Like Vince said ... Tx power = 100uW / receiver sens 1V ... Neil - WA6KLA
---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Good bye! Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:30:38 -0700 >At 4/23/2006 17:58, you wrote: >>There must have been a large metallic wall or screen between his 2 >>antennas for his repeater to work without degradation with 25' >>horizontal separation. Or else he had an amazing radio that >>transmitted over 50dB less sideband noise and a front end made like >a >>crystal filter. > >One of my first repeaters (a Canadian Marconi, my only all-tube >repeater) >used two antennas about 50 ft. apart horizontally & 10 ft. >vertically. One >of the two antennas was a quagi nulled into the other omni antenna. >Only >filtering I had available was one pass cavity, which I placed on the >TX. It barely worked: no desense but only if the quagi was perfectly > >nulled into the omni. > >Based on this experience, I'd say two omnis 25' horizonally & >vertically >separated using solid-state equipment probably wouldn't work without >considerable desense. > >Bob NO6B > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > 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/