At 11/26/2005 10:19, you wrote:
>One of my first (Hamtronics) 6 meter repeaters
>worked fine... same site no duplexer. I had
>65 ft antenna separation, a ground plane (converted
>CB 5/8 wave) for rx at the top and a low gain
>1/2 dipole (converted scanner antenna) at the
>bottom.
>
>The elevated site worked an easy 30 mile radius with
>a whopping 2.3 watts output. Talk about a smoker...
>
>Who says you need a duplexer..?
>
>Just drop the power down...
>
>cheers,
>skipp
What I/O split does it run? Here in SoCal we use 500 kHz. FWIW, I notice
more repeaters on 6 meters with self-desense than any other band, which is
even worse when you consider that the noise floor on 6 is higher than the
higher bands.
Bob
P.S.: 2.5 watts TX power would never cut it here - too much ch. 2 VSB
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