I had an FM76 convered to a 220Mhz repeater and used a GLB preselector in
front of the receiver. It helped a lot. Unfortunately, the GLB is no longer
available.
73, Joe,K1ike
---- skipp025 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
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> The Midland & Clegg receivers would be stomped
> on like a "narc at a biker rally"... at most
> of the major high level sites where the noise
> floor is mostly a disaster and the rf is intense.
>
> Nothing like a multi-kw FM Station or two, or
> three or five nearby to let you know how good
> a project builder you are.
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> Once in a while you can get lucky using the
> Midland & Clegg Radio Receivers at a more
> quiet site.
>
> cheers,
> skipp
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> > Bob Dengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > At 7/29/2005 08:58 AM, you wrote:
> > >Although the Clegg and Midland 13-509 radio mod to
> > >repeater convertion works ok, the receiver is fairly
> > >marginal for most busy repeater applications. You'd
> > >do much better to buy a receiver designed for actual
> > >repeater operation.
> >
> > I have to disagree. I maintain 2 220 MHz systems in SoCal: one
> > is on top of a downtown LA highrise. Only thing between the
> > RX & antenna is a notch duplexer. No desense or IMD. The
> > other is about 10 miles north at a minor comm. site & does
> > have a pass cavity in front of a GaAsFET preamp. No IMD
> > there either, although the RX is a bit more sensitive of course.
> > Both systems have been in service for over 25 years; only
> > failure I know of between the two is that one RX had a cold
> > solder joint on the 2nd LO xtal.
> > Bob NO6B
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