Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Assistance in Michigan.

[KFD29]

In a message dated 1/6/2006 9:13:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First, has the system ever performed better than this at any time?  My next statement would be, and yes they are right about the 9913, but I would have to say that 9913 has nothing to do with shield, as it is a very good shielded cable, just that is presents metal to metal type substance and therefore lets to much noise in, but this would not be an everyday, every minute issue for the system. So you suggest it be replaced?  or is it fine to keep?   He is not far off on the distance either, I am up 130Ft in the air, 6 dB gain atenna fed with 7/8" hardline, pre-amp with filters, and 8 miles is best for the handheld radio for a signal that is acceptable to listen to. We are up 27.0m, but have an HAAT of 16.4m.... 3dB gain antenna, and you know the feedline :)  What could you expect our max range to be w/ handhelds?   Is this performance the same in all directions, or is one direction better than the other.  How well is the hand held getting into the system?  Are they noisey, or are they just not there?  Are there spots that is better than others, location wise? Going south, where terrain stays pretty much flat (except the typical suburb housing of course) gets us 5 miles.... going north, where the land drops in elevation due to the river only gets us about 2miles...we seem to lose signal quite a bit after the "big hill" Both have readable audio till they drop out, after that south has no tx nor rx... and north has rx yet for a couple miles but no tx.   Next, is there a possibility of taking the repeater to another antenna and hooking it up and doing some testing.    Another quesiton that was not asked, and did not see mentioned, what is the power output of the hand held radios?  Are they in a building, or are they outside? 5watt handhelds, we did our testing outside, but need them to work inside too...... someday :)   Mathew   YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.