The extra will not make the difference, trust me, I went from 100 watts at the antenna to 85 watts and no one knows the difference. The problem that you are dealing with is a supherp amount of intermod in that city. My repeater can be heard in Merriville, and surrounding areas, but some of the guys that goes to Gary cannot hear it but every now and then when they travel around. For the extra heat it won't make a difference. But if you wish to try, just use a good lenght of RG-59 coax between the exciter and the amp to bring the power down. It took about 125' of cheap coax to drop from 4 watts to 2 watts.
Mathew
KA9QJG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Exciter Power Adjust
You're worried about less than 3 Db? Why?
Ken
I have Some Ham Friends who work in the Steel Mills near Gary Ind, they
cannot get into the Local 2 Meter Repeater . but can get in on 220, But not
Hear it very good so I thought just Maybe a little more wattage from My
cottage might just help penetrate the Steel Buildings.
Thanks Don KA9QJG
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