At 12:25 PM 11/14/2005 -0500, you wrote: > For me, impending failure usually starts with rx desense out >of nowhere, followed by heat to the touch, followed by noticeable >power output drops... I never really saw it on packet systems as the >short duty cycle helps the heat issue, but many multiband antenna's >exhibit less than optimal swr and these devices really want to see 50 >ohms on each leg..... My failures were with Diamond products in >particular and a Comet unit as well....
<----That may be one reason my situation has worked out so well. I am not using a multiband antenna - I use another diplexer on the tower to split off the VHF and UHF antennas again, so SWR is good to start with and maintainable. The whole purpose for me was to need only 1 run of hardline up the tower. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
