Thanks John, I'm going to give it a try and see how it works. Can't do no more than be a disaster and just have to reunhook everything.
Mathew > > I had a situation where I needed to do that at a repeater site in Sioux City, > Iowa. We had about 35 watts on the UHF & about 25 watts on the 2 meter, using > a Comet tri-band GP-15 ant 4160 diplexer. > > It's been operational for about 4 years, working fine. > > Certainly, mono-band antennas are best. But this replaced a Moto Comm-prod > 8DB stick on the UHF & we notice very little difference before/after. > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:58:51 AM CST > From: "w9mwq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Dual Band Antenna for repeater use > > > > > > > I know what this question can lead to, and I know dual band > > antenna's are not recommended for use on repeaters, but this is a > > short term use, (Winter), need. Is there anyone that is using a > > dual band atenna on their repeater system with a duplexer to split > > the two bands. What I am attempting to do for the winter is use > > this dual band antenna for both a 2 meter and a 440 repeater tied to > > the same controller. The 440 repeater will then be receiving some > > two meter remote bases. What will I expect to see with both > > transmitters running at the same time, as well as the receiver > > sensitivity. The 2 meter is running 78 watts from the duplexer and > > the 440 is running 20 watts from the duplexer. Any thoughts on this? > > > > Mathew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > 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/
