I have a 2-Watt MICOR UHF Ham Repeater (came from the factory in the 2-watt version) in service locally. The coverage is excellent.
I've cooked a few 2-Meter PA decks over the years, and had to jumper around the PA deck to use just the 400 milliwatt exciter as the transmitter, while the PA deck was getting fixed. By the time it went through the three transmit cans of a 6-cavity duplexer, another pass can, all the jumpers, several hundred feet of old feedline, etc., I'd bet that there wasn't 100 milliwatts of power actually reaching the antenna. The coverage was excellent, only the people using mobile and portables behind some hills that were completely blocked seemed to notice that the Repeater wasn't up to its usual strong signal. This is on a very small hill, not some high mountaintop. If you have 10-20 watts for your repeater, you'll probably be surprised how well it works. LJ Original Message: ----------------- From: Dakota Summerhawk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:44:24 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters? Portables are great but I need the 35W (UHF) and the 50W (VHF) out to assure that the coverage is adequate. Thanks for the suggestion. Dakota -----Original Message----- From: mch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 8:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters? Use portables... Joe M. Dakota Summerhawk wrote: > > Is the best way to have a mobile repeater up and running with two > mobile radios and a duplexer? Looking for a way to be able to run a > couple of repeaters, one VHF, one UHF for a mobile communications van. > Can anyone recommend ways to cut down on weight and space? Thanks > Dakota > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 Yahoo! Groups Links -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . 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/
