I don't know why. I'm just the messenger (I report -
you decide; good thing this isn't a
Motorola-trademarked phrase!). Maybe it was picking up
energy from the super stationmaster on 444.5 that's
about 5 feet away, sending it down the coax, and
getting something reflected back up and radiating back
out on 449.5. It still could have been completely
coincidental.
Bob M.
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--- Laryn Lohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Bob M."
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
>
> > There's an unused 800 MHz vertical antenna mounted
> > near the UHF antenna, on the platform, with coax
> > attached. Apparently the dummy load at the bottom
> of
> > the coax for that antenna was either missing or
> > defective, so another one was put on. The
> repeater's
> > desense problem is completely gone now, even with
> the
> > 200w PA and the 17dB gain preamp.
>
>
> Maybe it's because it is late, but why would an
> unused, unterminated
> antenna be the cause of this desense??
>
> Laryn K8TVZ
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