At 02:31 PM 6/8/05, you wrote: >Let's talk about static! Hi everybody! > >I'm experiencing high static levels in our repeater that appears to >develop ahead and during serve weather outbreaks. Other times it seems >perfectly fine. > >Could be precipitation static? Wind bouncing the antenna >around? Internal grounding problems? > >A couple of weeks ago we found that water had gotten into the 1/2 hardline >(Andrew) We replaced the heliax, and have a great standing wave on the >antenna and are looking for some ideas on this. > >What do we got? 40 watt Micor Repeater, 4 pole antenna (yes, its getting >old)! SCOM 7K, Sinclair hybrid ring duplexers. > >Any Ideas? Have any questions? >Thanks All! >Brian, WD9HSY
First make sure that the antenna is bonded to the tower and the tower is bonded to the ground rod system and the repeater is bonded to the ground system. Then go to <http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/ant-sys-index.html> and scroll down to "Antennas" and look at the article on precipitation static. A "static buster" might be just what you need. Mike 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/
