is top mounted. The > coverage is a little better on 440 without any pattern distortion, but > otherwise the coverage is equal. However in low spots where there is > shading and the UHF doesn't work, the Lowband does and there are situations > that are the complete opposite where the UHF works and the VHF doesn't . > What more can I tell you. > > > > > > Gregg R. Lengling, W9DHI, Retired > Administrator http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org > K2/100 S#3075 KX1 S# 57 > Member: ARRL, RSGB, RCA, WERA and ORC > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maire Company [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 4:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] low band repeater > > > > does any one know of any low band repeaters on the air? > > (30 to 40 mhz) > > > > if so how good do they work? > > > > any ham repeaters? > > > > if so how far does the tx and rx freg need to be? > > > > looking to built one and any help would help > > > > thanks John > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ > > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Service. > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
