Guess I've been lucky so far then. 5 years and going strong But I will keep a watchful eye out!
Ken At 09:59 AM 11/14/2005 -0500, you wrote: > I have found that most amateur band couplers or "diplexers" >do not seem to operate well in full duplex 100 watt 2x environments >for very long. In RX systems, is one thing, but under long TX power >keys they seem to heat up and dis-assemble themselves internally. The >commercial versions from folks like TX/RX are well rated for >continuos duty of repeater application. Actually I have had several >amateur versions fail over the years, but the commercial ones live >through most anything but water and lightening.... > >Doug >KD8B > >At 09:47 AM 11/14/2005, you wrote: > >>At 01:14 PM 11/14/2005 -0000, you wrote: >> >> >I know that this has been asked before, but does anyone know of a >> >commercial diplexer with a higher power rating so that one can use one >> >dualband antenna at the repeater site for both a VHF and UHF repeater. >> >><----While I don't use a dualband antenna, I do use a pair of Comet >>diplexers at one of my sites, so I only need one run of hardline up a 170' >>tower. Obviously one at the repeater end and another at the top of the tower. >> >>As I remember, it is rated for 200 watts. The repeater (UHF), delivers 75 >>watts out of the duplexer and the 2 meter remote base radio delivers 60 >>watts. I've had no problems with the arrangement in over 5 years. >> >>Ken > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html We offer complete Kenwood TKR repeater packages! We are now an authorized Telewave Dealer! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net 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/
