Hi 20w loss through the duplexer is a huge ammount, have you measured the foward and reverse pwr of your ant, ideally a good ant should be almost 1 to 1.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "atms169" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Double the gain or double the power? > Commercial antenna *unknown, with 80' LMR-400 > > I have another set of antenna's (Just 2 folded dipoles) and I can > change it out to see if that makes a difference. Strange, I did try > it with a full wave ringo-ranger and I still lose about 20 watts > through the duplexers. > > Aaron > > > --- In [email protected], "'Jeff DePolo'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Yes I have to add a tee for the bottom half. The entire > > > antenna is one complete unit 4-folded dipoles. Maybe I > > > assumed and thought all the phasing harness's were already > > > there as I can see where the splits are on the coax. > > > > What kind of antenna is it? > > > > > I am measuring from out of the duplexers up the LMR-400 cable > > > and not at the top. > > > > How long is the run of LMR400? > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.4/351 - Release Date: 5/29/2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.4/351 - Release Date: 29/05/06 > 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/
