That seems like a LOT of loss... Have you had the cans and antenna(s) tuned?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of atms169 Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Double the gain or double the power? Easy question for all other repeater owners. What should I do? I have a pair of folded looped-dipole antenna's for my repeater which pushes 42 Watts. Once I add the antenna and duplexers I get 25 Watts output. The antenna has 4 looped-dipole antenna's with phasing harness but I only use one set. So what should I do, should I continue using the 1 set of looped-dipole antenna's at 25 Watts or do I add the second pair of looped-dipole antenna's and push only 10 Watts out on the repeater (As there will be a loss). Which would be better? I am sure I am doubling the gain for PEP. Would I have a better receive on the antenna as well? Would it really make it stronger? Aaron VA6AE 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/
